Sounds Queer is an innovative music showcase spanning genre, expression and identity, championing diverse voices and sounds from the LGBTQIA+ community, whilst providing a safe space for audiences within it.

Headlining our event in May we have Akin Soul with Abena Essah supporting.

If you are on low income or are currently experiencing financial hardship - we have options available for you to attend the event.

Just email hello@soundsqueer.co.uk for more information.

This is an 18+ event.

Paper Dress Vintage

Sounds Queer ft. Akin Soul + Abena Asseh

Soulfood

Akin Soul

Gigs

London

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and ethnomusicologist based in Providence, RI.  He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, and a board member of Bluegrass Pride. He is winner of the Appalachian String Band Festival.

This is an 18+ event.

Hackney Folk Club: Jake Blount

Jake Blount

Paper Dress Live is proud to tell you that you're now free of your shackles, so get in your car, honk the horn 4 times, put your balaclava on and step on the gas and head to Paper Dress Vintage to witness an incredible event with:

Tommy Cossack & The Degenerators

Dog

House Arrest

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE! BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! ///

This show is part of our 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's theatres, galleries, cinemas, museums & grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission. If you're not a Hackney resident, please choose the 'general admission' ticket!

This is an 18+ event

Tommy Cossack & The Degenerators, Dog, House Arrest

House Arrest

Tommy Cossack

Soul'd Ya Soul is back at Paper Dress for anther evening of dancefloor dynamite! DJ Andy Makin will be digging deep in the crates and dropping the finest disco, funk & soul treats all night long.

Free entry.

Entry subject to venue capacity, last entry at 1am.

This is an 18+ event

Soul'd Ya Soul Club Night

The good days are back at Paper Dress Yard!

Expect delicious fruity cocktails, fresh beer and an amazing selection of music from some of our favourite local musicians...


Alberto Garcia from ALIEN TANGO spinning 80s Spanish tunes and some tasteful city pop.

Louise Eva from BIG DIPPER is gonna give us a taste of vintage Rockabilly, garage rock, and electronic ambient.

And Pierre Cat from FLASH DELIRIUM will bring his finest selection of exotic Turkish psych, Mali pop, Afrobeat and rare French disco.

The Black Owned Market will be happening all afternoon, so if you're hungry we highly recommend you go grab some delicious food from one of the stalls and bring it back to our tables.

At 7.30pm we'll be moving the party inside for an evening of  joyful rock, sleaze pop & bedroom psych with the charismatic Ben Maier topping the bill - trust us, you don't want to miss it..

Come and join us for fun in the sun!

This is an 18+ event

Bongers Only: An Afternoon Party

Paper Dress Live proudly presents Ben Maier, Le Junk and koso!

Ben Maier makes unapologetically anthemic 80s inspired rock music. Joyous and emotional, his live shows are quickly becoming the stuff of legend.

Alternative sleaze pop Le Junk will be the main support band.

Burmese bedroom psych pop koso will be opening this wonderful show.

After the live music, stay late for Freakin' Time DJs playing the very best in rare gems, underground boogie and floor-filling disco bangers!

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE! BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! ///

This show is part of our 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's theatres, galleries, cinemas, museums & grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission. If you're not a Hackney resident, please choose the 'general admission' ticket!

This is an 18+ event

Ben Maier, Le Junk, koso

Ben Maier

Le Junk

Freakin’ Time returns to Paper Dress for a Saturday night special of dancefloor dynamite featuring the very best in rare gems, underground boogie and floor-filling disco bangers!


Your host 7 Inch Max will be joined by Sonia Shahid, Simon Landin, Byo Boogie & and special guest Sister Mary Lou from Oh My God! It’s The Church who will be bringing the congregation over from their headline show at OSLO for a raucous after party.


FREE ENTRY!


Entry is subject to capacity, last entry at 1am.

This is an 18+ event

Freakin' Time Club Night

Join us for an afternoon of sun, street food, free beer* and great music at Paper Dress Yard as we throw an after party for the Hackney Half Marathon!

