O2 Academy Bristol

O2 Academy Bristol
Website
02 Academy Bristol exterior, featuring the old Carling branding.
Former names	Locarno
Location	Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Owner	Academy Music Group
Capacity	2,500
Opened	2001
O2 Academy Bristol Website

The O2 Academy Bristol (formerly known as the Locarno) 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 2,500) and gigs (capacity 2,000) was opened in 2001, and was the third Academy venue in the UK.^[1]

History

The venue was originally part of Mecca Leisure Group'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 an illuminated ceiling.^[2] Only the ice-rink and the cinema survived, the rest being demolished in 1998 and subsequently the site given over to student accommodation.^[3] 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 is a dance event held weekly at the venue. 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, and The Fratellis appeared. Room 2, a smaller room upstairs, features punk, rock and "Metal 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, often with promotional giveaways. A similar night occurred at the Birmingham Academy until 2009, leaving Bristol the only venue that holds a Ramshackle club night.

References

↑ "Academy Group music venues announce new partnership". NME. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
↑ "Survey Results: What were the best nightclubs in Bristol when you were in your teens and 20s?". Bristol Post. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ Southall, Nick (4 February 2014). "The gig venue guide: O2 Academy, Bristol". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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

Academy Music Group venues

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire O2 Academy Brixton O2 Academy Birmingham O2 Academy Bournemouth O2 Academy Bristol O2 Academy Glasgow O2 Academy Liverpool O2 Academy Newcastle O2 Academy Islington O2 Academy Oxford O2 Academy Sheffield O2 Academy Leeds O2 Academy Leicester O2 ABC Glasgow O2 Institute Birmingham O2 Forum Kentish Town O2 Ritz Manchester

Culture of Bristol

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Parks	Parks of Bristol Ashton Court Blaise Castle Brandon Hill College Green The Downs Redland Green Queen Square Snuff Mills St George Park

Creative industries	Bristol record labels

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