Wed 22 Mar: Shakespeare's Sister - Playing for Periods

PLAYING FOR PERIODS: in aid of the UCL Homeless Period Project: an inspiring charity that collects sanitary products for homeless women in North London. The evening will begin with a production of Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' presented by the NEW theatre company Shakespeare's Sister, at 7:30pm, then after a PARTY with a raffle and other fun activities in aid of our girls. There will also be a display of beautiful period/vagina artwork which will be auctioned off in aid of the cause. We will be collecting donations of sanitary products and clothes for victims of sexual assault.

Dressing up/costumes are strongly encouraged and any requests for our GRLPWR playlist for the night are welcome!

For more information about the UCL Homeless Period Project: https://www.facebook.com/UCLHomelessPeriodProject/

To follow Shakespeare's Sister: https://www.facebook.com/shakespearessistertheatre/

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The venue is a nightclub and thus not a typical theatre-space, seating is not guaranteed so get there early if you want a seat!

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE MONDAY 13TH MARCH.

THE CAST AND CREW

Directors: Ta Ra and Livvy Perrett Producers: Maddie Dale and Kecky Osie Bells

Our lovely cast:

Elisabeth Aslesen Olivia Burgin Ema Mulla Polly Creed Bella Dri Olivia Fokeerah Amarah-Jae Harris StAubyn Julia Kass Sonia Mihanovich Rosemary Moss Emma Nihill Hannah Parker Madeleine Sharma Nikita Tilak Tanwen Stokes Avy Tennison Effie Wilson Monika Klara Herman

Tue 21 Mar: Spring Equeernox

Lyall Hakaraia & Timberlina invite you to a Queer gathering to fortify ourselves in these troubling times. Celebrating Queer community with a playful evening of blessings, crafting, ceremonies, music & dancing.

Ceremony with no pressure to partake.

Special guests: Paul Kindersley | Tree | MR. MADAM

More to be announced

We are magic X

Sat 18 Mar: Depeche Mode - Spirit Unofficial Release Party

Probably the most famous synthpop band from the '80s are releasing their 14th album Spirit, so we're going to have a party!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every one of their 13 studio albums charted in the Top 10, and every album (except the last one) had a Top 40 hit single (or two, and a few even  had 4 hit singles).

So we're going to have our own DM party with all our favourite tunes from 1981 till now! We're going to play a few songs from the new album and all our favorite songs from the other albums - and like every good dish we'll spice it up with some great '80s, New Wave & Synthpop classics. Expect to hear: Lots of Depeche Mode, The Smiths & Moz, Siouxsie And The Banshees, David Bowie, The Cure, Human League, Pulp, New Order and more...

Come early to have more fun!!

Advance Tickets are £5 http://bit.ly/DM17VFD £8 on the door

Doors open at 10pm

Hope to see you dance with us and don't forget to like our page: https://www.facebook.com/80sparties

Fri 17 Mar: Big Daddy presents Clubmosis

Big Daddy Records presents CLUBMOSIS For our second night we give you a lesson in botany! Join us again at VFD for more of the same and something new - intoxication in the form of hard hitting club cuts, baille funk bangers, pop bootlegs, kuduro, grime and more. Get ready to photosynthesise and breathe in our catastrophic beats.

This time around we’ve got big daddy residents Baby Flame, B0 and New Number as well as a very special guest from the UNITI crew - GANX

Check out GANX and Big Daddy on soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/ganxxx https://soundcloud.com/bigdaddyrecords Tickets are available in advance and on the door. - First 50 presale tickets: £3 - On the door before midnight: £5 - After midnight: £7 Keep an eye out for ticket releases and updates from us

Stay sweaty ;)

Wed 15 Mar: 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/watch?v=Dk-TXhERNHo

You can also read an academic dissertation written on SWL here, by William Barns-Graham, on 'Lost in the Moment: Opening Up Utopian Performance With the Lost Generation at Spoken Word London':https://www.academia.edu/9916694/Lost_in_the_Moment_Opening_Up_Utopian_Performance_with_the_Lost_Generation_at_Spoken_Word_London

Sat 11 Mar: Mammory Tapes

Bringing your mammories out of the closet and onto the dancefloor. DON'T STAY IN. COME OUT.

Because we all know the best part of a night is hang times with the gals (or guys) at home, but what if you could bring your bedroom beats (it's cool, we're still listening to Britney when we get ready too) to the big speakers?!

