The Fighting Cocks

The Fighting Cocks
The venue in 2016
Map
Address57 Old London Rd
Kingston upon Thames
England
Coordinates51°24′37″N 0°17′58″W / 51.4103°N 0.2995°W / 51.4103; -0.2995
Public transitKingston railway station – Travel Card Zone 6
TypeMusic hall
Productionrock and roll, punk, metal, ska, alternative, rockabilly, electro, comedy and cabaret performances
Construction
Built1891
Years active1930 – present
Website
TheFightingCocks.co.uk

The Fighting Cocks is a music venue built prior to 1890[1][2] active since the 1930s and located in Kingston upon Thames, the administrative centre of the Royal Borough of Kingston, southwest London, England.[3][4][5][6] It specializes in rock and roll, punk, metal, folk,[7] ska, alternative, rockabilly, electro, comedy, and cabaret performances.[8] It was conspicuous for hosting touring jazz acts[9] in the late 1930s and in the 1940s.[10][11][12] It is now a standard on the London live circuit.[13] It was a popular watering hole, and host to many jam sessions including such artists as Eric Clapton, Shirley Collins,[14] Frank Turner, Gallows, The Stupids,[15] June Tabor[16] and The Rolling Stones. Since 1992, it is also a live-audience training platform and term assessments venue for Kingston University's drama and music students.[17][18][19]

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  2. ^ The General Evening Post: 1758. 1758.
  3. ^ Carr, Anne (11 August 2015). Linked: Stories from One of a Family's Parts. FriesenPress. ISBN 978-1-4602-6838-4.
  4. ^ Finny, William Evelyn St Lawrence (1902). The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, Ancient and Modern, with Notes Upon Surbiton and Its Surroundings ... Homeland Association.
  5. ^ Bibbings, Lois S. (26 March 2014). Binding Men: Stories About Violence and Law in Late Victorian England. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-30970-1.
  6. ^ Ltd (Londres), Ward, Lock & Co (1819). A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs: With Two Large Section Plans of Central London... Ward, Lock & Company, Limited.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ The Folk Directory. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1979.
  8. ^ Sampson, June (1972). The Story of Kingston. Michael Lancet. ISBN 978-0-900245-04-6.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1.
  10. ^ The Folk Directory. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1979.
  11. ^ Briain, Dara O. (1 October 2009). Tickling the English. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-193257-6.
  12. ^ Howe, Zoe; Whitby, Michele; Platt, John; Way, Gina; Davis, Peter (3 December 2013). The British Beat Explosion: Rock 'n' Roll Island. Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906582-52-4.
  13. ^ "Fighting Cocks pub: fears over its closure allayed as development plans reveal music venue will be even bigger". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ Collins, Shirley (2018). All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song. MIT Press. ISBN 978-1-907222-41-2.
  15. ^ Allen, Carl (15 April 2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-5820-9.
  16. ^ Bean, J. P. (4 March 2014). Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-30546-9.
  17. ^ Richardson Andrews, Charlotte (10 June 2014). "The gig venue guide: the Fighting Cocks, Kingston upon Thames". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  18. ^ Chilton, John (1 May 2004). Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8264-2389-4.
  19. ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. MUZE. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.