After extensive renovation and refurbishment Bootleggers returns as a much-loved Kendal venue for quality live music. Reopening in October 2024, it is now bigger and even better.

A new frontage with double width doors from the Market Place leads into an area with tables for six/eight with bench seating. A short flight of steps leads down to the bar which is an open standing area that overlooks the newly enlarged stage and the original dancefloor on the lower level . There is a stairlift from the entry area down to the bar area, plus an excellent accessible toilet . The venue now ranges over three floors with the bar on a mezzanine level.

Above the first seating area upstairs is a dining floor and kitchen. Food has a nod towards Spanish tapas and main dishes are sensibly priced. The main toilets are in the basement cellar and unisex.