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There are many venues in the
United Kingdom where a variety of national and international sport, musical and entertainment acts perform.
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Stadiums and festivals
Glastonbury Festival , near Pilton – 210,000
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Download Festival , Donington Park – 110,000
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Wembley Stadium (new; 2007–present), London – 90,000
Twickenham Stadium , London – 82,000
Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 82,000 (seated)
London Stadium (formerly Olympic Stadium) – 80,000
Reading and Leeds Festival – 80,000
Roundhay Park , Leeds – 79,999
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Old Trafford , Greater Manchester – 74,879
Principality Stadium , Cardiff – 74,500
Creamfields , Daresbury – 70,000
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh – 67,144 (seated)
National Bowl , Milton Keynes - 65,000 (Standing)
Celtic Park , Glasgow – 64,411
Etihad Stadium , Greater Manchester – 60,000
Stadium of Light , Sunderland – 60,000
Anfield , Liverpool – 50,000–60,000
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Hampden Park , Glasgow – 51,866
TRNSMT , Glasgow Green, Glasgow – 50,000
Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow – 50,817
Hyde Park , London – e.g. Masters of Rock, 1996: 150,000; Simon & Garfunkel, 2004: 50,000; Hard Rock Calling, 2008: 45,000.[
citation needed ]
Old Trafford Cricket Ground , Manchester – 50,000
Villa Park , Birmingham – 42,682
Finsbury Park , London – 40,000
Elland Road , Leeds - 37,608
Glasgow Summer Sessions – 35,000
Highest Point Festival , Williamson Park - 35,000
Elland Road , Leeds – 35,000
Hillsborough Stadium , Sheffield - 34,835
Bramall Lane , Sheffield - 32,050
Truck Festival , Steventon - 30,000
Molineux Stadium , Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)
MKM Stadium , Kingston upon Hull – 25,400
Falkirk Stadium , Falkirk – 25,000
Shambala Festival , Kelmarsh - 25,000
Swansea.com Stadium , Swansea – 21,088
Pittodrie Stadium , Aberdeen – 20,866
Easter Road , Edinburgh – 20,421
Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh – 20,099
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Bloodstock Open Air , Catton Hall, Derby - 20,000
Terminal V , Edinburgh – 20,000
Clapham Common , London – 20,000
Craven Park ,
Kingston upon Hull – 12,225–20,000
JobServe Community Stadium , Colchester – 17,000[
citation needed ]
Coventry Building Society Arena – 10,000 (standing), 32,750 (seated)
Nass Festival , Shepton Mallet - 15,000
Riverside Festival Glasgow – 10,000
Kelburn Garden Party , Fairlie - 4,000
Indoor arenas
Co-op Live , Manchester – 23,500
AO Arena , Manchester – 21,000
The O2 Arena , London – 20,000
Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 20,000
Utilita Arena Birmingham – 16,000
P&J Live , Aberdeen – 16,000
Resorts World Arena , Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643
First Direct Arena , Leeds – 13,500
Utilita Arena Sheffield – 13,500
OVO Hydro , Glasgow – 13,000
OVO Arena Wembley , London – 12,500
London Arena (1989–2006) – 12,500
SEC Centre , Glasgow – 12,500
Utilita Arena Newcastle – 11,000
M&S Bank Arena , Liverpool – 11,000; ECHO 2 – 4,000; the auditorium – 1,350
Earls Court Two (1991–2014), London – 10,750
Motorpoint Arena Nottingham , Nottingham – 10,000
Cardiff International Arena – 7,500 (standing); 5,000 (seated)
Copper Box Arena , London – 7,500
Lee Valley VeloPark , London – 7,000
Exhibition and conference venues
Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre , Farnborough – 12,000 (Hall 1), 3,150 (Hall 5)
National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham – 12,000 (Hall 4), 8,000 (Hall 5)
Manchester Central Convention Complex – 10,900 (Halls 1 and 2 combined), 8,100 (Hall 2)
Great Hall,
Alexandra Palace , London – 10,250 (standing), 7,250 (seated)
Great Hall,
Olympia London – 10,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated)
EventCity (2011–2021), Manchester – 9,360 (Hall 3), 4,500 (Hall 4)
Exhibition Centre Liverpool – 7,000 (standing, combined halls), 2,400 (per hall)
ExCeL London – 5,000 (ICC Auditorium), 65,000 (event halls)
ICC Wales , Newport – 1,500 (Tiered auditorium)
Indoor theatres and halls
St Augustine's Cultural Arts , Brighton – 1,500 (standing);1,000 (seated)
Bournemouth International Centre , Bournemouth – 6,500 (standing); 4,000 (seated)
Royal Albert Hall , London – 5,544
Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon), London – 5,039 (standing); 3,632 (seated)
O2 Brixton Academy , London – 4,921
Brighton Centre , Brighton – 4,500
Bradford New Victoria (formally
Bradford Odeon ), Bradford – 4,000 (standing); 3,400 (seating)
Plymouth Pavilions , Plymouth – 4,000
Bridlington Spa , Bridlington – 3,800
Hull Arena , Kingston upon Hull – 3,750
Forum Birmingham , Birmingham – 3,500
King George's Hall , Blackburn – 3,500
Blackpool Winter Gardens , Blackpool – 3,500
Connexin Live Arena ,
Kingston upon Hull – 3,500
O2 Apollo Manchester , Manchester – 3,500
O2 Victoria Warehouse , Manchester – 3,500
Swansea Arena , Swansea – 3,500
Roundhouse , London – 3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
Troxy , London – 3,100
