Visitors and residents are being invited to enjoy an alternative World Cup celebration on Saturday 12 June at Gillett Square in Dalston, Hackney. An afternoon of free play events for all ages will be followed by an exclusive preview of costumes from participants in this year’s eagerly awaited Hackney One Carnival. To round things off, [...]

Regular listeners to Radio One’s Gilles Peterson Show will no doubt be familiar with tonight’s special feature at Dalston’s The Vortex.  Hotly-tipped production duo Twin Cities will be hosting a launch party to mark the release of their debut double A-side  ’Raincloud/Anticipation’.  Hailed as the ”Sunsoaked Daft Punk of R&B”, Twin Cities is a collaboration between critically-acclaimed beatmeisters Guynamite and Analog Jones, luminaries of the broken beat [...]

East London is ready to jumpstart the capital’s summer of music festivals with Vortex Outdoors, a free day-long music and art event which will take place in Dalston’s Gillett Square on Sunday 9th May. Vortex Outdoors, produced by The Vortex jazz club, BrazenBunch and Hackney Cooperative Developments, will feature high-quality dynamic performances from the music [...]

On Tuesday 4th May leading figure of the 1960′s NY free-scene, saxophonist Sonny Simmons makes a rare visit to the UK with his quartet. Pop-monster Fyfe Dangerfield plays on Thursday 6th May with the Gannets (Dangerfield/Ward/Cundy/Lash/Noble) and noise-rock freak-jazz outfit the Braindead Collective. Saxophonist Lotte Anker and pianist Craig Taborn play together at the Vortex [...]