Hall By The Sea - Margate

Donna W.

Went to watch 'Festival of the Dead' Rock Symphony Orchestra. Who were phenomenal🎶. Good sized venue. Bar reasonably priced. Lots of security and stewards. Acoustics were good. Toilets downstairs.

MitchGlyk

Saw Don Broco Live here, and it was a great intimate venue. The atmosphere was unmatched!

Gregory F.

Scam, avoid. They cancelled the Holographic Circus, which we bought via Eventbright back in June, but the show didn't feel the need to inform us. We travelled for hours and paid for parking all for nothing. Best avoid these scammers.

Sammy J. W.

Great size venue, it was warm up there, everyone was sweating, the room smelled quite bad by the end of the gig, but they had the doors open at least so occasionally some air came in. Would go here again but in less clothes 🤣 would like to say a special thank you to Supervisor Daisy for helping us with my niece and nephew who didn't have their ID. She was helpful, friendly and professional and questioned them without being abrupt or intimidating. We had a great time at The Rock Orchestra 🙏

Faye M.

Venue location and decor is great although the Music quality was the worst I’ve ever experienced. My local pub has a better bass quality. We went to a DnB night so I was expecting it to be bass heavy but I could have a civilised conversation in the front row. The sound set up of 2 speakers at the front and 2 at the back wasn’t great for the space at all. I wouldn’t go to see any dance music events here again.

Firstname L.

5 stars for Don Broco and support, 0 for the venue.
We were some of the first in line about 45 mins before doors open, stood outside in the freezing cold, finally get in, go to scan my tickets for me and my two nieces, their first concert so they were really excited about it. Get told I need ID not just for me but for them as well, what 14 year olds carry ID with them?
I wasn't told about this on booking, the website says nothing about this, just that any over 18s need ID and any under 18s need to be supervised. Not very understanding at all, was told to "use my time wisely" as Don Broco come on at 21:30 so I could drive back home and try to grab birth certificates and still see the main act. I paid to see Ocean Grove, Trash Boat AND Don Broco, ended up missing Ocean Grove in the end. Around an hour of hanging around scouring our phones for any information that could possibly prove their age (their mum dropped us off and was out to dinner with the youngest so couldn't drive back) finally managed to get a picture of a work experience form from their mum which was "borderline acceptable" apparently as it had no photograph and the other had to scrounge a year 9 report and age on social media. A nightmare all in all from the venue and made the experience a lot more stressful than it needed to be.

The actual performance was great, Broco killed it as usual, Trash Boat were great and they hung around after to meet and greet which was really cool, couldn't tell you what Ocean Grove were like but I'm sure they were great...

Warning for anyone planning on taking under 18s to a 14+ show here, God help you if your kids don't have passports, make sure you go out of your way to take a very clear picture on their birthday of them with a badge with their age on it. We got punished for not doing so.

Wendy

Wonderful professional staff.
Great hall.
Enjoyable night.

B D.

Horrendous venue for a great band. Ocean colour scene great, venue was scortching hot, bar queues made it impossible to get a beer. Just the worst venue I’ve ever been to