O2 Academy Bournemouth
570 Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH1 4BH
Boscombe's grand old theatre opened in 1895 as the Grand Theatre and Pavilion, later served as a music hall, a dance hall and the Opera House, and has traded as O2 Academy Bournemouth since 2009. The Grade II listed auditorium holds up to 1,800 standing, with balcony levels above the floor, so it suits big-room D&B rather than sweaty basement sessions. WAH and Bedlam bring headline drum and bass here, Hybrid Minds among them, while Tidy's hard house reunions show the building's wider rave programme. Pokesdown is the nearest railway station at roughly 1.1 km, though it has no step-free access, and Bournemouth station is about 2 km away. Buses, including night services towards Poole and Southbourne, leave from Boscombe bus station by the Sovereign Centre, whose car park stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
O2 Academy Bournemouth has 2 upcoming drum & bass event(s) on DNBRAVE.