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Fri 18 Nov: Burning Down the House
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.Come home. I'm so cold! Let me in-a-your window.
Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely, On the other side from you.
- KATE BUSH, 1978
BDTH is back for its autumnal installment. We may not have a window, but will let you into our sweaty underground cave.
Can't wait to see you there!
'80s / NEW WAVE / DISCO / GLAM / SYNTHPOP
Expect to hear: BLONDIE / KATE BUSH / CHIC / MADONNA / DAVID BOWIE / THE SMITHS / TALKING HEADS / FLEETWOOD MAC / SALT N PEPA / PULP / THE SPECIALS / EURYTHMICS / THE SLITS / DIANA ROSS / SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES / THE CURE / PATTI SMITH / THE HUMAN LEAGUE / INXS / EARTH, WIND AND FIRE / BUZZCOCKS / IGGY POP / PIXIES / TOM TOM CLUB / BANANARAMA / DEPECHE MODE / NEW ORDER / JOY DIVISION / KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND / MADNESS / VISAGE / GRACE JONES / PRINCE & MORE!
WHAT? BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
WHEN? 10PM-3AM Friday 18th November
WHERE? VFD, 66 Stoke Newington Road
HOW MUCH? £5 (advanced ticket link to come)
Wed 16 Nov: Spoken Word London
Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work. Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
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Watch a brilliant short documentary upon SWL and some of its regular readers, made by Amelia Hazlitt, here: http://vimeo.com/103176010
And a feature length film of our first anniversary of SWL 'Anti-Hate', made by Timothy Lock, here: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL host Patrick Cash talks about SWL and spoken word in London on Lunar Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL's second anniversary Anti-Hate is covered on Push Pony by Tracy Kawalik: http://pushpony.com/
Tues 15 Nov: Extra Second London - Gender Roles
Extra Second London is a themed monthly poetry/discussion night where we take an extra second to reflect on the ideas touched on by our featured poets. We give you, the lovely audience, a chance to make your voices heard - because poetry shouldn't be a spectator sport. This month's theme is Gender Roles - we'll be discussing how they're imposed on us and how they shape the way we view ourselves and others.
Once again we will have three brilliant featured performers as well as an open mic followed by the main event: a round-table audience discussion. Everyone is welcome to have their say!
Doors open at 7.30, entry is £5 and the open mic sign up is first come first served at the door.
This month's features:
By day, DESREE devotes her time to theatre, arts marketing and community arts but after 6pm (7pm because of traffic), Desree is a talented poet. Desree has featured at events such as Empoword, SpeakEasy, Heaux Noire - for Women of Colour by Women of Colour and Greenbelt Festival alongside World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker.
CAROLINE TEAGUE is a London born and bred poet writing pieces on loss, identity and how she comes to terms with some harrowing realities of being human and being alive, in a style she calls 'tragic optimism' in hopes that the honesty through her writing could translate into something positive for someone else. Member of 'poetrip' poetry London based collective, Caroline is a co runner of the Hammer & Tongue Waterloo poetry night, and creator of the musical project 'Caroline Smiling' which blends music, spoken word and other forms of communication to cross platforms for mental health through creative means. A self proclaimed soft touch poet with some sharp edges.
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Touted in The Independent as ‘a name to watch’, GEMMA WEEKES is author of critically-acclaimed novel Love Me (Chatto & Windus); an established performance/spoken word artist who has shared stages with the likes of Kate Tempestt and Inua Ellams; a musicmaker/sound artist who has scored dance and text-based based theatre and film; and a singer/songwriter who has appeared with Cody Chesnut (opening for Black-Eyed Peas), collaborated with Nitin Sawhney, and most recently with international recording artist Pete Philly. She has devised pieces and performed at venues including The Royal Festival Hall, the Jazz Café, The Drum, MC Theatre (Netherlands), New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (US) and at Bestival and with BBC Radio 3. An Inscribe contracted writer, she is currently working on several projects including a stage/performance art piece with accompanying chapbook, a feature film script, her second novel, and raising her witty and wise 9-year old son.
BE THERE!
Sat 12 Nov: Dirtbox
Dirtbox returns to VFD to make you drip. It's time to get all hot and bothered again at that sexy disco sauna with a deep breath of amyl to loosen you up. Those dark corners can't wait to have you back, so throw on your jockstrap, put your harness and give that moustache a little trim and descend those stairs into our basement of fun.
Residents Gibson and The Duchess of Pork are joined again - because we loved him so much last time - DJ Terry Vietheer
Bringing you heavy loads of hiNRG, electro, new beat, house, italo and whatever else you fancy to get your treasure trails in a twist.
