Full Venue Hire at FOLD

A 10,000 sq ft ex-printing factory in Canning Town that operates as one of London’s most respected electronic music clubs on weekends — and a versatile creative events space Monday to Friday. The distinction matters: private hire is weekday only, because the weekend programme books more than a year in advance. What you get midweek is the full infrastructure of a professional venue — Funktion One sound, a 6x2m LED screen, high-end lighting, live streaming capability — in a raw industrial setting with terrace views across the city skyline. For event planners, FOLD offers something that’s genuinely difficult to find elsewhere: warehouse-scale space with club-grade production values already installed, available for day hire without competing against the venue’s own programme. No need to bring in a sound system, rig lighting, or build a stage — it’s all there, maintained to professional standards.

Main Room

The primary event space holds approximately 500 standing with state-of-the-art technical specification: Funktion One sound system, high-end lighting rigs, the 6x2m LED screen, and live streaming infrastructure. The room retains the industrial character of the printing factory — high ceilings, raw surfaces, and architectural nooks that break up the volume and create natural zones within the open space. For product launches, brand activations, fashion presentations, and corporate events, the Main Room provides visual impact at a scale that most London event venues can’t match without significant production spend.

Room 2

The secondary warehouse space holds around 350 standing in a more stripped-back industrial setting. A huge convertible door can open the room up — connecting it to external space — or close it off for a self-contained event. Room 2 works as a standalone hire for mid-scale events or as a second zone for larger bookings that use the full venue. Combined, the two rooms accommodate up to 650 guests. Both spaces have the character that comes from genuine industrial heritage rather than aesthetic choices — the printing factory’s bones are visible throughout, and that raw texture gives events a visual backdrop that needs no dressing.

The Terrace and Production Spaces

A sun-drenched terrace offers views across the industrial landscape toward the city skyline — useful for drinks receptions, breakout space, networking, and event photography. The flat roof provides additional outdoor capacity. Ground floor creative studios are available for hourly hire and serve as meetings rooms, workshops, styling suites, and breakout areas. Studios are heated with step-free access. The building includes professional production support spaces: hair and makeup rooms, costume areas, green rooms, and a service entrance with lift for load-in. The space is APA-compliant for professional shoots and filming, which streamlines the production logistics that location managers typically spend weeks arranging elsewhere.

What FOLD Works For

The combination of industrial scale, installed production infrastructure, and raw aesthetic makes FOLD a strong fit for product launches, film and photography shoots, fashion shows and lookbooks, brand activations, exhibitions, immersive experiences, corporate presentations, and creative workshops. The LED screen and Funktion One system handle AV-heavy events without supplementary hire, and the warehouse aesthetic photographs and films well without set construction.

Practical Hire Details

Weekday hire only — weekends are reserved for the scheduled club programme. Twenty-four-hour access is available for multi-day builds, installations, and production schedules that run beyond standard hours. High-speed fibre internet throughout. Equipment hire can be arranged through the venue. Minimum booking is three hours for the main venues, two hours for studios. On-site parking is available, with a service entrance and lift for equipment load-in. Star Lane station is one minute’s walk; Canning Town station — five minutes — provides 24-hour Jubilee line access, a genuine practical advantage for production teams working late. No public ticket-selling music events via hire platforms — the weekday hire is for private and corporate bookings only.