Licence application in place for future of Riverside music venue
The next step for the future of a beloved Newcastle building could be underway soon under new plans.
Neptune House on the Quayside was most recently a live music venue and nightclub named Riverside.
The site closed on New Year’s Day in 2025 and has been untouched since.
However, a public notice of a licence application has suggested there may be a return to nightlife on the site, which was once a fish market before becoming the Sea nightclub.
The application was published on Thursday, February 12 and was put into place by The Fish Market Newcastle Ltd, which was incorporated in October 2025.
The licence itself looks to permit the sale of alcohol, showing of films, live and recorded music as well as performance of dance between 10am and 2am from Sunday to Thursday and 10am and 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.
It also includes the provision of ‘late night refreshments’ over the same time periods.
The venue was well loved by music fans and has hosted some huge names over the years including Frightened Rabbit and Idles as well as Sam Fender when the North Tyneside star was working his way up the music industry.
Anyone wishing to make a representation to this application must do so in writing to the Newcastle City Council Licensing Authority no later than Wednesday, March 4.