The Fighting Cocks
 The venue in 2016 | |
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| Address | 57 Old London Rd Kingston upon Thames United Kingdom, KT2 6QA. |
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| Coordinates | 51°24′37″N 0°17′58″W / 51.4103°N 0.2995°WCoordinates: 51°24′37″N 0°17′58″W / 51.4103°N 0.2995°W |
| Public transit | Kingston railway station (England) ; Travel Card Zone 6 |
| Type | Music hall |
| Production | Rock'n'roll, Punk, Metal, Ska, Alternative, Rockabilly, Electro (music), Comedy & Cabaret performances |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1891 |
| Years active | 1930 – present |
| Website | |
| TheFightingCocks.co.uk | |
The Fighting Cocks is a music venue built prior to 1890[1],,[2] active since the 1930s and located in Kingston upon Thames, the administrative center of the Royal Borough of Kingston, southwest London, England.[3],[4],[5],[6] Historically, it specializes in Rock'n'roll, Punk, Metal, Folk,[7] Ska, Alternative, Rockabilly, Electro (music), Comedy, & Cabaret performances.[8] It was conspicuous for hosting touring Jazz acts[9] in the late 1930s and in the 1940s.[10],[11],[12] It is now a standard on the London Live Circuit.[13] It was a popular watering hole, and host to many jam sessions including such artists as Eric Clapton, CBE, Shirley Collins,[14] Frank Turner, Gallows, The Stupids,[15] June Tabor[16] or The Rolling Stones. Since 1992, it is also a live-audience training platform and term assessments venue for Kingston University's Drama and Music students.[17],[18],[19]
History[]
Unsigned, underground, as well as established artists have been invited to perform. The last management of the Cocks opened its doors in 2000. The Fighting Cocks is cooperating with Banquet Records promoters based a few minutes walk away in the city center, formerly part of the Beggars Banquet Records retail chain. Banquet Records is also home to Gravity DIP music management.[20]
The Stupids in 2009.
Comedy performers[]
The music venue has a long history of comedy performers especially since it has transformed into the award-winning Outside the Box comedy night on mondays.[21] Comedians who have performed there include:[22]
Music performers[]
Past performers include:
Sources[]
- ^ A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs. Ward, Lock & Company, limited. 1913.
- ^ The General Evening Post: 1758. 1758.
- ^ Carr, Anne (2015-08-11). Linked: Stories from One of a Family's Parts. FriesenPress. ISBN 978-1-4602-6838-4.
- ^ Finny, William Evelyn St Lawrence (1902). The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, Ancient and Modern, with Notes Upon Surbiton and Its Surroundings ... Homeland Association.
- ^ Bibbings, Lois S. (2014-03-26). Binding Men: Stories About Violence and Law in Late Victorian England. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-30970-1.
- ^ Ltd (Londres), Ward, Lock & Co (1819). A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs: With Two Large Section Plans of Central London... Ward, Lock & Company, Limited.
- ^ The Folk Directory. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1979.
- ^ Sampson, June (1972). The Story of Kingston. Michael Lancet. ISBN 978-0-900245-04-6.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1.
- ^ The Folk Directory. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1979.
- ^ Briain, Dara O. (2009-10-01). Tickling the English. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-193257-6.
- ^ Howe, Zoe; Whitby, Michele; Platt, John; Way, Gina; Davis, Peter (2013-12-03). The British Beat Explosion: Rock 'n' Roll Island. Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906582-52-4.
- ^ "Fighting Cocks pub: fears over its closure allayed as development plans reveal music venue will be even bigger". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ Collins, Shirley (2018). All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song. MIT Press. ISBN 978-1-907222-41-2.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016-04-15). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-5820-9.
- ^ Bean, J. P. (2014-03-04). Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-30546-9.
- ^ Richardson Andrews, Charlotte (10 June 2014). "The gig venue guide: the Fighting Cocks, Kingston upon Thames". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Chilton, John (2004-05-01). Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8264-2389-4.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. MUZE. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1985-09-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
- ^ McGillivray, David (1994). McGillivray's Theatre Guide. Rebecca Books. ISBN 978-0-9518922-2-0.
- ^ "Tim Vine: 'I sang karaoke in New Malden on my own' | Your Local Guardian". 2018-09-26. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ Briain, Dara O. (2009-10-01). Tickling the English. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-193257-6.
- ^ "Kingston Performers". OutsideTheBoxComedy.co.uk. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Reginald D Hunter to headline comedy night in Kingston as well as TWO New Year's Eve shows". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ Kevan (16 April 2018). "Fighting Cocks History". PubsHistory.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links[]
- The Fighting Cocks on Instagram.
- The Fighting Cocks at Time Out.
- The Fighting Cocks at Mayor of London's 'Visit London'.
- Comedy clubs in the United Kingdom
- Music venues in London
- Rock music venues