Kentish Town Road's open-air weekend yard — Electric Ballroom's outdoor sister with DJs, slushies, and pizza until late.
Published Jan 4, 2026 Last reviewed May 5, 2026 · How we pick bars · By James Harlow
Camden Courtyard sits on Kentish Town Road behind Electric Ballroom, in a 300-capacity open-air yard the Ballroom's operators built on previously dormant land. DJ Mag covered the launch in mid-2024 as the venue team's first outdoor sister venture; Time Out London ran the opening in its "New London Bars Worth Visiting" round-up for July 2024.
The right visitor wants a Friday-to-Sunday day-party yard with a Martin Audio system, frozen rum slushies, and a wood-fired pizza in hand — an Electric Ballroom warm-up that runs sober-curious-friendly in daylight. The wrong visitor wants a sit-down cocktail bar or a quiet evening; the format is open-air, weather-dependent, and built around DJs. NME's opening coverage called it "Camden's first outdoor music venue built for the day-party crowd, not the festival overflow."
An open-air courtyard with a corrugated metal canopy over one side, a full-yard Martin Audio rig, fairy-lit perimeter and benches for the spillover. Hot Dinners's opening write-up called it "the closest Camden has come to a Berlin biergarten in spirit, with a London-pricing front bar." Pizza & Dumplings runs the kitchen; the Wray & Nephew slushy machine sits on the front bar as the visual signature.
Order the Wray & Nephew frozen rum slushy (£9) — it is the bar's headline serve, branded the yard's signature by both the operators and reviewers. Cocktail pitchers (£36, four serves) cover the share-this-with-friends format the day-parties were designed for. Pizza & Dumplings's Margherita (£14) and pork gyoza baskets (£9) anchor the food offer.
Skip ordering a precision Martini or a single-spirit Old Fashioned — the format is built around pitchers, slushies, and bottles. Time Out noted the cocktail menu is "deliberately uncomplicated — this is a yard, not a hotel bar." Beer is on tap and bottled.
UKG Brunch, Midnight Runners, and Colorize residencies anchor the Saturday programme; Sundays lean into the FreeFromSleep day-party brand. Mixmag's opening coverage flagged the venue as Electric Ballroom's day-time spillover for ticket-holders who want to extend the night into Sunday afternoon. Crowd skews 23–35, Camden locals plus the day-rave circuit.