The Bag O'Nails

ABOUT

The Bag O'Nails was a basement club at 9 Kingly Street in Soho, open as a music club from 1965 to 1968 and used by musicians late at night. It reopened under its old name from 2013 to 2018. The building now houses The Little Violet Door bar.

SIGNIFICANCE

The Jimi Hendrix Experience played there on 25 November 1966, two months after Hendrix arrived in England. Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman there on 15 May 1967; plaques at the door record both dates.

MUSIC & CHARACTER

SOURCES

Details compiled from public sources. Run this venue? Get in touch to confirm or correct the listing.

1. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/a-social-club-for-the-beatles-return-to-rocknroll-clubland-8505674.html (news article)Supports: Plaques at the door record that the Jimi Hendrix Experience played there on 25 November 1966 and that Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman there on 15 May 1967.
2. https://www.spearswms.com/the-court-soho-interview-spears/ (news article)Supports: The original club opened in 1965 and shut in 1968; it reopened in 2013, shut again in 2018 and became The Court members' club.
3. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jun/18/guardianobituaries.obituaries (news article)Supports: Rik Gunnell, of the Flamingo, took over the Bag O'Nails after the Flamingo closed.