O2 Academy Bristol

O2 Academy Bristol
O2 Academy Bristol
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02 Academy Bristol exterior, featuring the old Carling branding.
Location Bristol, England
Opened 2001
Owner Academy Music Group
Capacity 1,600
Website O2 Academy Bristol Website

The O2 Academy Bristol is a music venue located below the ice rink on Frogmore Street, Bristol, England. It is run by the Academy Music Group. On 1 January 2009 sponsorship was taken over from Carling by telecommunications company O2 and the venue's name changed from the Carling Academy to the O2 Academy. The Academy which hosts club nights (capacity 1,900) and gigs (capacity 1,600) was opened in 2001, and was the third Academy venue in the UK.[1]

The venue was originally part of Mecca's New Entertainments Centre and was an ABC Cinema. Opening in 1966, it included a dozen licensed bars, an ice rink, bowling lanes, the Craywood Club casino, a night club, a grand cinema and the 2,000-capacity Locarno ballroom with its infamous illuminated ceiling. Only the ice-rink and the cinema survived, the rest being demolished in 1998 and subsequently the site given over to student accommodation. The cinema closed in 1996 and was converted into a nightclub in 2000, originally called Rock. Soon after it became the Bristol Academy.

Ramshackle

Ramshackle occurs every Friday night. In the main room Indie and Alternative music is played, DJ'ed by Ramshackle residents: The Postman & Andy Tokyo plus occasional guest DJs which in the past have included Zane Lowe and Bloc Party. Live bands also feature in the main room, in 2006 OK Go, The Fratellis and The Cutaway appeared. Room 2, a smaller room upstairs, features Punk, Rock and Metal (of the lighter, metalcore influenced variety) Anthems with Old Man Rich & Jason X. Parties with varying themes (such as Beach Parties, Christmas, Easter) occur throughout the year as do band specific promotions that often have free giveaways. A similar night occurred at the Birmingham Academy until 2009, leaving Bristol the only venue that holds a Ramshackle club night.

References

  1. ^ "Academy Group music venues announce new partnership". NME. 6 November 2008. http://www.nme.com/news/nme/40887. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 

External links

Coordinates: 51°27′15″N 2°36′01″W / 51.4542°N 2.6004°W / 51.4542; -2.6004

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