Inverness businessman Gavin Stevenson, who owns the successful Gellions and Highlander bars in the city, has opened two new music-based venues called Soundbar and An Seòmar (Scottish Gaelic for ‘The Room’). Both are located in the former Revolution space on Church Street which Gavin acquired a few months ago and has since fully refurbished.
Gavin explained, “Soundbar is a music themed bar which opens seven days a week from lunchtime till late. It will feature live music as well as a great street food and drinks offering. An Seòmar is a big multi-functional events and entertainment space.”
He added, “We’ve completely changed the look, feel and décor throughout and installed state of the art sound and light technology as well as modular staging that can change size.
“It’s adjacent to our other venues in Inverness but much larger so we’re able to do bigger live events here. The total building has a capacity over 500 throughout. We’ve had some great events already including LF System, Torridon and Talisk. Peat and Diesel, who have been friends of the business for a long time, even played the opening night. We’ve also got lots more gigs to be announced in the coming months.”
Picture: Soundbar