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About Citadel Arts Centre
Citadel Arts Centre is a grassroots music venue in St Helens, Saint Helens with a standing capacity of approximately 120. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Citadel Arts Centre books Indie, Metal, Punk, Rock acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Saint Helens venue directory.
The Citadel is a live-music venue, theatre and arts centre on the corner of Waterloo Street and Milk Street in the centre of St Helens, in a building that dates to 1861. Wikipedia records it opening that year as a music hall and theatre called the Theatre Royal, with two balconies and a large stage - the venue's own site says the building started life as a chapel for the United Methodist Free Church. Either way the Salvation Army bought it in 1889, stripped out the theatrical fittings and ran it as their Citadel until the early 1980s. It reopened as an arts centre in 1988 and through the 1990s gave early stages to The Stone Roses, The La's, The Verve and Cast. It closed in June 2019, was bought by the entrepreneur Ian Pitts in 2020 and reopened under new management, and now trades as The Citadel Theatre with a bill of rock, indie, punk and metal alongside a strong line in tribute acts and comedy - Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash, ACDC UK, DS:UK and A Band Called Malice all feature in the 2026 to 2027 listings.
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Waterloo Street, St Helens, Saint Helens, WA10 1PX
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Citadel Arts Centre books Indie, Metal, Punk, Rock. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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Citadel Arts Centre has a standing capacity of approximately 120, classed as a small venue. See all Saint Helens venues for size comparisons.
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Waterloo Street, St Helens, Saint Helens, WA10 1PX. See the map below for directions. Browse more Saint Helens venues nearby.
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