The Room is a post punk act that formed in the 1980s, releasing 4 albums on Box Records, Red Flame and Virgin 10, recording 4 John Peel sessions and toured extensively in the UK, Europe and the US with Violet Femmes, The Fall, The Go-Betweens, The Birthday Party etc. They reformed in 2022 with original members: Dave Jackson, Becky Stringer and Clive Thomas and have released 2 albums- Restless Fate in 2023 and The Telling in 2024 on 9x9 Records. They have more recently toured the UK with Red Guitars, toured in Estonia. They played Shiiine On in 2021 and Preston Pop Festival 2025 and have a new album due in September 2026. Vernons Future were forged in the white heat of indie's golden age and play at the poppier end of the indie spectrum as Liverpool based band, The Vernons. They reformed more recently as Vernons Future, releasing the album Aquaplaning in 2022, 'blending late 80s Scouse indie-rock sensibility with the swagger of Julian Cope.' - Slacker Shack Drunk Keith! alias Keith Robert Haworth is a prolific songwriter, active since the 90s under numerous names such as The Protagonist! and Art School Chicks! His most recent album is Perfumed Ponces! - a 'melancholy collection of narrated incidents' recorded with guest musicians Selwyn Harris and Ian Matthews. So three highly individual acts for a mere tenner. Get down.

Since winning Acoustic magazine's 2010 Singer Songwriter of the year, nu / anti-folk artist Gaz Brookfield has spent his time on the road, touring the UK and Europe. He has shared the stage with the likes of Levellers, Seth Lakeman, Frank Turner, New Model Army, Nick Harper, Newton Faulkner, Miles Hunt, and many more. His songs are instantly accessible, everyman tales of life, love and everything else in between.

Rooted in alt/indie-folk her shows blend lush arrangements, soaring harmonies, and a captivating on-stage presence that connects deeply with audiences. Her music has already earned spots in video games like “Watch Dogs 2” & CBC’s tv show “How to Buy a Baby”. Along with a viral videos, with her recent single “End Up Alone” being described as a “Slow-burn beauty that curls around you like a haze of cigarette smoke” (Shannon Linton, Dominionated).

An hour of comedy! from 2 rising stars of the comedy scene 'Dont Say Gay' by Martin J Dixon and 'Birdy' by Sallyann Fellowes 2 WIPs be prepared to laugh!

Runnin' Blue Presents Joe Solo back at Aces & Eights Support from Jess Silk and He Fired First PUNK ROCK PREPARED US FOR THIS

Steve Walwyn (Dr. Feelgood) Gtr/Voc Horace Panter (Specials) Bass/Voc Ted Duggan (Badfinger) Drums/Voc Rocking the house once again with their brand of high-energy Blues/Rock

Tommy Hale & The Magnificent Bastards return to Aces & Eights Saloon Bar, Tufnell Park. This is the 10th Anniversary celebration of the album Magnificent Bastard and will be played in full. Special Guests on the night will be The Snakeoil Rattlers.

Featuring Botox, London's hottest punk band, with DIY support from Skål 59. DJs Venue: Downstairs at at Aces and Eights Doors 8pm. Upstairs bar open until 12:30 am. Admission £7

- Siren's Spell : Formerly known as Machine Rox, Ariel returns with a new project channeling a kind of Siouxsie-esque energy, darker, sharper, and more electronic. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Bd9wqIHa_P8 - Blinded By Passion: Diving into our New Wave / New Romantic side, still dark, still existential at heart, with melancholic sax, glacial keys, shimmering guitars, post-punk bass lines and pulsating drums, www.blindedbypassion.art - Mark Velvet: Contemporary electronic pop, with a bit of retro wave spark. https://open.spotify.com/track/1dyrn3kuZ5tH5C1nEEtZJY The Polyphonix: New synth-pop duo in the style of O.M.D., Yazoo, Soft Cell etc ... Blending retrofuturist energy with sharp electronic hooks, driving drum machines, melodic vocals, and a tight set. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1xPaTphA1ok

Laura Walsh and Jake Patrick are friends and comedians. Comedy friends if you will. They have some new jokes to tell you (the audience★), so come along. ★potential new friends? Presented by BITS. This is an 18+ event

Eli Hart and Jake Patrick are friends and comedians. Comedy friends if you will. They have some new jokes to tell you (the audience★), so come along. ★potential new friends? Presented by BITS. This is an 18+ event

Kayvan Khazaee cracks himself open in his debut hour, unleashing his dirtiest material alongside a shamelessly honest deep dive into the chaotic life of a late bloomer stumbling through adulthood.

Pavey Ark are cinematic indie-folk band from Yorkshire in the UK. Playing with full band and strings, they are set to play a rare intimate London show at Aces and Eights on Thursday 12th June Atmospheric vocals, strings and horns glide over finger-picked guitar, melodic bass and complex percussion. The result is a beautiful orchestral-folk sound that evades immediate comparison. Upon further listening, the band’s wide range of influences start to reveal themselves - from the laid back ’60s and ’70s’ sound of Jackson C. Frank, Rodriguez and Love through to more modern comparisons like, Nick Drake, Andrew Bird, Radiohead and Laura Marling. The band released their new album More Time, More Speed, on the 21st November 2025. The album was mixed by Paul Butler ( Michael Kiwanuka, Andrew , Teskey Brothers, The Bees). Pavey Ark also worked with composer and producer Adrian McNally (The Unthanks) who led the live string quartet studio session and co-produced and mixed three songs on the new album. Known for their sublime live shows, Pavey Ark played at SXSW Texas 2025, the Glastonbury Acoustic Stage 2022 and closed Cambridge Folk Festival (Stage 3) in 2023 - huge achievements for an independent act. The band have also supported This Is The Kit, Badly Drawn Boy, Willy Mason and Billie Marten. Pavey Ark’s debut album, Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing received excellent reviews from UNCUT, Record Collector, Folk Radio and BBC Radio 6 Music airplay. It was chosen by the BBC Radio as one of their picks for National Album Day in 2022. The band are built around singer-songwriter Neil Thomas. UNCUT magazine described him as one of the most promising song-writers to emerge from Humberside. A claim all too clear on the new album as songs twist and turn often arriving at unexpected conclusions. Beautiful, uplifting and meticulously crafted, More Time, More Speed is an album for those who truly love to listen.

Tom Szczech Sam George