Bedroom Bar – What’s On In July

What: Comedy
When: Every Wednesday, doors 7pm / show 8-11pm
Price: Free entry – must book a table: 020 7739 5706

On the go for 21 years now, having seen the good, the bad, the greats & not-so-greats, it’s a night for spotting future comedy legends. Always a sell out, book early.

What: YAYE DIB SADAR + CINE EAST feat. CINE A.M. stop making sense festival & anomalous visuals & {ourhistory}
LIVE: DAKAR CALLING
DJ: DJ OTTO NASCARELLA (SARAVAH SOUL)
When: Sunday 1 July, 7pm
Price: £3 adv / £5 on the door / CINE EAST Free Entry

Yaye Dib Sabar host Dakar Calling, the after party to the international event JUMPforJOY! They invite you for an evening of mixed Senegalese and world music from DJ Otto Nascarella (Saravah Soul) plus live drum and dance shows and ‘taneber’

Upstairs we join in the fun with CINE EAST film festival with the guys from Stop Making Sense Festival, Anomalous Visuals and {ourhistory} for a night of music, past & present clubbing culture feat awesome visuals.

***PLUS THE EURO 2012 FINAL SCREENED FROM 8PM***

What: LIVE: KILLING FIELDS OF ONTARIO + PHILLOUS WILLIAMS + JENNIFER LEFT + LUKE SITAL SINGH
When: Thursday 5 July, 8pm
Price: Free entry

Copperline is a new free-entry monthly alternative folk, country & blues night at BB. Kicking things off is toe tapping Americana from Killing Fields of Ontario, awesome guttural rhythm & blues Phillous Williams, as well as acoustic acts; smoky voiced Jennifer Left and 60s folk inspired Luke Sital-Singh.

What: LIVE: BACKBEAT SOUNDSYSTEM / DJ: CRASH & BURN
When: Friday 6 July, 9pm
Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door

Backbeat Soundsystem are an 8-piece funk reggae outfit from Cornwall. Laden with groove, think an English Fat Freddy’s Drop via up-kempt influences & an elated sun-clasped sound.

Soon after, our resident vinyl 45s aficionado, DJ Crash & Burn, keeps you bopping and jiving via rare Calypso, ska, rhythm n blues and rock n roll.

What: WHITE MINK ELECTRO SWING SPEAKEASY – LIVE: THE REAL TUESDAY WELD / DJS: BASTARDOS BROTHERS + CHRIS TOFU + NICK HOLLYWOOD + SWING PATROL
When: Saturday 7 July, 9pm
Price: £10 adv / £12 on the door

White Mink is the zeitgeist-capturing, critically acclaimed speakeasy where the sounds and styles of the 1920s and 30s are turned on their head and smuggled into the 21st century.

The Real Tuesday Weld perform live! Formed by Stephen Coates inspired by dreams of crooner Al Bowlly & American actress Tuesday Weld they’re influenced by 1930s jazz, Serge Gainsbourg and minimalist electronica. Expect amazing visual projections and a night of deservedly award winning tunes.

Joining them the swing and bass heavy, Bastardos Brothers, as well as residents Tofu & Hollywood on the decks. Lest we forget the awesome Swing Patrol, with their massive moves. More TBA!

What: LIVE: POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS + LIZ LAWRENCE + AMY GRACE
When: Thursday 12 July, 8pm
Price: Free entry

Throwing hands is back in July with an extra special summery line up. Post War Glamour Girls will be performing all the way from Leeds. They play post-punk, art-rock, a mixture of experimental, left field versions of punk and other abbreviations of rock. Along with them Liz Lawrence will be performing with a full band- another amazing show.

What: LIVE: THE BISCUIT TAKERS / DJ: CRASH & BURN
When: Friday 13 July, 9pm
Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door

The Biscuit Takers are a raunchy 4-piece Rhythm & Blues outfit that go beyond… The Biscuit Takers have an underground Chicago Rhythm & Blues style mixed up with other influences. They fuse Rockabilly, Soul, Country and Reggae with their signature original tunes into a red hot, thrusting, sound guaranteed to get the pulse racing like a dragster on heat!

