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Music in Britain

Concert halls, music venues and arenas.

Facts last checked 25 Oct 2026. Britlens is independent: see our editorial policy.

Site of the Haçienda, Piccadilly, Chinatown & the Village
Site of the Haçienda, ManchesterPhoto: Dunk 🐝, CC BY 2.0
The Rainbow, Digbeth & Eastside
The Rainbow, BirminghamPhoto: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0
OVO Hydro, Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
OVO Hydro, GlasgowPhoto: Fraser MacDonald, CC BY-SA 3.0

Places from the lists below; each photo links to the guide page that lists it.

Where to start

Reasoned from our data counts

These three destinations have the most matching places in our guides. That shows where our coverage is deepest for this interest, not an official ranking.

  • Manchester

    8 matching places.

    Most in: Northern Quarter & Cathedral (2), Oxford Road & Rusholme (2).

  • Birmingham

    7 matching places.

    Most in: Brindleyplace & the Canals (2), Digbeth & Eastside (2).

  • London

    7 matching places.

    Most in: Soho & Covent Garden (4), Brixton (1).

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All 54 places, by destination

Venue types only. We hold no festival or gig listings here: see what's on.

Manchester8places

Birmingham7places

London7places

Nottingham7places

Glasgow5places

Bristol3places

Liverpool3places

Newcastle and Gateshead3places

Northern Ireland3places

Edinburgh2places

Sheffield2places

Cornwall1place

Leeds1place

The Peak District1place

The South Downs1place

How we matched these places

We search the type label and name of every sight and food and drink place in our guides for this interest. Places we have not listed, or that our data labels differently, will be missing. Data checked 25 Oct 2026. Hearts save a place to My trip.

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Sources

Official pages read on 25 Oct 2026. Rules, prices and opening times change: check the source before you rely on it. Counts and rankings on this page come from Britlens place data and are not official figures.

No external source is cited on this page; every figure is computed from our own data.