The George Tavern

This weekend at The George:

TONIGHT - TGT presents punk / rap from Sounds Mint, Neuro Placid, Curser and Île De Garde.

FRIDAY we are closed all day/night for a private hire 💁‍♀️ Which means MT. Ambiant is being MOVED to Saturday, 12am - 4am 👇

SAT - Krautrock Karaoke is back! KK invite musicians to perform krautrock songs from CAN, NEU!, FAUST and more. Open calling if you want to play, send Ken an email at [email protected] x

Rounding off the night we're excited to host an extended 4h set from Mt. Ambiant - a member of the extended .isle family and solo traveller of the dance and sound - “I’ve been known to play long extended sets, full of life, in forests, in the club and in your living room. It will be a deep dive into a variety of warm danceable musics, driven dynamics and styles ranging from, heads down spacious house, hypnotic disco edits and sprinkles of the dancehall style." Following recent performances at and , we're looking forward to dancing with Sean from 12 - 4am.

SUN - TGT presents pop / rock / indie from Pink Eye Club, House of Women and Empires Empires.

Momma with Bloody Death

22nd November '24

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Souvenir readings continue tonight! Actor Ben Miles reading from Michael Bracewell’s book exploring music and art culture in London between 1980 and 1986. The places, people, aesthetic and technical. The reading starts upstairs at 8pm but come down early for drinks and pizza in the bar. Doors for upstairs open at 7pm and after the reading there are free entry DJs from 9-12. Few tickets remain via DICE or OTD.

Very much looking forward to welcoming Mt Ambiant to The George a week today on Friday 18th October.

Mt Ambiant (Sean) forged his sound between Liverpool and Glasgow as a member of the extended .isle family and solo traveller of the dance and sound, wherever that may be. He’s been known to play long extended sets full of life, It will be a deep dive into a variety of warm danceable musics, driven dynamics and styles ranging from heads down spacious house, hypnotic disco edits and sprinkles of the dancehall style.

Following recent performances at and we've grown to love the sounds and nature of Mt Ambiant.

We open from 11pm as we're closed for a private event earlier in the evening, so Sean will play the night out from 11 til 3.

NEXT WEEK - MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY - FREE ENTRY DJS IN THE BAR

Monday 14th - Sean Johnston (A Love From Outer Space)
Tuesday 15th - Bill Brewster
Wednesday 16th - Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)

As part of the reading events taking place upstairs, our doors are open for drinks and a dance from 9 - 12, free entry of course. For those with tickets to the reading (still some remaining!), they'll start upstairs above the bar with doors from 7pm, reading at 8pm.

Some more info on the readings here - Tickets available via the DICE link in bio -

Hosted by renowned actor Ben Miles (The Crown, The Lehman Trilogy, Napoleon) along with countercultural publishers White Rabbit Books. Ben reads excerpts from Michael Bracewell’s widely acclaimed account of post-punk London in the twilight years before the digital age, Souvenir.

‘…The best evocation I’ve read of London in the ‘80s…’ Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys

‘…These atmospheric recollections of the capital of the 1970s and 80s, and the artists it inspired, conjures a city - and a culture - in a less rapacious age ... Neither a memoir nor a work of psychogeography, Michael Bracewell's Souvenir has elements of both, its shifting, impressionist narrative made up of recalled moments, places and encounters…’ Sean O’Hagan, The Observer

Ben Miles’ readings from Souvenir, lasting approximately one hour, will take place in a venue which would not seem out of place in Michael Bracewell’s book: a forgotten performance space above a derelict nightclub within the iconic music and arts venue The George Tavern in Shadwell. After the readings there will be a live set from three outstanding and prolific DJ’s, curating a night of music that resonates with the world of Souvenir.

All profits from the evening will go to supporting the venue in its fight to remain a home for artists and music in east London for this generation and beyond.

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Tragic circumstances leading to an inspired fundraiser to help change lives in Darlington for the better. A friend of The George has sufferend an incomprehensible loss due to a drunk driver, speeding at 140mph, killing his daughter and grandchild in a road accident.

The hospital in Newcastle provided the family with a Haven Room - A quiet, private space to help the family be together at such a difficult time. These rooms come with a kitchen, bathroom, and lounge area, and this peaceful place helped massively with the immediate grief. These Haven Rooms are rare, and the family believe that more hospitals should be equipped with these kinds of facilities, so they're raising £10,000 to equip their local hospital in Darlington, Country Durham with a room like this. They also aim to open a sanctuary house for grieving families for longer stays.

