Colston Hall is a concert hall situated on Colston Street, Bristol. A popular venue catering for a variety of different entertainers, it seats approximately 2075^[1] and provides a licensed bar. An education programme, coupled with a local organisation, REMIX, has been established to promote music across Bristol. A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ... Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and located at With a population of 400,000, and metropolitan area of 550,000, it is Englands sixth, and the United Kingdoms ninth, most populous city... A remix is an alternate version of a song, different from the original version. ...

History

The site has been occupied by four buildings named as such since the 1860s.^[2] Prior to this, the location held a large Tudor-era mansion known as the Great House, used by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574 on a visit to the city. In 1707, Edward Colston established the Colston Boys' School in this building, which was acquired by the Colston Hall Company in 1861. Colston Hall opened as a concert venue on September 20, 1867.^[2] // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Events April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... A controversial presence: the 1895 statue of Edward Colston Edward Colston (2 November 1636 – 11 October 1721) was a Bristol-born English merchant and philanthropist. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Most of the building was damaged during a fire on September 1, 1898; the auditorium suffered immense structural damage, and the interior was more or less destroyed. The second hall opened in 1901^[3], and in 1919, the Corporation of Bristol purchased it from the Colston Hall Company. The City Council continues to manage the hall. The second hall was closed for remodelling in 1935. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The city of Bristol, England, is a unitary authority, represented by four Members of Parliament. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In December 1936, the third hall was opened^[3]. This survived the Luftwaffe air raids of the Second World War, but was burned down in 1945 after a discarded cigarette started a fire.^[4] The hall was rebuilt once more, and the fourth reopened in 1951 to mark the Festival of Britain.^[5] The first computerised booking system was installed in February 1983,^[6] and a £500,000 modernisation programme was conducted at the start of the 1990s, which included extensive rewiring, and various backstage improvements.^[7] The installation of removable seating in the front half of the stalls in 1999^[7] improved the hall as a venue for pop concerts, providing space for fans to move around and dance in front of the stage; it also increased the overall capacity of the auditorium. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in May 1951 in London. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Stage has several meanings: In rocketry, a stage is one of several independent rockets used to reduce the need for fuel. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...

References

1. ^ Colston Hall Technical Information, Official Web Site
2. ^ ^{a b} History of Colston Hall (1200s-1800s), Official Web Site
3. ^ ^{a b} History of Colston Hall (1900s-1930s), Official Web Site
4. ^ History of Colston Hall (1940s), Official Web Site
5. ^ History of Colston Hall (1950s), Official Web Site
6. ^ History of Colston Hall (1980s), Official Web Site
7. ^ ^{a b} History of Colston Hall (1990s), Official Web Site

External links

• Official Web Site
• Colston Hall at the Visit Bristol Web Site