Hackney Brewery are kindly sponsoring the event and providing 100 free pints to the first competitors and volunteers to make themselves known*

The Monkey Stomp Blues DJ's will be providing a soundtrack of sunny sounds for your drinking, dancing and lounging pleasures. A vinyl-only marathon of Funk, Soul, Reggae, Disco and other fine sounds.

Bohemia Place Market are hosting their Black Owned market with food stalls curated by Black Eats, head down for delicious jerk chicken and the best vegan & non-vegan eats in town!

https://bohemiaplacemarket.com/market-dates/2022/4/30/black-owned-hackney-market-lcwyr-a2ndg

*free pints of Hackney Brewery limited to 1 per person. Must show proof of half marathon entry or volunteer accreditation. 

This is an 18+ event

Hackney Half Yard Party! Free Beer!

party

Party

We're back with another crackling line up of the best stand up, sketch and character acts for you greedy little piggies! Line up includes:

Katie Norris
Ted Milligan
Ada Player
Patrick Healy
Cheekykita
Julia Masli
Britney

See you there x 🐷

This is an 18+ event

Big Pig: Hogwash

comedy

Comedy

Speedboat

Speedboat - Dog Toy

Pingin' Alone

Pet Grotesque

The London-based Electronic-Indie act IRJA will play their first ever concert in the UK headlining the Paper Dress Vintage in London.

Supported by Jinju Uncia and Clemence.

This is an 18+ event.

IRJA + Jinju Uncia + Clemence

IRJA - 305

Launch party for Solana's hotly anticipated new album MIRAGE!
“A multi-textured cornucopia of sound… an intoxicating cocktail of rhythm, an infusion of dance and melody that is impossible to resist” – Outline Magazine

Support from King Cassady and special guests.

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! //

This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

Solana (Album Launch) + King Cassady + support

Paper Dress 80s Club runs last Friday of every month at Paper Dress Vintage. 
Expect 'simply the best' hits & dancefloor fillers from the 80's from 11pm - 2:30am
Free Entry

This is an 18+ event. (Photo ID Required)

Paper Dress 80's Club

Tuppenny Bunters album launch with support from Flare Voyant & Surfquake

Tupenny Bunters - Garage, Baroque, Pop

Flare Voyant - Barbarians of Rock and Roll

Surfquake - East Anglia's original and finest surf band. 🏄‍♀️

After the live music stay late for our swinging 60s club night Satisfaction featuring very special guests: Jawa Jones (Wanita), Charlie Salvidge (TOY, Great Silkie) & Pierre Cat (Flash Delirium, Weird Disco) dropping rare, vintage and punchy bangers till 3am!

🔥 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! 🔥

This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

This is an 18+ event

Tuppenny Bunters + Flare Voyant + Surfquake

Tuppenny Bunters - Fifarsa

Tuppenny Bunters

Satisfaction is back for a flamboyant 3rd edition at Paper Dress Vintage!

Featuring very special guests: Jawa Jones, Charlie Salvidge (TOY, Great Silkie) & Pierre Cat (Flash Delirium, Weird Disco) dropping rare, vintage and punchy bangers.

Expect to hear:

The Rolling Stones, The Who, 13th Floor Elevators, The Beatles, MC5, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Count Five, Janis Joplin, The Undisputed Truth, Slade, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Misunderstood, The Doors, Nancy Sinatra, Cream, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and many more...

FREE ENTRY!

Last entry at 1am, entry is subject to capacity, this ticket does not guarantee entry.

This is an 18+ event

Satisfaction: A Sixties Club Night

Jimmy and Chiu present more open mic goodness with special guests and live jam.
List is at 5pm, first act at 6pm.
Bands are also welcome, back line includes 2 guitar amps, bass amp, drum kit (minus breakables) and keyboard stands.
Free entry.

This is an 18+ event

Noteworthy Open Mic

Amie Blu brings her debut project 5 for U to the stage for the first time, alongside her band and a selection of special guests.

This is an 18+ event.

Amie Blu

Amie Blu - Are We Alright?

Life is good – Let's party!
We return to Paper Dress Vintage to celebrate the Jubilee (and the extra day off!)
Local band 'Los Gloryholes' present their latest album and they will be joined an ecclectic selection of live acts in their freshest form.
Guaranteed good vibes all night.
Strictly 18+

This is an 18+ event.