To help raise the funds, Alison Warner is completing a list of challenges, including cycling across the UK and France. It's an amazing cause, and any support, sharing, or donating would go a long way.

Check out the link below for more information:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/alison-warner?utm_term=eDyPAk4ka

What's on this week?

MON : An evening with indie folk band Naked Brunch, Ochre + Body Orchestra.

TUE : TGT presents electro / indie / punk from Pink Eye Club, Max Fulcrum & The Win, Uncle Junior (pictured at a prev gig here) and Hyperdense.

WEDS : Bad Vibrations presents Australian alt-pop artist Merryn Jeann, plus support from Salomé Wu and Adam Naas.

THURS : An evening with Maple Death and Kit Records. Featuring the tape ambient bliss of Ancient Plastix, destructured techno of Fera, desert-fingerpicking of J.H. Guraj, Giulio Erasmus' dub-punk-hiss and Laura Agnusdei's sax textures.
+ Karaoke til late hosted by Patrick James Fitzroy

FRI : [FREE ENTRY] Robbie Ryan presents Shenanigans 20th birthday party. Expect limbo dancing. Free all night long!

SAT : 13 hour party starting at 2pm and going all the way til 3am - celebrating both the Harvest and some of Bathtime’s favourite up-and-coming acts in the country. Mewn - a Manchester bred art-rock 5 piece, Tyler Cryde - the solo project of Black Country, New Road’s frontwoman, Jimmy Means S**t - the solo project of Jasmine of Ugly, Tooth Adderly - the solo project of Sarah of Drug Store Romeos, Conus sp. Bent, Clementine March and SL4P. Bathtime Sounds is a record label/promotion company run by Skydaddy.

SUN : TGT presents punk / art rock / country from Gegenpress, New Hat and The Cowards.

It's such an exciting and proud moment for us at The George to be involved in - A fantastic new project, the book celebrates London's landmark independent music venues (including The Windmill, 100 Club, Roundhouse, Moth Club, Koko, New River Studios, Cafe Oto and many more) and focusses on the history and untold stories of the beloved spaces that make our lives so interesting.

The project is spearheaded by our good friends Tash Cutts and Sophie Mo, but the writing of the book will be a massive collaboration, with each chapter penned by different journalists, and will include interviews with bookers, artists and other key figures in the industry with original photography, illustrations and posters.

Sweaty Ceilings have launched an Indiegogo to help raise the money needed to create the book, and for every copy pre-ordered £5 is also donated to the Music Venue Trust. You can learn more and support the project via the link below

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WE LIED AGAIN, ITS NOT A WEEKENDER AT ALL. EIGHT DAYS OF THE HALLOWEEN-KENDER. HALLOWEEN NEVER ENDS. HALLOWEEN FOREVER.

The universal balance is out of whack, people. Doctor Strange is doing one of those strange strange things that he does and The George Tavern has been beset with evil and despicable magic. Our only recourse is to host Eight torturous days of Halloween festivities as ritual to dispel our beloved venue of it's ghostly, cursed chains. Join us, as the soul power of each of your bodies in attendance will fuel the energy farm that may, hopefully, satisfy the demons that have made us their victim.

Expect more noxious decor, unpleasant character actors, comedy and performance to turn your nose up at. A vertiable freak show of our best and worst. Much more than you could have ever imagined. It's like boom town or something.

Tickets on sale now via DICE 🙂 uhh IF YOU DARE ... 😈

(artwork, of course, by the fantastic )

Aha! We have played a michevious trick on you, as is custom around the hallowed month of October. Halloweekender announcements minorly delayed while we further amplify the ghoulish and horrendous vibe that we have curated.

Stay tuned, please, for big things are coming 🙏

October has begun. Halloweekender announcement tomorrow 🤘

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What's on at the George this week?

TONIGHT : Post genre hardcore night Deaths per Minute presents a chatoic night of skramz x digital hardcore from the london underbelly, ft Lip, Veles the Menace, Haznat, Antonio Franco and Crudelations.

TUE : Special screening event for the upcoming short film/music video Gabber Sultan by Sissy Misfit. DJ sets by Trashedbaby & Rowenne.

