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LiveHouse Dundee - Live Music Venue in Dundee

LiveHouse Dundee (stylised as LIVEHOUSE Dundee) is a multi-purpose live entertainment venue in the Nethergate area of Dundee, Scotland. The venue is planned to have a maximum capacity of around 4,500 people, with mixed seating and standing configurations.

Venue
LiveHouse Dundee
Town
Dundee, GB

LiveHouse Dundee (stylised as LIVEHOUSE Dundee) is a multi-purpose live entertainment venue in the Nethergate area of Dundee, Scotland. The venue is planned to have a maximum capacity of around 4,500 people, with mixed seating and standing configurations. It opened from 2 May 2025 with further work on the site expected to continue as the year progresses. Once reaching the 4,500 capacity, it will replace the Caird Hall as the largest entertainment venue in Dundee, and it is currently the third-largest indoor entertainment venue in Scotland behind Glasgow's OVO Hydro and Aberdeen's P&J Live, but will become the fourth with the opening of the Edinburgh Arena by 2028. Originally, the location was home to Green's Playhouse, a "super-cinema" that opened in 1936 with a seating capacity of 4,800. At the time, Green’s Playhouse was one of the largest cinemas in Europe, which had detailed Art Deco architecture and design, providing Dundee with a grand venue for film, theatre, and musical performances. The Playhouse's distinctive neon-lit facade and opulent interior drew in large crowds, making it a bustling hub of social life for decades. However, as cinema attendance began to decline in the 1960s, Green's Playhouse closed as a cinema in January 1968. The site was repurposed the following year as a bingo hall, reflecting the shift in entertainment preferences among the local community. The venue continued to operate as a bingo hall for several decades under various owners, during which time it remained a meeting place for Dundee residents. In 1995, the Playhouse site suffered a devastating fire that destroyed most of the historic structure. Despite the extensive damage, the advertising tower - a symbol of the Playhouse’s storied past - survived the blaze and has since become a landmark in its own right. A year after the fire, Mecca Bingo took over the site in 1996, transforming it into a modern bingo venue while preserving the remaining tower. The bingo hall remained in opera