Fri 11 Nov: Fuck You Russella
FUCK YOU Russella is a Party withA Man To Pet and Fabulous Russella Celebrating the hate between them Dance Pop up cat fight Shows DJ Drinks Two drag queens from the same era One very successful the other one not One very nice the other one not One super talented the other one not One very beautiful the other one not But in the end of the day is all about FUCK YOU Thank you very much
Sat 5 Nov: B.S.S.M. (Blood. Sugar. Sex. Magic.)
B.S.S.M (Blood. Sugar. Sex. Magic) brings you some of the best new sounds, plus nostalgia & memories, please find below a comprehensive list of some of the memories we hope to bring you: *Crying to Mr Brightside at your student union. *The days of smoking indoors at an Artic Monkeys gig. *Wearing Bolt trousers and listening to System of a Down in your local park with a can of Red Stripe. *Sticking to the floor of the Astoria watching new emo bands such as Panic at the Disco & Fall Out Boy. *At any given moment that Kate Bush comes on feeling the need to dance like your in the Wuthering Heights music video. *Wearing eyeliner so that you are as cool as Brian Molko.
These are just a few examples...
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What is B.S.S.M?
It's simple, from the team that brought you award-winning night, Chick Habit, this is an indie, rock, emo and old school night for the LGBT community and every other single letter - so basically, in short, everyone.
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Requests?
Absolutely. The indie and dirtier, the better.
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DJs & guests:
DJ AMYb & Ruby Wednesday. Some beautiful faces will be gracing our party too ;)
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Click here for early bird tickets - just £3, they will be £5 on the door and online once the early birds run out
Fri 4 Nov: Poundcake
People, it's been a minute, but we're baaaaack for another one! The Two Step People and Black Emoji Music bring you the final Poundcake for 2016.
As well as our usual rotation, guest DJs on the night include C Digits.
Turn up, get down and pound as we spin the latest in trap // bounce // southern hip hop // grime // garage.
Doors 10pm
£5, advance £7, door
It's bound to get ram up, so tell your people and grab those advance tickets.
Wed 2 Nov: Spoken Word London
Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work. Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
***
Watch a brilliant short documentary upon SWL and some of its regular readers, made by Amelia Hazlitt, here: http://vimeo.com/103176010
And a feature length film of our first anniversary of SWL 'Anti-Hate', made by Timothy Lock, here: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL host Patrick Cash talks about SWL and spoken word in London on Lunar Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL's second anniversary Anti-Hate is covered on Push Pony by Tracy Kawalik: http://pushpony.com/
Sun 30 Oct: Sunday Funday - Spooky Vibes
This one is for all you hardcore fright~fans and AAAARRGGHHHH-addicts! SUNDAY~FUNDAY are bringing you an authentic haunted-horror-house experience as we turn VFD into a spooky-dungeon, complete with horrific surprises that'll make you scream!! As well as serving the ultimate spooky music to make your blood-boil and bones rattle, we've invited some truly terrifying creatures to tease, trick and treat you in our legendary late~night~drag~show!!!
Dress code is awful trick or treat costumes, fake blood, missing limbs, undead politicians and celebrities, more fake blood!
£5 on the door. First 20 victims, oh I mean guests, through the door get a special party treat!!!
Mwa ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa (lightning, thunder) !!!!!!!
Jake: Why couldn’t the ghost see its mom and dad? Philip: I don’t know. Jake: Because they were trans-parents
Sat 29 Oct: STRAIGHT NASTY HALLOWEEN BASH
Basic witches beware – Straight Nasty’s Halloween Bash is back and ready to R.I.P you a new one. Serving you ghoulish gays and girlz the spookiest POP eleganza to really put the willies up ya. Call your friends up on the ouija (Grindr), and we’ll see you there. Featuring all your favourite pop chanteuses from beyond the grave…
