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PA system
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
About The National Bowl
The National Bowl is a grassroots music venue in Watling Street / Bletchley, Milton Keynes with a standing capacity of approximately 65000. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
The National Bowl books Reggae, Hip-Hop, Rap acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Milton Keynes venue directory.
The National Bowl is a 65,000-capacity open-air concert amphitheatre in south-central Milton Keynes, at the junction of Watling Street and Chaffron Way just north of Bletchley. Built on a former clay pit landscaped into a natural grass bowl, it opened in 1979 (Desmond Dekker, Geno Washington) and was re-branded with a massive permanent sound stage in 1992. One of the UK's premier large-scale outdoor gig sites, it has hosted Michael Jackson, Green Day, Marillion and, more recently, major touring headliners across rock, pop and afrobeats such as Burna Boy. A seated-free, festival-scale outdoor stadium rather than a grassroots room.
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The National Bowl, Watling Street / Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK5 8AA
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The National Bowl books Reggae, Hip-Hop, Rap. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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The National Bowl has a standing capacity of approximately 65000, classed as a large venue. See all Milton Keynes venues for size comparisons.
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The National Bowl, Watling Street / Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK5 8AA. See the map below for directions. Browse more Milton Keynes venues nearby.
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