Walkabout is a chain of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n themed bars operating in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. The brand was owned by Regent Inns

Regent Inns

Regent Inns was the parent company of Walkabout, Jongleurs/Bar Risa and Old Orleans chains.It went into administration in October 2009.The part-time executive chairman was Bob Ivell.-Brands:...

, which also controls the Bar Risa/Jongleurs

Jongleurs

Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...

 chain. In October 2009, the company went into administration. There are approximately fifty Walkabout venues in the UK: forty eight pubs, three hotels, one venue for backpackers, and a nightclub. In keeping with the theme, many of the barstaff employed at Walkabouts are Australian. The food menu offers also Australian themed food such as kangaroo

Kangaroo

A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...

 burgers and steaks, as well as springbok

Springbok Antelope

The springbok is a medium-sized brown and white gazelle that stands about high. Springbok males weigh between and the females between...

 meat from South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Dual branded nightclubs

Like the Bar Risa/Jongleurs chain, most Walkabouts offer a dual branded nightclub/late licence night with another nightclub operating in the same building, for example The Limelight

The Limelight

The Limelight is the name of a chain of nightclubs that were owned and operated by Peter Gatien, located in Atlanta, Hollywood, Florida, and London, and formerly in New York City and Chicago.-History:...

 in Shaftesbury Avenue

Shaftesbury Avenue

Shaftesbury Avenue is a major street in central London, England, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, that runs in a north-easterly direction from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus....

. The two parts can be operated as separate entities or together, with Walkabout playing cheesy music or hosting live bands and the other club playing harder dance music. The most recent of these is the newly opened Walkabout in Leicester, on the old Bar Risa site. Walkabouts which are twinned with a Highlight Comedy Club include Edinburgh, Leicester, Watford, Glasgow and Birmingham.