Islington Assembly Hall
{{Short description|London concert hall}}
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| address = Upper Street, Islington, London
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| type = Music venue
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| capacity = 890
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Islington Assembly Hall is a live music venue and events space on Upper Street, Islington, London. It forms part of the Islington Town Hall complex. It has a capacity of 890 for live events, including seating for 200 in its balcony.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Hann |date=14 October 2014 |title=The gig venue guide: Islington Assembly Hall - Music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/14/gig-venue-guide-islington-assembly-hall |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=20 April 2015}} Events other than music shows, such as public meetings, also take place there.{{cite web |url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/assemblyhall/about-us/Pages/facilities.aspx |title=Facilities |website=Islington Assembly Hall |publisher=Islington Council |accessdate=20 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419041036/http://www.islington.gov.uk/assemblyhall/about-us/Pages/facilities.aspx |archive-date=19 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}
History
File:Fall Out Boy, Islington Assembly Hall, London (16099853339).jpg at Islington Assembly Hall in 2015]]
The assembly hall, which was designed with many art deco features, including clocks, paintings and decorative panels,{{cite web|title=Islington Town Hall: Art Deco on Upper Street|url=http://architecturediary.org/london/events/7202|website=London Architecture Diary|accessdate=21 June 2017|archive-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228125614/http://architecturediary.org/london/events/7202|url-status=dead}} opened in March 1930.{{cite web|title=About Islington Assembly Hall|url=https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-venues/islington-assembly-hall_6728.htm|website=Hitches|accessdate=21 June 2017}}
Owned and managed by the local authority, the building hosted events such as variety shows, tea dances and weddings.{{cite web |url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/assemblyhall/about-us/Pages/history.aspx |title=History |website=Islington Assembly Hall |publisher=Islington Council |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619055630/http://www.islington.gov.uk/assemblyhall/about-us/Pages/history.aspx |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |date=February 2010 |title=Curtains Up! |url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/publicrecords/library/Communications/Information/Leaflets/2011-2012/(2012-03-03)-IslingtonNow-February-2010.pdf |journal=Islington Now |publisher=Islington Council |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063025/http://www.islington.gov.uk/publicrecords/library/Communications/Information/Leaflets/2011-2012/(2012-03-03)-IslingtonNow-February-2010.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} Performers in the post-war era included the singers Diana Dors, George Formby and Chris Farlowe.{{cite web|url=https://www.c20society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-2403-CivicPlungeRevisitedlowres2.pdf|title=The Civic Plunge Revisited|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Twentieth Century Society|accessdate=25 April 2020}}
It closed in the mid-1980s and was then used as storage space for around 30 years until Islington Council funded its refurbishment, and it reopened in 2010,{{cite journal |date=March 2010 |title=Assembly Hall Memories |url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/publicrecords/library/Communications/Information/Leaflets/2009-2010/(2010-02-23)-IslingtonNow-March-2010.pdf |journal=Islington Now |publisher=Islington Council |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831103617/http://www.islington.gov.uk/publicrecords/library/Communications/Information/Leaflets/2009-2010/(2010-02-23)-IslingtonNow-March-2010.pdf |archive-date=31 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} almost 80 years to the day since it first opened.{{cite web |url=http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-02-17-curtain-is-about-to-rise-on-islingtons-restored-assembly-hall |title=Curtain is about to rise on Islington's restored Assembly Hall |last=Wooderson |first=Hannah |date=17 February 2010 |website=24dash.com}}
The venue hosted the 2019 Kerrang! Awards, a ceremony celebrating achievements in rock music.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/in-pictures-the-kerrang-awards-2019/|title=The Kerrang Awards 2019|publisher=Kerrang|accessdate=8 April 2020}}
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External links
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- [http://islingtonassemblyhall.co.uk/ Islington Assembly Hall]
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Category:Buildings and structures in Islington
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1930
Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Islington