A new nightclub in opening in the Peckham Palais building in South London.
Set to open its doors in February 2026, Palais is a new venture from Night Group, the operators of East London’s Night Tales and Netil360. The club will be located inside the former Jones & Higgins department store, which first opened in 1867 and ultimately closed in 1980, when part of the building was demolished to build a shopping centre. For some years after that, the building housed the Peckham Palais nightclub, which put on a number of techno and dubstep-focused lineups until it closed in 2011.
Following a number of proposals to open a new nightclub inside the Peckham Palais building, which as been listed as one of London’s most-endangered historic buildings, Night Group’s plans for the 11,000 square-foot space have now been approved by the local council.
When it opens, the venue will feature a new 500-capacity club in the basement, which will be equipped with a Funktion-One five-way sound system. The team behind the venue say the system has been “precision-tuned” for the space.
“We’ve been developing the sound system for over a year,” Palais co-founder Jamie Rule said in a statement. “We wanted to create something that moves through you. With infra bass, you can feel it, not just hear it. Now we want to see what people do with the space.”
In addition to the main basement club, Palais will also open the newly-refurbished ballroom space, which will come with a cocktail bar. Initial programming details for both spaces inside the building are yet to be announced, but the team behind the venue plan to host a number of local and international DJs.
Find out more about Palais via its website.
