Drumsheds London reviews by real event-goers

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

I had heard such good things about the Drumsheds but being stuck in a queue for two hours and having overzealous security staff with dogs completely ruin the night.
The headline act singer for Pendulum needs to stop listening to Coldplay and copying how he sings, how very tiresome
All of the other acts I saw were better than pendulum quite why people like them I just do not understand

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Worst night I've had in a while. The venue is absolutely crap!!!! Queues queues and more queues!

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

The Venue Security severely let this event down, 2 and half hours to get absolutely ridiculous. With Security that were rude and rough with peoples belongings, it was absolutely overkill and frustrating to miss half the DJ sets.

Appreciate we all want a safe event but it was less aggro to go through airport security than it was to get in.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Worse organised event I've ever been to, in the world of electronic music or otherwise.
Felt genuinely unsafe a few times due to crushing crowds in stairwells and queues.
Also felt like I was getting absolutely mugged off by organisers.
Staff clearly weren't happy either and getting served at the bar was jot enjoyable.
Took 2 hours to get in as it did for everyone else. Trapped in between fencing and shipping containers witn no access to toilets or way for staff to get to anyone if there had been an emergency.
Because of this missed 2 hours of music.
Sound quality not good in main room.
Used to go to Printworks, 2nd time at Drumsheds and I think I am done giving them money.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Terrible

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Review of Drumsheds

UKF15 13/12/2

Stood in a qué for two hours from 8pm (9pm entry tickets as we were emailed to arrive an hour early) to get in, was falsely flagged by dogs where I had to wait a further 30 mins before getting in, by which time id missed one set I arrived early to watch and half of another completely negating having brought the time of tickets that had been purchased.

By the time I got in I was desperate for the loo, they were just glorified porta pottys and quite frankly disgusting

Sound cut out during sets & the venue in general isn't really complimentary to acoustics.

Drinks are average London pricing, shame no bottled water and only open cups which is very inconvenient for staying hydrated in such a hot venue refusing to use air con and also with such high volume of people it wasn't really convenient holding a cup of water getting barged around.

I wouldn't go back which is a shame as sister venues gave me such a positive experience.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Queuing was beyond awful. It felt like we were cattle being herded to the slaughter house.
Once inside, it felt like a rollercoaster ride that you couldn't get off. Not enough toilets and the layout was poorly organised. No vibe or atmosphere with somewhere to sit and relax. Had to stand the whole time.
Rooms are big but theres no dimension or landscape to them. Sound quality wasn't good either.
Over priced night, nothing makes me want to come back. Stay away if you like nights out that have vibes, atmosphere and personal touches.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

I arrived 30mins after the doors open and it took 2 hours to get in

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Entrance to the venue was very poorly signposted and shockingly bad. We'd paid a premium for Drumsheds plus. We weren't directed to get a wristband so had to push our way back through crowds of people. Then the drumsheds plus entrance was blocked by the normal queue which was insanely huge - dangerous even due to the pushing crowd. The poor single security guard on our gate nearly became overrun. I heard someone saying they were queuing for 1.5hrs in the normal queue. People were missing the music they'd paid for!
The sound quality wasn't great I presume because of the size of the venue, I'd never so somewhere so big again.
In the plus side we had an unobstructed view of the stage which was great and plenty of room to dance on the drumsheds plus platform.
Casper and Rusko were dire but that's just not my kind of music. Nero and Pendulum were banging. But I wouldn't go back to this venue nor recommend it to any of my friends.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

The event and music were fantastic, the only thing and I would say this is a major thing to work on was the entry process. Wait times of over an hour with some over 2 are not acceptable with that many people corralled into boxed in areas.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Took 2 hours to enter the venue, missed half the acts we paid for. Shut the doors to pendulum almost inducing a crush.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

i will never go to drumsheds for an event ever again. we missed out on so many acts as we were queuing for longer than 2 hours to get in. there were way too many people and it was genuinely unsafe for purpose. First and last time attending drumsheds.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

The venue is huge, so it's advised you get there early because there was very long queues and some of the rooms were full.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Really disappointing entry system that caused us to wait 1.5hours to gain entry. Everyone was complaining about it and so hence the atmosphere was not as good as it could have been. I missed 2 of the sets due to queues and then we left before the last set for fear of having a similar queue for public transport afterwards. £50 for 3 hours in the venue did not feel like good value and I certainly won't be telling others to go in future. In fact, I've already told others not to bother.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Incredible event, phenomenal artists and a mind blowing lights & sound system. Only down side is the queue to get into the venue is a nightmare, going to the toilets during a set is a side quest and youll be queuing to get back into the room you want, and when its time to go home youre funneled down fenced off streets and have to walk forever to find somewhere a taxi is actually able to pick you up. Worth going as a one off to say youve been, or for very special events, but not as a regular event.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Queues to get in were insane, many of us missing acts we wanted to see. Also toilet facilities were very poor, and I witnessed too many men just urinating against walls.

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

Worst event I have ever been too, safety hazard

Review of 15 Years of UKF presents Pendulum LIVE

2 hour que to get in, staff was on a power trip and agressive, will not return to Drumsheds. The sound was terrible, production was great. Spent most of the night being rerouted different ways around the property. Will not return to Drumsheds