The Ivy House

The Ivy House Weekly Quiz
2024-05-15 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | The Ivy House
This week Quizmaster Megan is going to be asking the questions. £2.50 per player. 8pm kick off!

Nunhead Community Choir
2024-05-16 19:00 - 23:00
Join us as we celebrate 15 years of the Nunhead Community Choir
Tickets are £5, which will be raising funds for SDCAS (Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers). Do come along, it’s going to be special. Scan the QR code on the poster to get your ticket!

THE IVY HOUSE BEER FEST 2024
2024-05-17 17:00 - 2024-05-19 23:00
The Ivy House is proud to present… BEER FEST 2024!
Back for another year, our annual weekender of beer, live music, and good times is here to kick off your Summer in righteous fashion. 50+ guest beers (and ciders) on constant rotation, and some of the finest live music in the city all for FREE (not the pints, but you get the idea…)
Step into Summer, step into the future, step into BEER FEST.
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LINE UP

Friday (music starts @ 8pm)
Ewe and Friends
SCORS
Flypaper
Saturday (music starts @ 4pm)
Stepbrother
Birthday Girl
Staycations
Doublecream
Starter Car
Green Star
Slow Life
Sunday
Bring Your Own Vinyl (8pm – late)
Nunhead Folk Circle

Trad Sessions at The Ivy House
2024-05-20 19:30 - 23:00
Come one, come all, to our monthly Monday trad sessions in the ballroom!
Bring your instruments and your spirit, for an open floor trad jam lead by Bonnie Blue Trad, every 3rd Monday of the month.
Trad and folk adjacent, free entry to play and watch!

New Lands #3: Wednesday's Child / Garden Centre / Sodden Pelt
2024-05-21 19:30 - 23:00
Live Music on a Tuesday Night from Wednesday’s Child, Garden Centre, and Sodden Pelt.
Rock and roll goodness in the heart of Nunhead, all for a fiver. This time featuring punky band Wednesday’s Child, alongside Garden Centre and Sodden Pelt.
Doors 7:30pm, advance tickets are £5 (+ bf).
NOTAFLOF
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Venue accesibility info
Venue – There is one step up to access the pub, however, there is a ramp available which staff can assist in putting in place when required.
Toilet – Due to the listed nature of the building, we do not currently have a wheelchair accessible toilet in our venue. However, we do have a single cubicle fitted with a rail in the ballroom.
Parking – There is free on-street parking available throughout Stuart Road.
Seating – If you require a seat for one of our gigs please get in touch.

The Ivy House Weekly Quiz
2024-05-22 19:30 - 23:00
This week Quizmaster Ida is going to be asking the questions. £2.50 per player. 8pm kick off!

Angelina Luzi: Untold Album Launch
2024-05-23 20:00 - 23:00
Come join us at The Ivy House for a night of music and celebration as Angelina Luzi unveils her debut album Untold.
Mark your calendars for this special in-person event and be prepared to be immersed in Angelina’s unique sonic world with friends and fellow music lovers. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to be among the first to hear Angelina’s new album tracks live and to enjoy supporting acts: twin duo Leisure FM anf Ableton wiz Anna Disclaim , for a night of female fronted projects and tech with trip-hop and dream-pop inspired folktronica.
A big celebration for Angelina Luzi’s debut album Untold and for those who helped along the way like producer Nick Burns who will be playing along side her. Get ready to be enchanted by soulful vocals and cinematic soundscapes in the cozy atmosphere of this London hotspot.

Blang presents: Meatraffle, Sergeant Buzfuz, Pink Eye Club
2024-05-24 19:00 - 23:00
Blang Presents:
Meatraffle
Sergeant Buzfuz
Pink Eye Club
Meatraffle
Emerging from the South London community which spawned The Fat White Family and Warmduscher, Meatraffle’s grooving cocktail of dubby bass lines, electro-rock rhythms and blasts of trumpet soundtrack songs which veer between the heartfelt, the acidic and the comic.
Sergeant Buzfuz
Sergeant Buzfuz are a mix of earworm melodies, punk energy and witty passionate stories of ordinary working folk. Their critical reviews are in reverse proportion to their record sales. But they’ve played three live sessions for Marc Riley and Tom Robinson on 6 Music. So there.
Pink Eye Club
Pink Eye Club is South London’s one-man-disco-machine and self-confessed nerd Haydn Davies. Crafting high-energy electronic music on a laptop, Pink Eye has been gathering a growing cult following through his explosive live sets at his packed out regular club nights ‘Pink Eye’s Sunday Roast’ at Windmill, Brixton and ‘Pink Eye’s Paradise’ at The George Tavern, Stepney.

