In November 2007, Academy Music Group completed the leasehold acquisition of the former Roxy nightclub on Arundel Gate in Sheffield. A large, purpose built entertainment venue, the Roxy had various incarnations from the Top Rank Suite in the 1970s and 1980s, famed for gigs from The Police, The Clash, The Jam and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Tour in 1972.

Legendary DJ Don Letts was a resident at Roxy’s nightclub, representing its cutting edge status as a cult venue in the North of England and in the late 1980s it was known as ‘Barry Noble’s Roxy’. Sheffield welcomed its chart nights, such as TV’s ‘Hit Man And Her’ (1989) and hit makers of the day including Kylie Minogue. 

Consistently reported for demolition since the 1990s, Academy Music Group was delighted to acquire a prime City Centre location and a landmark building. It opened on Friday 11th April 2008, with a sell-out gig from local heroes Reverend and The Makers and an after-party courtesy of Jarvis Cocker. 

The £3.5m development includes a large auditorium with a capacity of 2,350 and a secondary smaller room, emulating the success of its multi-room format at other AMG venues across the country, to hold 500. 

Over the years, Academy Music Group has built a successful model of venues with varying capacities and as a company is totally committed to supporting new music and emerging talent. The roll-out of smaller rooms, with capacities of 400-600, in regions such as Sheffield is important to the development the Group, the industry and new artists, who need to play in professionally run, production-complete venues in the early stages of their careers.

Academy Music Group invested a further £750,000 in PA, lighting and A/V to create one of its most dynamic and advanced live music venue to date.
Its flexibility ensures an outstanding club space and is home to national club brand, Propaganda, a weekly dose of high octane and indie classics. Other leading club brands including Gatecrasher and Brighton Beach also have residencies.

Awards
• Exposed Magazine Awards ‘Best Live Venue’ 2008

CAPACITY

2,350
Stalls - 1850
Balcony - 500

A varied number of capacity options for all users, offering production complete facilities, tailor-made to suit each live event. Venue options range from 500 (O2 Academy 2 Sheffield) to 1,850 (O2 Academy Sheffield, stalls only) to full capacity of 2,350

BARRIER

In-house

SECURITY

Showsec International Ltd

STAGE DIMENSIONS

Width: 13.71m
Depth: 9.44m
Height: 1.04m

POWER

Contact venue directly.

SOUND

63 Amp 3 phase for house PA and house monitors
63 Amp 3 phase for touring PA and touring monitors

LIGHTING

200 am powerloc or 125 Amp CeeForm 3 phase for house lights and touring lights

DRESSING ROOMS

3 x dressing rooms, 1 with en-suite, plasma TV, iPod docking station
Additional shower room (2 units)

PRODUCTION OFFICE

Phone lines
Wireless internet

LOADING POINTS

6 x 1 tonne points – Rear, Mid and Front truss. Lodestar 1 tonne motorised chain hoists with 0.75 tonne load
2 x 10m Ballroom Truss lengths above stage
1 x 12m Ballroom Truss length in front of stage
2 x Triangle Truss shapes above the dance floor

PA

4 x 0.75 tonne points

NB - Visiting PA have two 1 tonne Lodestar motorised chain hoists with 0.75 tonne points House Line Array stays in situ

FOH SYSTEM

18 x Nexo Geo D Cabinets
12 x Nexo S2 Sub Cabinets
Nexo 242 System Processer
BSS FDS 366T Loudspeaker Management system for S2
Camco V6 Amplification
Crown I-T8000 Amplification

NB - House Subs can be stored underneath the stage to accommodate visiting production requirements

FOH DESK:

Soundcraft Vi6
BSS Z-FDS 960 Graphic Equaliser
Tascam CD01U CD Player
Tascam CDRW900 CD Writer

STAGE MONITORS

12 x Martin LE1500
Martin Blackline H3 Sidefills
Martin Blackline S218 Sub Enclosure
334 Minidrive control  
Crown Amplification

MONITOR DESK

Soundcraft Vi6
BSS Opal Graphic Equalisers

48-way Analog Multicore with split at FOH and on stage for travelling Monitor desks or recording

MICROPHONES

10 x BSS DI
 6 x AKG451
 8 x Sennheisser 604
 1 x Sennheisser 602
 1 x AKG D112
 1 x Shure Beta 52
 1 x Shure Beta 91
 6 x Shure Beta 57
 4 x Shure Beta 58
 4 x Shure 57
 6 x Shure 58

LIGHTING

8 x Robe 700AT Spots
8 x Robe 575 AT Wash
6 x Robe 250 AT Spot
4 x Atomic Strobes
4 x “4 Cell” Robe LED Blinders
8 x Bars of Par64 Complete
6 x S4 Junior Zoom
1 x Unique 2 Water based haze
1 x Unique Viper High Output Smoke Machine
6 x Short nose Par64
4 x CS4 moving ACL’s
4 x “4 Cell” Blinder
4 x 18x10 Amp Dimensions Dimmers

LIGHTING CONTROL:

Pearl Expert Control Desk

VIDEO SYSTEM

6m retractable screen mounted on the back wall
1 x Sanyo PDGDXT 5200 lumens projector
1 x Sanyo PLCSU25 1800 lumens projector
Kramer distribution

CATERING ACCESS & FACILITIES

Kitchen situated on ground level with a flat load in. Productions must bring their own cooker and gas supply

CATERING POWER:

32 Amp 3 Phase on CeeForm
Numerous 13 Amp sockets available

PARKING FACILITIES

2 trucks and 2 buses can be accommodated
2 x 16 Amp CeeForm power for buses