Nocturne / Arch 12, under the viaduct

Four hundred people, eleven feet from the band.

Four nights a week, doors at seven, curfew at eleven because of the flats above. No barrier, no pit, no photographers in the first three songs — the room is too small to be precious about any of it.

See what is onConcept work — fictional brand, built to demonstrate technique. Nothing is for sale.

Thu 06 NovSalt MarshOn saleFri 07 NovThe UnderstudySold outSat 08 NovHollow CoastLast 40Sun 09 NovQuietly, EventuallyOn saleThu 13 NovBrass RegisterOn saleFri 14 NovMercy HourSold outSat 15 NovAda WrenLast 40Thu 20 NovTin OrchardOn saleFri 21 NovThe Long FieldOn sale

Every band you have ever loved played a room this size first. Four hundred people is small enough that the drummer can hear the back row, and just big enough to pay everyone in it. Rooms like this one are closing at the rate of two a month. This one is not, yet.

Live music venue

The wall by the door, for the next three weeks

Every poster here is set in the page rather than exported as artwork, so a new date is one line of data and the act’s name is something a search engine can read. Each one drifts at its own rate as you pass it — opposite directions, never the same speed twice — which is what separates a grid into layers.

Thu 06 Nov

Salt Marsh

with Nine Bells

Main roomOn sale

Fri 07 Nov

The Understudy

Main roomSold out

Sat 08 Nov

Hollow Coast

with Pale Fires

Main roomLast 40

Sun 09 Nov

Quietly, Eventually

The CellarOn sale

Thu 13 Nov

Brass Register

a fourteen-piece

Main roomOn sale

Fri 14 Nov

Mercy Hour

Main roomSold out

Sat 15 Nov

Ada Wren

solo, seated

The CellarLast 40

Thu 20 Nov

Tin Orchard

Main roomOn sale

Fri 21 Nov

The Long Field

with Sorrel

Main roomOn sale

Tonight

Doors seven, curfew eleven, and we mean it

There are flats above the arch. The curfew is a condition of the licence rather than a preference, so the running order is published and it is kept.

19:00
Doors
Box office in the arch, cash and card.
19:40
Nine Bells
Thirty minutes. Two guitars, no drummer.
20:30
Salt Marsh
Seventy-five minutes, no encore built in.
22:00
Records
Whatever the bands leave behind the bar.
23:00
Curfew
Lights up. The viaduct is five minutes from the station.

On sale now

The listing is the layout. Nothing is hidden behind a hover — every date, room and price below is in the page when it loads, and pointing at a line only brings it forward.

Salt Marsh
£14
Thu 06 Nov
Main room · doors 19:00
The Understudy
£18
Fri 07 Nov
Main room · sold out
Hollow Coast
£16
Sat 08 Nov
Main room · last 40
Quietly, Eventually
£12
Sun 09 Nov
The Cellar · seated
Brass Register
£20
Thu 13 Nov
Main room · fourteen-piece
Mercy Hour
£17
Fri 14 Nov
Main room · sold out
Ada Wren
£15
Sat 15 Nov
The Cellar · seated, 90 only
Tin Orchard
£14
Thu 20 Nov
Main room · doors 19:30

Standing capacity: 400
Front row to stage: 11ft
Curfew, every night: 23:00
Gigs a week: 4

Monday and Tuesday

The room is for hire on Mondays and Tuesdays

Four hundred standing, a 24-channel desk, a green room with a window, and a load-in off the street rather than down a staircase. We do not take a cut of merch.

Ask about a MondayConcept work — fictional brand, built to demonstrate technique. Nothing is for sale.