WEDS : Big Richard is back at the George Tavern, this time with the enigmatic hyper-rock group Flytrap + friends for the launch of their insane debut single, "Gutted". Support coming in hot from London's post-rockers Denh Izen and the drum-n-beat magic of Wing!

THURS : AEG presents Matt-Felix, with support from Together Effect.
+ Karaoke til late.

FRI : The first ever thescene gig, ft. a stacked line-up of Chad, Black Fondu and Jaw Harp. LOUD!
+ from 11pm, Kitchen Porter DJs are back! It's been a year since the last chef up at the George so it'll be a busy one - expect Disco, House, Acid and more.

SAT : Tough Luvv present Miss Madeline live in London. With support from, Lozeak, Chi, Roma Radz, The Lizard Queen and Djavp1ra.
+ DJs til late.

SUN : Wednesday’s Child present their psychedelic rock, punk and poetry. Joined by Milkmaiden and Sienna Bo****lo for an evening of female fronted music at The George Tavern.

For three nights only, upstairs at our beloved George Tavern, renowned actor Ben Miles (The Crown, The Lehman Trilogy, Napoleon) will read excerpts from Michael Bracewell’s widely acclaimed account of post-punk London in the twilight years before the digital age, Souvenir, published in 2022 by countercultural publishers White Rabbit Books.

‘…The best evocation I’ve read of London in the ‘80s…’ Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys

‘…These atmospheric recollections of the capital of the 1970s and 80s, and the artists it inspired, conjures a city - and a culture - in a less rapacious age ... Neither a memoir nor a work of psychogeography, Michael Bracewell's Souvenir has elements of both, its shifting, impressionist narrative made up of recalled moments, places and encounters…’ Sean O’Hagan, The Observer

Ben Miles’ readings from Souvenir, lasting approximately one hour, will take place in a venue which would not seem out of place in Michael Bracewell’s book: a forgotten performance space above a derelict nightclub within the iconic music and arts venue The George Tavern in Shadwell. After the readings there will be a live set from three outstanding and prolific DJ’s, curating a night of music that resonates with the world of Souvenir. This event will be taking place upstairs above the bar, whilst the venue will remain open to the public for mingling and chat, with DJs downstairs after each reading.

All profits from the evening will go to supporting the venue in its fight to remain a home for artists and music in east London for this generation and beyond.

14th October with DJ set from Sean Johnston, ALFOS
15th October with DJ set from Bill Brewster
16th October with DJ set from Lias Saoudi, Fat White Family

Tickets available now via DICE:
https://dice.fm/search?query=ben+miles+reading

Some serious October announcements coming soon 🦇




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Arooj Aftab, a legend in our midst. Interviewed by FT on the subject of her latest album Night Reign, the costumes that are part of her stage show, growing up in Lahore, Pakistan, and the upcoming Pitchfork Music Festival headline at Roundhouse. I know I'll be trying to get a ticket for that. Fantastic album, definitely have a listen if you haven't already.

Read more on the Financial Times site: https://www.ft.com/content/2d1bf350-8e76-4622-831b-73d6c6b297d5

We love this little devil. Horatio Gould's debut special 'Sweet Prince' comes out this Sunday on 29th September, free to watch on Youtube. It was a barrell of laughs to film and can't recommend watching the special enough. Good lad.

Some lighthearted indie/pop/punk from The Youth Play, Public Order, Beachtown and Palace Watson coming through on 13th November.

On sale today on DICE 💛

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What's on this week?

MON: Waterfowl Collective presents a night of theatre, music, magic, and merriment, Father Thames’ Dredgeful Circus & the Story of James of Tickfen.

TUES: Sam & Mick's Sick Joint Quiz - Games begin at 8pm. £2 to play and teams up to six. Win cash prizes, novelty prizes, and good times with your friends prizes.

WEDS: Polite Bureaux tour their debut album, bringing a high-energy show with 'righteous kinetic energy and razor-sharp lyrics on the state broke britain'. Support from Scattered Ashes and London locals SOFT.

THURS : The Golden Dregs invite you to their 2 day residency at The George Tavern to showcase new and old music. Support from Ryan Sambol.
+ Karaoke til late.

FRI: Night 2 of 'boot-tapping pastoral indie rock' from The Golden Dregs! Support from Skydaddy.
+ DJs Anonymous til late, ft. technodaddy666 (Josh), William McCrossan DJ, Michael Famous (Mick) and DJ Tango Ice Blast (Rhiannon).

