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| Former names | Electric Factory (1968-2018) |
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| Address | 421 N. 7th Street Philadelphia,Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°57′33.1″N75°08′58.9″W / 39.959194°N 75.149694°W /39.959194; -75.149694 |
| Owner | The Bowery Presents |
| Operator | The Bowery Presents |
| Type | Indoortheater |
| Seating type | General admission |
| Capacity | 2,500-3,000 |
| Opened | 1968–1973 (first incarnation) 1995–present (second incarnation) |
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Franklin Music Hall is a concert venue inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. It is in a converted building once part of theGeneral Electric Switchgear Plant and opened in 1995. It has a capacity between 2,500[1] and 3,000 people.[2] It is owned and operated byThe Bowery Presents.
The venue features a variety of musical acts in therap,electronic,heavy metal,rock,grunge, andpop genres.
In 1968, the "Electric Factory and Flea Market", a concert venue, opened in a converted tire warehouse on the northwest corner of 22nd and Arch Streets. It was owned by Sheldon Kaplan, Herbert Spivak, and his brothers Jerry Spivak and Allen Spivak. They soon hired Larry Magid to book all of the shows. Kaplan sold his stake in the company after theAtlantic City Pop Festival in 1969 and Magid became a partner. The venue hosted concerts, including performances ofThe Chambers Brothers,Jimi Hendrix, andThe Who, until 1970 and was torn down in 1973 to be replaced by condominiums.[3][4]
Coincident with the venue,Electric Factory Concerts began as aconcert promoter, also owned by Larry Magid.[5]
In 1995, Magid and Spivak reopened the Electric Factory in a converted building from theGeneral Electric Switchgear Plant on 7th and Willow Street.[4]
In 2016, it was named the 16th best venue in the United States byConsequence.[2]
In September 2018, the Electric Factory was sold toThe Bowery Presents; however, the trademarked name was owned by rivalLive Nation and the buyer sought a new name.[6][7][8][9] After a public naming contest that received over 5,000 submissions, in October 2018, the new name was announced as Franklin Music Hall.[10][11][12]
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