Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
Description
Overview
Blues Cabaret & Karaoke Bar presents a compelling opportunity to acquire a fully refurbished and recently established late-night entertainment venue in the heart of Ashton-under-Lyne. Open since December 2025, the business has quickly built a strong presence within the local nightlife scene, combining cabaret-style performances, karaoke nights, live music, themed events, and private functions with extended late-night bar trade. The venue offers a genuine turnkey opportunity for an experienced hospitality or nightlife operator seeking a modern, entertainment-led business with excellent foundations already in place.
Since opening, Blues Cabaret & Karaoke Bar has generated encouraging early trading figures and continues to build momentum through repeat custom, entertainment-led events, and strong weekend trade. The business benefits from a valuable extended premises licence permitting trading into the early hours, providing a significant competitive advantage within the local market and creating substantial revenue potential for an incoming operator.
Business Highlights
- Reported weekly turnover ranging between £7,000 and £10,000, representing estimated annualised turnover of approximately £365,000 to £520,000
- Valuable extended premises licence permitting late-night trading, including licence variations extending to 5:00am, offering a clear competitive advantage in the local market
- Substantial customer capacity estimated between 200 and 400 covers depending on event layout, with fixed seating for approximately 110 guests
- Flexible multi-format trading model encompassing karaoke nights, cabaret entertainment, live music, comedy evenings, private hire, corporate events, and extended bar trade
- Recently refurbished throughout to a modern standard, with a well-configured main entertainment area, fully fitted bar, basement bar, and dedicated performance space
- Active and growing social media presence supporting organic local promotion, event-based marketing, and strong visibility within the local nightlife community
- Clear growth potential through expanded digital marketing, increased entertainment programming, corporate partnerships, and collaborations with performers and promoters
Location
Blues Cabaret & Karaoke Bar occupies a prominent town centre position in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, situated amongst an established mix of hospitality, retail, and leisure operators. The venue benefits from high levels of evening and weekend footfall, strong visibility within the local nightlife circuit, and excellent accessibility via public transport links, with nearby parking facilities and town centre amenities all supporting both destination-based trade and organic walk-in custom. Ashton-under-Lyne continues to benefit from ongoing regeneration and investment, driving increased visitor numbers and growing demand for entertainment-led venues within the evening economy.
Premises & Tenure
The business operates from substantial leasehold premises extending to approximately 1,900 square feet, configured to provide a flexible and modern entertainment environment suitable for a wide variety of trading styles and events. The premises comprise a main customer seating and entertainment area, a fully fitted bar serving area, a basement bar, a dedicated performance space, storage and operational facilities, and staff service areas. The venue has been recently refurbished throughout and presents to a high standard. Further details regarding tenure are available to genuinely interested parties following initial discussions.
Next Steps
Goodwins Business Brokers are acting as sole agents for the sale of Blues Cabaret & Karaoke Bar and invite enquiries from experienced hospitality operators, entertainment groups, and investors with a genuine interest in the late-night leisure sector. To register your interest or to request further information, please contact our team directly. Full details are available in the Information Memorandum.
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Property details
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- Leasehold
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- Date Posted
- 2026-09-25
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
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Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne71 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 212
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- The Heys Primary School267 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 226
- Type
- Community school
- St James' Church of England Primary School396 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 230
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne535 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 235
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School825 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 187
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- West Hill School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 852
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Dixons Ashton Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,326
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- All Saints Catholic College1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 810
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Rayner Stephens High School1.4 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 635
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St Damian's RC Science College1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 829
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
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Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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