Shacklewell Arms

The Shacklewell Arms turns into a shrine to the sounds of the legendary Factory Records and the Hacienda with bags of dancefloor friendly post-punk, futuristic electro, 'Madchester' baggy and the ecstasy of acid house. This is an 18+ event. (Photo ID Required).

Blending hip hop, electronic textures and punk, 404 are heading to The Shacklewell Arms. Free entry, but they will be accepting donations to mental health charity SANE. This is an 18+ event. (Photo ID Required).

We're excited to have Elliot Dawson, drummer of the brilliant YAK here for All Bands on Decks on Friday 15th November. The group will have just played their last gig of the year, so come and join them for an afterparty. Also check out their new EP, Atlas Complex, released on 1 November … FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT & OPEN…

For our next instalment of All Bands on Decks - Friday night free parties where we invite some of our favourite bands to pick the music they love - Los Bitchos are up. Free entry all night, open til 3am. This is an 18+ event.

Whenyoung will be DJing for our All Bands on Decks series on Friday 1st November – Friday night free parties where we invite some of our favourite bands to pick the music they love. Free entry, open til 3. This is an 18+ event (Photo ID required).

Automatic is Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals). The band first met while immersed in L.A.’s DIY music scene and started jamming together in 2017. Once they started playing out, word quickly spread about their explosive live shows. They've become a mainstay on the…

Avalanche Party is feral garage-punk rock & roll from the North Yorkshire Moors.

Garage-rock outfit from North Yorkshire.

Bad Vibrations are delighted to welcome The Shivas to the Shacklewell Arms in May. Tickets are £8.

The fourth instalment celebrating 5 years of Black Cat White Cat & Slow Dance. Lineups will be announced following each event.

Feeling Gloomy presents top Blur tribute, A Bit of a Blur as they celebrate 25 years of Parklife!

Body of Light is a dark synth-pop outfit comprised of brothers Andrew and Alexander Jarson. What began as a vehicle for their exploration of noise and sound has evolved into an established production over the last decade, as they continue to carve out their own style of complex, structured, and moving dancefloor…

Oslo's Broen make smart and instant scandi pop that's thick with melody, percussive imagination, and genius lyrics. This is an 18+ event.

Barcelona duo Dame Area make incredible tribal wave, post-industrial, experimental, post-punk. This free ticket does not guarantee entry. This is an 18+ event (Photo ID required).

The clue’s in the title if you know your stuff. Counter-cultural dancefloor sounds from the 1970s to today. New Order, Factory Floor, Joy Division, Tame Impala and OBV LCD Soundsystem. Perfect for all of you funky, punky, arty types.

With their tub-thumping, glam rock riffs having a touch of The B52s, with Farfisa organ and theremin, their Knight Rider synths fighting against punk rock guitars mixed with infectious high-pitched vocals sitting somewhere between Clare Grogan and Poly Styrene, this is Ghost Car. This free ticket does not guarantee entry…

Roadkill Records and Raw Meat once again team up for their annual Halloween party, complete with fancy dress competition, giveaways and a line-up of epic proportions; Birmingham garage-rock vampire motorcyclists Table Scraps, two-piece hardcore Frankenstein's rockers Frauds, demonic upstarts The Cosmics and the ghoulishly…

Hante. is a one-woman project from Paris. Behind the synths, Hélène de Thoury is escaping the reality and facing her fears. Through her cold, synthetic and melancholic music, she reveals herself and offers deep emotions, mixing haunting darkwave and striking electronics. Experimental Icelandic electronic artist Sólveig…

San Francisco band Hot Flash Heat Wave rose to prominence in the Bay Area music scene in 2015 with the release of their 'Gutter Girl' music video, from their debut album Neapolitan, with its accompanying video eventually trending on Reddit. Love Thy Neighbour This is an 18+ event.

Welcome to The Intergalactic Republic of Kongo. It's the state where we meet in sweat, blood and joy packed with sweet excess. Like nothing else they skillfully merge psychedelic left-field pop, synth lines, chanting refrains and more into their mind-bending and hypnotic sound. This is an 18+ event.

Portsmouth based Is Bliss come to The Shacklewell Arms for a free show. This is an 18+ event.

We're delighted to welcome Swiss proto-groovers L'Eclair to The Shacklewell Arms. They blend carefully-crafted dancefloor funk and endlessly morphing Afro-Disco, Kosmische, and early House 70s influences. Their sprawling jams are best seen live. (Photo ID Required).

