Social W1 (London)

4 upcoming concerts 140 past concerts

5 Little Portland Street, Marylebone

W1W 7JD

London, UK
Phone: 0207 636 4992
Website: www.thesocial.com/
Capacity: 150

In 1999 The Social opened in Little Portland Street. The brainchild of a record company whose offshoots included a hugely successful underground club night, The Social was set up with a simple manifesto – to provide great music and better booze to anyone who fancied tripping through the doors.

Ten years later and still run by the original team who created it - Heavenly Recordings & The Breakfast Group – the bar is an award winning London institution. Designed back then by a partnership of David Adjaye and Will Russell (now of Pentagram) with the proviso of withstanding nuclear …

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Gringo Star the Social with Gringo Star at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK
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Monday 23 November 2009
I Was A King with Still Corners at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

5 people

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Monday 30 November 2009
The Tailors with Come Dig Me Up Album Launch Party, Lissie, Caitlin Rose, and 1 more... at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

2 people

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Monday 14 December 2009
Tellison with Stagecoach, My First Tooth..., Aspen Sails, and Alcopop Xmas Party at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

1 person

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Monday 16 November 2009
Fionn Regan with Danny & the Champions of the World at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

6 people
Monday 09 November 2009
Cate Le Bon with Essay Like Nephew and Rodney Fisher at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

2 people
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Thursday 29 October 2009
Lucky Elephant, Alex Highton, and The Bobby Mcgee's at Social W1

Social W1 London, UK

1 person

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adamkillip (2 months ago)

concrete corridor it may be, but it's my home.

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CitizenMeh (3 months ago)

If you're near the front- 4 stars. If you're at the back- 1 star. Tiny place but inordinately crammed with chattering horse-faced idiots. Still, nothing quite like seeing Frank Black do Pixies songs in a place like this!

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Anikainlondon (4 months ago)

It's more of a bar than a venue, with most people there who just want to chat and not watch the bands. It's very narrow (maybe 4 or 5 people across) and very long, so if the place is full and you're at the back you will have no chance of seeing a thing, and it was probably be too chattery to hear anything either.

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deathwarmedover (4 months ago)

don't like this one much... i think it's maybe pushing the boundaries of "intimate" a bit too far.

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