Power Lunches Arts Café was a music venue, rehearsal space, and creative hub located on Kingsland Road in Dalston, a district of the London Borough of Hackney.
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| Location | 446 Kingsland Road, Dalston London, E8 United Kingdom |
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| Capacity | 150 |
| Opened | July 2011 |
| Closed | December 2015 |
History
editThe café opened in 2011 and closed in 2015.[1][2][3] It started out with gigs planned to be only at weekends, but later became a prominent feature of Hackney’s DIY music scene with gigs most nights every week.[1][4] Though originally genuinely also a café, it eventually stopped serving food.
The café hosted performances in its basement, the absolute maximum capacity of both floors was 150.[1] These were most often concerts by local bands, but also saw acts from elsewhere in the UK, as well as further afield.
Staff of the venue hosted a radio show showcasing the type of music made by bands to appear there on NTS Radio between 2012 and 2015.[5]
Some artists to play Power Lunches
edit- Big Joanie
- Cerebral Ballzy
- Maria Chavez
- A.G. Cook
- Crywank
- Desperate Journalist
- Doe
- Empress Of
- Evans The Death
- Fear of Men
- Flemmings
- Gnarwolves
- Good Throb
- Joanna Gruesome
- Neils Children
- Rolo Tomassi
- Sauna Youth
- Sean Nicholas Savage
- SOPHIE
- Shopping
- The Ethical Debating Society
- The Spook School
- Verity Susman
- Ian Svenonius
- Trash Kit
- Ultimate Painting
- Willis Earl Beal
- Witching Waves
- White Lung
- Wolf Girl
- Woolf[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Wilding, Mark (1 March 2014). "Power Lunches is the most hardcore venue in Hackney". Dalstonist. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Mittleman, Joel (19 February 2012). "Dalston's power players". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Ravens, Chal (11 December 2015). "Dalston venue Power Lunches is closing down". FACT. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Garland, Emma (15 December 2015). "Long Live Power Lunches, a Space for Everyone". Noisey. Vice Media. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Power Lunches - NTS". NTS Radio.
- ^ "Power Lunches Past concerts". Songkick. Retrieved 1 March 2018.