Edinburgh Playhouse , Edinburgh – 3,059
O2 Academy Birmingham , Birmingham – 3,009 (Academy); 600 (Academy 2); 250 (Academy 3)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange , Edinburgh – 3,000 (concerts); 1,000 (dinners)
Birmingham Digbeth Secretspace , Birmingham – 3,000 (standing); 1,300 (seated)
Empress Ballroom , Blackpool – 3,000
Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena , Coventry – 3,000
The Halls Wolverhampton – 3,000 (Civic Hall); 1,134 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms)
Usher Hall , Edinburgh – 2,900 (standing); 2,200 (seated)
Royal Festival Hall , London – 2,895
Indigo at The O2 , London – 2,750
Manchester Academy , Manchester – 2,600 (Academy 1); 950 (Academy 2); 650 (Club Academy); 470 (Academy 3)
O2 Academy Glasgow , Glasgow – 2,500
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall , Glasgow – 2,500
Venue Cymru , Llandudno – 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium)
Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena , Milton Keynes – 2,500
London Coliseum – 2,358
London Palladium – 2,300
O2 Forum Kentish Town , London – 2,300
Mayflower Theatre , Southampton – 2,300
Rock City , Nottingham – 2,450
Caird Hall , Dundee – 2,300 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
Royal Opera House , London – 2,268
Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 2,262
The Forum , Hertfordshire – 2,250
Planet Ice Leeds Arena , Leeds – 2,200
De Montfort Hall , Leicester – 2,200
O2 Academy , Sheffield – 2,150
NX Newcastle – 2,135
Lyceum Theatre , London – 2,096
O2 Institute , Birmingham – 2,000
Brentwood Centre – 2,000
Old Fruit Market , Glasgow – 2,000
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , London – 2,000
Tobacco Dock , London – 2,000
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The Venue , London – 2,000
Albert Hall, Manchester – 2,000
NX Newcastle – 2,000
Newport Leisure Centre , Newport – 2,000
Eventim Olympia , Liverpool – 1,960
Barbican Centre , London – 1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre – 1,915 (seated)
Winter Gardens, Margate – 1,900
Brighton Dome , Brighton – 1,860 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
Cambridge Corn Exchange – 1,849
Hull City Hall , Kingston upon Hull – 1,800 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
O2 Academy Bournemouth – 1,800
The Baths Hall , Scunthorpe – 1,800 (standing); 1,021 (seated)
Southampton Guildhall , Southampton – 1,749
Sage Gateshead , Newcastle Gateshead – 1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two)
O2 Academy Bristol – 1,650
The Forum, Bath – 1,640
Marble Factory , Bristol – 1,600
Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall, Cardiff – 1,600
The Engine Shed , Lincoln – 1,600
Perth Concert Hall , Perth – 1,600 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
Regent Theatre , Stoke-on-Trent – 1,600
Sadler's Wells Theatre , London – 1,560
LCR , Norwich – 1,550
Victoria Theatre , Halifax – 1,512
De La Warr Pavilion , Bexhill – 1,500
Leith Theatre , Edinburgh – 1,500
Regent Theatre, Ipswich – 1,500
Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500
Brixton Electric (formerly known as the Fridge), London – 1,500
The Ritz , Manchester – 1,500
York Barbican , York – 1,900 (standing); 1,500 (seated)
Great Hall , Exeter – 1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)
Victoria Hall , Stoke-on-Trent – 1,467
OPEN Norwich , Norwich – 1,450 (standing); 500 (seated); Closed 2020
The Spotlight, Hoddesdon – 1,360 (standing); 566 (seated)
King's Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,350 (seated)
London Hippodrome , London – 1,340 (seated)
Theatre Royal, Norwich – 1,300
City Hall, Salisbury – 1,255 (standing); 1,355 (mixed); 953 (seated)
Music Hall Aberdeen – 1,281 (seated)
Cambridge Theatre , London – 1,231
Portsmouth Pyramids Centre , Portsmouth – 1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)
Heaven , London – 1,200
Rialto Reborn , Coventry – 1200 (standing); 550 (seated)
Embassy Theatre , Skegness – 1,168
Royal National Theatre , London – 1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe)
Grand Central Hall , Liverpool – 1,150
Scala , London – 1,145
Theatre Royal ,Nottingham – 1,107
Electric Ballroom , London – 1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs)
The Grand Theatre , Blackpool – 1,100
SWX , Bristol – 1,100
Lyceum Theatre , Sheffield – 1,068
Old Vic , London – 1,067
O2 Academy Oxford – 1,020
Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon – 1,000
Citadel Arts Centre , St Helens – 1,000
Tramshed, Cardiff – 1,000
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – 980
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh – 900 (standing); 801 (seated)
The Leadmill , Sheffield – 900 (standing); 400 (seated)
Southampton Engine Rooms , Southampton – 860
The Liquid Room , Edinburgh – 800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs)
Royal Lyceum Theatre , Edinburgh – 658
Smaller venues
(including
public houses )
Cheltenham Town Hall , Cheltenham - 978
Theatre Royal, Brighton - 952
Orchard Theatre,
Dartford - 950
Queen Elizabeth Hall , London - 913
Malvern Theatres ,
Worchestershire - 850
Epic Studios,
Norwich - 900
Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 900 standing, 800 seated.
