What’s On @ the Heart
Bar open 5pm-1am Fridays & Saturdays
Queer Collage Workshop
A relaxed evening of collage, drinks and good conversation. Organised by A First Piece - tickets are £17.50 for the workshop, available on Eventbrite.
The rest of the bar will be open and free entry as usual from 5pm to 1am
Smells Like Queer Spirit DJ Night
Smells Like Queer Spirit is a queer alt night started in 2024 - platforming queer bands, DJs and performers while working with accessible venues. This is a night for anything under the alternative umbrella from pop to metal to goth (while avoiding problematic bands). You're likely to hear queer bands like Halestorm, Delilah Bon, Scene Queen, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Chappell Roan, Halsey, Venus Grrrls, Girli, Witch Fever as well as popular favourites, throwbacks, deepcuts, and probably a few mashups and remixes too.
Drag Down the Borders Open Mic
Open Mic! Poetry/music/stand-up/dance or something else - this is a space for sharing what you love with a welcoming, friendly audience!
All skill levels welcome, migrants/asylum seekers/refugees and PoC to the front!
Free entry - email dragdowntheboarders@gmail.com to sign up!
Queer Celtic Sessions
HOSTED BY BAY MARTIN AND JESS WHELLIGAN
Enjoy a pint and some trad, or join us to play!
All levels and folk traditions welcome, bring your instrument(s) & tunes. Slow jam to warm us up. Let's queer the session!
For more info ahead of time or to share what you need to feel comfortable, email bay.rmartin@proton.me
Queer Revolutionary Singalong with the Black Smock Band
Sing along with Southeast London’s premier gay ecosocialist folk band (probably) for an evening of rebel songs, from Bella Ciao to Bread and Roses, plus some folk classics. They provide the songbooks and the tunes. You can just bring your voice and your rebel spirit.
Halloween party!
Join us for a night of queer icons, big bangers and iconic looks! Bar opens 5pm, Event starts 8pm, Performances 9pm, DJ set from 9.30pm, Costume catwalk 10.30pm
FREE ENTRY & NON-TICKETED
Trojan Tyne will be on the decks with back-to-back bangers from our queerly beloveds, including Whitney Houston, SOPHIE, Prince, George Michael and more.
Come dressed as your fave LGBTQ+ icon or camp legend. Stage, screen, queer liberation or beyond. Your own spins are very much encouraged!
If your icon has died, honour them as they lived, iconic looks are great! No zombie make-up, fake injuries or depictions of their death.
Don’t fancy coming as your icon? No problem. You’re welcome to do classic Halloween costumes, vampire, ghost, devil... You name it!
Please be mindful of cultural appropriation.
Karaoke hosted by Dykes on Mics
Queer karaoke party! Come with your favourite bangers, extra loud singing, and lots of queer joy!
It also just happens to be Halloweekend, so costumes, black lipstick, and spooky tracks are encouraged.
FREE - Drop in, first-come first-serve event
DJ Ritu: Nineties 2 Noughties
DJ Ritu will be spinning what might have been played during the Joiners Arms' heyday! Think big dance tracks by artists like Daft Punk, Bucketheads, Kylie and more. Expect genres like: Dance, Pop, R&B, and some Housey selection.
Badge Cafe
Fancy a crafty utopian hangout? Badge Cafe helps people relax, create and connect by coming together to make unique badges out of reused books and magazines. @badgecafe / badgecafe.com
PWYL (Pay What You Like to attend) - SIGN UP!
Cyanotype Workshop
HOSTED BY AQUÍ ESTAMOS
Beginner-friendly Cyanotype Workshop for Queer Latinx and Trans/Non-binary people in London to connect through art.
£11.55 to attend workshop - SIGN UP!
Pub is open and free as usual.
Queer Celtic Session
HOSTED BY BAY MARTIN AND JESS WHELLIGAN
Enjoy a pint and some trad, or join us to play!
All levels and folk traditions welcome, bring your instrument(s) & tunes. Slow jam to warm us up. Let's queer the session!
For more info ahead of time or to share what you need to feel comfortable, email bay.rmartin@proton.me
Smells Like Queer Spirit DJ night
Smells Like Queer Spirit is a queer alt night started in 2024 - platforming queer bands, DJs and performers while working with accessible venues. This is a night for anything under the alternative umbrella from pop to metal to goth (while avoiding problematic bands). You're likely to hear queer bands like Halestorm, Delilah Bon, Scene Queen, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Chappell Roan, Halsey, Venus Grrrls, Girli, Witch Fever as well as popular favourites, throwbacks, deepcuts, and probably a few mashups and remixes too.
Open Mic by BYENARY
HOSTED BY CHUCK SJ, BYENARY RECORDS
We welcome all types of art at the open mic, Stand up / Music / Poetry - whatever it is you've got - we want to see it. Whether you've never performed before or this is your thousandth time, all are welcome here.
EMAIL BYENARYEVENTS@GMAIL.COM TO SIGN UP
Karaoke
Drop in and sing your heart out. Karaoke is free. Don't fancy singing? The bar is still open to everyone.
DJ Kabbage
KABBAGE brings a darker, synth-driven edge to the dancefloor, blending deep, minimal, melodic, progressive and tech house with touches of electro and jazz. With powerful vocals and driving rhythms at the heart of his sets, he keeps every mix fluid, taking his cues from the energy in the room.