SAT: The Famous Daxx present another spectacular, this time Wild West themed and featuring sets from Lusa Morena, Ain't and Pigeon Dog.
+ DJ sets til late from Allan Low and Cody Pepper.

SUN: Portsmouth based label Strong Island Recordings takeover The George Tavern, bringing a bunch of favourites in label family Daisy and The Deadheads and their wondrous ‘wonky folk pop', along with ethereal shoegazers Cuckoo Spit, brand-new London outfit Goodbye and new Strong Island psych-folk artist Freddie J Watts, emerging from the burgeoning Brighton folk community.

What's on this weekend?

FRI: Marezine are delighted to announce our return after sipping the long heady summer wine🌻 another classic star-studded lineup awaits! Headlining is the one and only mermaid queen Plutoz Beach with support from the absolutely interstellar Half Star & sensational Sofia & The Antoinettes. Plus some readings from local London poets.

+ from 11pm Disk Jockeys Anonymous Meeting: Its Fu***ng Freshers pt 1, ft. Acid Mojito, Gary Clean (Liam), DJ Songs (Pip) and Good Time Girl (Eduarda).

SAT : Krautrock Karaoke is back! KK invite musicians to perform krautrock songs from CAN, NEU!, FAUST and more.
+ DJ Callie Winch til late.

SUN : [SOLD OUT] An evening of poetry, dance, performance, conversation & music from unheard and underrepresented female voices reimagined in a safe and intuitive space. This edition featuring Viv Albertine (The Slits) and music from Nina Winder-lind, Weaving in Purgatory & Ella Raphael.

What's on this week?

TONIGHT : TGT presents electro, punk and pop from The Queens Head, Oliver Marson and Bella Unwin.

TUE : [ALMOST SOLD OUT] TGT presents alt-pop and electro from Paige Kennedy and Crimewave.

WEDS : SIDEFXAUDIO presents Lip FIller, Micromoon, WilfMerson and Cashanna.

THURS : Following a blood-curdling, terrifying trip to the Edinburgh Fringe, the hit comedy night W2BCH2BF returns to where it belongs: Shadwell.

+ from 11pm, the magnificent Alastair Shuttleworth hosts a special edition of karaoke til late celebrating the release of his AMAZING band LICE's 2nd album!!! Vinyls will be available for sale. Also - you can still sing whatever you want on the 'roke - there is officially no LICE on Karafun 😭

FRI: Marezine are delighted to announce our return after sipping the long heady summer wine🌻 another classic star-studded lineup awaits! Headlining is the one and only mermaid queen Plutoz Beach with support from the absolutely interstellar Half Star & sensational Sofia & The Antoinettes. Plus some readings from local London poets.

+ from 11pm Disk Jockeys Anonymous Meeting: Its Fu***ng Freshers pt 1, ft. Acid Mojito, Gary Clean (Liam), DJ Songs (Pip) and Good Time Girl (Eduarda).

SAT : Krautrock Karaoke is back! KK invite musicians to perform krautrock songs from CAN, NEU!, FAUST and more.
+ DJs til late.

SUN : [ALMOST SOLD OUT] An evening of poetry, dance, performance, conversation & music from unheard and underrepresented female voices reimagined in a safe and intuitive space. This edition featuring Viv Albertine (The Slits) and music from Nina Winder-lind, Weaving in Purgatory & Ella Raphael.

Shhh they're resting before the big show. The Queens Head are back with Oliver Marson and Bella Unwin tomorrow night.

Tickets are available on DICE, via the link below

https://link.dice.fm/n20d1bb20a81

What's on this week?

MON : TGT x Laughing Boy presents slowcore / electronic / emo from Atelophobia, Jaw Harp, Tommy Barlow and Shoplifting.

TUE : An evening of tributes celebrating the life and music of Daniel Johnston on the 5th anniversary of his death. Come down and join in!

WEDS : TGT presents Denh Izen, SOLD and Jamie Rees.

THURS : [SOLD OUT] Amigas presents drill/alt-rnb from East London - dialE. No photography / digital recording allowed at this event.
+ Karaoke with Lucas!

FRI : Far From's 1st Anniversary, with a headline from Pedestrian Band, and support from Tooth, Uncle Junior and Domina. A good dose of indie/rock/punk!

