SORT ZINE 3: THE CULT ISSUE (photo by Derek Ridgers for SORT Zine – more information soon)
Sat 20 May: Dirtbox
Dirtbox party returns for a May outing. It’s time to get hot and bothered again at that sexy disco sauna with a deep breath of amyl to loosen you up. The residents Gibson and The Duchess of Pork take over night bringing you heavy loads of House, Techno, Rave classics and whatever else they fancy to get your treasure trails in a twist.
Those dark corners can’t wait to have you back, so throw on your jockstrap, put on your harness and give that moustache a little trim and descend those stairs into our basement of fun.
Thu 18 May: Club Late Music
We're turning 2 years. Line up coming soon.
Book the date if you are in London.
Sat 8 Apr: London is Burning
Overall European Father, D'relle Khan, of international, inspirationa
A colourful mix of Ballroom, Studio 54 and the raw Hip Hop
Evening: A Vogue workshop (times TBC )
Night: The Club opens and people can let loose!!!
SEE YOU ON THE DANCEFLOOR
Fri 31 Mar: Vibrate
Prepare yourselves for the next phase of VIBRATE; the East London lesbian turnup for all our femmes, tomboys, boujee girls and everything in-between. Once again, we’re bringing the house party to the club. Line-Up:
TAYYLOR MADE DARKSTEPPER Niccyniss
hiphop /// futurebeats /// rnb /// jerseyclub /// grime /// trap
FRIDAY 31.3.17 VIBE 10PM TIL 3AM RSVP FOR FREE ENTRY [BRING ID] ??? CASH ONLY BAR ???
ig: @vibrateworldwide tw: @vibratewrldwide
DOOR POLICY:
First and foremost, Vibrate is a party for girls who like girls.
Fun and respectful men are welcome as guests if they show up with a woman. NO homophobes. NO racists. NO sexists. NO assholes.
Wed 29 Mar: No Bra
GAY VINYL London returnswith
Martin Tomlinson live!!
No Bra live!!!
Winnie The Poof live!!!
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Ze Aeknown VJ set!!!
more TBA!!!
xxx
Sun 12 Mar: The Abyss
Journey into the unknown... DJs LOVERBOY HARRY CHARLESWORTH SUSSI
Fri 10 Mar: aftertouch
afterTouch @ VFD round 2 of queer performance and future club sounds, in the basement of VFD; for the queer void in y'all.
DJs
Martha (Radar)
https://www.mixcloud.com/
Faron Ray (Club Dead)
https://soundcloud.com/
Ni-Kü (afterTouch)
http://soundcloud.com/
J.aria (afterTouch)
https://soundcloud.com/
£6 otd, safer space policy in place all night. stay gorj
Sat 4 Mar: Dirtbox
Dirtbox returns to VFD to make you drip. It’s time to get hot and bothered again at that sexy disco sauna with a deep breath of amyl to loosen you up. Those dark corners can’t wait to have you back, so throw on your jockstrap, put on your harness and give that moustache a little trim and descend those stairs into our basement of fun.
Residents Gibson and The Duchess of Pork are joined by Dirtbox favourite guest DJ Terry Vietheer
Bringing you heavy loads of House, Techno, Rave classics and whatever else they fancy to get your treasure trails in a twist.
Fri 3 Mar: Miss. E
IT'S TIME WE WORSHIPPED HER GREATNESS AGAIN/// ONLY MISSY, TIMBO AND THE BIGGEST JAMS ALL NIGHT///
DJs/// SPECIAL GUEST!!! GIN (GOLDSNAP/RESIS'DANCE)/// JON MEGA/// REPO MAN/// MORE TBC///
10PM-3AM/// £1 BEFORE MIDNIGHT/£5 AFTER///
GET YA FREAK ON///
Sat 25 Feb: Straight Nasty - the finale
Come to the last EVER Straight Nasty if you know what's good for you... That's right girls - after two years of bringing the best in unapologetic pop, camp and cheese to all you party loving pricks, we're hanging up our heels and retiring to Gibraltar (this is your last chance to hear Sheila's Wheels blasting in a club, so you better get ON IT.)
C YA WUDNT WANNA B YA!
