Image courtesy of Silvio Tanaka under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The iTunes Festival has become a bit of a summer fixture for us here at Londonist. That’s mainly because it’s free (we like free stuff), but also because the line up has always been …
Apart from a striking difference in climate – balmy, sun-drenched Barcelona compared to a chilly, drizzly evening in the not-overly-exotic Chalk Farm – the Taste of Sonar event at the Roundhouse provided an excellent preview to the offers of the renowned electronic music festival. The …
David Byrne is to turn the Roundhouse into a soundhouse this August. Health and safety scuppers Croydon community group meetings. Kings Cross is sprouting a vineyard. A jovial Prince William has opened the refurbished Whitechapel Gallery. A new option for commuters is coming to town: …
Miss Polly Rae by WowtheWorld Camden Council have ordered the immediate halt of burlesque nights at the Proud Gallery, demanding that the venue apply for a similar license to those held by strip joints and lap-dancing clubs. Under pre-existing but newly-enforced laws, local establishments Koko …
Inside the Roundhouse lights are strung up like an old-fashioned barn dance, and the stage is filled with bearded boys from your best American dream. As the Fleet Foxes begin to sing you remember that, in the same way that bad publicity can unjustly taint …
Unbelievably, the Olympics end this Sunday. But never fear, if your appetite for obscure sport has yet to be sated you can look forward to the World Freerun Championships coming up on 3 September. The interior of the Roundhouse in Camden will be transformed into …
Love the extents some people go to to stay famous? Tonight you could be meeting the man behind the stunts as PR guru Mark Borkowski launches his book with a talk at The Roundhouse. Find out exactly what F(T) = B + P(1/10T+1/2Tsquared) means and …
In the grand setting of Camden Roundhouse, decorated with curtains and a backdrop of glittering stars, you get a great sense of anticipation of what lies ahead at Miss Behave’s Variety Nighty. With booze flowing, the show kicks off with Miss Behave in a creakingly …
“You want some real death-jazz?” screams The Agitator through a megaphone, to which an exuberant crowd responds with a gutteral “yeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhooooooo!!!!!”. Moments later they’re jumping up and down to the strains of Suffocation, a cacophonous blend of latin and modal jazz turned up to 11, …
At Londonist, there’s one question we get asked incessantly: where can I go to watch a bearded Japanese man shout incomprehensibly through a megaphone at a group of jazz musicians playing with the aggression of a hardcore punk act? At last we can offer you …
We’ve always romanticised what our first Lucha Libre would be like. Running from both gangsters and the law through the mean streets of Mexico City, we duck down a back street only to discover the most magnificent fighting arena imaginable. We quickly buy our ticket …
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