Venue Relaunch x Independent Venue Week 2020

We’re starting this fresh decade with a celebratory relaunch of Paper Dress for Independent Venue Week 2020 following our Arts Council grant award!

We have our new D&B PA installed along with a new lighting rig and an extended, bigger stage and some other tweaks & improvements to our space…it’s looking and sounding aaaamazing!!

Throughout the week we’re celebrating the diversity of our programming at Paper Dress with an action-packed schedule including..

A 2-day multi-venue festival on Tuesday & Wednesday for AmericanaFest UK with Jonathan Wilson, Chloe Foy, The Ballroom Thieves and many more appearing with us – BUY TICKETS HERE!

On Thursday we host Egyptian Elbows who have lined up some exciting secret guests – just announced as post-punk seedy girl gang Madonnatron – alongside The Caress, Opus Kink & Honeyglaze – BUY £5 TICKETS HERE!

A joyous Friday night party follows with our regular Paper Dress 80s Club ft. live music from Funkhaus + Ukulele Ska Collective + more – BUY £5 TICKETS HERE!

On Saturday 1 Feb we have a SOLD OUT party with recently announced secret guests, Flamingods, who played their first ever gig with us back in 2010, followed by Free Entry 70s club night Cherry B with Jordan & Oli (Telegram) DJing till 3am! – RSVP FOR FREE AFTER PARTY TICKETS HERE!

And we round off the week on Sunday 2 Feb with Scottish psych rock band Man of Moon as the host venue for the London date of their tour – BUY  TICKETS HERE!

Phew!

Read more about the Arts Council funding announcement here, and in our recent interviews with Joyzine and  London in Stereo.

Independent Venue Week celebrates the spirit of independence and the culture of live music and is “a 7-day celebration of music venues around the country and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out.

These venues give artists their first experience of playing live in front of an audience. They give fans somewhere to get up close to artists that one day, may well be playing stadiums and festival main stages. They also provide those wanting a career in music, off the stage, the chance to learn their craft up close in a small venue.”

Tickets for all shows also available from our website here.