This AM on
@BBCBreakfast
. Our co-founder
@songsbyhannah
explaining WHY
#GrassrootsMusicVenues
can’t make it without the £1 stadium levy: because (simply) a £10-£15 ticket price doesn’t cover the cost of a booker, promoter, equipment, maintenance, license fee, engineer & ARTIST
We have launched an urgent crowdfunder campaign to prevent permanent closure in just 6 weeks.
Please see our crowdfunder campaign here. Share as much as you can 🙏 thank you so much
NEW PATRON:
@KTTunstall
“Grassroots venues were absolutely essential to my eventual success when I was coming up as an artist. I’m therefore very happy to become a patron of The Sound Lounge and a champion of what they are doing for new music as well as the local community”
Excuse rough hospital face but WE DID IT!!!! We hit our crowdfunder target of £7k!!
#TrustForLondon
donated £3,5k. We cannot believe it! News from government on the culture sector has been grim, but you will all know that we are more determined than ever!
Watch this space 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼
As of today The Sound Lounge is the very 1st
#GrassrootsMusicVenue
in UK to be
#CarbonNeutral
So happy to have received CarbonNeutral® Company certification. Being gentle on the planet is not just about our carbon footprint and we don’t plan on stopping here.
ANNOUNCEMENT
#2
Sutton Sound Lounge here we come!!!!!!!!!!
Building works have started 💥💥💥💥
There have been so many unknowns with this and it’s been frightening hanging on in there...but we’re DOING IT.
More news on dates & details to come ♥️
Tonight we WILL be open as a bar and selling our plant based ciabattas and tomorrow in accordance with government guidance and sector specific guidance from
@musicvenuetrust
, we WILL be open with LIVE MUSIC!
Co-founder and amazing British
#Americana
songstress
@songsbyhannah
Staff & volunteer meeting after the busiest Wednesday we have ever had!!! ♥️🎉🙏
Thank you SO much for showing up for us.
We just toasted to new beginnings 🥂
WE.
DID.
IT!!!!!!!!! 💥💥💥✨💥💥💥✨💥💥
Your voices, your tweets, your emails! Thank you
@musicvenuetrust
and EVERY one of you who made this happen. We are about to get very drunk indeed 😭❤️🔥
The show must go on.
We’re introducing a world-leading £1.57 billion rescue package to help cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of coronavirus.
It is actually happening!!! SUTTON is opening with revered British singer songwriter
@CharlieDore
& chart-topping
@wardthomasmusic
for an industry, invitation-only
#CovidMeasures
in place event this WEDNESDAY. More announcements this week on public launch & daytime opening 🎉🌟🎉
We reached 70% of our target in under 24hours. We are in bits!!
There have been a lot of crowdfunders for a lot of venues but no one has seen a response like this 😭
Where systems fail people make things happen.
Hear from our patron
@psexton3
We are offering
#FreeSchoolMeals
for those who need it. Txt or Whatsapp 07946 824 336 your order. Available for hungry parents/carers too ♥️. NB we’re closed tomorrow & Mon 2nd Nov so not avail then. You’ll be welcome to eat in & we’ll be discrete. Pls leave ur name on order
#FriendShipCoffee
launches in our Wimbledon
#popup
on Thur 11th Jan 11am. For any person suffering from social isolation. We give out
#FreeCoffee
& tea indiscriminately, no referrals, no questions. If you know someone who is isolated in any way for any reason, bring them down x
Look what we did! What a week 💚 next week is operation website, music program and full café menu
#vegan
Blown away by the number of
#Tooting
visitors this weekend. What an amazing community that is x
Just like weebles, we may wobble but we don't fall down! We have spent an entire day brainstorming & project planning and it's been amazing. Big announcement coming tomorrow ❤️
The support keeps coming in ♥️ the legend that is
@WhisperingBob
of The Old Grey Whistle Test,
@BBCRadio2
and countless TV and radio shows has sent us this 🙏
This is AMAZING! Your donations and messages keep coming in and our hearts are FULL ♥️
HUGE!! For those who thought
@KTTunstall
was just an incredible artist & British icon, she's also a campaigner & advocate for the arts & a proud patron to
#TheSoundLounge
❤️ We LOVE her!!
Like & RT. We unexpectedly met our cf target but you can support
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT !!
