Corporation, often referred to as Corp by locals, is an independent live music venue and nightclub located in the city centre of Sheffield, England. In addition to hosting live music from touring bands, Corporation hosts club nights which play a variety of alternative, pop and rock music.
- Venue
- Corporation
- Address
- 2 Milton St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 4JU, UK
- Town
- Sheffield, GB
Corporation, often referred to as Corp by locals, is an independent live music venue and nightclub located in the city centre of Sheffield, England. In addition to hosting live music from touring bands, Corporation hosts club nights which play a variety of alternative, pop and rock music. Corporation is located in the Devonshire Quarter of Sheffield City Centre. Located on three floors, the club contains six bars throughout four rooms: the main arena/band room (Capacity of 453 people), small arena/band room (Capacity of 150 people), upstairs, and The Local Authority/L.A./White Room (Capacity of 270 people). The upstairs room is opened only during club nights and has a balcony overlooking the lower room's dance floor. The Local Authority was established as an additional room in 2013 and is opened on club nights as an extension to the main club and serves on non-club nights as a "mini club". The total capacity of the venue is 1343 people and this is calculated by adding together the capacity of the individual rooms, as outlined on the Venues Premise Licence First Floor - New Room 5 (LA/Local Authority/White room) - 270 Weekly club nights are held on Mondays (Monday Corp), Fridays (Drop) and Saturdays (Dirty Deeds). Many bands and artists, such as Bring Me the Horizon, Lamb of God, Slash (musician), Soulfly and Alestorm have played at Corporation. The Resistanz Festival, an annual festival of industrial, synthetic and electronic music was held over Easter weekend at Corporation until 2016. Live shows are all standing-only events viewed in either the main arena or small arenas. Corporation was voted the best nightclub in Sheffield by the readers of The Star, beating The Leadmill by 800 votes. The regular club nights hosted at Corporation (Monday Corp, Skint, Drop and Dirty Deeds) are frequently placed among the best in Sheffield and Northern England in general. All of Corporation's weekly club nights attract thousands of people every week, including students from both o