What: LIVE: GENERAL ROOTS / DJs: TENOSHI + COUNT SKYLARKIN’ (disco shed/big ten inch) + SHEPDOG + LE KKC ORCHESTRA DJ SET
When: Saturday 14 July
Price: £6 adv / £8 on the door

Nice Up!’s DJ Shepdog & Trojan remixer Count Skylarkin join forces to bing you Backyard Brew – a lively schooling in bass-laden reggae, soul, hip hop, jungle & dancehall bubbling. Second Saturday of every month.
This month live guests are North London born six piece reggae band, General Roots. With a shared love of dub and dancehall reggae, the Generals are on a mission to bring a new sound to people’s ears whilst capturing the classic feel of Jamaica during the 1970s & 80s.

What: ONETASTE OPEN MIC
When: Wednesday 18 July, 7pm
Price: £5

Come and share art, ideas, spark new collaborations and create friendships by enjoying a slice of London’s creative community. So, whether you are looking for a gig at OneTaste, wanting to try out your new material, in search of new collaborators or simply coming to hang out and embrace the unexpected, you will be warmly welcomed to this lively night of spontaneity and art.

What: COMEDY: EDINBURGH PREVIEWS – SEAN HUGHES & ALAN FRANCIS
When: Thursday 19 July
Price: £10

What: LIVE: KATY PRADO & THE MAMBOLEROS / DJ: CRASH & BURN
When: Friday 20 July, 9pm
Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door

Katy Prado & The Mamboleros sizzle their way around rockabilly & salsa. A mixture of 40s rock n roll and 50s mambo they sing, blaze brass and keep the room invariably dancing & swaying to and fro. Not a night to miss.

Soon after, our resident vinyl 45s aficionado, DJ Crash & Burn, keeps you bopping and jiving via rare Calypso, ska, rhythm n blues and rock n roll.

What: OK_MA REVIEW + THE OTHER SIDE – LIVE: OK_MA REVIEW / DJs: YOUNG LEE + THE OTHERSIDE feat. DJs JAZZMAN GERALD + CHRIS FRANCK (da lata) + TYNE
When: Saturday 21 July
Price: £5 adv / £10 on the door

The OK_MA Live Review sees Young Lee & Jake joined by an amazing 4 piece horn crew, the ‘SUB-C BRASS SECTION’.

Our afro latin tropical boogie monthly shindig, The Other Side is back in the attic featuring DJs Chris Franck (Da Lata) and Tyne (Ceviche) presiding over a positively balmy election of musical treasures with a heavy nod to Afro & Latin through disco, funk, house, Latin – a sort of join the dots mix up from Haiti to Harlem.

What: LIVE: AFRIQUOI / DJ: CRASH & BURN
When: Friday 27 July, 9pm
Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door

Out of the Wormfood collective and featuring a diverse array of hyper-talented musicians from Congo, Gambia, Bostswana and the UK, Afriquoi combine live instruments, electronics and vocal effects to create live African dance music.

Soon after, our resident vinyl 45s aficionado, DJ Crash & Burn, keeps you bopping and jiving via rare Calypso, ska, rhythm n blues and rock n roll.

What: THE RED HOT GRIND SHOW – LIVE: THE DUSTAPHONICS / DJ: DJ RUMBLE + MADERA VERDE
When: Saturday 28 July, 9pm
Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door

The Red Hot Grind Show are proud to present a night of exotica funk, burlesque boogie, electro-billy and cocktail crunk. This month they’re back at Bedroom Bar with The Dustaphonics, a group of musos from the Raison D’Etre London Collective. They form a history of rock and roll condensed into a night of 50s and 60s influences sounds and genre. As they mix styles varying from garage, soul, surf, RnB and blues it’s a gutsy set of wild and roaring good times.

Wednesday – Free / Thursday – £10 / Saturday £16
Weekend nights are followed by resident DJ’s untill 3.00am. Ticket price includes free entry to the club (unless otherwise indicated).