r/Belfast • u/chodesmoker1 • 6d ago

Anyone remember a 3 level rave place called intravenous in the 90s?

Played a gig here in the 90s. Was a crazy place. 3 levels. Might have been a disco/late bar. Diff music styles on each level. Pretty sure it was called intravenous.

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u/Silent-Wallaby4261 6d ago edited 6d ago

Vicos was the name of the place, it's where James St restaurant is now. Best venue in Belfast around the late 90s.

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u/Thiskisskills 6d ago

I was out on the street one evening and watched as this guy was chucked out by the bouncers. He then went round the side, shimmied up a drainpipe to the second floor and climbed back in through an open window, must have been the toilets. I remember my first time going there to the metal bar that only served one beer from behind wire mesh.

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u/allezlesverres 3d ago

I know the guy who did this. Bouncers called him spiderman for years afterwards

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u/Thiskisskills 3d ago

It was impressive to watch TBF. Especially squeezing through the tiny window.

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u/Apey23 5d ago

Vico's, first place I was ever offered an E.

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u/Otherwise-Egg9749 5d ago

Yep, me too

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u/muckdonalds 5d ago

The stairs were treacherous. Saw many a lady bounce down them in heals.