The Ivy House Weekly Quiz
2024-05-29 19:30 - 23:00
This week Quizmaster Lois will be asking the questions. £2.50 per player. 8pm kick off!

Lemonade Sin / Charley Stone / Murderbridge
2024-05-30 19:30 - 23:00
Live music in The Ivy House ballroom from Lemonade Sin / Charley Stone / Murderbridge.
Lemonade Sin’s dreamy indie pop fuses duelling vocals, jangly guitars and retro synths – “the intersection between Stereolab and Pulp”
Charley Stone will be playing with the Actual Band, bringing garage-rock riffs and whimsical tales of procrastination and unrequited love. For fans of The Modern Lovers, Belly and The Lovely Eggs.
Murder Bridge make their south-of-the-river debut. Expect drums and guitar. Angry and ridiculous. Shouting and shouting. If Bruce Springsteen was from Croydon and a feminist punk.
Doors 7:30pm, Music Start 8pm

The Goose Is Out presents... Thomas McCarthy
2024-05-31 19:00 - 23:00
Irish Traveller, Singer, Storyteller, Thomas McCarthy comes from Birr in County Offaly in Ireland. He comes from a long line of old traditional singers and musicians who kept the tradition of singing strong.

He was named the Traditional Singer of the Year in the Gradam Ceoil Awards 2019.

New Lands #4: GRANDAD / Sasha Scott / Nobuto / Oli Haylett
2024-06-04 19:30 - 23:00
Live Music on a Tuesday Night from GRANDAD / Sasha Scott / Nobuto / Oli Haylett
Rock and roll goodness in the heart of Nunhead, all for a fiver. This time featuring electronic tastiness GRANDAD alongside Sasha Scott, Nobuto and Oli Haylett.
Doors 7:30pm, advance tickets are £5 (+ bf).
NOTAFLOF
Venue accessibility info
Venue – There is one step up to access the pub, however, there is a ramp available which staff can assist in putting in place when required.
Toilet – Due to the listed nature of the building, we do not currently have a wheelchair accessible toilet in our venue. However, we do have a single cubicle fitted with a rail in the ballroom.
Parking – There is free on-street parking available throughout Stuart Road.
Seating – If you require a seat for one of our gigs please get in touch.

The Ivy House Weekly Quiz
2024-06-05 19:30 - 23:00
This week Quizmaster Matt will be asking the questions. £2.50 per player. 8pm kick off!

Introducing... RIPE
2024-06-06 19:00 - 23:00
RIPE
…is a new scratch night from Lily and Will, two artists looking to create a space to share and celebrate the fruits of our collective labour. June 6th will be the first of many nights for our brilliant community to share and show their work, be it in process or polished… And your chance to experience works newly birthed and those well ripe and ready.
A rich cabaret leads into a vinyl set with Do!!You!!! resident DJ, come sip on the sweet sounds of Homebrew.
Our first ever episode is JUNE 6TH, 7PM, THE IVY HOUSE!
Featuring the indelible:
***Kat McGarr***
***Carl Harrison***
***Deborah Carew***
***Robyn Herfellow***
***Sophie Ormison***
***Seke Chimutengwende***
And DJ:
Homebrew [Do!!You!!! // Cheeky Sounsystem]
Hosted by:
Lily Ockwell
Will Thompson
VIP Front Row/Reserved Tickets : Reserved front row seats, your name automatically entered into a raffle and chance to win free tickets to the next show.
General Admission Tickets : Standing room and first-come-first-serve for seats and tables
Keep your eyes peeled and your lemons chilled for the next !

Maripool: 'A Day That Feels Like Nothing At All' Release Show
2024-06-07 19:30 - 23:00
Maripool’s new EP ‘a day that feels like nothing at all’ comes out on the 7th of June via Smoking Room and, to celebrate this, Maripool plays The Ivy House on the same day! Joined by Bloody Death and Satan Club.
no one turned away for lack of funds

The Goose Is Out Monthly Singaround
2024-06-09 19:00 - 22:30
We welcome everybody to our Singarounds, to sing or to listen.
Songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied, solo or duo or more, any genre! It isn’t an open mic evening – we don’t use mics and we don’t use the stage .
First to sign up, first to sing, just sign up at any time during the evening at the list on the ticket table. Everybody gets one song, then if there’s time we start again.
Door opens at 7pm, singing starts 7.15 prompt, £5 on the door cash or BACs only, sorry.
You can find out more info about the Singarounds here.
https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq
This Singaround is slightly different from usual as it will be filmed by local film-maker Tom Garneson. Here is a short statement from Tom. If you do not wish to be filmed please let us or Tom know.