Rachel Stevens ♥ Geri Haliwell ♥ Mis-Teeq ♥ Kelly Rowland ♥ Madonna ♥ Jennifer Lopez ♥ Kylie ♥ Holly Valance ♥ Cher Lloyd ♥ Sophie Ellis Bextor ♥ Cheryl Cole ♥ Eve ♥ Rihanna ♥ Cher ♥ Sugababes ♥ S Club 7 ♥ Aly & AJ ♥ Charlotte Church ♥ Carly Rae Jepsen ♥ Steps ♥ Diana Ross ♥ Backstreet Boys ♥ Britney ♥ Nicki Minaj ♥ Cascada ♥ Gaga ♥ Little Mix ♥ Girls Aloud ♥ Loreen ♥ Atomic Kitten ♥ Ariana Grande ♥ Mel C ♥ Mel B ♥ Victoria Beckham ♥ Emma Bunton ♥ Spice Girls ♥ Amerie ♥ Lolly ♥ Beyonce ♥ Althea and Donna ♥ Iggy Azalea ♥ Ciara ♥ Nicola Roberts ♥ Cheryl Lynn ♥ Alexandra Burke ♥ Billie Piper ♥ Mini Viva ♥ Janet Jackson ♥ Kelis ♥ Missy Elliott ♥ RuPaul ♥ The Corrs ♥ Katy Perry ♥ Shakira ♥ tATu ♥ Charli XCX ♥ Venga Boys ♥ Timbaland ♥ Scissor Sisters ♥ Lil’ Kim ♥ Lady Sovereign ♥ The First Wives Club Soundtrack ♥ Lily Allen ♥ Kevin Lyttle ♥ Selena Gomez ♥ B*Witched ♥ Khia ♥ Gloria Gaynor ♥ Christina Milian ♥ Olivia Newton John ♥ Gareth Gates B Sides (jokes) ♥ Alesha Dixon ♥ Aqua ♥ Azealia Banks ♥ Fergie ♥ Gwen Stefani ♥ Christina Aguilera ♥ Destiny’s Child ♥ M.I.A ♥ Taylor Swift ♥ Shania Twain ♥ Dolly Parton + MORE
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'The kweens of kitsch are giving you an unapologetic pop party ... set to revolutionise your weekend.' - QX Magazine
'Straight Nasty provides a safe space for you to workthrough that repressed Cat Deeley fantasy' - DIVA Magazine
'Straight Nasty is hand on heart the best night out I’ve had in my whole life EVER' - Pigeons and Peacocks
♥ SAT 29 OCTOBER VFD 10PM-3AM £3 Facebook ‘GOING’ Guestlist or £5 ON THE DOOR.
With resident DJs SARAH, MARY & WINIFRED SANDERSON (Salem Town Hall) JE M'APPELLE ROCHELLE & GG BEAR (Dalston Superstore)
For updates and event photos be sure to 'like' STRAIGHT NASTY here:facebook.com/
xx Spook C’est La Vie
Fri 28 Oct: "I DO" disco presents 'The Curse of the Bridezilla'
Calling all bridezillas, corpse brides, brides of Dracula, bunny boiler bridesmaids, demonic divorcees, and hammer horror hunnies... London's best worst wedding disco has risen from the dead to scare the confetti out of you and yours.
Sling on something spine-chilling (and/or bridal) and let Dalston's dankest dance dungeon be your playground for the night while you sink your teeth into...
☠ Mildly insane wedding games + prizes ☠
☠ Halloween facepainting ☠
☠ Vintage horror movie projections ☠ ☠ Music from MAGGIE MACALL (80s/90s dance), LOST BOY (Disco/classic House), and resident HAVISHAM (R&B classix n' pure chartbangers) + more to be confirmed ☠
☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠ £3 if you come in a wedding dress or look terrifying. Otherwise... £3 before 11. £5 after that. And as always we'll give you your very own "REAL" WEDDING RING on the door. ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
Like our page for photos etc - https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter/Insta - @TheIDoDisco
Mon 24 Oct: Wig Out
A weekly dance gathering/booze-free mini club night. Dance like no one's watching and shake off those Monday blues to the ruffest, tuffest sounds from Bhangra to Ragga and Jungle with A LOT of Hip Hop.
Music you can't sit still to and that will make you sweat! Sack off the gym and come and dance yourself fit instead.
Doors open at 6.30pm, dancing starts at 7pm (doors closed soon after) £10 or £5 concessions
Sat 22 Oct: Queer Litter no.2 - the change of the litter tray
Queer Litter no.2 - Mitch's official birthday party! Get down VFD for Mitch's birthday special, while she DJs a selection from her 22 years of experience at the wheels of steel. Help her celebrate and help her neighbours not complain about the noise this year...
From French Kiss to Tony De Vit and beyond!
£3 < 11pm > £5
**Free guestlist for friends - PM Mitch directly**
Fri 21 Oct: Big Girls Disco
IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!!! The last one was so much fun that the powers that be at VFD invited us back!!
Expect more of the same, a stunning set by Big Girls and then glorious DJs to make you disco all night long!!!!
Put on your finest frocks and let's do the Big Girl!!!! BIG GIRLS!!! DJS: PASTY KENSIT, FRIGID NIELSEN AND FUMIX!!! 9PM TIL 3AM!!! FREE BEFORE 10///£5 AFTER!!! LOADSA DRAG!!!
Thu 20 Oct: Matthew Glamorre's SCISM
SCISM Night Club?Show up and DO YOUR SHIT! A Space? A Workshop? A Rehearsal? A Free for All? YES YES YES Anyone and everyone is offered a 15min slot – to do, say, project or play anything they want! Tech needs supported.
