tz
/ September 1, 2026
Wilton’s Music Hall sits down a quiet cobbled alley in Shadwell, East London, and holds the title of the oldest surviving grand music hall in the world. Built in 1859 by architect Jacob Maggs behind a row of Georgian terrace houses, it grew out of
Read more
tz
/ September 1, 2026
Union Chapel is a working Congregational church in Islington, north London, that doubles as one of the city’s most atmospheric live music venues. Built between 1874 and 1877 to a Victorian Gothic Revival design by architect James Cubitt, the building was inspired by the church
Read more
tz
/ August 25, 2026
Fabric is a nightclub in Farringdon, London, built inside a former Victorian cold storage warehouse on Charterhouse Street, directly opposite Smithfield Market. Founded by Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie, the venue first opened its doors on 21 October 1999 after a conversion of the building
Read more
tz
/ August 24, 2026
Ministry of Sound opened on September 21, 1991, inside a converted bus garage in Elephant & Castle, London, founded by James Palumbo, Justin Berkmann, and Humphrey Waterhouse. Berkmann modeled the club on New York’s Paradise Garage, building it as one of the first UK venues
Read more
tz
/ August 23, 2026
Royal Festival Hall opened on 3 May 1951 on the South Bank of the River Thames as the centerpiece of the Festival of Britain, a national celebration marking the centenary of the Great Exhibition. Designed by architects Robert Matthew and Leslie Martin with Peter Moro
Read more
tz
/ August 23, 2026
The Barbican Centre sits in the City of London on Silk Street, a sprawling Brutalist arts complex that opened on March 3, 1982, when Queen Elizabeth II formally unveiled it as “one of the wonders of the modern world.” Designed by the architecture firm Chamberlin,
Read more
tz
/ August 13, 2026
Sea Life London Aquarium sits inside the historic County Hall building on the South Bank of the River Thames, directly across the water from the Houses of Parliament. It opened on 28 March 1997 as the London Aquarium before Merlin Entertainments acquired it in 2008
Read more
tz
/ July 16, 2026
Tucked in a basement at 100 Oxford Street in London, the 100 Club has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942, when it opened as a Sunday night jazz venue called the Feldman Swing Club. It took its current name in 1964, after Roger
Read more
tz
/ July 16, 2026
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club is a long-running jazz venue in the Soho district of London, founded on October 30, 1959, by saxophonists Ronnie Scott and Pete King. It began life in a basement at 39 Gerrard Street before moving in 1965 to its present home
Read more
tz
/ July 1, 2026
Twickenham Stadium, situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the world’s largest rugby union stadium and the spiritual home of English rugby. The Rugby Football Union purchased the site in 1907 for £5,572 — land that had previously served as a market
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
O2 Academy Brixton stands at 211 Stockwell Road in the Lambeth district of South London, occupying a grand Art Deco building originally opened on 19 August 1929 as the Astoria Variety Cinema. After stints as a discotheque and a short-lived rock club called Fair Deal,
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
White Hart Lane was the cherished home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for 118 years, from its opening on 4 September 1899 until its final match on 14 May 2017. Located in Tottenham, North London, the ground grew from a modest venue on a former
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
Walk down Avenell Road in North London today and the old Art Deco facade still looks like a football stadium — right up until you notice the curtains in the windows. Highbury, Arsenal’s home for 93 years, was never bulldozed. It was converted, piece by
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
Old Wembley Stadium — officially the Empire Stadium — opened on 28 April 1923 with room for around 125,000 spectators, making it one of the largest sports venues on Earth at the time. Over its 77-year life that figure was cut back repeatedly, first toward
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
Lord’s Cricket Ground, located in St John’s Wood, London, is universally known as the Home of Cricket. Established by entrepreneur Thomas Lord in 1814 — his third ground, after earlier sites near Dorset Square and the Regent’s Canal — it has served as the headquarters
Read more
tz
/ June 16, 2026
Emirates Stadium is a purpose-built football ground located in Holloway, north London, and has served as the home of Arsenal Football Club since it opened on 22 July 2006. Designed by architects Populous (then known as HOK Sport) at a cost of around £390 million,
Read more
tz
/ June 15, 2026
The O2 Arena sits at the heart of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London, and has held the title of the world’s busiest live entertainment arena for much of its existence. Opened on 24 June 2007 with a Bon Jovi
Read more
tz
/ June 15, 2026
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened on 3 April 2019 on the site of the club’s beloved White Hart Lane in north London, replacing it with a purpose-built, state-of-the-art arena that immediately became the largest club stadium in London and the third largest football ground in England.
Read more