Music listings in London
Scala
Scala
275 Pentonville Road
London, N1 9NL
http://www.scala-london.co.uk/
Tel: 020 7833 2022
Scala is an 1,145 capacity venue in Kings Cross, a short walk from National Rail and Underground services. The venue hosts an eclectic mix of live music events and club nights. There are four floors, three bars, a cloakroom and a small outdoor courtyard to accommodate smokers. The venue opened as Kings Cross Cinema in 1920, boasting the capability to seat over a thousand people. The building was damaged in the Blitz of the Second World War and then refurbished and re-opened in the 50s. During the early 70s, in addition to the films, the cinema became an all night rock music venue, hosting artists such as Iggy Pop and Hawkwind. This was short lived and the late-night licence was revoked in 1974 after petitions by local residents. The venue closed its doors and transformed into an ecological exhibition called the Primatarium. The project was not a success and the space reverted back to a cinema in 1981 (membership to Scala Cinema Club was just 50p a year), and became renowned as one of Britain's leading art house cinemas. The cinema was soon surrounded in controversy after screening Stanley's Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange', thus breaching copyright. The cinema was taken to court by Kubrick and Warner Brothers, and fined so heavily it was forced into liquidation. Scala re-opened as a music venue in 1999 after a complete transformation, with the addition of two new floors.
Upcoming events at Scala
Papooz
27 June (7:30 PM)
Mt. Wolf, Geowulf
28 June (12:00 AM)
FooR, DJ Luck & MC Neat, MC DT
30 June (10:00 PM)
Kate Voegele, Tyler Hilton, Jablonsky, Brian Mackey
5 July (7:30 PM)
Face Down, The Milestones
6 July (10:00 PM)
InVisions, Faces Of Eve UK, Milestones (UK)
6 July (10:00 PM)
Telepathy
14 July (10:00 PM)
King Of Kings
27 July (10:00 PM)
Jake Shears
15 August (7:30 PM)
The Hackney Colliery Band
19 August (7:30 PM)
The Hackney Colliery Band
20 August (7:30 PM)
Phoebe Bridgers
21 August (7:30 PM)
Grandmaster Flash
28 August (7:30 PM)
Colter Wall
29 August (7:30 PM)
Soccer Mommy
13 September (12:00 AM)
Catherine McGrath
18 September (7:30 PM)
Sports Team, FUR, The Ugly, p-rallel
19 September (7:00 PM)
El Kanka
29 September (9:00 PM)
Hollie Cook
3 October (7:00 PM)
Hunter & The Bear
10 October (7:30 PM)
Boy Azooga
17 October (7:30 PM)
Sea Girls
18 October (7:30 PM)
Puma Blue
23 October (7:30 PM)
Tote King, Shotta, Dj Nexxa
27 October (9:00 PM)
The Lovely Eggs
28 October (7:30 PM)
Perhaps Contraption
31 October (12:00 AM)
Kikagaku Moyo
8 November (7:30 PM)
Mansionair
13 November (7:30 PM)
Some Velvet Morning
14 November (7:30 PM)
The Hackney Colliery Band
19 November (7:30 PM)
The Hackney Colliery Band
20 November (7:30 PM)
Israel Nash, Treetop Flyers, Brent Cowles
22 November (7:30 PM)
La Maravillosa Orquesta del Alcohol
24 November (12:00 AM)
Ryley Walker
27 November (7:30 PM)
Graveyard
5 December (12:00 AM)
Rayden
8 December (9:00 PM)
Papooz
12 December (12:00 AM)
New Purple Celebration
13 December (7:00 PM)