+ from 11pm, Plastic Club visits us for a pre-Halloween spooky set for Friday 13th. Black cats & candles encouraged. DJ Aynjel (AAJA/Noods radio) will be spinning all vinyl 80s goth & new wave etc - NO MR BRIGHTSIDE!

SAT : Kinda Weird Weekends presents Test Plan, supported by Bag of Cans (Norfolk), Leibniz (Brighton) & The Clubheads (Brighton).

+ from 11pm, core_reset returns for its third installment, featuring BEJEEBE, founder of 𝐔𝐋𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈, and high energy dj sets from Vigilante, Remy and more. Also expect live modular synth A/V performances from POLYOP and immersive visuals from VJs like foto.sensitive.

SUN : After releasing their debut EP in 2022, Kent Hardcore heavyweights FREEZE are doing their first ever London headline show, with support from Mindless, King Street and Aku’s debut in London.

Wowee. A gig for you. The Queens Head, Oliver Marson, and Bella Unwin x

Monday 16th Sept with tickets available now via the link in our bio.

Thanks for the artwork x

Get ready to kill some brain cells this September… it’s fu***ng freshers WTF is up

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What's on at The George this week?

TONIGHT : Parallel Lines presents Australian indie band Girl and Girl, plus support from Ain't and Pyncher.

WEDS : Big Richard presents a night of emo/shoegaze/indie feels from Tummyache, Kissing On Camera and Kipper Gillespie.

THURS : DHP presents chill experimental hip hop from Niontay, Dav1d and Pimpcess.
+ Karaoke from Lucas!

FRI : The Immaculate Unforeseen Thaumaturgic Return of EXPORT IMPORT, plus George house band House Arrest and Fat Concubine. Expect a rowdy one.
+ DJs til late.

SAT : Tough Luvv presents alt hip-hop/rock/electronic/pop from Bayymack and a stacked line-up including Alixn, LoveUnity and Ashes.
+ DJs til late.

SUN : TGT presents dark & industrial post-punk and goth-rock Tiss Vampiric, The Black Lagoons and Jeanie & The Whiteboys.

We're looking for art fairs, vintage markets, and other daytime event organisers who might be interested in using the space before gig time on weekends. Please do get in touch if you want to get involved! Most people don't know how stunningly beautiful and calm the bar is in natural daylight.

[email protected]

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The wonderful Ulrika Spacek's ‘Oysterland’ returns this November - celebrating its twelfth edition at The George Tavern! The night that started in 2015 combines the band’s live performances with various exhibitions of art, video and photography.�This time including a live performance from Ulrika Spacek following their tour of North America, as well as a special screening of ‘Power Pain Privilege’ - a collaborative film by # # # and , who will be live scoring the event. Tickets are limited in number so snap them up asap, honestly!!

What's on at The George this week?

MON : Laughing Boy presents lo-fi indie, shoegaze and emo from kiss gem.burn (Jimmy from C Turtle/Bad Breeding's new project), Flypaper, green star and Winter Haiku.

TUE : Sam & Mick's Joint Quiz, every last Tuesday of the month. Games begin at 8pm. £2 to play and teams up to six. Win cash prizes, novelty prizes, and good times with your friends prizes.

WEDS : OneSixFour Presents: Odyssey, a night of experimental DJ sets, music and poetry.

THURS : 5 piece garage rock band The Franks summer party, ft. Strange Devotion, The Paris Match and Lola.
+ Karaoke til late with Alastair Shuttleworth!

FRI : Citizen Live present Fast Money Music, the solo project of Nick Hinman, an American-born and East London-based musician and producer, molding his love of post-punk, no wave, protopunk and pop music.
+ DJs til late

SAT : Wiggy crooner of the Underground, Bossola, releases his first official body of songs and pieces, ‘L2O’. Expect wonk-folk submerged in a fusion of oads to the past that leap-frog to the future.
+ DJs til late

SUN : The first edition of Lou's Boombox Bingo, we’re kicking off the inaugural night with the theme Indie Sleaze. Step into the iconic George Tavern to play 3 rounds of musical bingo, with bonus rounds and boogie breaks. Listen and mark off tunes from bands like The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and LCD Soundsystem, with a grand total of 6 prizes to be won across 3 games of Indie Sleaze classics. Is there any better place to spend a Sunday night?