Legendary south London venue Peckham Palais is becoming a nightclub again

It’s official: after nearly 15 years sat sad and empty on Peckham High Street, the legendary Peckham Palais is being brought back to life. Palais, the venue’s new multi-room club, comes from The Night Group (the same minds behind east London’s Night Tales, NT’s Loft and Netil360) and will launch in February 2026. 

The neo-renaissance building existed as the Jones and Higgins department store from 1867 until 1980. Then, part of it was demolished to make room for the Aylesham Shopping Centre while the other half became the beloved Peckham Palais nightclub. 

The 1,500 capacity club hosted hundreds of house and techno nights, alongside old-skool event saluting classic garage, R&B and '90s vibes, until its closure in 2011. There have been a number of proposals to relaunch it as a club over the last few years and, finally, the Night Group has been the one to transform it back it into a fully-functioning late night space. 

Palais will be in the basement of the building, with a 500-capacity. The space has been fitted out with a Funktion-One five-way soundsystem with ‘precision-tuned’ sound treatment, ready to host all sorts of local and international DJs. Upstairs, there’ll be The Ballroom, a 250-capacity cocktail bar and events space. 

Jamie Rule, the co-founder of Palais, said: ‘We’ve been developing the sound system for over a year. 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.’

While we wait on the return of Palais, check out all the other brilliant bars, clubs and things to do in Peckham here. And discover London’s 40 greatest nightclubs here. 

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