100 Club, Music venue on Oxford Street, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
The 100 Club is a music venue in the City of Westminster, set below street level on Oxford Street. The room has a stage at one end and space for audiences who stand during concerts, while lights and sound fill the basement interior.
The building opened in October 1942 as a restaurant and later shifted to hosting jazz concerts. A few decades afterward, the basement became a place where punk bands presented new material and reached different audiences.
During the 1970s, this club became a meeting point for bands and fans who wanted to hear and play punk music, shaping how that sound reached audiences. Today, visitors still come to experience live music in a setting closely tied to that tradition.
Oxford Circus station is nearby, making it easy to reach, and tickets can be bought in advance online or at the door. The club typically hosts concerts several evenings a week, covering a range of musical styles.
In 2010, this club became the first grassroots music venue in London to receive full business rates relief, helping it keep its doors open. That status reflects the importance small halls like this hold for the local cultural landscape.
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