East London’s Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen is hosting a 12-hour summer party to celebrate independent music and culture.
The summer bash, which takes place on bank holiday Sunday, August 28, kicks of at 1pm and will include a photography exhibition and independent record market.
UK band Frankie & The Heartstrings will be performing at the 300-capacity live room (supported by Johnny Foreigner), and Raw Meat will be hosting an after-party running until 3am with a DJ set from Everything Everything.
The party also marks 15 years of the venue. Mothership - the team behind The Book Club, Queen of Hoxton, and Patterns in Brighton - took over the venue in December 2015 with a core focus on safeguarding the venue’s live legacy. It has also been developing a more diverse programme of events, including new club programming, film screenings and photography exhibitions, including Origins East - the current exhibition on ‘80s and ‘90s rave culture, running now until August 22.
April also marked the start of a new restaurant collaboration with Smokey Tails.
Full party programme is as follows:
DAY PROGRAMME (Main bar / FREE)
(13:00 – 19:00)
Independent Label Market
A Summer Affair will kick off with an afternoon of entirely guilt free record shopping as the main bar hosts an independent label market in aid of Support Act, a new music led initiative raising money for refugee charities. With donations from independent labels like Moshi Moshi, Domino, Bella Union and Phantasy (full list of labels that have donated further down) 100% of profits will go to Support Act.
For anyone wanting to start sooner, book yourself in for a brunch at Smokey Tails, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen’s restaurant in residence at 11am to fuel up for some serious crate digging.
Photography exhibition with YOUTH CLUB
Following on from the success of Origins East (the current exhibition on 80’sand 90’s rave culture running till August 22nd) the venue are partnering again with YOUTH CLUB who hold a unique archive of subculture through the ages. This exhibition will focus be looking at independent live scene. More info to follow.
BANDS (Live Room)
(16:00 – 22:30)
Frankie & The Heartstrings are a heart-racing, foot-stomping British guitar band and join the ranks of great bands that that having played Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen’s 300 capacity live room (Florence & The Machine, Foals, Grimes, Mumford & Sons, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Grimes, Savages). Releasing on independent labels like Wichita, Rough Trade and Pop Sex, outside of writing and performing, Frankie & The Heartstrings have pushed the boundaries of what a traditional band do, opening their own record shop, Pop Recs Ltd, in their hometown of Sunderland as well as producing their own fanzine and releasing other artists on their own imprint.
Johnny Foreigner are also a band with an independent and DIY spirit. A critically acclaimed four-piece indie rock band from Birmingham releasing records through Alcohol in the UK, Lame-o in the USA, and Vinyl Junkie in Japan. Their fifth album, recorded with long-time producer Dominique James is out this summer on Alcopop! Records.
Tickets: £10 (includes entry to the after-party)
CLUB (Live Room)
(22:30 – 3am)
The after-party will be hosted by Raw Meat - a team of forward thinking writers, musicians DJ’s and creatives that have become a ‘go to’ for everything indie over the last couple of years. From ‘Fresh Flesh’ their spotlight on upcoming artists, to their festival clash features, to their party starting weekly club nights at The Duke E17, the Raw Meat crew are the perfect hosts for the Summer Affair after party. Joined by very special guests Everything Everything (DJ set) and resident DJs Darren Parker and Jamie Read.
Tickets: £10 full event (£5 club only)