Wed 19 Oct: Spoken Word London
Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work. Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
***
Watch a brilliant short documentary upon SWL and some of its regular readers, made by Amelia Hazlitt, here: http://vimeo.com/103176010
And a feature length film of our first anniversary of SWL 'Anti-Hate', made by Timothy Lock, here: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL host Patrick Cash talks about SWL and spoken word in London on Lunar Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL's second anniversary Anti-Hate is covered on Push Pony by Tracy Kawalik: http://pushpony.com/
Tue 18 Oct: Extra Second London - The Role of the Artist
Extra Second London is a themed monthly poetry/discussion night where we take an extra second to reflect on the ideas touched on by our featured poets. We give you, the lovely audience, a chance to make your voices heard- because poetry shouldn't be a spectator sport. This month's theme is 'The Role of the Artist'. We'll be discussing what role art and artists play in our personal lives and in society as a whole, as well as how this has changed through history and how it may change in the future.
Once again we will have three brilliant featured performers as well as an open mic followed by the main event: a round-table audience discussion. The quality of the discussions at our last two nights has been incredible and I expect nothing less from this one.
Doors open at 7.30, entry is £5 and the open mic sign up is first come first served at the door.
This month's features:
JAH-MIR EARLY is an American poet, storyteller and improv spoken word artist. His style has been described as "impassioned, lyrical story telling, meandering just to the left of chaos. Drawing you into his feeling and his life while examining the world with no amor, speaking like a preacher or school teacher,all off the top of his head." Jah-Mir recently performed for the BBC at the Edinburgh Fringe,.featuring during the BBC Poetry slam and as a part of 'Other Voices'. He lives in London where he works with SEN students and produces/hosts two monthly poetry nights, "Spoken" and "A slam called Spout" with his team 'Spoken in London'.
MADDIE GODFREY is an Australian-bred writer currently living in London. Above all, her work aims to facilitate a compassionate conversation about social issues. Over the past year she has performed at the Sydney Opera House, co-written a poetry stage show, been internationally published, organised a fortnightly spoken word event, hosted creative writing workshops and featured at multiple festivals. She has also won poetry slams in Australia, Oxford, Cambridge and all over London.
THE REPEAT BEAT POET (Peter deGraft-Johnson) is a spoken word artist, student of Hip Hop, meticulous rhymer and an unashamed tea enthusiast. Drawing from his two main influences, Hip Hop and beat poetry, he crafts pieces dealing with the malleability of truth and meaning, blackness and racial identity, politics, and his own life experiences, all with passionate, precise, and powerful delivery. Through his poetry, Peter has performed across the country, won slams in London and at UK festivals, featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and also writes with the TypeFace Poetry Collective, and the Little Versed Poetry Collective. Peter is also a co-creator of The PAD, a creative arts hub in Dagenham, East London, where he hosts the monthly night Poetry At The PAD.
BE THERE, click GOING and arrive early if you want an open mic slot
Sat 15 Oct: Gay Vinyl
GAY VINYL LONDON returns with
DJ sets by
NKISI (NON RECORDS)!!!!
MISCHA MAFIA (PDA)!!!!
PRINCE HARVEY (NYC) LIVE!!!! NO BRA LIVE!!!!
WINNIE THE POOF LIVE!!!!
MORE TBA!!!
XXX
Fri 14 Oct: Rad Festa
When Lucifer fell he did not fall alone, his children still dance below our feet. Legend has it the further underground you get you can hear them screeching and singing unreleased Cher songs. The nights are growing darker, colder, and warmer, maybe it's time to call a friend? As we enter the most unholy month of the year. There is a place not far from here, a place where it is said you can hear the children of Lucifer's joyful whispers, a place deep underground, a hole... called VFD! Every so often it is said that the children congregate in this hole in lavish dresscode and dance round the fires of hell - rumour has it that on the 14th of October one such congregation is happening... THATS RIGHT CHILDREN!!! RAD FESTA IS BACK!!!! and this time we're celebrating one of Lucifer's favourite children's birthdays, Amelia Sophie Webb the wicked witch of Holland and Barrett!!!
Rituals will be performed throughout the evening that will make you gag and music that will awake Lucifer from his fiery tomb !!!!!!!! So come and start your unholy month the right way with a bit of good old sin down at RAD FESTA!!!!
Performers: Eugenia Shishkina Kallola Montana aka Kalender Dogan Jender Anomie Ms Kevin Le Grand
Djs: Alexandre Simões Josh Quinton
(and more to be announced)
in case of emergency dial 666