Cat In The Wall

09/10/2026

Cocktails and live music from 9pm tonight 🥃

06/10/2026

Cat has actually made the Best Bar final in the YorkMix Choice Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the first round!

There’s one more round of voting. Your earlier votes still count, and you can vote again in the final.

If you’ve enjoyed a cocktail, an open mic or some other niche evening with us down The Stonebow, we’d love your vote.

Voting is open now until 8pm on October 28th. You’ll find the link in our bio.

Thank you 🤩
Sam & Phil

02/10/2026

October at Cat In The Wall 🍸

If you’re making plans for October, here’s what’s happening at ours:

OPEN MIC
Live music every Wednesday, 8.30–11pm.

LIVE MUSIC · 9–11pm
Sat 3 · Joshua Pulleyn
Fri 9 · Harry Kirzy
Fri 16 · Wildflowers
Sat 17 · Harry Kirzy
Fri 23 · Becky Gilman
Sat 24 · Joshua Pulleyn
Fri 30 · Izzy Hartley
Sat 31 · John Chamberlain 🎃

PRIVATE PARTIES
We’ll be closing early on these dates:
Fri 2 · from 5.30pm
Sat 10 · from 6pm
Tue 13 · from 5.30pm
Sun 18 · from 5pm

Fancy having the bar to yourselves? Find out about whole-bar private hire at catinthewall.co.uk/privatehire.

Find us at 4 The Stonebow, York.
Save this for your next evening out 🥂

30/09/2026

Live music every Wednesday from 8.30pm 🎙️

Last week we got a special visit from , performing my favourite original of his! Ask for Resistance Jack next time you see him.

You never know what you’ll get at the Open Mic, but it’s always a good time 🍸

28/09/2026

Come work with us 🐈‍⬛

We’re looking for a friendly, reliable person to join us at Cat In The Wall on Friday and Saturday evenings.

You’ll help us look after customers, work the till, collect and wash glasses, and keep things ticking along on busy nights. We’ll also teach you drinks from our menu as you settle in.

No bar experience needed—we’ll show you the ropes, and all training is paid.

✨ £13.50 an hour, plus shared tips and paid holiday
🕗 Friday & Saturday, 8pm–midnight
📍 York city centre
🤝 Permanent role, 8 guaranteed hours a week

You’ll need to be available for both nights throughout the year, including outside university term time. Extra shifts may be available too.

Email [email protected] with your CV or a few lines about yourself, your availability and when you could start.

Applications close Monday 12 October.

Know someone who’d enjoy working with us? Send this their way!

Sam & Phil

18/09/2026

Live music with Wildflowers tonight from 9pm 🥃

18/09/2026

Cat In The Wall is up for Best Bar in the YorkMix Choice Awards 2026 😂

If you’ve enjoyed a drink with us, discovered a new favourite cocktail, brought your friends in, joined us for an Open Mic, or simply like having our little bar in York — we’d be very grateful for your vote.

Voting is now open in the Best Bar category via YorkMix. Link in bio.

Thank you, as ever, for supporting independent York businesses. 🖤

03/09/2026

September is already underway, and there’s plenty more to come 🐈‍⬛

Live Music every Wednesday at the Open Mic from 8.30pm, plus stellar musicians across the weekends:

Friday 4th — Kelly Ann Bolland
Saturday 5th — Joshua Pulleyn

Friday 11th — Harry Kirzy
Saturday 12th — Becky Gilman
Sunday 13th — Dom Patrick, full band with support from J. J. Chamberlain. Doors 8pm; tickets via Dom Patrick Music

Friday 18th — Wildflowers
Saturday 19th — closed from 6pm for a private party

Friday 25th — Joshua Pulleyn
Saturday 26th — Isadora Darling

All Friday and Saturday sets run from 9–11pm unless stated otherwise.

Fancy having the bar to yourselves? Whole-bar private hire details are at catinthewall.co.uk/privatehire

03/09/2026

This weekends gigs! 🤘

Friday 9pm - Cat In The Wall
Saturday 8:30pm - The Black Horse Wigginton

28/08/2026