The Venue (New Cross, London)
Former cinema and music venue in London, England
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The Venue was a music venue and nightclub in a former cinema located in New Cross, London, England.
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- as New Cross Super Kinema
(1925 - 1927) - as New Cross Kinema
(1927 - 1948) - as Kinema
(1948 - 1950) - as Gaumont New Cross
(1950 to 1960) - as The Harp Club
(1960s - 1989) - as The Venue
(1989)
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| Location | 2 Clifton Rise / 325 to 327 New Cross Road New Cross, London, SE14 |
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| Capacity | 1400 |
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| Closed | 2020 |
History
The building first opened as a cinema named the New Cross Super Kinema in 1925. This was shortened to the New Cross Kinema in 1927,[1] and further to just Kinema in 1948. During this time the building also housed the New Cross Palais de Danse.[2] It became the Gaumont New Cross in 1950.[3]
After this it was an Irish traditional music and Irish country dance hall named The Harp Club.[4] In the 1970s the club hired out its rooms for reggae nights.[5] By the late 1980s it had also become a venue for genres such as indie pop, goth, and acid house.[6][7][8]
It opened as The Venue in April 1989.[9][10] Artists to perform there included Oasis,[11] Pulp,[12] Suede,[13] Blur, Lush,[14] Radiohead,[15] Chumbawamba,[16] Teenage Fanclub,[17] Mudhoney, Hole,[18] Front Line Assembly,[19] Current 93,[20] The Melvins,[21] Shed 7,[22] The Cardiacs,[23] and Subhumans.[24]
Boxer Dominic Negus was a bouncer there for a time.[25]
By the 2000s the majority of live concerts there were tribute acts,[26] and it largely functioned more as a DJ-oriented nightclub.[27]