The Forbidden Zone Collective

14/10/2024

We’re going back to the 70’s! (Well kind of)
This November we’re welcoming and the bad kissers to Edinburgh!

They’ll be joined by 3 supports matching the 70s revival theme. Psychedelic! Rocky! Groovy? We’ve got it all!

Featuring…

CONNOR LIAM BYRNE AND THE BAD KISSERS 💋
Rock ‘n’ Roll! (and bad kissing!)

BERNSTRUM AND THE MEN 🎸
Psychedelic Garage Rock

3P SLOT MACHINE 🪙
Edinburgh based psych

GIANT HOGWEED 🌿
‘Bad mannered psych jazz boy quintet with a score to settle’

Get your tickets online via the link in our bio for £8 or pay £10 on the door!

is an 18+ ONLY VENUE! SO! please remember your ID!

We can’t wait to see you there!

13/10/2024

DAY 2 LINEUP FOR THE FORBIDDEN ZONES BIG HALLOWEEN BOO FESTIVAL! 27/10/24

Featuring…

MOONMATTER 🌕( )
COSMIC SPACEY WITCHY GOODNESS

SKINNY IMPS 👹 ()
‘Edinburgh’s Worst All Trans PUNK BAND’

DO YOU LIKE BUTTER? 🧈 (.band )
Slacker SHOEGAZE

BAD NEWS 🐸 (.band )
Glasgow Shouty and soft EMO BAND

DYING GIANT 💫 ( )
DREAMO from Glasgow

VEXATIONS 👹 ( )
POST-PUNK QUARTET

THE SLACKHEAD INCIDENT 🧳 ( ) ‘geode collectors and business scheme inspectors’

CERAZETTE! 🪐 ( )
FUNKY PUNK FROM OUTER SPACE!

To see all these acts on Sunday the 27th of October! Make sure you get your tickets in advance via our link in our bio! £13 online or £20 on the door!

10/10/2024

DAY 1 LINEUP FOR THE FORBIDDEN ZONES BIG HALLOWEEN BOO FESTIVAL! 26/10/24

Featuring…

CRATER CREEK 🕷️()
Halloween Themed EMO POWERPOP

VACANT PAVEMENTS ()
Glasgow POST PUNK 🦇

JUNK PUPS 🐕()
Glasgow Q***r PUP ROCK QUARTET

FROG COSTUME 🐸 ()
Glasgow Shouty and soft EMO BAND

VENUS IN THE LAKE 💫 ()
Glasgow fem, q***r PUNK

JUNQK 👹 (.band)
J***y FUNKY JAZZY EXPERIMENTAL PUNK

AFFECTIONATE WIDOWS 🌹 () gray wave GOTHIC FOLK, EXPERIMENTAL

VINCENT BLISS AND THE TV CASUALTIES 📺 () horror ROCK/PUNK

To see all these acts on Saturday the 26th of October! Make sure you get your tickets in advance via our link in our bio! £13 online or £20 on the door!

08/10/2024

Our halloween arts and crafts social! And we’re so so excited for it! 🎨

Q***r Arts & Crafts is a space where the LGBTQ+ community can come together and craft to their hearts desire. Whether you do it professionally or just for fun it’s for everyone to bring their own creativity and supplies to create something amazing along side the community.

BRING YOUR OWN SUPPLIES WHERE YOU CAN, WE WILL BE SUPPLYING LIMITED PAPER, YARN, DRAWING UTENSILS AND SCISSORS. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SHARE WHERE APPLICABLE. 💫

If you don’t have any supplies or would like to learn a new craft give us a message! And we will try sort something for you ✨

We can’t wait to see you there!

***r

23/09/2024

15/09/2024

We’ve got a transmission coming through from the planet of Transylvania!

The Forbidden Zone are super excited to announce our September cult cinema club! And it’s a showing of the all time cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! (And it’s lesser known sequel) SHOCK TREATMENT!

We will be watching and discussing the films on the 18th of September at The Banshee Labyrinth ! FREE ENTRY

(FANCY DRESS ENCOURAGED!)

02/09/2024

We are very lucky to have .band joining us from Dublin this September! They’ll be playing along side , .band and ✨

Ready for some noise! It’s going to be a loud one!

TICKETS £7 ONLINE (LINK IN BIO) OR £10 ON THE DOOR!

Can’t wait to see you there!

30/08/2024

Our first September gig! Going into Autumn with a super special volume for you all!

For Volume 7 we have decided to put together an extra long night of music all for £7!

FEATURING…


CERAZETTE SADLY CAN’T PLAY
from.scratch.band

Tickets available online at £8 (LINK IN BIO) or on the door at £10

Make sure you remember your ID! This event is 18+ only!

Can’t wait to see you all there! 🪐

27/07/2024

SHOEGAZE FEST!

The Forbidden Zone is excited to announce our only gig in August this year! And it's a Shoegaze Fest!

We are going to be joined by 5 local bands playing music from all sorts of loud genres!
Shoegaze, dreamo and dream pop!

Get your tickets in our bio! £10 online or £15 on the door!

We can't wait to see you there!

07/07/2024

last minute gig on Thursday! Come see some amazing bands play a very loud night!

£6 ON THE DOOR!

02/07/2024

Up for a mosh / boogie / cry???

The Forbidden Zone presents ‘Summer Suffering’ our first emo night debuting next Thursday (July 4th)!

