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Strings Bar and Venue is a 300 capacity live music and performing arts venue located in the town of Newport, Isle of Wight, England. It was opened in June 2017 by Isle of Wight musicians Ian Davison, Claydon Connor and Guy Page.

The venue is used by the Platform One music college as a showcase for college performers on a weekly basis, as well as for end of year shows.

In 2018 and 2019, Strings hosted the Wight Noize music competition that provides the winners with a chance to play the main stage of the Isle of Wight Festival.

The venue is housed .. . The bar is generally a showcase for local bands and musical acts. There is also a nightclub on the ground-floor which mostly specialises in indie and alternative rock music.

The first-floor often hosts more established artists. Some of the more notable acts to have played include

Today Strings features and promotes up-and-coming bands and artists touted by the likes of the NME, and is a regular venue on the Toilet circuit. It also plays host to a variety of local un-signed acts from Bedford and the surrounding area.

Bang Bang Romeo, Tankus the Henge, John Otway,