The weekend is upon us and we are taking over Hackney with our 40th Anniversary celebrations! We’re hosting three events, three days in a row:
Friday 26th
Venue: Two Palms
Address: 289 Mare St, London E8 1EJ
Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
Artists:
Marta Del Grandi
Graham Reynolds
Monde UFO
Saturday 27th
Venue: EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)
Address: 11-17 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BH
Time: 1pm – 11pm (Bar open until 1am)
No re-entry after 7pm
Stewart Lee will be hosting our flagship event – a 10 hour long multi-artist musical celebration honouring Fire Records’ 40th Birthday. Headlined by a special one-off performance by ‘The Giant Syndicate’ – featuring Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb, The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn and Jason Victor and Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses. All taking place at the restored art deco EartH Theatre in Dalston, Hackney this Saturday.
Fire Records will be running an exclusive pop-up shop at EartH, featuring a finely curated selection of merch, LPs, CDs and cassettes to celebrate the 40 years of the label. There will be limited edition merch featuring Mr Gordo‘s incredible poster designs, featuring our celebrated cast on t shirts, tea towels, long sleeves, tote bags and more. To pair, the record shop will be stocked with a host of rarities and signed goods, alongside a career spanning selection from Giant Sand, Kristin Hersh and The Dream Syndicate, acclaimed new releases by Jane Weaver and Vanishing Twin, LPs from up-and-coming artists Marta Del Grandi, Monde UFO, Bas Jan and Immaterial Possession and so much more. Arrive early though, these won’t last long…Food will be available at EartH Kitchen during the event.
It will run from 3pm – 9pm by Shuk London
All performing artists:
The Giant Syndicate
Giant Sand
Kristin Hersh
(Members of) The Dream Syndicate
Josephine Foster
Vanishing Twin
Islet
Graham Reynolds
Marta Del Grandi
Monde UFO
BAS JAN
Immaterial Possession
Jane Weaver (DJ Set)
See below for Stage Times
Sunday 28th
Venue: The Shacklewell Arms
Address: 71 Shacklewell Ln, London E8 2EB
Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
Artists:
Immaterial Possession
Graham Reynolds
