The Auditorium
Auditorium
Capacity
- Standing
- up to 500
- Seated
- up to 360
- Dining
- up to 276
The operator's own page gives Banqueting 276, Theatre 360 and Reception 500, mapped here to dining, seated and standing.
Live music venue
2 hireable spaces
Comedy
Jazz
Folk
Rock
Blues
Reggae
Metal
Alternative
Òran Mór
Converted West End church at the top of Byres Road, running live music, theatre and private events across six spaces.
Up to 550
capacity
2 spaces
hireable
Contact the venue for dates and times
available for hire
About this venue
Òran Mór is an arts and events venue in Glasgow's West End, converted from the former Kelvinside Parish Church at the top of Byres Road, opposite the Botanic Gardens. It opened in 2004 and takes its name from the Gaelic for "great melody of life".
The building holds several hireable spaces: The Auditorium, under Alasdair Gray's ceiling mural; The Venue, a crypt-like basement gig and theatre space; Fonn Mór; Dan Mór; the Beattie & MacLennan Room; and the Main Bar. It programmes touring and local live music alongside theatre, weddings and private events.
The Spaces
The Venue
Basement gig and theatre space
Capacity
- Standing
- up to 550
- Seated
- up to 270
Updated from the venue's own tech-spec PDF: Standing 550 and Unreserved Seating 270 (supersedes the earlier Standing 500 read off the general space page).
Facilities
- Stage: The Venue stage: 5m wide x 5m deep, 2.14m clearance above (no risers advised)
- Green room / dressing room: One dressing room with couches, fridge, kettle and mirror, next to a private shower
- Loading dock / load-in access: Driveway on Byres Road side for splitter vans/cars (short push to stage); tour buses use the shared loading bay on Byres Road; double doors 2.54m H x 1.36m W
- Wi-Fi: In-venue wifi provided
- Catering / kitchen
- Merchandise stand
- Box office
- Bar
Accessibility
- Step-free access to venue
- Accessible toilet
- Lift access
- Accessible entrance separate from main entrance
Technical Specification
View full technical specificationMusic equipment
- PA system: Turbosound Aspect series FOH (4x TA500 tops, 4x TSW218 subs) via a DiGiCo SD9 console
- Lighting rig: ChamSys MQ80 console driving Chauvet Ovation, Strand and Visage LED PAR fixtures
- Microphones: House mic package including Shure SM58/SM57/Beta series and Sennheiser e600 series
Rules & Policies
- Catering policy: 50% discount on food offered to promoters and bands
Gallery
Location
Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX
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