“I’m making a short observational documentary about the Ivy House which will celebrate the pub as a place for the local community to come together. My plan is for the film to play out almost as a day in the life of the pub – we’ll see the huge variety of events which go on each week, the comings and goings of regulars, and the day to day processes involved in running a vibrant London pub. Ultimately I want the film to serve as a reminder that in modern Britain, where it’s increasingly common to feel disconnected from one’s local community, it’s more important than ever to preserve physical spaces where everyone is welcome.”

CHORUSGIRL & FIGHTMILK AT THE IVY HOUSE
2024-06-11 19:30 - 23:00
FOR THE SAKE OF TAPES PRESENTS…
TUESDAY 11TH JUNE
THE IVY HOUSE, NUNHEAD
7.30PM – 11PM
£8 ADV / £10 OTD / NOTAFLOF*
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Chorusgirl make 60s pop music distilled through 80s new wave. It’s Shangri-Las meet Bangles and Blondie, who then go on to meet Breeders and Best Coast. A heady, shimmering blend of noisepop and melody, stealthily subverted by something darker, “like a sunny day viewed through a storm cloud” (NARC mag). Signed to beloved indie labels Fortuna Pop and Reckless Yes, they released three indie pop albums and have played shows and festivals in the UK, US and all over Europe.
“jangly with just a little surfy twang” — Brooklyn Vegan.
“one of my favourite bands of these last few years” — Get in Her Ears.
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Fightmilk create sweaty, loud, shouty pop songs. They have shared the stage with Johnny Foreigner, Mclusky, Desperate Journalist, Art Brut and Skinny Girl Diet (amongst many others) and toured Germany and the UK extensively.
The London based four-piece released their debut album Not With That Attitude in 2018 via Reckless Yes, gaining a fan in Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy (BBC 6Music) as well as praise from Echoes and Dust, Drowned in Sound, and Louder Than War Magazine, appearing in many end of year picks. Fightmilk’s 2021 sophomore album Contender was a marked step forward for the band, blending acerbic lyrics and riffs galore to make a record chock full of high energy heartbreak and pop songs to make you and your parents dance. They’re currently preparing to release their third album, which deals with diet culture, death, and dog bites.

Bobby Prezinsky Puts His Foot Down. For Real This Time.
2024-06-13 19:30 - 22:30
Enough is enough. It’s about time Bobby Prezinsky hosted another night of high quality variety comedy and short films. So he is going to.
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at The Ivy House as Bobby Prezinsky & His Merry Band of Talented Associates take the stage and put a stop to this nonsense! This in-person event promises to be a night to remember, filled with laughter, surprises, and maybe even a few tears…of joy! Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience, it will truly be an amazing night for you and your loved ones.

DYAF Presents: CADY // CAINHURST // HEY, LONELY PLANET
2024-06-14 19:30 - 23:00
Do Yourself A Favour presents Cady, Cainhurst, and Hey, Lonely Planet.
Emo, Screamo, Emoviolence.
Doors 19:30, No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds.

Sound Heart Student Showcase 2
2024-06-15 13:00 - 16:00
We’re thrilled to be welcoming the students from Brockley institution Soundheart Music for their annual student showcase!
Running 1-4pm, free entry, come see the star of tomorrow play our stage today!

Trad Sessions at The Ivy House
2024-06-17 19:30 - 23:00
Come one, come all, to our monthly Monday trad sessions in the ballroom!
Bring your instruments and your spirit, for an open floor trad jam lead by Sarah and Co.
Trad and folk adjacent, free entry to play and watch!

NEW LANDS #5: YUKE, BASTIEN, KOMBU NORI
2024-06-18 19:30 - 23:00
Rock and roll goodness in the heart of Nunhead, all for a fiver. This time featuring super cool rockers Yuke alongside Bastien and Kombu Nori.
Doors 7:30pm, advance tickets are £5 (+ bf).

