184 CAMDEN HIGH STREET, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON, NW1 8QP < VIEW MAP >
INFO   HISTORY
Electric Ballroom
184 Camden high Street
Camden Town
London
NW1 8QP

Tel: 0207 485 9006
Fax: 0207 284 0745
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General Enquires - admin@electricballroom.co.uk
Group Bookings - bookings@electricballroom.co.uk
Website Problems ONLY - webmaster@electricballroom.co.uk

DIRECTIONS:
Tube - Camden Town (Northern Line)
Rail - Camden Road Station
Car - Normal parking restrictions apply
Bus - C2, 14, 27, 29, 31, 134, 135, 168, 214, 274, N2, N5, N20, N31, N134, N253, N279

VACANCIES:
If you are interested in the following positions: Bar Staff, Glass Collectors, Fly promotions. Contact - mark@electricballroom.co.uk




VENUE HIRE

A legendary profile entertainment venue. The famous venue provides you with three floors of flexible space, suitable for almost any type of event music performances, showcases, fashion shows, club nights, and corporate parties.

For information on venue hire please contact:
admin@electricballroom.co.uk
or call 0207 485 9006
or fax 0207 284 075

  CAMDEN’S LEGENDARY VENUE

Over the last 73 years, the Electric Ballroom has come to epitomise all that is Camden Town. Over the years it has played host to top musical talent such as U2, The Clash, Phil Lynott, The Boomtown Rats, Joy Division, The Smiths, Madness, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Public Enemy, Blur, Supergrass, Garbage and many more.

The Electric Ballroom dates back to the 1930’s when its current owner, Bill Fuller, took it over and opened it up as The Buffalo Club. It was a small place back then with the main entrance on Kentish Town Road. The same gate is still used for staff and deliveries and has been kept as a souvenir from the old days. An opportunity for expansion came during the war in 1941, when Camden Town Tube was bombed. Both the back of the Buffalo and the small side street beside it, which was called Dewsbury Terrace, were literally blown away. Bill then bought the whole site, and built the Buffalo up into a ballroom that could hold 2,000 people. Besides being a renowned social centre for many Irish immigrants it became hugely popular for its great music with bands like Joe Loss and The Clipper Carlton...

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PROMOTERS SPEC:

  • Stage size 4ft high x 30ft wide x 20ft deep (1.3m high x 9.2m x wide x 6.1m deep)
    Stage to ceiling height 17feet (5.2m)
  • Production Offices are in dressing rooms (wireless available)
  • 4 Dressing rooms, TWO SHOWER ROOMS
    We supply towels (£30.00 laundry charge)
  • Shore power (£40.00)
  • Parking: Yard adjacent to auditorium accommodating 2 trucks, 3 to 4 cars (all must be removed to street before doors open (no restrictions on street after 6.30pm)
  • Load in: From yard to stage on same level
  • Merchandise stall charge £40.00

CAPACITY

  • 1100

 


 

LIGHTING SPEC

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Main System

  • Martin Wavefront 8 Speakers: 4 stacks per side (3xW8T, 1xW8S, 4xW8S)
  • QSC PLX series and Lab Gruppen  amplifiers used throughout

Front of House

  • Soundcraft MH4 48 channel Mixing Desk
  • Klark Teknik DN360 graphic and XTA System controllers
  • 10 Drawmer Compressors & 10 Drawmer Gates
  • 2 Focusrite compressors
  • TC D-Two Delay
  • 3 Yamaha Multi Effects units including SPX2000

Microphones

  • We have a full range of microphones and stands including Shure, Sennheiser and AKG
  • Kit mics include Shure Beta 52A, Beta91 & 56A, and AKG C451.
  • Also Audix kit set with D6, i5, D2 and D4
  • Instrument mics include Sennheiser e604 and MD421
  • Vocal mics include Shure SM and Beta58 and AKG D5
  • DI boxes are BSS actives

Monitors

  • Soundcraft SM12 48 channel Monitor Desk
  • The stage monitor system offers 10 bi-amped mixes through Martin LE700A wedges and H3T fills
  • BSS graphics on all monitor mixes
  • TC Multi Effects unit
  • KT Square One 8 channel dynamics
  • QSC amplifiers used throughout

 

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