Music listings in London
Scala
Scala
275 Pentonville Road
London, N1 9NL
https://scala.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 This was short lived and the late-night licence was revoked in 1974 after petitions by local residents.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
Tirzah, Curl, TTY, Lafawndah
24 April (7:30 PM)
Tirzah, Coby Sey, Elheist, Elan Tamara
25 April (7:30 PM)
X Ambassadors, Minke
29 April (7:30 PM)
Blinders, The Ninth Wave
30 April (7:30 PM)
The Blinders (UK), Kid Kapichi
30 April (7:30 PM)
Maisie Peters
1 May (7:30 PM)
Otoboke Beaver, Say Sue Me, drinking boys & girls choir
2 May (12:00 AM)
Viva Suecia, The Niftys
4 May (8:00 PM)
Stella Donnelly, Sofia Bolt
7 May (7:30 PM)
C Duncan
8 May (7:30 PM)
Anchorsong
9 May (7:30 PM)
Dave Hause, Dave Hause and The Mermaid, Cold Years
10 May (6:30 PM)
Sons of the East, Amistat
14 May (7:30 PM)
Unloved
15 May (7:30 PM)
Tom Williams, Bryde
16 May (7:30 PM)
MC DT, MC Creed
18 May (10:00 PM)
Primal Scream
21 May (7:30 PM)
Caamp
22 May (7:30 PM)
Golden Core
23 May (5:00 PM)
Peter Perrett
29 May (7:30 PM)
Mammal Hands
30 May (7:30 PM)
Ayax y Prok
8 June (8:00 PM)
Amber Mark
9 July (7:30 PM)
Stars
30 September (12:00 AM)
Plastic Mermaids
3 October (7:30 PM)
Creep Show
9 October (7:30 PM)
Holy Moly & The Crackers
10 October (7:30 PM)
Pip Blom
16 October (7:30 PM)
Cub Sport
17 October (7:30 PM)
The Dream Syndicate
21 October (7:30 PM)
Pom Poko
23 October (7:30 PM)
Orville Peck
28 October (7:30 PM)
SYML
29 October (9:00 PM)
Cassia
30 October (7:30 PM)
Rozalén
2 November (12:00 AM)
Little Comets
13 November (7:30 PM)
Luna Bay
21 November (7:30 PM)
sir Was
27 November (7:30 PM)
We Were Promised Jetpacks
3 December (7:30 PM)