A local entrepreneur, Mr Volk built the railway on the beach opposite where the venue is now and ran the business, driving the trains himself on occasions, for many years. The trains still run during the summer and as we have the same name as the railway, people often wander across the road to ask us what time the trains run…..and in case you’re wondering, we don’t know! We didn’t change the name, the main reason being we found out ‘Volks’ also means ‘for the people’ in German. This sits perfectly with what the Volks is all about; a place for anyone and everyone, a venue of variation of customers, musical styles, events and staff. The venue was called the Volks Tavern (and still is called this by many ), but we dropped the ‘tavern’ bit a while back as the modern day Volks evolved into what it is now, and you’d understand where we’re coming from if you’ve ever witnessed the place at 5am on a Saturday morning……not quite your cosy little village tavern.