The Electric Ballroom

The Electric Ballroom is at the heart of Camden Town's bustling community and has been a key part of it since it's early days over 40 years ago. It began as a busy Irish club playing host to a wide variety of performers including the likes of Jim Reeves. In the past decades Sid Vicious, Madness, The Clash, George Thorogoodand the Smiths have drawn huge crowds to the venue. The most recent performers have included Hard-Fi, The Killers, The Raconteurs, AFI, Gogol Bordello and Paul McCartney.

Over the last 71 years the ballroom has come to epitomise all that is Camden Town. The venue has a reputation for hosting top musical talent such as Oasis, U2, The Clash, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Public Enemy and many more and has a long association with Londons Irish music scene.

In the late 1930 there were a chain of Ballrooms covering England America and Ireland. The venues became renowed all over the world as places for young Irish couples meet and fall in love. He took over the Ballroom, then known as the Buffalo club in a run down state and transformed it.

Bill renovated the club and reopened it in 1938 as the carousel the venue became known as the Electric Ballroom in 1978.

http://www.electricballroom.co.uk/