The Cheese and Grain is a live music and arts venue, and a community and education centre, in Frome, England.

[3] During the Second World War, the hall became a munitions factory, and was then used as a storage depot for tyres, before being purchased by Mendip District Council.

[3] In 2002, the venue was closed for major improvements and to install soundproofing to lessen noise nuisance to the surrounding area; it reopened ten months later in 2003, with ownership being transferred to an independent charitable trust.

[4] As the only medium-sized music venue in the area, it is able to attract well-known artists to play there; apart from those mentioned above, others have included Hawkwind, Editors, Biffy Clyro, Fatboy Slim, Frank Turner and Public Image Limited.

As part of the announcement, they secretly hired the Cheese and Grain and played a surprise show that night, selecting most of the ticket-holders from people on their mailing list living in a 50-mile radius of Frome.