Southbound Café-Bar
For Bar of the Year, West Midlands 2026
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Southbound Café-Bar is an independent bar and grassroots music venue based beneath the railway arches on Neilston Street in Leamington Spa. Founded in 2024 by father-and-son team Carl and Toby Harris, it hosts live music most nights with a particular focus on blues, jazz and independent artists. The bar offers a changing selection of draught beer, wines, spirits and low-alcohol drinks, including an extensive continental wine range. Southbound is recognised as a Grassroots Music Venue and is a member of the Music Venues Alliance and UK Blues Federation.
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