The Aquarium, Lowestoft - 900
Cambridge Junction - 850
The Coventry Empire. Empire 1 - 800 (Standing) Empire 2 - 180 (Standing)
Scala ,
Kings Cross, London - 800
O2 Academy Islington ,
Islington , London - 800
Princess Royal Theatre,
Port Talbot - 798
Churchill Theatre,
Bromley - 781
Vibez,
Newport - 750
Union Chapel ,
Islington , London - 750
Albert Hall, Nottingham , Nottingham - 750
Lemongrove , Exeter - 700
The Picturedrome
Holmfirth - 690
Everyman Theatre ,
Cheltenham - 675
Lighthouse ,
Poole - 669
Playhouse Theatre ,
Oxford - 663
The Caves Edinburgh ,
Edinburgh - 650
Victoria Hall ,
Stoke-on-Trent - 644
The Garage, London - 600
New Vic Theatre , Stoke-on-Trent - 600
Concorde 2 ,
Brighton - 600
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre ,
Guildford - 586
Stephan Joseph Theatre ,
Scarborough - 569
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps
Under The Bridge ,
Fulham , London - 550
Corn Exchange, Exeter - 500 (standing), 300 (seated)
Bloomsbury Theatre ,
Bloomsbury , London - 535
The Dome, London - 500
Camden Underworld ,
Camden Town , London - 500
The Old Market ,
Brighton & Hove , Brighton - 500
Perth Theatre - 500
The Fox and Firkin, London - 499
STYX ,
North London - 499
Ruskin Arms , London (circa 1960s–2008) - 499
New Theatre Royal Lincoln ,
Lincoln - 475
Buskers ,
Dundee - 450
The Stables , Milton Keynes - 398 seated and 50 standing (Jim Marshall Auditorium) 80 seated or 100 standing (Stage 2)
The Magic Garden, London - 380
Purcell Room ,
South Bank , London - 367
Jazz Cafe , London - 350
100 Club , London - 350
MK11 Live Music Venue ,
Milton Keynes - 330
Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight
Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing
Electric Circus,
Edinburgh - 300
The Mart Theatre ,
Skipton - 300
The Bongo Club ,
Edinburgh - 300 standing
The Standard Music Venue ,
Walthamstow - 300
The Boileroom
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Ronnie Scott's , London - 300
Phoenix , Exeter - 300 (standing), 158 (seated)
The Picturedrome
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Northampton - 300
Fulham Greyhound , London (circa 1971–1990) – 275
The Borderline , London – 275
Sheffield Library Theatre , Sheffield – 260
Off The Square, Manchester - 200+
Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London – 200+
The Voodoo Rooms , Edinburgh - 200 standing
Cabaret Voltaire , Edinburgh - The Boudoir: 60 seated, 150 standing, The Vault: 80 seated, 200 Standing
The Half Moon ,
Putney , London – 200
The Square ,
Harlow – 200 (closed January 2017)
The Horn ,
St Albans – 200
The Rose Theatre ,
Chesterfield - 160
DIY Space For London ,
Bermondsey – 160
The Leeds Club , Leeds – 150
The New Headingley Club , Leeds – 100
Dublin Castle, Camden , London – 150
Vintage Rockbar ,
Doncaster – 150
House of Detention,
Clerkenwell, London – 130
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Sneaky Pete’s ,
Edinburgh - 100
Greencoat Place,
Victoria - 100
Century Theatre
Coalville, Leicestershire - 206
The Lion Theatre ,
Horncastle - 96
Cellar, Aberdeen - 80
606 Club , London - 120
Bawtry Phoenix Theatre ,
Bawtry - 72
Vortex Jazz Club , London - 100
Capacities not specified
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , London
Kilburn National Club , London
Marquee Club , London (
Wardour Street 1964–1988;
Charing Cross Road 1988–2001)
Powerhaus (was once The Pied Bull; closed circa 1990s; now Halifax Building Society),
Islington , London
The Sir George Robey , Finsbury Park (briefly renamed Powerhaus after Islington venue "moved" here) (closed circa 2000s), London
Camden Falcon , London (closed circa 1990s)
Rainbow Theatre , London (1971–1982; now a Christian church)
The Roxy , London (1976–1978; now a sports shop)
Music Room Space Events, Mayfair, London
Band on the Wall , Manchester
Hope and Anchor ,
Islington , London
See also
References