The Grove Tavern, South Wimbledon

I'd like to echo the previous two posts. From what I gather, the trouble the other night was caused by a small group that had only just come into the pub looking for someone specific and had nothing to do with the live music crowd that is starting to grow there. The new owners of The Grove are making a valiant effort to re-establish this pub as a quality live music venue, so it was just unlucky that this happened there. I hope this incident doesn't put people off The Grove as it is going in the right direction and could end up being a great live music pub in the future and an asset to the area.

The new owners have already put in a new gents toilet, repainted the exterior and made some internal alterations with loads more work to come from what I gather.

They are having top blues, classic rock, soul and funk bands on Friday nights such as Papa George, Alan Glen (Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero, etc.) and Fire & Water, which are some of the best acts on the local circuit. I'm told Saturdays are pretty good too although I've not been myself yet, and a look at the big blackboard calendar on the wall in there shows something on every night of the week including comedy, poker, jam session etc.

I was in The Grove last Friday (15th) with a few friends to see Papa George and we had a great night out. As a previous post said, they won't win a CAMRA award right now but it's OK and I'm told they'll be sorting out the beer side of things in the near future.

18 Jan 2010 14:18