LOOR is Gwil Sainsbury’s first music project since leaving the mercury prize-winning band alt-j in 2014. Having grown up in the landscapes of Cornwall, Gwil was drawn to the name LOOR – a Cornish word for the moon/ praise/ deity. It is this animist worldview that informs the language of his music and visuals. Blending…

The band having originally taken their name from the death-masks used in rituals in their native Sardinia, now find themselves transcending their roots and undergoing a metamorphosis from mystical and ceremonial realms into a direct connection with the everyday, the personal and the political. This is an 18+ event. (Photo…

Andrea Tirone’s Mind Enterprises is a dynamic and outward-looking alias, a shift that reflects his geographical journey too. Though he found his initial inspiration through his national heritage, in 2012 the 29-year-old fled in Italy where he was becoming creatively stuck in the somewhat insular alternative scene of…

"Roadkill Records are very proud to be releasing a limited edition collection of B-sides and rarities from London's finest psychedelic groove-demons Muertos, and we're celebrating with an evening of completely free live music. With very special guests; superb prog upcomers Mangö, the Argentinian-Colombian psych outfit No…

Neon Waltz play The Shacklewell Arms on 7th December. (Photo ID Required).

It's the NME Halloween Party! For this special night in our Girls To The Front series, we celebrate some spooky women with a special free show by Poppy + friends. NME DJs will be spinning Halloween bangers from 7pm. This is an 18+ event. (Photo ID Required).

Nü Wavved is all about the best new wave AND post-punk and synth pop and everything in that late 70s to mid-80s golden era. We're talking Blondie, Talking Heads, a bit of Depeche Mode, Talk Talk and more. Big hair, but most importantly BIG tunes every 2nd Saturday of the month at The Shacklewell Arms. Expect: The B52's…

If you’re all about the best synth-pop, post-punk and (you guessed it) new wave stuff from 1978 to the mid 80’s, Merry Christmas. This gift is in the form of Nü Wavved, the club night dedicated to blasting out the previous on the second Saturday of each month. This is an 18+ event.

Nü Wavved is a club night every 2nd Saturday of the month at The Shacklewell Arms. Dedicated to playing the best New Wave, Synth Pop & Post Punk music that emerged from 1978 to the mid-eighties. This is an 18+ event.

Petbrick is a shadowy duo which includes, besides Wayne Adams (Big Lad, Death Pedals, Johnny Broke), a rather celebrated fellow countryman of Deaf Kids, Iggor Cavalera. Petbrick use melting noise and crushing electronics over-grinding drum violence to end up with a festering pile of sonic terror that has to be heard to be…

Fishbowl Events are proud to present: Psychic Lemon Album Launch with Dharma Bum & Roscoe Roscoe 10th November. The Shacklewell Arms.

A righteous psychic celebration of sound and fury that draws together the cream of the underground, Raw Power draws on the fiery worlds of psychedelia, heaviosity, electronic innovation and avant-garde inspiration, from 2014 to 2019 saw visionary artists from across the globe converge on Tufnell Park to take part in…

Resident DJs will be playing The Cure, Belle and Sebastian, Talking Heads, Blondie, The Smiths, Alvvays, David Bowie, The Velvet Undergound, Pulp, Joy Division and more. Guest DJing comes from Dan Willson from Withered Hand. This is an 18+ event.

For The Shivas, the live show has always been the thing. That thing being a bombastic, explosive and thoroughly communal live rock and roll experience, where barriers between the performers and their audience seem to dissolve into the sweat and sound. It’s the stage—or the basement, or the living room—that’s the Portland…

It's sound bath time at The Shacklewell Arms. This time you can experience Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Lift Your Skinny Fists like never before. This free ticket does not guarantee entry - please arrive in good time. This is an 18+ event.

Two Tribes are celebrating the release of their new single, Videodrone. Known for their raucous live shows, the London-based quartet are ready to bring their thrashing punk sound to The Shacklewell Arms. Support comes from Harry James (SC&P) and uh. This is an 18+ event.

Get ready for Whenyoung to take you on a journey when they DJ at The Shacklewell Arms. Expect indie classics and the unexpected. This free ticket does not guarantee entry - please arrive in good time. This is an 18+ event (photo ID required).

Minneapolis native Your Smith (aka Caroline Smith), relocated to Los Angeles. (Photo ID Required).