Peeps' Jubilee

QUEER is one of London's LGBT+ club-nights spinning indie, punk, rock’n’roll, soul & vintage classics, for anyone who doesn't feel at home anywhere else
Located at Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney, QUEER platforms punk, DIY & indie bands with LGBT members.


🔥 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! 🔥

This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

QUEER - Sassyhiya, Art Trip & The Static Sound

Sassyhiya - It Must Be Nice To Be You

Art Trip and The Static Sound

Sassyhiya

QUEER residents Sam Fenn & Paul Michael Bowden will be spinning the best indie, punk, rock ‘n’ roll and soul floor fillers at our regular LGBTQ+ club night!

Expect to hear:

Nancy Sinatra, The Jesus and Mary Chain, ESG, Young Marble Giants, Pavement, Frank Wilson, Belle and Sebastian, Martha, Richard Hell, The Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, Lung Leg, The Cure, The Smiths, Pulp, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Betty Everett, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, R.E.M, Bis, Nirvana, Wire, Sonic Youth...

...plus a load of good stuff you might not have heard of.

Emerging from London’s vibrant LGBTQ+ scene, QUEER is a live music event and club night created by and for punks, outsiders, misfits, and outcasts.
QUEER platforms punk and indie bands with LGBTQ+ members. After dark, the gig room transforms into a bustling club night playing a kaleidoscopic collection of DIY punk, queercore, ‘90s alt-rock, Britpop, riot grrrl, indie, ‘60s girl groups, northern soul, ‘80s rock, and synth-pop.

Last entry 1am.

This is an 18+ event

QUEER Club Night

A night of hard rocking, headbanging, boot stomping, flare flapping action brought to you by Charlie Salvidge. Followed by Cherry B 70s club night till 3am.

Imagine....you've set out on an outing to get reacquainted with your cerebral cortex in the wilderness. As you slip slowly into a higher state of consciousness, you allow the brooding hypnotic airs of DESERT SHIPS to be your celestial guides on the lunar path to self enlightenment.

Suddenly the chemicals swimming around your brain have turned nasty and you're lost in a hellish hallucination... it's BLACK HELIUM and their brand of mind meltingly mesmeric and irresistibly iridescent doom rock.

But now you're really switched on and grooving as your mind manifests all the elements of the metal pioneers of yesteryear. All your favourite 70s rockers are magically born again as a single entity, you enter the light and finally become one with the ultimate gods of rock, ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL

🔥 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! 🔥

This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each ticket admits 2 guests, 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency.

This is an 18+ event

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Friends

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell

Black Helium

Desert Ships

Our 70s club night Cherry B returns to the Paper Dress dancefloor!

DJs Oli & Jordan (Telegram) & Charlie Salvidge (TOY) will be playing all sorts of Rock 'n' Roll stompers till 3am.

Expect to hear:

The Cramps, New York Dolls, The Runaways, Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, The Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Death, X-Ray Spex, Misfits, Suzi Quatro, The Buzzcocks, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Queen, Roxy Music, The Damned, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Sex Pistols, Wire, MC5, Siouxsie Sioux, Jefferson Airplane, Shocking Blue, Thin Lizzy, Sparks, The Undertones, , Ian Dury & The Blockheads, ABBA, T. Rex, Canned Heat, Vinegar Joe, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, The Clash and many, many more…

Last entry at 1am, entry is subject to venue capacity.

This is an 18+ event

Cherry B! 70s Club Night

Alt RnB artist, producer and songwriter Strama launches her debut EP 'Silver Lining' with a live band, alongside support from Miya and Maxine Scott. Make sure to pull up.

This is an 18+ event.

