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What parking choices are available near the O2 Academy Bournemouth?

Free on street parking can be found in the local area. Hawkwood Road main car park is long stay, use postcode BH5 1BY for sat nav. It has two disabled parking bays and is around 300 metres away. At weekends, the Sovereign Centre car park is just next door and is open until midnight on Friday and Saturday, charges apply.

Is there seating available for individuals with accessibility needs in O2 Academy Bournemouth?

To book tickets for O2 Academy Bournemouth Please book your ticket through www.ticketweb.co.uk and then contact the venue on 01202 399922 or [email protected] to discuss arrangements and organise your companion ticket should one be required. After purchasing your ticker please contact the venue direct on 01202 399922 or email [email protected] with their booking number to discuss arrangements. You can also contact the box office through text relay by 18002 01202 399922 should this be required. Once you have been in contact with the venue you will be sent an email confirmation that should be printed off and brought with you when you attend the event. Spaces may be limited and will be sold on a first come first served basis.

O2 Academy Bournemouth - Box Office info

What are the O2 Academy Bournemouth, box office phone numbers?

Call Box Office on 01202 399922 or email [email protected]

What are the O2 Academy Bournemouth, box office hours?

12pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday by arrangement in advance, so please do get in touch with us, we're at your service. Opening times will be different on bank holidays, so do check.

What are the guidelines of O2 Academy Bournemouth, for will call ticket pickup?

Tickets left for collection can be picked up on the door, on the day of the event, from when doors open. Please take the Ticketmaster reference number and the card used as payment with you.

O2 Academy Bournemouth - standard guidelines and regulations

Non-professional camers are fine (no large lenses), no re-admission, no food and drink and no smoking.

Are children allowed to O2 Academy Bournemouth?

Gigs: The minimum age is 8 unless with written permission from venue management. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult. Under 18s events are 13 to 17yrs only Clubs: Strictly over 18s (Photographic ID will be required)

O2 Academy Bournemouth ADA

O2 Academy Bournemouth - ADA Phones:

01202 399 922

O2 Academy Bournemouth - ADA custom copy:

Purchase a ‘Standard’ ticket,then contact the venue on 01202 399 922 or [email protected] to discuss specific requirements and/or organise your free companion,should one be required.

O2 Academy Bournemouth - ADA hours:

10am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

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O₂ Academy Bournemouth is a live entertainment venue in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a grade-II listed building.

The building at 568–578 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, was opened as a theatre on 27 May 1895, named the Grand Pavilion Theatre. Following a change of ownership in 1898, the new proprietors renamed the venue the Boscombe Grand Theatre. In 1905 it was rebranded Boscombe Hippodrome, which it was known as for over 50 years - the longest it held a name - before another name change came in 1956 when the theatre was closed for a refit and reopened as a dance hall called The Royal Ballrooms.

Throughout the 1960s and early 70s, the building was used as a music venue, visited by acts such as Pink Floyd, Status Quo, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Hawkwind, The Faces and David Bowie. Some of these biggest names were during the comparatively short period from 1971 to 1972, when the venue hosted club night Starkers.

In December 1972, the venue was turned into a discotheque named Tiffany's, a name it kept for 10 years until 1982 when the building had a multimillion-pound refurbishment and became the Academy Nightclub. The nightclub had one of the first water-cooled lasers and the first Karaoke bar in the UK. Acts included The Sisters of Mercy, Hawkwind, Brand New Heavies, Courtney Pine, JTQ and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Other acts known to have held concerts at the venue include Deep Purple, Canned Heat, T.Rex, Colosseum, Freedom, Joe Jammer and Slade.

The rise of rave culture in the 1990s spawned nights such as Fantasia, Wild Turkey and Parhelion. In 1997 the venue was renamed once more as the Opera House nightclub, and in the same year the dance night Slinky was launched. In the early 2000s era of superclubs, Slinky became known as one of the best club nights in the country, enjoying many years of success and attracting some of the biggest global names in electronic music including Dav Gomrass, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, and Paul Oakenfold. Slinky was synonymous with the Opera House until its final event held on 5 October 2013.

The Opera House was closed for a three million-pound refurbishment between November 2006 and June 2007, and officially reopened by Jo Whiley.

The Opera House was sold to AMG Group in July 2009 and rebranded as O2 Academy Bournemouth from September of that year. Under the O2 Academy name - and still known affectionately locally as either the Academy or the Opera House - it now hosts a wide range of live music events alongside the traditional dance music events it became popular for.

Many well-known acts have played the venue since then, including Steve Harley (as a 3-man electro-acoustic set, not with Cockney Rebel) and 2004 triple Brit award winner The Darkness.

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