The Embers, supported by Rob Corcoran
2024-06-20 19:30 - 23:00
The Embers are a five-piece folk and roots band, bringing together the story-telling tradition of British folk music with the soul of Americana and a bluegrass swing. Performing regularly in London, and at a host of festivals and venues across the UK, they bring sorrowful harmonies, driving rhythms and break-neck fiddle to keep you dancing and sobbing into the night in equal measure.
Dublin troubadour Rob Corcoran is a much respected figure on the London roots scene, with folk legend Christy Moore including his version of Corcoran’s brilliant ‘Ringing That Bell’ as a key song in his current touring set, and on his recently released live album. Corcoran’s lyrically compelling, beautifully observed songs are drenched in Celtic soul, drawing from the same deep wells that serve Van Morrison and Mike Scott so well. Present too is a strong thread of influence from the heart-on-sleeve poetry of John Prine, Hank Williams and Leonard Cohen.

What Was Wound: An evening of emo-punk with Ritual Error, Tethered and Achers
2024-06-21 19:30 - 23:00
On 21 June, we’re rolling back the clock with three bands who play relentless, energetic post-hardcore that calls to mind your favourite late 80’s and 90s emo/post-hardcore bands! If you dig bands like Drive Like Jehu, Unwound, Hoover, Assfactor*4, Ten Grand, you’re going to want to join us at The Ivy House in Nunhead.

SINK FILM CLUB presents: A Taste of Honey (1961)
2024-06-23 19:00 - 22:30
‘A Taste of Honey’ (1961) is a British film directed by Tony Richardson, based on the play by Shelagh Delaney. It follows Jo, a teenage girl living in Manchester who faces various personal and social challenges.
Come join us for a warm introduction into Sink on a lovely Sunday eve of a great film and pints and an optional film natter with us at the end of the screening!

DIVINE SCHISM: MAX BLANSJAAR + LOST LYRA + BLUE BAYOU
2024-06-27 19:30 - 23:00
Stoked to be working with Max Blansjaar on his first UK tour and helping out with a London show! Max has been playing on the Oxford scene since he was 15 in 2018 and we love him very much! He’s releasing his debut album False Comforts via Beanie Tapes on 21 June 2024 and we’re excited for you all to hear it.
He recorded the album in Brooklyn with indie pop legends Katie Von Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn. It’s bigger, deeper, wider and weirder than everything he’s done before but don’t panic – you’ll still find the catchy melodies, lo-fi glitchiness and “stark, unassuming genius” (Clash Magazine) that you know and love. The lead single ‘Anna Madonna’ has been getting press all over the world, with a feature in BrooklynVegan and radio play on BBC 6Music.
The album will be available to buy at the show on vinyl and cassette while stocks last — pre-order from https://maxblansjaar.bandcamp.com to guarantee getting your hands on one.

The Goose is Out presents... Martin Simpson
2024-06-28 19:00 - 23:00
“Stunning … an artist at the top of his game” The Guardian

New Lands #6: Watch Paint Dry / Ava / Baggio (solo)
2024-07-02 19:30 - 23:00
Rock and roll goodness in the heart of Nunhead, all for a fiver. This time featuring angels Watch Paint Dry alongside Ava and a solo set from Baggio.
Doors 7:30pm, advance tickets are £5 (+bf)

Jessi Mac - EP Launch Show
2024-07-05 19:00 - 23:00
Jessi Mac launches her new EP ‘Shelf Life’ with support from Sloane Monroe.
Doors 7pm, tickets £5.

LUKE WRIGHT AND MARTIN ROWSON: THE IVY HOUSE ROOLS
2024-07-11 19:30 - 22:00
Another evening of poetry and poncing about with Luke Wright and Martin Rowson.
LUKE WRIGHT
After a quarter of a century on stages across the world Luke Wright is a poet and raconteur at the top of his game. Both brazen and elegiac, Wright’s poems pull on the tidy hem of responsible existence to unravel the frustrations of the family, politics and masculinity in 21st century Britain.
He marries his inventive writing with breath-taking performance skills to take audiences on an incredible emotional journey. He’s the regular tour support for John Cooper Clarke and often MCs shows for The Libertines. He’s a regular on Radio 4 and has won a Fringe First for writing , a Stage Award for performance, and four Saboteur Awards.
MARTIN ROWSON
Since becoming a full-time professional cartoonist six months after he graduated in 1982, Martin’s work has appeared regularly across the gamut of UK newspapers and magazines, from The Guardian, via Time Out, Morning Star and The Erotic Review, to The Times and Spectator, as well as The Independent on Sunday, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Index on Censorship, Tribune, The Racing Post, New Humanist, The Modern Review, The Sunday Correspondent, The Irish Times, The European, The New European, Today, Sunday Today, The New Statesman, The Observer and, indeed, almost everywhere you can think of apart from The Sun and Private Eye.
