The Forum, London

The Forum
Website

The Forum in 2009
Location	Kentish Town London, NW5 United Kingdom
Public transit	Kentish Town
Owner	MAMA & Company
Capacity	2,300
Opened	1993 (1993)
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The Forum, known as O₂ Forum Kentish Town for sponsorship reasons, or sometimes Kentish Town Forum, is a concert venue in Kentish Town, London, England owned by MAMA & Company. The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the cinema was closed, the venue re-opened as an Irish dance hall called The Forum.

History

In the mid-1980s, it changed direction to a 2,100 capacity live music venue under the name of The Town & Country Club. In 1993, Mean Fiddler purchased the venue and renamed it The Forum. The final show at the T&C and the first at The Forum was Van Morrison.

In 2007, MAMA & Company purchased the Forum from Mean Fiddler and spent £1.5 million refurbishing it, and increasing the capacity to 2,300. In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation, and re-branded as O₂ Forum Kentish Town, as part of the O₂ Academy Group.^[1]

The venue has standing downstairs and benched seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.

References

↑ http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-nation-re-brands-3-ex-mama-venues-as-o2-in-the-uk/

External links

Official website
Forum Theatre at Cinema Treasures

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Coordinates: 51°33′08″N 0°08′32″W / 51.5522°N 0.1422°W / 51.5522; -0.1422

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