The legendary
@WhisperingBob
joins The Sound Lounge as a patron.
''I have so much admiration and respect for the work that Hannah, Keiron and the whole team have put in to create The Sound Lounge.
And, I am proud and honoured to support them as patron''
NEWS!!
#TheSoundLounge
Morden is OPENING on Sat 1st August 7pm. As it stands there will be no live music.
We have fully risk assessed to keep you as safe as possible & have introduced measures (outlined on our website)
MORE TO COME! Announcement
#2
coming WEDNESDAY 29th
SOUND LOUNGE INTERRUPTED TRANSMISSION: We will be collaborating with
@WimbledonBrew
&
@graveneygin
& 'popping up' in
#Wimbledon
from 1st Dec
Help us start by donating here:
#CommunityChristmasDinner
- free for any person who is isolated, in unstable housing or homeless, or living with food insecurity. No referral needed but pre-booking required. Monday 20th December at 5pm. Booking info on the flyer 👇. Please do share 🙏
We made 120 meals this week for local young people aged 5-19yrs who live with food insecurity. All home cooked, nutritious & delicious!
Big up
#TimeOutYouthProject
for ensuring the meals get to where it’s needed. Big up our chef Charlie for making it all! Again next week ♥️
Thanks to
@ace_national
@DCMSArts
#CultureRecoveryFund
we have been able to install
#UVCAirFiltration
units. These units are used in hospitals & surgical theatres & deactivate viruses, pathogens & bacteria in a single air pass. For the safety of our staff, artists & audience ♥️
We’ve been inundated w/ messages from artists desperate to play to a live crowd. Pls know we are desperate to be the venue that makes that happen. We are carrying out a rigorous post-gig review of our risk-assessment to ensure audience & artist safety
#MoreDeterminedThanEver
YES, YES, YES!!! The Sound Lounge
@soundloungeCIC
is presenting a show at
#KingsCross
.
@MegaroBar
is just opposite
#StPancras
station and it's gorgeous. Don't delay, put Thursday 13th September in your diary now.
Artist announcements to follow!!!
RT & help us spread the word.
Huge, unbelievable, enormous thanks to
@signalbeerco
for gifting us some of their amazing beer ready for when we open to help us get back on our feet in the new year!!
They were the brewery who supplied
@folkinthepark1
♥️ Just one small, indie, business supporting another 😭🙏
Dear all, we’ve not made a formal statement yet because this has all been such an enormous shock! Like many of you, we are living with enormous uncertainty as to how we are going to move forward when we are allowed to & trying to figure out how not to sink in the meantime (1/5)
Closed but not resting!
We know that the love & energy from this 1st week back will naturally start to dissipate now. We just ask that you keep checking our listings. All the artists playing here deserve great audiences 🙏& you’ll be keeping original, exciting new music alive♥️
NEWS!!!!!
Join us as we launch a new 'Pop-Up' in
#Morden
on Sat 7th Dec!
Don't miss live music & full sound lounge bar. We will release more details in the days to come.
We're keeping The Sound Lounge dream alive until our permanent venue opens in
#Sutton
in 2020.
K & H
xx
Give us the tools and we will create, give us the space and we will meet, give us opportunity and we will deliver...
We need your support to keep our community dream going. If you can't make 20th April then DONATE:
We are offering free hot drinks & free toasties across December to ANYONE suffering from food insecurity. People who use food banks, those in insecure housing or homeless or anyone who simply struggles to pay for food. NO referral required. Come in & ask for a
#FriendshipCoffee
Last day of trading in
#Tooting
today.
#veganroast
available as usual. Tonight from 7pm, live music & fundraiser. Bring a box to help us move ❤️ bring banners for the windows ❤️❤️we'll get by with a little help from our friends x
Thank you
@TootingTram
for helping us to host
@theagilmore
's
#Christmas
show on 20th Dec, due to our sad closure in Tooting.
All purchased tickets will be valid to the new location which is only 3mins away.
Thank you all for your patience...The show must go on....
Don't forget
#FriendshipCoffeeHour
between 11am and midday today!! Bring someone you know who you worry about, who is lonely, who could benefit from friendship...or a free cuppa 💚 See you there x
Well...that was back-breaking but bloody worth it! Thank you to over 100 people who came 🙏🏼 children, teenagers to music fans in their 70s ♥️. New beginnings for sure. Bring on next Friday 13th for an
#Americana
special 🌟
We are excited to announce
@MusicVenueTrust
have launched a nationwide campaign to
#SaveOurVenues
We need Artists, Music Fans & Local Communities to act together to prevent their local music venue from permanently closing.