Rachel Stevens ♥ Geri Haliwell ♥ Mis-Teeq ♥ Kelly Rowland ♥ Madonna ♥ Jennifer Lopez ♥ Kylie ♥ Holly Valance ♥ Cher Lloyd ♥ Sophie Ellis Bextor ♥ Cheryl Cole ♥ Eve ♥ Rihanna ♥ Cher ♥ Sugababes ♥ S Club 7 ♥ Aly & AJ ♥ Charlotte Church ♥ Carly Rae Jepsen ♥ Steps ♥ Diana Ross ♥ Backstreet Boys ♥ Britney ♥ Nicki Minaj ♥ Cascada ♥ Gaga ♥ Little Mix ♥ Girls Aloud ♥ Loreen ♥ Atomic Kitten ♥ Ariana Grande ♥ Mel C ♥ Mel B ♥ Victoria Beckham ♥ Emma Bunton ♥ Spice Girls ♥ Amerie ♥ Lolly ♥ Beyonce ♥ Althea and Donna ♥ Iggy Azalea ♥ Ciara ♥ Nicola Roberts ♥ Cheryl Lynn ♥ Alexandra Burke ♥ Billie Piper ♥ Mini Viva ♥ Janet Jackson ♥ Kelis ♥ Missy Elliott ♥ RuPaul ♥ The Corrs ♥ Katy Perry ♥ Shakira ♥ tATu ♥ Charli XCX ♥ Venga Boys ♥ Timbaland ♥ Scissor Sisters ♥ Lil’ Kim ♥ Lady Sovereign ♥ The First Wives Club Soundtrack ♥ Lily Allen ♥ Kevin Lyttle ♥ Selena Gomez ♥ B*Witched ♥ Khia ♥ Gloria Gaynor ♥ Christina Milian ♥ ♥ Olivia Newton John ♥ Gareth Gates B Sides (jokes) ♥ Alesha Dixon ♥ Aqua ♥ Fergie ♥ Gwen Stefani ♥ Christina Aguilera ♥ Destiny’s Child ♥ M.I.A ♥ Taylor Swift ♥ Shania Twain ♥ Dolly Parton + MORE
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'The kweens of kitsch are giving you an unapologetic pop party ... set to revolutionise your weekend.' - QX Magazine
'Straight Nasty provides a safe space for you to workthrough that repressed Cat Deeley fantasy' - DIVA Magazine
'Straight Nasty is hand on heart the best night out I’ve had in my whole life EVER' - Pigeons and Peacocks
♥ SAT 25 FEB, 10PM-3AM, £5 ALL NIGHT
With resident DJs TR!NNY & $U$ANNAH (Debbie) JE M'APPELLE ROCHELLE & GG BEAR (Dalston Superstore) SHY CHARLES (Clit Rock)
For updates and event photos be sure to 'like' STRAIGHT NASTY here: facebook.com/
Fri 24 Feb: Scism: 'Dalston Bump' release Party
'Dalston Bump' is an ode to the gentrification of London and the pockets of authenticity that remain. Written during a recent artistic residency, SCISM, at VFD, AV artist Matthew Glamorre gifted the track as a mark of respect for the venue's history and continuing support of local underground and creative communities. Against all the odds and mounting commercial pressures VFD holds out as one of London’s last, truly alternative and experimental spaces. Expect: a selection of artists from SCISM's Gender Agenda series with the riotous Glamorre at the helm.
Doors 10pm - late :: £5
Watch Glamorre and co doing the Bump here
https://youtu.be/
Glamorre has been at the forefront of British underground movements since 1987, his clubs like 2XS, Smashing, HARDERFASTERLOUDER, The Siren Suite & Kash Point were instrumental to the development of the music, art and fashion of the times. He is also an award winning short film director & audio-visual artist.
In 1991 Glamorre pulled the band Minty together around legendary performance icon Leigh Bowery and went on to front the band after Leigh's death. Banned from performing in London and many UK cities Minty were labelled ‘The sickest band in the land’ by the tabloids and caused controversy at TOTP over whether the BBC should ‘endorse’ such people. As support on Pulp’s ‘Common People’ tour Minty traumatised a generation of indie kids many of whom are still scared to this day.
Glamorre also founded & directed The Offset, an amorphous live art collective featuring artists such as Grayson Perry, Ron Athey, Add N to X and David Hoyle. Most recently he completed a world tour of 'Albion Voice', an immersive audio-visual collaboration with the singer Bishi. He conceived, co-wrote and produced her album and created all the visual elements.
Tue 21 Feb: Extra Second London: Drugs
Extra Second London returns to VFD on the 21st February to discuss drugs. We'll have performances from our featured poets, an open mic and an audience discussion. All are welcome to have their say on politics, addiction, or that time you met god in your living room. Doors open at 7.30pm and open mic sign up is first come first served at the door. Entry is free.
Our featured performers this month are Jason Pilley, Jai Andrews, Joe Caplin, Lex Sciore and Charlie de Courcy.
