Poetry, pop and fairy cakes at February Clerkenwell ARTslab

Join us for a natter, poetry, pop and fairy cakes at a pleasure-heavy February Clerkenwell ARTslab. This is going to be pure. Quality. Gabriel Moreno. The power house of poetry, the sorcerer of song. From Barcelona to Berlin, from Gibraltar to Wood Green. And now he’s back at The Betsey with poems and songs old and new. Read more about Poetry, pop and fairy cakes at February Clerkenwell ARTslab[…]

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The Diego Brown and the Good Fairy travelling song machine is parking the mobile jukebox for a night in Luton’s revered Hat Factory, scene of many hats been manufactured once upon a then. In charge is the mighty Lee Nelson, poet and Luton based person, so the whole bill promises to be both technically brilliant, from Read more about Default title[…]

Streatham Common, ParenthasisDotDotDot, Maya Levy, Hannah Lovell, Alys Torrance.

Winter Warmer at Clerkenwell ARTSlab, 27 November 2017

Come and experience an incredible line-up at November’s Clerkenwell ARTSlab. Our most experimental yet – mind-bending song, stories, comedy and cha-cha from the kings and queens of all that. Plus chips and cake. Here’s why we can’t wait to get stuck in: PARENTHESIS… prince of smooth-talking, forward-thinking, backward-walking electronic pop. His supernatural torch songs will break Read more about Winter Warmer at Clerkenwell ARTSlab, 27 November 2017[…]

May: The Force. An Incredible 6D Clerkenwell ARTSlab.

Is this our most lavish line-up yet? Upstairs at the Betsey Trotwood has never felt more like Oscar night – as an incredible line-up of proper writers and musicians lights up the May Clerkenwell ARTSlab in gloriously unlikely 6D. Novelist JOE DUNTHORNE (Submarine, Wild Abandon) does poetry. Musical storyteller BOB KARPER does the dark side. Read more about May: The Force. An Incredible 6D Clerkenwell ARTSlab.[…]

Dan Antopolski casts spell over Clerkenwell ARTSlab, 24 October

It’s a scarily good line-up for the hippest Monday night artslab in town. The club that’s fast gaining a reputation for subverting the laws of physics and stuff welcomes the brilliant Dan Antopolski to speak amusingly on a range of topics Gabriel Moreno to prove poetry is alive and kissing Chris Dowding and Ben Higham to Read more about Dan Antopolski casts spell over Clerkenwell ARTSlab, 24 October[…]

Autumn season at ClerkenwellARTslab kicks off with John Hegley

It’s official. After a successful pre-summer start-up roll-out, we’re re-uploading the real-world app at The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon. Starting on 26 September 2016 with headliner John Hegley, ClerkenwellARTslab will offer a regular diet of song, poetry, laughs and cake. Great acts, yummy food, nice people. All for £8 or £5 concs. Here are the line-ups (subject Read more about Autumn season at ClerkenwellARTslab kicks off with John Hegley[…]

Rumours of free entry to top show on 11 March trigger joy bonanza

Delicious award-winning vegan food is just one of the many hyphenated reasons to pitch up at Klub Karamel, north London, on 11 March. Oh? There are others? Yes, including: + DJ Luminous Frenzy will be pro-decking it + Catherine Ashby and the Spare Ribs will be a-soothing you + Poet-cantor, Gabriel Moreno, with his band will Read more about Rumours of free entry to top show on 11 March trigger joy bonanza[…]

Martha’s Gig – thank you

Huge thanks to the hundreds of people who shared Martha’s Gig with us on Saturday night (17 October). The performers: John Hegley​, Dan Antopolski​, Maria Friedman, Richard Frostick and the Islington Music Centre, Three Little Birds, Jessie Glynn, Simon John Moffitt​ Olamiju Fajemisin, Soul of the City Choir, The Flaming Yaks of Tibet, Oliver Hayes​, Read more about Martha’s Gig – thank you[…]