Strama

Strama - Milk and Honey

Strama - Cycle

Iraina Mancini announces a headline show at London's Paper Dress Vintage, after a sold out show at The Lexington, and having now revealed the gorgeous, 70s drenched video for her eagerly anticipated new single Undo The Blue, out now.
Iraina says: “I wrote this song about reinvention and fresh starts. Leaving the bad behind and seeing a bright shiny new you"
Undo The Blue was produced by Jagz Kooner (Sabres Of Paradise, Primal Scream) and a collaboration with the multi-instrumentalists Sunglasses for Jaws. The single is a dreamy soundscape inspired by the pastoral and psychedelic soul from the mid 70’s, building into a climax laced with sweeping strings, heavenly harmonies and lush brass. A gentle gesture to bands like Rotary Connection and Aphrodite’s Child: orchestral and cinematic but with a modern twist.
Iraina is also an in-demand DJ and hosts her own show on Soho Radio. During the lockdown Iraina focussed on writing and producing music and promoting it on her own. Without any management, radio plugger or PRs this resulted in the unheard of achievement of 3 back to back playlisted singles on 6 Music. 

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! ///
This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.
Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

Iraina Mancini

Iraina Mancini - Undo the Blue

Up and coming Brighton outfit Creeping Jean will be hosting an evening of Rock music in London's charming Paper Dress Vintage to celebrate the release of their debut album "When's The Blowout?"

Support includes Keylock, The Sitar Service and the night unfolds into Hot Pants disco club night.

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! //

This show is part of the 'Hello Again, Hackney' series which Hackney Council are running to encourage local residents to return to the borough's grassroots music venues after a very difficult period.

Each 'Hello Again, Hackney' ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

Creeping Jean Album Launch + Keylock & Sitar Service

Warm & Fuzzy

Creeping Jean - Warm & Fuzzy

Creeping Jean

The Sitar Service

Whatcha see is whatcha get...HIT ME...

...Aaand ✰Hot Pants✰ is BACK for another round!

An eclectic mix of Bollywood, Italo, Electronic, Turkish, Brazilian and Space Disco, with a sprinkling of classics in the mix.

✰HOT PANTS DJ's✰
Sonia Shahid, founder of jumpsuit brand Voodoo Trip.
Rebecca Allan, DJ Queen Bitch Becks of Slow Death.

Founded by two friends that share the same passion for authentic underground Disco music inspired by iconic jumpsuits, hot pants, platform shoes, and honing in on the 'feel good' factor that Disco brings to the dance floor.

Free Entry // 11pm - 3am

Entry subject to venue capacity, last entry at 1am.

This is an 18+ event

Hot Pants Club Night

Join us on Sat 11 June for Eclectrik - our bi-monthly immersive music event showcasing live performances before late night DJ sets taking in House, Jazz, Afrobeat, Latin rhythms & Funk.

Our headliners this month are Latin fusion 8-piece 7Suns. Expect a big jazz funk sound with samba beats and salsa rhythms with a healthy dose of London sass.

Support comes from electronic jazz trio Los Padres and soulful pop songstress Kaia Vieira.

After the live music DJs Andrew Ibi (Reference Library) & Jason Leung will take the party till late.

Last entry 1am.

// 2-4-1 TICKETS AVAILABLE _ BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE! ///

This show is part of our 'Hello Again, Hackney' series - each ticket admits 2 guests - 1 guest must show proof of Hackney residency on admission.

This is an 18+ event

Eclectrick ft 7Suns, Los Padres + Kaia Viera

Funktuno

7Suns - Lalin

7SUNS

Kaia Vieira

Los Padres

Cocktail Poetry returns on Sunday the 12th of June. We are proud to feature one of the stalwarts of the performance poetry scene the award-winning Dennis Just Dennis.

Come and experience another verbal aperitif celebrating the wonderous cocktail of the spoken word and poetry. A chance to add your own work to add flavour to the mix.

Hosted by Ernie Burns the Bouncer Announcer
£5 entry

This is an 18+ event

Cocktail Poetry

theatre

Theatre

Join indie-pop duo **Dust In The Sunlight** and friends **Kōya** and **Adannay** for a very special show celebrating the release of their new EP 'Same World, Different Eyes'

This is an 18+ event

Dust In The Sunlight 

Dust In The Sunlight - Handful Of Water

Adannay

Dust In The Sunlight

Koya

Mama’s Broke is a powerful folk duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy. Although highly influenced by their Canadian roots, Lisa and Amy are based out of nowhere and everywhere. 

This is an 18+ event.

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