IDLER PARTY THIS WEDNESDAY

10 October 2006

COME, ONE AND ALL to the Idler Party taking place this Wednesday, 11 October, at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.

We’re putting on a fantastic ukulele extravaganza with the first ever gig of the Idler Ukulele Orchestra, starring John Moore, Louis Eliot, Hannah Griffiths, Paul Hamilton, Mathew Clayton and Tom Hodgkinson.

Entertainment will also come from the fabulous Wave Pictures and Matthew Sawyer, PLUS the amazing Dulwich Ukulele Club.

We’re celebrating the launch of our new Green Man issue and copies will be on sale at discount rates. You’ll also be able to buy your own ukulele to take home.

Tickets are a mere �5, doors open at 8pm and the address is as follows:
44-46 Pollard Row, London E2 6NB. 55 bus or Bethnal Green tube.

 

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