The Mascara Bar -
Welcome to the Mascara Bar
We are Stoke Newington's Premier Arts and Music venue. Featuring amongst others, Jazz, Spoken Word, Comedy - Bands - Open Mic - Cinema. We have dates available for parties, comedy, theatre, dances... pretty much anything. We also have space available for Jazz rehearsals free of charge (by appointment only). Drop in or email via our Contact Us page if you are interested in hosting an evening at Mascara Bar.
The bar and lounge are open from midday to 3am Thursday to Sunday, and Midday to 2am Monday to Wednesday. We also serve coffee and teas and provide free WIFI.
See below for gigs and events over the next week, or checkout our future & previous gigs page to get an idea of what we've had on recently.
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Song Of The Week
American Woman - The Guess Who
Tuesday night JAZZ JAM
Every Tuesday - 27th June 2017 - 8pm onwards
Live music from 8pm 'til late
Musicians welcome
Get in touch on 07905151894 or www.lazychan.com
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Cabaret Sauvignon: Mid Summer Bash
Thursday June 29th 2017 - 7.30pm - 10pm
Yes! it's the annual Cabaret Sauvignon midsummer bash. Join us in sunny Stoke Newington for another evening of character and sketch COMEDY genius with 2011 Foster's winner Adam Riches, this year's Brighton Fringe winner Alice Marshall, and life winners Liam Hourican, Mike Hayley and Simon Lukacs.
As ever, the proceeds of the night will go to a refugee charity and this month we are proud to back the fantastic:
weareone: Collective
weareone: collective is a network of change makers, collaborating, innovating, and sharing their skills and resources to enable social change through action.
This organisation effectively delivers participatory workshops and short term high impact projects with adults and children, both locally and globally, everywhere from local primary schools in the UK to refugee camps abroad. Working directly with user groups to explore various social themes, in order to engage and educate.
https://www.facebook.com/weareonecollective/
Tickets: £10
Doors 7.30, Show 8pm.
Please come along!
Dugout Soul Club
Friday 30th June 2017 - 9pm - 3am
The Dugout Soul Club Boys, Curtis Taylor, Rich Walker and Steve Sullivan will be bringing some Soulful Sunshine to your lives on Friday the 30th June from 9pm to 3am the very next day!
All you’ll need is some good dancing shoes and some money in yer pocket for refreshments at the bar.
Pub prices, wooden dance floor, great sound system and as JD would have said ‘No Door Tax’.
Come and join us for a top selection of original tunes with Northern, Rhythm & Blues, Funk & Crossover topping the list!
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Grand Ole Stokey 3rd Annual Country Music Festival
Saturday 1st July 2017 - 1pm - 3am
We're celebrating US Independence Day 2017 all day.
12 bands plus DJs including:
13:00 - Texas Moon
14:00 - Gaga Ladies
15:00 - Grinch Mountain
16:00 - Adam McDonald
16:30 - Ed Risby
17:00 - Maletta Jackson
18:00 - The Other Brothers
19:00 - The Long String Hawkers
20:00 - Rangoon
21:00 - Foghorn
23:00 - The Mario Castronari House Band - feat Stefanos Tsourelis
DJs till 3am
PLUS MORE BANDS TO BE ADDED
*** BARBECUE FROM 1PM ***
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Live Music Rock and Roll Early Set with Mario Castronari
Sunday 2nd July 2017 - 5pm - 8pm
A bit of sax, guitar and double bass for your pleasure.
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The Sunday Night Late Set with The Mascara Band Featuring Mario Castronari & Guests
Sunday 2nd July 2017 - 10.30pm onwards
*****NOW STARTING AT 10.30PM******
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Pre-Pride QUEER
Friday 7th July 2017 - 9pm - 3am
Paul Michael Bowden and Sam Fenn will be joined by the folks from Club MOFO for our pre-pride bash! We're super excited since Club MOFO's awesome music policy back in the day was a massive inpiration for QUEER.
We'll be spinning of the best in queer DIY, Queercore, 90's Alt/Britpop, Riot Grrl, indie, 60's girl groups, northern soul, 80's rock & synth pop.
Expect to hear things along the lines of: - 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, Bauhaus, The Breeders, The Spook School, Pixies, The Cure, The Smiths, Kenickie, Pulp, David Bowie, The Show-stoppers, Talking Heads, Betty Everett, Aretha Franklin, Suede, Placebo, The Kinks, Husker Dü, The Jam, Blondie, Patti Smith, Hole, Martha, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Generation X, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Franz Ferdinand, Sex Pistols, B-52s, They Might Be Giants, James, R.E.M, Bis, Nirvana, Wire, Sonic Youth...
...plus a load of good stuff you might not have heard of.
QUEER is a straight-friendly event so all are welcome! Remember to invite all your friends/allies to the event!
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Steppin' Out
Saturday July 8th 2017 - 9pm - 3am
Delighted to welcome master DJ Dave Duplock - guvnor at Walls of Heartache + mod DJ about town - Spoonful's Manuel Lovisutti for July's edition!!
Barely a year old (1st birthday 12 Aug) Steppin' Out has built a solid reputation for showcasing great DJs spinning the finest vinyl n that's final. OVO Northern Soul, Vintage Rhythm & Blues, Boogaloo!
If you ain't already, discover the subtle delights of this little gem of a late night venue - with it's excellent sound system, wooden dance floor, regular bar prices, top staff, crazy mixed up crowd + NO DOOR TAX.
Ain't no better place to show your pretty face!
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Mascara Bar Beach Party w/ Pacers, Black Doldrums, Soft & Whippy
Saturday 15th July 2017 - 2pm - 3am
🌴 MASCARA BAR BEACH PARTY 🌴
BANDS: The Pacers + Black Doldrums + The Soft & Whippy Jam Band
BURLESQUE: Hélène de Joie
DJs: Dreis (Black Bulbs) + She Rocola + Simon Wild & Tina Swasey (Oh!Gunquit) + Clementine (Das Clamps) + Dirty Deeds + John the Revelator (Dirty Water Records)
SUMMER ALL-DAYER
Expect Hawaiian shirts, flower garlands and Summer of Love vibes. Free drink for bikini wearers and prize for best outfit. Actual beach.
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Sister Chain & Brother John LIVE IN London
Thursday 10th August 2017 - 8pm - 10:30pm
A One and Only chance to see Sister Chain & Broter John in London!!!
But wait - remind me....
Sister Chain (SkinBlues, SpinsterSister) and Brother John Higgins (former frontman of London band Val’s Basement) met in a mysterious Berlin bookshop on Halloween a decade ago.
Since that day the couple have played numerous concerts in churches, on boats, on street corners and gambling houses as well as the usual nightclubs, festivals and concert halls. They have toured Scandinavia, UK, continental Europe and the US and supported international acts such as Lene Lovich, Jowe Head (Television Personalities) and Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst of The Cure.
They released their debut album “Darkness to Warm Your Heart” in 2008 and followed up with their second album “The Androgyne Show” in 2012. Their EP “Take Cover” was released in 2013 and their latest release “Staying in Soho” 7- inch picture disc was launched in March, 2017.
Sister Chain & Brother John live in Berlin with their sons Hamlet and Marlowe and their cat Edgar.
OK, BUT WHAT'S NEW?
In their new program, the duo presents a song-cycle of utopias and dystopias hand picked from their previous concept albums: Darkness to Warm your Heart and The Androgyne Show as well as their upcoming British themed album which features a mythically utopian England, as seen through the playful prism of exile: a suburban fairyland of woodsheds and tipsy ghosts, a nostalgic London of club cads and dissolute thespians and so on...
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