Why are so many people against going out in Bournemouth on a Saturday?

Before I arrived at uni my typical going out nights were Fridays and Saturdays. Occasionally I’d do a student night if I was willing to accept my mum’s disapproving looks when I said I didn’t think I was going to make it to college.

Then I came to BU and I was immediately told, if not even warned, to never go out on a Saturday night. It’s so expensive! You don’t want to go out with the locals. All stags and hens, no students.

Who are these people and where did they come from?

This to me sounded so weird. Coming from a city you can’t really tell who’s local and who’s a student when there’s thousands of people in a club. Plus before uni I didn’t really know what a student looked like and you don’t get many hen parties in Propaganda Birmingham tbf.

As a first year though, you do as you’re told.

It was only when me and my housemate ventured onto the mean streets of Bournemouth on a Saturday night that we realised how wrong everyone is. Bournemouth on a Saturday is wild.

Once you’ve been here a while you start to believe that Bournemouth is all old people or students, nothing in between. That’s because you’ve never been out on a Saturday- that’s when they all appear.

We found the bouncers are more sociable too

Granted, it is more expensive than weekdays but, tag onto a hen do or stag do and that’s your night paid for. Me and my housemate went out to Revs, ended up being taken to Walkabout and then onto a VIP table in Cameo with drinks all night. Sorted. Me and the same housemate also went to a house party, drank two bottles of Lambrini before having the ‘Cameo? Cameo.’ conversation. We’re the epitome of class.

Lambrini is love, Lambrini is life

My house now has a collection of ‘L’ plates, shot glass necklaces and masks, just in case we should ever need a convincing hen do costume.

If that fails, stick on a birthday badge. Classic.

I promise, it is all of our birthdays

Whether or not you manage to avoid spending an arm and a leg, weekends are still the best nights of the week. It’s busier, different people are out, and idk it just feels different to a student night. You should try it.