Requests at the ready, come and make mammories with us at Mammory Tapes #3

VFDalston £3 ADV / £5 DOOR 10pm-3am We shake our money makers to the likes of:

THE SLITS | YEAH YEAH YEAH | CHVRCHES | ICONA POP | LE TIGRE | BANGLES | BLONDIE | SHANGRI-LAS | HAIM | HINDS | GRIMES | MADONNA | ROBYN | JENNY LEWIS | KATE BUSH | LAURYN HILL | BEYONCÉ | GIRLS ALOUD | LITTLE MIX | SPICE GIRLS | LA ROUX | SHOPPING | TLC | THE RUNAWAYS | CYNDI LAUPER | DESTINY'S CHILD | TRASH KIT | COURTNEY BARNETT | PJ HARVEY | SISTER SLEDGE | DOLLY PARTON | DONNA SUMMER | BUSH TETRAS | B52S | SLEATER KINNEY | AU PAIRS | DELTA 5 | SLANT 6 | MARINE GIRLS | RAINCOATS | SHURA + LOADS MORE

Plus, this month we'll be celebrating the achievement of women around the world in honour of International Women's Day, and giving a percentage of ticket sales to the inspirational Women For Women International organisation.

Follow our mammories:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mammorytapes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mammorytapes/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mammorytapes/

Wed 8 Mar: London Tribe

A night of music/words, celebrating London's diverse culture Performances from: FAE SIMON / LYRIC L / KWEDJATEY / GEMMA WEEKES / AMBER MAYA / KEVIN MARK TRAIL

7pm - late :: £5

Thu 2 Mar: Stef's afterparty - midnight meat train

Party in the basement after Stefania Batoeva private view at Emalin gallery. £3/5

10pm - 4am

https://www.facebook.com/events/174076346426779/ http://www.stefaniabatoeva.com/

Wed 1 Mar: 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/watch?v=Dk-TXhERNHo

You can also read an academic dissertation written on SWL here, by William Barns-Graham, on 'Lost in the Moment: Opening Up Utopian Performance With the Lost Generation at Spoken Word London':https://www.academia.edu/9916694/Lost_in_the_Moment_Opening_Up_Utopian_Performance_with_the_Lost_Generation_at_Spoken_Word_London

Fri 17 Feb: Towards Collapse

Towards Collapse returns to new home, VFD, on 17th February 2017 for the third instalment of our club night series. Your collateralized debt obligations this month will be:

SWARM INTELLIGENCE (Invisible Agent, Stasis, Acroplane, Acre, Ad Noiseam, Voitax Records) Swarm Intelligence is quickly building up a name for habitually reducing darkened basements to ruins. Blending ambient, rhythmic noise and industrial sounds with broken rhythms, he has captured the attention of techno and noise fiends alike. From droned-out ambience and densely layered field recordings, right through to distorted beats and industrial-edged basslines, Swarm Intelligence has honed his sound over releases on Invisible Agent, Stasis, Acroplane, Acre, Ad Noiseam, and most recently Voitax Records, where he just released his latest 12" called “The Lighthouse”. His live set is a fearsome mix of clattering drums, snarling, abrasive distortion and dissonant textures and has seen him perform at a wide variety of events - from the infamous Maschinenfest to Boiler Room.

http://www.swarmintelligence.net/ https://soundcloud.com/swarmintelligence http://www.discogs.com/artist/1563270-Swarm-Intelligence https://www.facebook.com/swarmintell/ http://www.adnoiseam.net/

DEADFADER (3by3, Small But Hard Records, Robotic Elephant) As Dead Fader, UK-born, Berlin-based John Cohen draws on ambient, noise and techno to create panoramic and hard-hitting electronic music which packs an emotional punch.

https://deadfader.bandcamp.com/

Nolan Dialta (Cutting Room Records) https://soundcloud.com/nolan-dialta

& more TBC

Ticket info coming soon.

Sat 11 Feb: CUNTMAFIA IN LONDON

Contessa Stuto // CUNTMAFIA in London! ♥Febuary 11th, 2017 10PM-3AM at VFD. 5 Before 11PM 10 After

Live Performance:

* - Contessa "CUNTMAFIA" Stuto - * https://soundcloud.com/cuntmafia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wJyu6lLQE

* - Nani Castle - * (BDAY!) https://soundcloud.com/nanicastle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu-_FgjGduo

* - PW - * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjfOIojWYD8

MUSIC:

* - SHYGIRL - * https://soundcloud.com/shygirl_93

* - Englesia - * https://soundcloud.com/englesia

* - Frankie Stien - * Francesca Tocker * https://www.instagram.com/hexinghope/

* - Nadine Artois - * https://www.instagram.com/nadineartois/

* - HOSTED BY - * Jada Simone Harri Perillo Bait Kush

Fri 10 Feb: Sassitude - Valentine's Special

Cupid searches for love like the rest of the world. Whether she's seeking it out in the form of a love of the dancefloor or a quick snog in the smoking area, her passions and desires take over her. She is the embodiment of sass; a strong powerful being who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to get it. Join us Friday eve before Valentine's  and let your inner cupid out. Who knows, your midnight kiss could be waiting.

