Wolverhampton Civic Hall is a music venue in Wolverhampton, the West Midlands, England.

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  • Wolverhampton Civic Hall is a music venue in Wolverhampton, the West Midlands, England. It has been one of the most important live music venues in the county for several decades. The hall was built in the late 1938 following a design competition in 1934 won by Lyons and Israel to build a large concert hall and a smaller hall, for theatre and chamber performances. Construction commenced in April 1936 and the Halls were officially opened on 12 May 1938. The first concert was performed on the evening of May 16 1938 by the Old Royals Association with Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth and several other soloists.A Compton Organ was specially designed for the Civic Hall and it is believed the console was designed by the architects. The organ was made up of over 5,500 pipes and contained an early electronic division known as a Melotone. G. D. Cunningham, then Birmingham City Organist, had the distinction of being the first musician to play there. Two Borough Organists have served Wolverhampton based at the Civic Hall, Arnold Richardson and Steve Tovey (1991 - present), the latter gaining the title of City Organist in 2001. (en)
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  • Wolverhampton Civic Hall is a music venue in Wolverhampton, the West Midlands, England. (en)
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  • Wolverhampton Civic Hall (en)
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