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|name = Dingwalls Dancehall

|caption = Lock 17, a bar connected to Dingwalls<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/10/the-gig-venue-guide-dingwalls-london|title = The gig venue guide: Dingwalls, London|date = 10 March 2015}}</ref>

|website = {{URL|www.https://dingwalls.com}}

'''Dingwalls Dancehall''' (original name at time of opening) is a live music and comedy venue adjacent to [[Camden Lock]], Camden, London, England. The 500-capacity venue hosts gigs and a weeklyin [[Comedy LoftLondon]] comedy club. The building itself is one of many industrial [[Victorian architecture|Victorian buildings]] thatwhich were put to new use in the 20th century. The original owner of the building, T.E. Dingwall, had his name painted on to the outside wall of the building, which was a common practice by businesses in [[Camden Town]] during the late [[Victorian era]]. The paint is still visible to this day, hence the venue's name.

First launched as the newly developed Camden Lock's flagship venue in the summer of 1973. The Natural Acoustic Band performed five times between July and November 1973. Dingwalls Dancehall was open to all - "reasonably priced at half a bar for entry"{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}, providing the longest bar in London (at the time){{citation needed|date=September 2016}}, near-pub price drinks and New York-style burgers and chickpeas. It wasn't a club, yet stayed open till 2{{nbsp}}am, hosting acts such as funk band [[Gonzalez (band)|Gonzalez]], and pub rockers [[Kilburn and the High Roads]]. Reviewed in one music paper the first summer, it was immediately recognised as plugging the "vast gap in the social and financial standings of various venues", where you can "eat, drink, boogie and listen to a live set during an evening which lasts till two"... "late enough for most people" (those were the days!) - and "excellent bands are to be found there".{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

By the early 1990s the original Dingwalls Dancehall had been converted into a venue for the jazz dance club 'Talkin Loud and Saying Something', run by [[Gilles Peterson]] and [[Patrick Forge]]. Since the 2000s, the pair returned to Dingwalls with 'Another Sunday afternoon at Dingwalls', afternoon sessions that present live artists and DJs.

Dingwalls became a prominent and popular London live music venue in the [[Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rock]] and [[Punk rock]] era of the mid to late 1970s. Nevertheless, the booking policy was eclectic, finding time for visiting US acts such as [[Etta James]] and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] in 1978 and [[The Drifters]] and [[R.E.M.]] in 1983.

In the 21st century artists performing at Dingwalls have included: [[James Bay (singer)|James Bay]], [[You Me At Six]], [[Modestep]], [[Noel Gallagher]], [[The Posies]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Witter |first1=Simon |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'We eat raw cactuses!' – a classic interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/06/red-hot-chili-peppers-we-eat-raw-cactuses-a-classic-interview |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 August 2014}}</ref> [[Sigma (DJs)|Sigma]], [[Stereophonics]], [[George Ezra]], [[Ellie Goulding]], [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]], [[Gallows]], [[Foo Fighters]], American Blues singer [[Beth Hart]] and, in 2011, 'Venison' (a pseudonym of [[The Strokes]], for the purposes of a 'secret' comeback show).<ref>{{cite web

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On 6 December 2011, [[Coldplay]] played the venue as part of [[BBC Radio 2]]'s 'Live in Concert' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=853|title=Coldplay: News - London Dingwalls show for BBC Radio 2 announced|author=Slender Fungus|work=coldplay.com|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205055223/http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=853|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* ''[[Steve Marriott]]: Live''Packet atof Dingwalls 6.7.84Three'' (recorded on 6 July 1984.)

*[httphttps://www.dingwalls.com/ Official website]