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About The Fire Station
The Fire Station is a live music venue in Sunderland, London with a standing capacity of approximately 800. Contact the venue for their technical specification and backline.
The Fire Station books Celtic / Irish, World Music acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the London venue directory.
The Fire Station is Sunderland's premier mid-scale live-music and performance venue, a state-of-the-art Auditorium seating 550 or holding 800 standing, alongside The Engine Room bar and bistro in a restored former fire station in the heart of the city. It stages 200+ events a year across live music, theatre, comedy and performance — including touring acts such as Celtic band Skipinnish (May 2026). Note: the imported 'London' city is wrong — the Ticketmaster listing is explicitly 'Skipinnish Sunderland', and the venue is in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (the old firestationwaterloo.co.uk in London SE1 is a different, unrelated 'Fire Station').
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150 Waterloo Rd, Sunderland, London, SE1 8SB
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The Fire Station has a standing capacity of approximately 800 (550 seated), classed as a large venue. See all London venues for size comparisons.
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150 Waterloo Rd, Sunderland, London, SE1 8SB. See the map below for directions. Browse more London venues nearby.
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