Introducing
Nindo Nindo - Acoustic Emo from Edinburgh
Frog Costume - Shouty and Soft Emo from Glasgow
SCARSDALE - emoish band from kirkcaldy
Roughly 4000 Geese - Central Scotland “Beach Goth”
Toy Hospital - showgazemo/dreampoppunk/whatever based in Edinburgh

So get down to the polling station and then get down to Banshee’s for a great night of Scottish music! 🖤💚



https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tfz-summer-suffering-scottish-emo-indie-night-tickets-923802406867?aff=ebdsshios&utm_experiment=test_share_listing

01/07/2024

GOTH NIGHT ANYONE? 🦇

The Forbidden Zone Collective is super excited to announce a little last minute addition to our programming this month!

On the 12th of July we are going to be joined by 5 amazing Goth! Punk! Synth?! Bands!

Featuring a headliner from and support from Gothzilla, Affectionate Widows, The Moth Project and The Deploied!

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR £7 (£8.30 with fees) IN OUR BIO OR £10 ON THE DOOR!

We can't wait to see you there!

01/07/2024

GIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Next month we welcome 3 amazing bands to The Forbidden Zone for a heavier night of music!

FEATURING…




Tickets available via the link in our bio! (£6 ONLINE AND £8 ON THE DOOR)

We’ll see you there!

15/06/2024

Come down to Banshees for a night of Q***r music hosted by The Forbidden Zone Collective!

15/06/2024

15/06/2024

CANCELLED
We’re really sorry to inform everyone that this month’s Hopeless Romantics will be cancelled.

Uptake of tickets have unfortunately been low this time round and we believe it’s probably because we’re out of student season right now.

FEAR NOT! Hopeless Romantics will return in September when uni starts back up!

We apologies for anyone who had plans to go! We have a Cult Movie Club showing at 19:00 on the 21st for people still wanting to go out!

Everyone who has already bought will be refunded ASAP!

Thank you,

13/06/2024

Less than one week to go until The Forbidden Zone Collective Pride Party with Lou Mclean Music, Dollboy and Skinny Imps!
Ngl we know we might not always be the most upbeat, but pride was a protest after all.
Also, we are wives (to each other) 👰🏻‍♀️👰🏻‍♀️
Ticket link is below 🖤 ###

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tfz-pride-party-alt-music-night-tickets-897436836737

01/06/2024

LINEUP CHANGE!

(The Forbidden Zone would like to introduce our very first Goblin band to The Zone! Catch them tomorrow along side 2 other great bands!)

Kicking off June we present to you Volume 5 of our band showcases! All new poster and an all new lineup!

FEATURING…
Sloblin
Colour Carnival
Trippy-Takka

TICKETS AT £6 AVAILABLE (LINK IN BIO) OR £8 ON THE DOOR!

(18+ EVENT)

Can’t wait to see you there!!

29/05/2024

This is so true, please buy tickets in advance!

26/05/2024

Want to dance to some good music?

The Forbidden Zone has you covered! We're back for the third time round and we've put together some of the best goth/new wave hits for you to enjoy all night long!

With music from...
BAUHAUS, SIOXUIE AND THE BANSHEES, DAVID BOWIE, DEPECHE MODE, BLONDIE, JOY DIVISION, THE DAMNED, THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, THE CRAMPS, ELVIS COSTELLO, XTC, THE SMITHS, TALKING HEADS, DEVO, THE POLICE, NEW ORDER, THE FALL, PULP, ADAM ANT, B-52' S, GARY NUMAN & MORE!

This playlist has been put together with care by people who enjoy the music we play. We hope you will too! Help us create a safe space for everyone alt! and get your tickets to The Forbidden Zone's...

HOPELESS ROMANTICS! (LINK IN BIO)

ALL TICKET HOLDERS GET
DISCOUNT ON THE DOOR 🖤

(TO REQUEST SONGS PLEASE FOLLOW US AND DM US ON INSTAGRAM)

26/05/2024

NEW ZINE ALERT!

We are so excited to announce that we have a new zine series for you all to enjoy!

CREATURE FEATURE! aims to recognise all the musicians and bands we host that we love especially for their contributions to music/art and the alternative scene! A lot of these bands could be considered ‘career musicians’ or musicians that have been doing what they do for a long time.

The bands we feature may also contribute to The Forbidden Zones theme! For example in our first series we have three bands with a very distinct alternative aesthetic! (and we love bands with an aesthetic!).

HOW CAN I BUY???
You can pick your editions up at any stall we may be hosting at local craft fairs or on our brand new ETSY PAGE! that you can find in our bio!

SERIES 1…
1. Twisted Nerve (official)
2.Frenchy and the Punk
3.Nanobots

Enjoy!

26/05/2024

The Forbidden Zone are so excited to be hosting the amazing and on their mini tour this June!

Joined by Frenchy and the Punk and Alexx Munro for a night of emo and post punk!

Tickets available in our bio or on the door!

Remember your ID! This is a 18+ event!

14/05/2024

CALLING ALL TWISTED NERVE FANS!

The Forbidden Zone are so excited to announce that on June 14th at we will be hosting the amazing Twisted Nerve (official)

Playing along side Glasgow Gothers and the new and upcoming , prepare yourself for a night of great music from 3 great bands!

TICKETS ARE £6 ONLINE AND £8 ON THE DOOR! Make sure you get them fast! This will be a popular one! 🖤

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tfz-a-gothic-night-with-twisted-nerve-post-ironic-state-and-pretty-crime-tickets-897342825547?aff=oddtdtcreator

(This event is 18+)

13/05/2024

will be joining The Forbidden Zone for a smashing headline! Just in time for his album release coming in June, you can get a taste of the real thing! Come see the money crazed kleptocrat in person! at on the 8th of June with support from and , it’s going to be a fun one!

Tickets available online at £7 (LINK IN BIO) or on the door at £10

Make sure you remember your ID! This event is 18+ only!

(Photos from ._jh_.graphy 📸)

Can’t wait to see you all there! 🪐