Stadtcasino Basel, Concert hall in Basel, Switzerland

Stadtcasino Basel is a concert hall on Steinenberg, next to the Kunsthalle and the Theater Basel, forming part of the city's Kulturmeile. Its largest room, the Musiksaal, seats 1500 and dates from 1876; the present building by Kehlstadt and Brodtbeck opened in 1939. The facade carries Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini's 1941 mural Apollo and the Muses.

The Casino-Gesellschaft Basel was founded in 1824, and Melchior Berri's original building at Steinenberg opened in 1826. The large concert hall, designed by Johann Jakob Stehlin, was added in 1876. Berri's building was demolished in 1938 and replaced by the present structure, reopened on 16 December 1939; Herzog & de Meuron rebuilt and extended it from 2016 to 2020.

The name "Casino" here has nothing to do with gambling; in older German usage, the word simply meant a social house, a place to gather and make music. Today, locals come here for concerts of all kinds, from classical programs to jazz evenings, keeping that social spirit alive.

The building stands at Steinenberg, next to the Kunsthalle and the Theater Basel, on Basel's Kulturmeile. Trams and buses stop at Barfüsserplatz and Theater, a few minutes' walk away; street parking is limited, so public transport is the practical choice. The Musiksaal seats 1500 and hosts the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the Kammerorchester Basel and the Basel Sinfonietta.

For the 2020 renovation, the entire interior of the main hall was dismantled and rebuilt to improve acoustics, while the building's historic outer shell was left untouched. The new wooden interior structure floats acoustically independent from the outer walls, which is rarely done in halls of this size.