The Garage (London) Explained

The Garage
Logo Image:File:The_Garage_Logo_2017.png
Location:20-22 Highbury Corner
Highbury
London,
England
Owner:DHP Family
Type:Music venue
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The Garage is a live music and club venue in Highbury, North London. It opened in 1993 and has a capacity of 600. The upstairs room, also known as the Grace, has a capacity of 150.[1]

The venue has hosted a number of underplays, with the Killers, Jack White, Mumford & Sons Suede Sugababes and The 1975 being among some of the most recent acts to play the venue.[2] [3] [4] [5] Other acts who have passed through the doors include Green Day, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paramore, Oasis and My Chemical Romance.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

The Garage was originally a Temperance Billiard Hall which quickly gained a reputation for serving great pies, as well as being a haunt for local villains in the sixties.[13] The Highbury Mob often used the Billiard Hall as a meeting place. It became the London Town & Country Club 2, a sister venue to the Town and Country Club (now the Forum in Kentish Town), which is when the first live music events began to be programmed in the building.[14] [15]

In 1993, the building was officially reopened as the Garage with Pulp being the first big name to play the venue in May 1993.[16] The venue was renamed the Garage by Mean Fiddler, after the Lex Garage which was once next door. In 2007 it was taken over by MAMA & Company.[17] Jazz Cafe and The Borderline were also included in the acquisition, incorporating them in to the MAMA Group's estate from August.

In June 2009, the Garage was relaunched as the Relentless Garage with joint naming rights with Relentless Energy Drinks.It was taken over by DHP Family in 2016.[18] This led to a complete revamp of the whole venue in March 2017 to create an all day bar as well as an intimate 150 capacity venue, The Grace, upstairs. A new layout, bar, sound and lighting system for the Garage was also added.

It is booked by Conrad Rogan & Scott Kennedy

The Garage has had acts such as Harry Styles, Jack White, Alt-J, Mystery Jets, Rina Sawayama, Jax Jones, Tory Lanez, the Rifles and War Child’s 25th anniversary shows in performance.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

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Notes and References

  1. The Garage production specs http://static.thegaragehighbury.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Garage-Venue-Specs-20142.pdf
  2. News: The Killers rush from Wembley Stadium gig to play tiny London club show - NME. 2013-06-23. NME. 2018-08-29. en-US.
  3. News: Jack White announces intimate shows in Los Angeles, New York and London - NME. 2018-03-15. NME. 2018-08-29. en-US.
  4. News: Mumford and Sons play intimate Garage XFM show in aid of War Child - NME. 2013-07-19. NME. 2018-08-29. en-US.
  5. News: Suede, The Garage, review. Hall. James. The Daily Telegraph. 2013-10-17. 2018-08-29. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  6. News: Live in concert iat The Garage in Islington - April 1, 1994. Getty Images. 2018-08-29. en-GB.
  7. Web site: Franz Ferdinand Setlist at Relentless Garage, London. setlist.fm. 2018-08-29.
  8. News: Fred Perry Sub-Sonic Live, Temples, Telegram and The Merrylees. 1883 Magazine. 2018-08-29. En.
  9. Web site: Jagwar Ma London / September 2014. www.fredperry.com. en. 2018-08-29.
  10. News: Review The Garage London May 2002. 2015-12-30. Red Hot Chili Peppers fansite, news and forum - thechilisource.com. 2018-08-29. en-US.
  11. Web site: Paramore Setlist at Relentless Garage, London. setlist.fm. 2018-08-29.
  12. Web site: My Chemical Romance Setlist at Springloaded 2004. setlist.fm. 2018-08-29.
  13. Web site: General Natter. Barnsbury Boys. en. 2018-08-29.
  14. News: ROCK / The mourning after: RIP the T&C? North London's best-loved. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/rock-the-mourning-after-rip-the-tc-north-londons-best-loved-concert-venue-is-set-to-close-in-march-1564029.html . 18 June 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 2018-08-29. en-GB.
  15. Web site: The Town And Country Club 2, London - Live Music. www.45worlds.com. 2018-08-29.
  16. Web site: PulpWiki - 15th May 1993 - The Garage, London (live). www.pulpwiki.net. 2018-08-29.
  17. News: MAMA'S PLANS FOR SWEET MUSIC. https://archive.today/20130216052159/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7553311.html. dead. 16 February 2013. Fildes. Nic. 15 August 2007. The Independent . 30 January 2013.
  18. News: DHP Family buys London Live Nation venues [updated] IQ Magazine]. 2016-05-30. IQ Magazine. 2017-03-03. en-GB.
  19. Web site: HARRY STYLES [SOLD OUT] The Garage]. thegarage.london. en-GB. 2018-08-29.
  20. News: Wolf Alice, Alt-J & More For War Child BRITs Week Shows. Radio X. 2018-08-29. en.
  21. Web site: MYSTERY JETS – JETROSPECTIVE: CURVE OF THE EARTH The Garage. thegarage.london. en-GB. 2018-08-29.
  22. Web site: UP NEXT – JAX JONES The Garage. thegarage.london. en-GB. 2018-08-29.
  23. Web site: TORY LANEZ (SOLD OUT) The Garage. thegarage.london. en-GB. 2018-08-29.
  24. Web site: THE RIFLES – FIVE NIGHT STAND: BIG LIFE The Garage. thegarage.london. en-GB. 2018-08-29.

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