HMV Forum Reviews

Great venue in North London. Has both standing space in the stalls and seating in the balcony. Heaven forbid you should try to stand on the balcony though!

Extremely hot venue, they need to sort out the ventilation.

Beautiful location for concerts. The acoustics did not seem exceptional to me. Despite being in October after a while the heat in the gallery was unbearable. I hope it's not always like that.

Great venue, small and intimate with a small town feel in the middle of unassuming Kentish Town.

Queues for the bars are short and the standing area is good. Seating area up top is OK but best standing.

Good venue, very similar to the Brixton 02. 5% discount on drinks if you pay with a Barclaycard.

Although they have some really big bands playing there, the Forum is still small enough to feel a bit intimate. Also, so far they seem to have resisted the tedious 'safety' trend of forcing people to remain seated when you're on the balcony, so hooray for that.

One down side, however is that the ticket office is only open when there its a show on, and for some reason can only handle cash payments.

Drinks far too overpriced & you can't go out for smoke.

Great venue, big enough to get decent bands, but not so big you can't see them!

Friendly security. They confiscated my bubble gun, but where polite about it and made sure they kept safe for my exit

Scenic venue, decent chilled beer and even a smoking area so you can get some fresh air between bands / acts.

Classic venue. Was better when it was Town & Country Club and O2 didn't exist however!

Was there at a concert. Very nice. Unfortunately no beer shower, so point deduction ....

The venue was stunning and made seeing Jaden perform one of the greatest experiences of my life! I could feel the music within me

Awesome job on keeping us safe with proper covid measures in place!

Great music venue. God sound and visibility from all areas.

Great live music venue however if it's busy it's difficult to get around and could do with a bigger bar.

It is a beautiful venue, the staff is polite, but it is rather unacceptable to not have air conditioning when you are hosting concerts in your venue! We came to watch Steven Tyler, the seats were packed and we were boiling!
I understand that this is a historical building and air conditioning cannot be installed, but only providing the VIP rows on the balcony with one fan and letting the rest of us boil like potatoes was ridiculous.....

Sound is usually pretty good & no long wait on the doors (usually).

OK venue but sat in balcony, several people had sat in others seats as it's usually the norm to sit or stand anywhere on a first come basis, water provided as no air con !STEVEN TYLER however was his brilliant self

This was our fourth visit to the 02 Kentish Town, twice for Avantasia, once for Helloween and once for King Diamond. The sound on this occasion wasn't brilliant. We're not sure if it was due to our seats in the balcony or whether it was the setup but suffice to say there was too much bass and not enough volume on the vocals. That being said Avantasia did not disappoint. The thing that annoys us about 02 venues is priority for 02, all the tickets cost the same so everyone should take their place in the queue.

Another great venue hoovered up and kept alive. Successfully staging shows and gigs great and small. My daughters went to the Melanie Martinez gig and had an around excellent time. Happy days.

Great venue. Nice sound. Easy to reach emergency exits.

Great live music venue with good sound. Good view from the first floor balcony.

Venue is only a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube station. A few dodgy pubs in the area though, so be careful when travelling to / from the venue at night.

Great venue, not too small and great view from wherever you are

Really nice venue, sound is good, easy to access front of stage, plenty of vantage points to watch from. Simple walk from tube.

Great venue for metal gigs. Acoustics and spatial arrangement are both very good and the staff is professional

Great venue, friendly staff, high class acts perform here.

Security staff can be officious at times, good venue for seeing bands

Sound guy should be fired. Overloud to the point that everything was so distorted that it was inaudible, uncomfortable and impossible to enjoy. Ruined what should have been an awesome Damned gig.

Pretty good venue. The disabled access was ok, we were put on the balcony on the front row but the seats don't have backs so not ideal for everyone. I did enjoy the 2 pint glasses even if they did cost and arm and a leg.

Great place but they need to sort out the bar situation to serve more customers and make more profit.

Great venue, if the seating is a little plain. Nice size, great sound, two bars on the inside.

O2 Forum is absolutely amazing for photography jobs and the ability to move around the place is just so so easy
Thanks a lot to the staff for the support during the event

Small venue with powerful sound system, if you aren't used to bass stand further back or wear ear plugs

Queued for an hour to check a coat into the cloak room. Bar service was extremely slow and rude, no organisation what so ever. Door staff did not care one single bit about customers. Reported an incident to several bouncers about the welfare of customers in the venue and simply got 'OK, we'll keep an eye out' just to get rid of us. Will definitely not be going back.

Brilliant concert venue. Quick bar service, great atmosphere and great location.

Very friendly staff and helpful house keeping staff

Sound is pretty ok. Some shows much better than others. Not the worst live venue in London and a lot better than some.
Barstaff are routinely poor

Great venue just be careful leaving as the roads are unkept and dark fell over and hurt myself not a good end to the evening

Good venue but the people responsible for the filler music (in between bands) need to pick music in keeping with the genre of music about to be played by the artist/band. It was completely different from what we had gone there to hear (We came to see a blues band and they played hip hop/R&B) but more importantly was way too loud (with the bass turned up way too much).

Great music venue.good acoustics.fantastic night of rock again thanks to the quireboys!!

I saw Kula Shaker on the 10th of December and the sound quality was good. I was about 15 ft from the front and could hear each part clearly. I was relieved as I hate it when the sound quality is bad (like it seems to be in the Brixton Academy) !

Great venue - really good acoustics, relatively cheap bar and accessible by overground and underground. Went here for a New Found Glory gig, really good venue for moshing

Awful sound. I honestly can't understand how this theater can host so many important concerts. There is so much echo that you think you are inside a huge coca-cola can

My favourite venue! A great size and I enjoy the different levels so shorter people (like me!) can enjoy a good view wherever you re standing. I attend this venue quite often with my friend who is a wheelchair user and the staff are always really accommodating with her needs.

Awesome venue, I hope it stays forever, seen so many cool bands there, great staff, security is good too, bar service is quick and easy.

Loved the concert, easy access and freindly staff. Venue is not to big is quite intimate.

Venue was freezing cold, no hot water and toilets weren't flushing. Dark and gloomy

Event was amazimg. Big zeeks and friends entertained with an amazing performance

I made the big mistake of going with a friend to what was supposed to be a cool Halloween Party and instead revealed itself to be the worse student party ever. Vomity crowd, horrid music and cheap booze. As a 35 yo I should have known better lol...

Decent venue, however Donell Jones & JonB made it an epic event though. Absolutely amazing

Great venue. Has a lot of character and the acoustics are excellent. The bars are expensive, as you'd expect, but largely accessible and you don't have to leave the main standing area to get a drink (assuming you are standing; I haven't visited the seating areas).

Over 15 min waiting = money back . Is not true here eh

Good for music, probably spent 2 hours total in cloakroom queues.

Huge queues for the cloak room made the evening hotter than planned!

Great venue. Good layout inside. Able to park in a neighbouring street too so made it easier as travelled up by car.

Intimate venue. Cosy upstairs seating. Friendly security and bar staff.

They have installed a new sound system and it rocks