27/09/2026
Well⦠we only went and won TWO awards!!
Friday night was a bit surreal. We went to The Business Hive Great Big Small Business Awards not realeeaally knowing what to expect and came away with two awards⦠aaand Ava only went and won Inspiring Employee too!! Which, if you know Ava and everything she puts into Atlas, is very very well deserved.
Weāre genuinely so surprised, proud and incredibly thankful.
And I think Friday pretty much summed up what Atlas is all about. While we were at the awards, Elson and niph. were back at Atlas putting on an absolute belter of a show. We then went pretty much straight from the awards back to the venue to help the team clean up and get everything ready to do it all again on Saturday.(maybe a couple of bevs to celebrate!)
Then Saturday, Matilda Shakes and roulette absolutely smashed it. Seeing an out-of-town original band come to Cleethorpes, fill the room and get that kind of atmosphere going in Atlas is exactly the sort of thing we wanted to happen when we started this place.
Anyone involved in grassroots music knows the reality behind it all⦠the long hours, late nights, early mornings, shifting gear, cleaning floors and doing a million little jobs that nobody ever sees. Our staff have been absolutely amazing through all of it, and Atlas simply wouldnāt be what it is without them.
So this is really just a massive thank you.
To everyone who has walked through our doors, bought a ticket, bought a pint or a coffee, played on our stage, exhibited something, performed, promoted a night, curated an event, told somebody about us, shared a post or just turned up and supported what weāre trying to do! Thank you!!
And especially to all the brilliant people who have trusted Atlas with their ideas and brought so many different, weird and wonderful events into the space. Thatās what we always wanted it to be, somewhere people could make things happen.
Weāve not even been open that long, and thereās still loads we want to do.
But for one night at least, it was really lovely to stop and realise how far this little place has already come.
Thank you, you beautiful people. ā¤ļø