BE THERE
Sat 18 Feb: Madonna Party
"True blue, baby I love you"It's the post-Valentine's weekend, and even if you're in love or heartbroken, Madonna is the perfect sound track to party to! With 58 singles (almost all of them) in the Top 10 of the charts, Madonna is the unchallengeable queen of pop, from the 80s until today! So it's time for a MADONNA PARTY Saturday 18/2/17 From 10pm till 3am
We will play tons lots of Madonna all night long, but you might also hear some of our Atomic! 80's night tunes like Blondie / Wham! / Yello / David Bowie / The Smiths / Talking Heads / Depeche Mode / New Order / Chaka Khan / Tears For Fears / The Cure / Eurothmics / Iggy Pop / Kylie Minogue / Fine Young Cannibals / Roxy Music / Visage / Erasure / Kate Bush / Sandra / Bronski Beat / Heaven 17 / Bananarama / Duran Duran / Prince / Culture Club / Men Without Hats / Salt n Pepa / Soft Cell / OMD / Suzanne Vega / Johnny Hates Jazz / The Communards / Level 42 / Yazz / Madness / Belinda Carlisle / Grace Jones / Tiffany / Human League / Pet Shop Boys / Rick Astley!! & More...
Early Bird Tickets - SOLD OUT
Advance tickets £4
https://billetto.co.uk/en/
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Wed 15 Feb: Spoken Word London
Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work. Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
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Watch a brilliant short documentary upon SWL and some of its regular readers, made by Amelia Hazlitt, here: http://vimeo.com/103176010
And a feature length film of our first anniversary of SWL 'Anti-Hate', made by Timothy Lock, here: https://www.youtube.com/
You can also read an academic dissertation written on SWL here, by William Barns-Graham, on 'Lost in the Moment: Opening Up Utopian Performance With the Lost Generation at Spoken Word London':https://www.academia.edu/
Sun 12 Feb: Sunday Funday Queer Love Rave
If you thought the only Valentine's options are to either be in a relationship or single and sad then think again! SUNDAY~FUNDAY are here to hi-jack this normative, Clinton Cards-fest and to reclaim it with colourful, queer expression and love love love!
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The first outing in 2017 for the SUNDAY~FUNDAY gang, there'll be enough love to blow the lid off VFD!
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Let's be romantic OUR WAY by loving whoever we want! Let's love our friends, let's love strangers, let's love our differences and what bring us together! A passionate playlist of love-songs, diva-anthems and hi-energy bangers! A late~night~drag~show all about OTHER LOVERS and games to steal or break your heart!!!
So tell all your lovers, brothers, sisters and others that our door is open to everyone!!!
•Doors open at 7pm• • £5 all night•
Wed 4 Jan: Spoken Word London
Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work. Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
Sun 1 Jan: Sunday Funday - New Year's REBOOT!
Everyone is fretting over what to do for the dreaded NYE. London once again becomes expensive, exclusive and exhausting. Plans fall through, traffic, don't even start! But how are you spending New Year's Day? How about you start the year as you mean to go on: celebrating queerness, expression and FUN?! Your faithful FUN~meisters at VFD are here to blow the lid off 2017 and throw a 2016 survivors party!
With our usual buffet of pop, rock, r&b, oldies and newies, and an extra special late~night~drag~show that'll have you throwing away your New Years resolutions faster than Teresa May's Brexit plans, this is THE party to get 2017 kicked off!
And yes, we're still just £5 on the door all night
All are welcome, invite your friends and bring your Granny if she's in town!!!
Wed 21 Dec: Spoken Word London
Come and join us for the last SWL of 2016! Spoken Word London is an open-mic poetry and performance night for anyone to come and join in, whether to speak or listen. Everyone who wants to speak gets five minutes, but no one gets more than five minutes. Speak in whichever format you want, sharing your own or others' work.
Doors open 7.30pm, sign up for a slot 7.30-8pm, readings begin at 8pm.
Free entry, but please buy a drink (or more) at the bar.
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Watch a brilliant short documentary upon SWL and some of its regular readers, made by Amelia Hazlitt, here: http://vimeo.com/103176010
And a feature length film of our first anniversary of SWL 'Anti-Hate', made by Timothy Lock, here: https://www.youtube.com/
You can also read an academic dissertation written on SWL here, by William Barns-Graham, on 'Lost in the Moment: Opening Up Utopian Performance With the Lost Generation at Spoken Word London':https://www.academia.edu/
SWL host Patrick Cash talks about SWL and spoken word in London on Lunar Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/
SWL's second anniversary Anti-Hate is covered on Push Pony by Tracy Kawalik: http://pushpony.com/
Fri 9 Dec: Aftertouch
afterTouch reborn @ VFD
DJs
LINNÉA (SISTER, Berlin)
https://m.soundcloud.com/
DJ Woman As Phallic Symbol (LDN)
https://soundcloud.com/
Ni-ku (afterTouch, LDN)
http://soundcloud.com/
Live performances presented by J.Aria