The venue was 50 years old in 2012 and an anniversary concert by the London Mozart Players was attended by the Earl of Wessex.

A website was also launched to celebrate both the venue's history and to act as an ongoing archive, containing 2,000 digitised images accessed via text and keyword searches.

In the summer of 2014 the council paid for the refurbishment of the Arnhem Gallery, the conversion of the former Green Room into the New Studio and the installation of modern digital projection equipment with Dolby Surround 7.1 in the Concert Hall.

Many famous acts have performed at the Fairfield Halls, including David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Elton John, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, the Who, Queen, Sister Sledge, Morrissey, Status Quo, Free, Genesis, Petula Clark, Mott the Hoople, Wishbone Ash, The Stranglers and Shane Filan of Westlife.

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends recorded their live album On Tour with Eric Clapton in the halls, with a band that also featured George Harrison.

Morecambe and Wise's appearance at the halls in 1973 was filmed, the only time that their live stage act was recorded.

[16] In March 1980, the halls hosted the inaugural concert of the Salvation Army's International Staff Songsters.

[citation needed] Fairfield's concert hall appeared briefly in the film The Da Vinci Code as the location of Robert Langdon's speech to students.