Our Venue

Scala is a beautiful multi-purpose venue in the regenerated King’s Cross area, on the north side of central London. The building incorporates four main floors and accommodates events for just over 1000 people.

There are three bars, two dance floors and a large stage for live performances. We do not assign seats to tickets. There is limited seating on each floor.

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Scala Route Map

Scala stage view from balcony

Main Room & Stage

The main room is spread across a series of terraces with a low dancefloor and low stage. There’s a long balcony on one side of the room accessed from the mezzanine level. This balcony can function as a VIP space when needed. As there is no bar in this space it works well for more acoustic performances.

Scala Foyer Bar

Foyer Bar

The Foyer Bar is a large room with a beautiful terrazzo floor and a high vaulted ceiling. It has two staircases on either side leading into to the main room. You’ll also find a small lounge with a low ceiling called the Foyer Den. There’s a DJ booth which functions as a merchandising booth too.

Scala Glass Bar

Glass Bar

The Glass Bar is on our mezzanine level. We have a number of comfy sofas beside large windows overlooking the main room. You can get to this bar from the main room or Balcony Bar. The Glass Bar sometimes functions as a VIP bar.

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Balcony Bar

The balcony bar is a large square shaped room on the top floor, with a wide balcony overlooking the main floor. There are a number of booths with seats and a DJ Booth. We have a temporary wall and stage system we install when there is a DJ or live performance in this space. The kitchen is also on this level behind the bar.

Scala exterior at night

Toilets

Ladies toilets

  • 8 on main entrance stairwell, two floors up
  • 6 on top balcony bar floor, on main entrance stairwell
  • 3 behind the stage, entrance is to the right of stage (access is restricted when the stage is being used)

Mens toilets

  • 4 on main entrance stairwell, two floors up
  • 1 on top balcony bar floor, on red stairwell
  • 3 behind the stage, entrance is to the right of stage (access is restricted when the stage is being used)

Cloakroom

The cloakroom on the first floor. As you enter the first floor Foyer Bar the cloakroom is to your left, beside the bar.

For 2023 we have a new digital and more secure cloakroom system. The system uses your phone and/or phone number as your cloakroom ticket. You can get your ticket in advance of visiting Scala using ChexPass. Find out more below.

Get your cloakroom ticket now – ChexPass

Courtyard & Smoking

To find the courtyard go through the doors on the left of the main stage or go to the bottom of the red stairwell. Then go through double doors and down the yellow stairway to the outdoor courtyard.

You are not permitted to smoke anywhere inside the building or on the stairs. You can smoke in our outdoor courtyard on the ground floor.

Accessibility

Please visit our admission page for more info about disabled access, wheelchair access and how we can help.

Route Map

We’ve made a route map to help you find your way between all our spaces. 

Your questions

If you have a question about our cloakroom or venue we may have answered it already. Read our answers to Your Questions

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  • What others say

    ‘Thank you Team Scala for all your help yesterday. We couldn’t have done it without you. It was a great success all round. Everything ran smoothly, the atmosphere was electric and everyone is raving about it today!’
    Nina Mistry – Universal

    ‘We would like to thank you and your staff for Saturday. It was a great pleasure working with a professional team right across the board – from management, security to bar staff. We found everyone to be very helpful and easy to work with and look forward to working with your team again.’
    Jo – TwiceasNice

    ‘Once again I’d just like to say thank you for everything over the last few weeks. It’s been a quick turn around and you two have dealt with difficult scenarios brilliantly, and even made them enjoyable!It really was a great night for the fans, the band and the clients.’
    Joseph Winter – Drive Productions

    ‘We just wanted to thank all the staff that were so helpful  to us on friday we were so impressed with the attitude of each and every one of them, whilst it is never easy moving to a new venue your team did every thing to make us feel at home. We are now looking forward to the next event and we feel we can only get stronger and stronger, many thanks again’
    The Salsa Republic Team

    ‘It’s been a complete pleasure working with you and your team on a cracking couple of sold out shows – look forward to being back with you soon.’
    Amy Pearce – Serious Music

    ‘Thanks for all of your help and generosity.  It was a great night for War Child – which we did with your help and your brilliant venue.  Please pass on a big thank you to Suzanne, Lisa Marie, Charlene, Dave, security and bar staff. You have a good crew. I look forward to working with the Scala again. All of the money raised from these events fund our vital work protecting and saving young lives in war zones.’
    Jim Benner – WarChild

    ‘We will definitely look at coming back in the future, we were very well looked after so a big thank you to you and your team as well.’
    Adrian Storry — Shorebitch

    ‘A pleasure working with you and your team – always so straight forward. It was an absolutely fantastic night, and our sponsors were also delighted with the end result.’
    Alex Parmee – Absolute Audio Visual

    ‘WOW, you have an incredible team. They were just amazing all day.’
    Ben – Marshall Arts