Clapham Grand

The theatre was built for a consortium which was led by the well-known music hall artistes Dan Leno, Herbert Campbell, Harry Randall, and Fred Williams.

The venue opened on Monday 26 November 1900 as "The New Grand Theatre of Varieties", with a music hall production featuring many well-known artistes of the time.

The building remained closed until 1989 when it was bought by The Mean Fiddler group to be transformed into a live music venue.

Mean Fiddler closed on 20 July 1997 after being mostly unsuccessful as a music venue and was then purchased by pub chain J.D.Wetherspoon.

Some of the acts to have performed at The Grand in recent years include; The Kinks, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Zaïko Langa Langa, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, Madness, Public Enemy, Jamiroquai, Peter Hammill, Chipmunk, Paul Weller, Oasis, Muse, Hole, The Verve and Jamie Cullum, The Jam and Brian May.