NEWS
CLUB
SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER // GUEST DJS THE LAST DINNER PARTY
We are back on Saturday 5th September at The George Tavern.
GUEST DJS
Our guest DJs are The Last Dinner Party joining resident Paul Richards. The band have a special relationship with the venue and Aurora Nishevci from the group joins us to celebrate the venues anniversary month.
MUSIC
We’ll be playing post-punk, indiepop, new wave and art rock music.
Alvvays . The B-52’s . bar italia . Belle and Sebastian . Blondie . David Bowie . Phoebe Bridgers . Kate Bush . The Clash . The Cure . Lana Del Rey . Devo . Dry Cleaning . English Teacher . Brian Eno . The Fall . Fontaines D.C . Gang of Four . Geese . John Grant . Horsegirl . Iggy Pop . Grace Jones . Joy Division . Kraftwerk . LCD Soundsystem . Cate Le Bon . Manic Street Preachers . Mary in the Junkyard . McCarthy . Nation of Language . Neu! . New Order . Orange Juice . Pixies . Pulp . Ramones . Roxy Music . The Slits . Patti Smith . The Smiths . Sorry . Talking Heads . Television . The Tubs . The Velvet Underground . Wet Leg . Wire . Wolf Alice . X-Ray Spex
ENTRY
Tickets are now on sale on DICE.
ABOUT
Scared To Dance are independent club night, film screening and podcast promoters founded by Paul Richards in 2009.
The club plays post-punk, indiepop, new wave and art rock music in London, Berlin, Glasgow and Brighton. We have monthly residencies at The Shacklewell Arms and The George Tavern.
Guest DJs at the club include Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, poet laureate Simon Armitage, comedians James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Rose Matafeo, Ania Magliano, Lolly Adefope, Elis James, Ivo Graham, Sophie Duker, Jack Shep, Olga Koch, Celya AB, Josie Long and Robin Ince, ex-footballers Gaizka Mendieta and Pat Nevin, broadcasters Colin Murray and Gideon Coe and writers Jon Ronson, Pete Paphides and Simon Price.
Bands who have DJed include Belle and Sebastian, The Last Dinner Party, Franz Ferdinand, Dry Cleaning, John Grant, Billie Marten, Edwyn Collins, Sorry, Porridge Radio, Caroline, Mary in the Junkyard, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Lime Garden, Sunflower Bean, The Tubs, Flyte, Heartworms, Gwenno, Pond, Walt Disco, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Swim Deep, Public Service Broadcasting, Warmduscher, Superorganism, Laetitia Sadier, Honeyglaze, Big Joanie, Slow Club, Veronica Falls, Penelope Isles, Dream Wife, Prima Queen and more.
We host music-related film screenings with Picturehouse Cinemas across their UK cinemas. We invite guests to curate an evening featuring their choice of film or documentary followed by a Q&A.
Guests have included Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire, The National’s Matt Berninger, Blur, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, musician and composer Warren Ellis, John Grant, Lawrence, Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, writers Jon Ronson and Will Hodgkinson, comedians Nish Kumar, Rose Matafeo, Elis James, Ivo Graham, Sophie Duker, Josie Long and Robin Ince and directors Bernard MacMahon, Paul Kelly, Kieran Evans and Toby L.
The current season includes screenings of Meet Me in the Bathroom, Dance Craze, Pretty in Pink, Tommy, The Harder They Come, Empire Records, Stop Making Sense, blur: To The End, Wings of Desire, Be Pure – Be Vigilant – Behave, blur: Live at Wembley, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, Don’t Look Back, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Lawrence of Belgravia, Mistaken For Strangers, Ellis Park and Escape From History.
The film night has also taken place at Glasgow Film Theatre and the independent arthouse Genesis Cinema with screenings of The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen, Head, Mistaken For Strangers and God Help the Girl.
Scared To Dance Podcast features host Paul Richards talking to some of his favourite people about their musical passions past and present. In season one he talks to guests including Belle and Sebastian, Sorry, The National, John Grant, Billie Marten, Manic Street Preachers, Pat Nevin, Warren Ellis, Sleaford Mods, Dry Cleaning, Gwenno and Elis James.
In season 2 he talks to guests including Nation of Language, Jon Ronson, Mark Jenkin, Matilda Mann, The Tubs, Mary in the Junkyard, Julia Jacklin, The Cardigans, Lime Garden, Buck Meek and more.
We have promoted gigs across London with the best new and established artists at venues such as Moth Club, The Lexington, The Mildmay Club, St Matthias Church, The Shacklewell Arms, Oslo Hackney, The Victoria, Sebright Arms, The Ivy House, Avalon Cafe, Bermondsey Social Club and St Pancras Old Church. Artists that have played at our shows include Laetitia Sadier, Rozi Plain, bdrmm, The Tubs, The Wave Pictures, Darren Hayman, Allo Darlin’, Sweet Baboo, Cerys Hafana, Peaness, Ex-Vöid, The Spook School, Withered Hand, Adwaith, Tigercats, Shrag, Pete Astor, Evans the Death, GHUM, Stanley Brinks, Hatcham Social, Barbican Estate, SUEP and more.
We have worked with brands such as Sony Pictures, Dr. Martens, Wide Awake Festival, Roundhouse, London Short Film Festival, Rough Trade Books, Lightroom, The Totally Football Show, PRS Foundation, South Facing Festival, Altitude Films, The Five Points Brewing Company, Audioboom, Conic Films, Signature Brew and Up The Game. We have collaborated with festivals and international events in New York, Helsinki, Oslo, Bergen, Edinburgh and Dublin.
We have curated exhibitions, promoted book events and published fanzines. We have been featured in publications such as The Times, The Guardian, VICE, The Sunday Times, NME, The Independent, ELLE, Time Out, The Standard, The Athletic, DIY, The Line of Best Fit and many more.