Visit to get involved.
It is with deep regret & unimaginable sadness that we have to announce that The Sound Lounge will close its doors for the last time this Wed 15th. Developers, Barrowfen, are taking possession of our venue
Last night this man, Chris Narayan pulled together a brilliant lineup to raise funds for us. After a couple of difficult, quiet weeks at The Sound Lounge, we walked in last night to the sound of great music & a room full of people absolutely loving it. Grateful beyond words 🥹
We are running trial
#2
opening this Friday night from 6pm.
It’s going to be HOT ☀️ and it’s ok because we will have a lovely seating area outside and there will be paninis and salads available to enjoy with your beers & ciders 🍺.
Bring a parasol ☂️ or a hat 😎. See you Fri x
To all musicians, like us, promoters, tour managers, agents & artist managers we send you our love & solidarity during this difficult time. We will all find a way to get through this. Music matters
Stay safe & send love to all around you who might need it 🌈♥️
Hannah & Keiron x
Thank you to these incredible young people making our
#Sutton
dream a reality. With the support of
@fmbuilders
&
@VIYproject
trade mentors (Alan is a hero) they are gaining new skills & making this 👇pls comment your appreciation so we can share with them. We are in awe 💕💕💕
Announcement
#2
The Sound Lounge
#Sutton
will open to the public THIS FRIDAY at 9am! The space will be socially distanced and we will have limited menu. Our team will be there to make sure you are safe, welcome & enjoy the experience. It’s been a long time coming. Wish us luck 💚
The support continues to flood in our direction and we don’t know what to say 😭
Thank you beautiful
@MicheleStodart
🙏 of
@themagicnumbers
. One of our all time favourite artists. You have SO many fans around our venue! Thank you so much for this gorgeous vid ♥️
We all know how important
#grassrootsmusicvenues
for independent artists, music lovers & bringing communities together!
#Sutton
@soundloungeCIC
We love ya! ♥️ Beautiful people, amazing food heart in the right place!
Support this music venue to stay open!
Proving that commitment to culture & community are still important, having won a
@TimeOutLondon
award,
@songsbyhannah
has just been nominated for an Inspirational Woman & Influential Woman award for
@soundloungeCIC
. These awards recognise working women. Well done Hannah x
Announcements coming!! I know we’ve been quiet on socials but we have been so busy & fighting hard 💪
Tomorrow is announcement
#1
♥️ keep an eye on our socials. There is a culture crisis at the moment...but there is some light (*as you can see by our happy tired faces!) 🌟☀️🌟
I’m going to be on
@bbc5live
in about 10 minutes or so, talking to Naga Munchetty about the grassroots music sector - why it matters to artists and communities and what can be done to save it 💪
Tune in if you can x
Deepest gratitude to all who buy coffee, cake or a meal at ours & tickets to gigs 🙏 These are tough times but you are helping us through!
In the words of Joe Strummer (the mantra of
@musicvenuetrust
CEO
@markdavyd
) “Without people you’re nothing” ♥️
What an absolutely amazing time we had hosting the
@soundloungeCIC
stage at
@blackdeerfest
Thank you to lovely patron
@psexton3
for curating the stage & to all the amazing artists for performing.
I think we can all agree the team at
@blackdeerfest
nailed a blinder of a fest! 😄
We've decided to delay Sunday livestream with
@psexton3
to Tuesday 6
We want to send our love north of the river to our dear friends at the
@GreenNote
who have their online fundraiser organised by Romeo &
@MicheleStodart
of
@themagicnumbers
instead. Pls support their crowdfunder
We are truly over the moon that so many of you nominated us for the
@weareBATCA
#Community
Hero awards & that we won 2!
Through what has been a hard time, this means so much and the groups last night remind us of why
@Tooting
&
@Balham
is so wonderfully diverse
What a night last night was!
@moonbolt
and Sam, The Sound Lounge cannot thank you enough 🙏 you filled the room and made us all laugh. It was so much fun!
#PopQuiz
happening every month. It’s official. Date tba 🎉🍾🌟