Crocus City Hall

The Crocus City Hall (Russian: Крокус Сити Холл, romanized: Krokus Siti Kholl) is a music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

[1] The venue has been closed since the Crocus City Hall attack on 22 March 2024, which killed at least 145 people, and whether or not it should reopen is being debated.

[2] Notable performers at the venue have included Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Scorpions, Smokie, the Pet Shop Boys, Nazareth, a-ha, Sting, Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa, Elton John, Thomas Anders, and Vanessa May.

[2] It also was the location of the Top Hit Music Awards in several years and the Russian version of The Masked Singer.

On 22 March 2024, at around 20:00 MSK (UTC+3), 145 people were killed[3] and another 551 were injured[4] after four masked and camouflaged gunmen committed a mass shooting and set off multiple explosions at the venue, which caught fire as a result.

2019 photo of the venue