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 (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 provide free WIFI and also serve coffee, teas and soft drinks - biodegradable straws only.
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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BT SPORTS
Hallogallo
Friday 19th July 2019 - 9pm - 3am
We play: The Cure, Talking Heads, Television, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, Gang Of Four, XTC, Orange Juice, The Fall, Pixies, Pavement, Depeche Mode, New Order, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, The Warlocks, The Stooges, The Modern Lovers, David Bowie, The Strokes, The Rolling Stones, Cabaret Voltaire, etc. All of the New Wave, Post Punk & Rock n Roll.
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Ain't Misbehavin' Saturdays - July
Saturday 20th July 2019 - 9pm - 2am
(Ain’t) Misbehavin’ has been running for over 8 years and is a firm favourite at Mascara Bar! Come join us as we move to Saturdays!
Expect a night of footloose dancing to mischievous music with a sense of humour: swing that really swings, innuendo-riddled jump blues, steamin’ hot jazz, and a load of vintage songs about misdemeanours, unlawful behaviour, and flagrant imbibement in drink, drugs and illicit activity.
£5 Entry to the Dancefloor
Free Entry to the Bar
Sunday Shenanigans - the messy one
Sunday 21st July 2019 - 7pm - 10pm
Gaga Ladies and Fran Isherwood celebrate summer with special guests Yes Mess. Expect it to get messy! We also have poet Fiona Brehony..We start with an open mic session so you can be in it too!
Open mic sign-up from 7 pm, show 7.30 ish..Utterly free.entry, but do take advantage of the comprehensively stocked bar.
Fiona Brehony is a London based poet from Wythenshawe, Manchester, sharing observations from solitude in vacuous spaces of the Capital.
Formed by singer-song writer Danthedan, The Yes Mess will smother you with fanciful incantations that will let your inner animal out.
Joyful and damaged, the vocal combinations live to tell the tale, harmonising and winning. The solid guitar rhythm will welcome you on a journey through the streets of, ‘Illness and Danger’, the ‘Land of the Laughing’ and the afterlife of a ‘Caterpillar’. The snarl and passion, groove and nagging pop melody, will boot-through as the drums roll out the swings and blows, supported by tight, peachy bass beats, and lead guitar experimentations; cheeky, creepy and bewailing. The accordion waves nightmarish imaginations; swiftly U-turning between klezmer to Cuban, jingle to jangle.
"They practice a dark stem of alternative folk which is energetic and mysterious. It's uplifting and real. Great lyrics, surreal images, dark and unique sounds." - The Lantern Society
"An enigmatic, folky, funky, hook laden five piece that rattle the same hallucinatory cages as the Beta Band at their oddest, with elements of Syd’s Pink Floyd in the mix." - The Gladstone
https://theyesmess.bandcamp.com/
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The Mascara Bar Jazz Jam
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - 8pm - 11pm
Mascara Jazz jam, every Tuesday from 8 pm to 11 pm.
Each week consists of rotating guest musicians backed by host and resident drummer, Livio Polisano. Come and join us to check out and play with some of the best jazz players in the London scene.
This venue is a great place to hang and to meet new and old friends! It has a full bar with very reasonable prices.
Hope to see (and hear) you every Tuesday!
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Dave's Meat and Greet
Wednesday 24th July 2019 - From 11pm
Dave's Meat and Eat - From 11pm
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An Obscurity of Poets
Thursday 25th July 2019 - 7pm - 11pm
Poets are the "unacknowledged legislators of the world" according to Percy Byshee Shelley. But it's not just as legislators, so much as in general that they're unacknowledged.
Come along to the fantastic Mascara Bar to help redress that at An Obscurity of Poets, the night that puts poetry and poetics first. Hosted by poet, storyteller and self-proclaimed public intellectual, Andrew James Brown.
Come along and enjoy the wit and wisdom of our fabulous feature acts, or share some words of your own on the open mic, with sign up from 19:00.
Features:
Joshua Seigal:
Joshua Seigal is a stand up poet for both children and adults , based in London. He is an official National Poetry Day Ambassador and has several books published by Bloomsbury. He has taken shows to places such as Edinburgh Festival, Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Dubai Literary Fesitval. He has been described by the Sunday Times as "extremely imaginative and wonderful" **** Broadway Baby **** Three Weeks. Check out more on www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Richard Purnell:
The master. Poetry delivered with panche. Wit and wisdom.
More to be announced (I promise!)
There'll also be a fantastic quiz with even more fantastic prizes to be won!
And best of all, it's all free and in a fabulous location.
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Jacket Spuds - ROCKIN’ N’ REELIN’ IRISH MUSIC
Sunday 28th July 2019 - 5pm - 7.45pm
Jacket Spuds are a group of musicians whose sound is rooted in the richness of the Irish folk tradition. Their musical range and emotional commitment, and their remarkable combination of traditional form and contemporary content has evoked enthusiastic responses from audiences around the world.
“………....toe-tapping traditional, and evocative contemporary songs and tunes…….”
Time Out Magazine
Pete Mona (guitar/vocals), Mick Barker (fiddle/vocals), Eileen Barker (accordion/vocals), have toured extensively throughout Britain and Europe, from the intimacy of small clubs to the large stages of Festivals and Theatres. London gigs to date include the Mean Fiddler, Dominion Theatre, Hackney Empire, National Theatre, Folk Clubs, Colleges and Arts Centres.
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