Guide To The Best Live Music Venues In Coventry
Coventry has a growing collection of fantastic music venues for music fans in the area. This article looks at the best venues to watch music in the Coventry (and Warwickshire) area.
The Ricoh Arena
The home of Coventry City Football Club and is the largest venue in the region with the Red Hot Chili Peppers having performed to 40,000 people at the venue. Oasis, Pink, Bon Jovi, and Bryan Adams all performed to crowds over 30,000. The Jaguar Exhibition Hall (which has a more modest, but impressive 8,000 capacity) has seen gigs by The Specials, The Enemy, and Scouting For Girls.
The Kasbah
The Kasbah club/music venue is located in the Hillfields area of Coventry and it's club nights are also very popular with the student population. But the Kasbah (formally known as the Colosseum until a revamp in 2007) is the best known music venue in the city that has hosted artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, Pete Doherty, The Libertines, the Klaxons, Calvin Harris, and The Enemy in recent years. The main room features a capacity of 1000 people.
Warwick Arts Centre
Warwick Arts Centre is situated at the heart of The University of Warwick (which is located in Coventry and not Warwick) is proudly the largest arts centre outside of London, which holds a wide host of events that cover music, drama, dance, comedy, literature, films and visual art. Concerts take place in the Butterworth Hall (seats 1500), the Theatre (seats 450) and the more intimate Studio (seats 120). Artists appearing at the award winning venue include more mellower artists such as Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Beth Orton, Divine Comedy and Imogen Heap.
Warwick Students Union
Warwick University's Student Union (The Copper Rooms) is also a fantastic place to see music with 1200 capacity live space, with the ability to be broken down to 600 – 800 capacity if required. Acts such as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, The Killers, Editors, and The Automatic have played the venue. However, despite the venue being for students, some events are open to the general public.
Tin Angel & Taylor John's House
Intimate live music venue based in two former coal vaults in Coventry Canal Basin which houses live music venues with the kind of "chilled-out" vibe for unsigned and cult (more likely to be acoustic) artists.
The Assembly
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, this new art-deco, multi-function venue opened its doors in the summer of 2008 after a multi-million pound redevelopment fronted by designer Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen. The venue is perhaps the best venue in the region and possibly the whole UK having since won the highly prestigious Music Week Award for 'Best Live Music Venue' in 2010.
The Ricoh Arena
The home of Coventry City Football Club and is the largest venue in the region with the Red Hot Chili Peppers having performed to 40,000 people at the venue. Oasis, Pink, Bon Jovi, and Bryan Adams all performed to crowds over 30,000. The Jaguar Exhibition Hall (which has a more modest, but impressive 8,000 capacity) has seen gigs by The Specials, The Enemy, and Scouting For Girls.
The Kasbah
The Kasbah club/music venue is located in the Hillfields area of Coventry and it's club nights are also very popular with the student population. But the Kasbah (formally known as the Colosseum until a revamp in 2007) is the best known music venue in the city that has hosted artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, Pete Doherty, The Libertines, the Klaxons, Calvin Harris, and The Enemy in recent years. The main room features a capacity of 1000 people.
Warwick Arts Centre
Warwick Arts Centre is situated at the heart of The University of Warwick (which is located in Coventry and not Warwick) is proudly the largest arts centre outside of London, which holds a wide host of events that cover music, drama, dance, comedy, literature, films and visual art. Concerts take place in the Butterworth Hall (seats 1500), the Theatre (seats 450) and the more intimate Studio (seats 120). Artists appearing at the award winning venue include more mellower artists such as Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Beth Orton, Divine Comedy and Imogen Heap.
Warwick Students Union
Warwick University's Student Union (The Copper Rooms) is also a fantastic place to see music with 1200 capacity live space, with the ability to be broken down to 600 – 800 capacity if required. Acts such as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, The Killers, Editors, and The Automatic have played the venue. However, despite the venue being for students, some events are open to the general public.
Tin Angel & Taylor John's House
Intimate live music venue based in two former coal vaults in Coventry Canal Basin which houses live music venues with the kind of "chilled-out" vibe for unsigned and cult (more likely to be acoustic) artists.
The Assembly
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, this new art-deco, multi-function venue opened its doors in the summer of 2008 after a multi-million pound redevelopment fronted by designer Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen. The venue is perhaps the best venue in the region and possibly the whole UK having since won the highly prestigious Music Week Award for 'Best Live Music Venue' in 2010.
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