♥ DJS ♥ Angelic siren Hannah Diamond Resident cupid Emily Rose England

+ more to be announced

Fri 3 Feb: Deviate pt.1

Party People! Time flies these days... soon January will be over and you can finally forget about detoxing or being broke and start to wipe away those blues. So get your glad rags, your glitter and your dancing shoes back on and let the Deviate DJs take you on a beat excursion!

DJs will be playing the best in Funk, Soul, Disco, Afrobeat, House, Techno and more. Glitter stations and vibrant decor will provide further indulgences, and all of this in one of Dalston's most revered basements, VFD.

Entry is £3 before 11pm and £5 thereafter. Tickets on the door only.

There's no agenda, no boundaries, so invite your friends, your friends of friends, you ma, your pa and even your weird uncle.

The time has come to Deviate!

We'll see you later...

Wed 1 Feb: 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.

Tue 31 Jan: QUEER WITCH on NTS Radio

Tonight! Tune into NTS Radio from 8 - 10pm and hear VFD's very own head witch, Lyall Hakaraia's, QUEER WITCH programme. 'I have long been fascinated with and affected by rites and rituals across all cultures, and the creativity and energy created from them that we call ‘magic’. Being queer I am also interested in the representation of my community in this world.'

Turn on, tune in, witch out http://www.nts.live/schedule/2

Sat 28 Jan: Mammory Tapes

Bringing your mammories out of the closet and onto the dancefloor. DON'T STAY IN. COME OUT.

Because we all know the best part of a night is hang times with the gals (or guys) at home, but what if you could bring your bedroom beats (it's cool, we're still listening to Britney when we get ready too) to the big speakers?!

Requests at the ready, come and make mammories with us at Mammory Tapes #2

£3 ADV here / £5 DOOR 10pm-3am

Fri 27 Jan: Rad Festa

...details coming soon...

Wed 25 Jan: Video Screening - Revolution [Josh Caffe and The Subs]

Filmed by Alexander ShawEdited by Martijn Ravesloot Starring Lucy Fizz & Alex Clow

REVOLUTION // JOSH CAFFE & THE SUBS Hannah Holland's iconic BATTY BASS RECORDS makes a welcome return back on wax with main man Josh Caffe joining forces with the Belgian production don's THE SUBS (Lektroluv) delivering a slice of deep underground electro techno brilliance.

Join us for a special video premiere for friends and family at VFD

Revolution EP is available to buy on vinyl and digital download here. Featuring remixes from Posthuman and Aerea Negrot. * http://www.juno.co.uk/products/josh-caffe-the-subs-revolution/632126-01/ * https://www.beatport.com/release/revolution/1888940

DJ SET BY Josh Caffe

ENTRY: FREE

Wed 25 Jan: Running the Gauntlet: Section V - Elliot Reed

Elliot Reed a Los Angeles based performing artist and musician. He will perform 'Running The Gauntlet: Section V' from an ongoing work of his. Sections I-III were performed as a single work in 2015, Section IV debuted last year at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and Section V will now debut in London. This work is a hybrid reading / performance piece.

Elliot Reed has given presentations at The University of Minnesota, University of Southern California, and Macalester College, in addition to performing at Northwestern University, The Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, The Gene Siskel Film Center, FOKL Arts Center Kansas City, Human Resources Los Angeles, and other venues in Baltimore, Minneapolis, Chicago, Phoenix, Tuscon, Los Angeles, Marfa, and Austin TX.

His work is held in the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive collection, and his electronic album ‘Anxiety Magic’ was recently listed in The Wire: Adventures in Sound and Music magazine. Elliot is currently on a January 2017 international music and performance tour, starting in Tokyo and ending in Reykjavik.

6pm - 8pm

Free entry (£3 donation)

Tue 24 Jan: Extra Second London V: Social Class

We're back! With a healthy dose of reality to banish those January blues. Or make them worse, whatever. This month's theme is social class, and we have a bumper set of features for you including the newly crowned Genesis slam champsion Rashid Nuhu and the fantastic Leyla Josephine who's come all the way down from Glasgow! As always we also have an open mic and the world famous audience discussion.

AND IT'S FREE ENTRY!!

Featuring: Nathan Smith Marika Josef Rashid Nuhu David Judge Marc Livingstone Leyla Josephine