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27/02/2024

LGBT+ History Month: Newham Q***r Fest Closing Party🏳️‍🌈✨🪩

We are so excited to showcase old faces and new THIS Saturday at Stratford Town Hall!

Introducing our old friend your host for the evening Cabaret performances!

Violetta J'Adore, the captivating drag persona of Vasilis Theodoros Kyriakou, impressed the judges of Prestige Awards with her “personal touch and community feel” and has been awarded the prestigious title of LGBTQ Entertainer of the Year 2024/25 for London and the South East England.

The LGBTQ Entertainer of the Year award serves as a humbling affirmation of Violetta J'Adore's artistry, passion, work ethic, and creativity. It is a testament to her tireless dedication and the impact of her contributions to the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond. As she eagerly anticipates the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, Violetta J'Adore is poised to continue breaking boundaries and captivating audiences worldwide.

To follow, will take over the party and finish the night on a high!

Harietta is a DJ, producer and co-editor at . She is co-curator and host of the weekly club night and trans healthcare fundraiser , at . With sets for , and , Harietta is known for blending pop familiarity with pulsing basement filth.

Tickets for this event are FREE for Newham residents via the Council LGBT+ history month website🎟️🎟️

See you there!

21/02/2024

IN TRANSITION: 9th March, 19:45pm

We are SO pleased to announce our first act of the season, the fiery, the funny, the iconic duo and !!

TnT is a stand-Up Comedy Show full of explosive moments that will make you explode with laughter, with your hosts, The Flammable Tania and The Eruptive Teena! PLUS Dynamite Comedic Guests! Come and get wildly combusted with us!

Tickets are on our website now!

16/01/2024

Let's get through January blues together with some special post- Christmas offers at Social Convention!

HAPPY HOUR on (almost) everything
Wednesday- Friday until 7pm
Glasses of wine for £5 (Riesling and Pinot Noir for £6)
Pints for £5
Bottles and cans for £5

After 7pm stay for our SPECIAL COCKTAILS OFFER
Wednesday- Friday after 7pm
2 of the same cocktail for £18

Need to feel a quick rush? Enjoy our SHOTS DEAL
Every day after 7pm
Any 2 shots of the same spirit for the price of 1

And if you're looking for a chilled way to spend those January Saturdays come for our SIT IN SATURDAYS
Every Saturday from open till close!!
Pints for £5
Every wine glass for £5 (Riesling & Pinot Noir for £6)
2 of the same cocktail for £18
Bottles and cans for £5
2 shots of the same spirit for the price of 1 (from 7pm)

AAAND feel free to request the music you'd like to hear at the bar (though we ask you to kindly stay respectful of other people in the venue!!)

21/11/2023

UPDATE:

We have extended our opening hours! This is a new expansion for us, and from tomorrow we will be open for coffee, pastries and treats and a place for you to co-work!

This has been an aim for a while and we are so happy to be expanding within our first year of opening!

Thanks for the team for doing this move so efficiently👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

10/11/2023

Introducing…. ‘in TRANSITION’

Apply via the link in our Bio
DEADLINE: 29th November 2023

Over a year ago, we opened our venue which is home to our creative space and pizza-bar. The past year has taught us so much and challenged us to expand our ambitions beyond what we thought was possible.

Moving into the second year of operating as a venue, we are incredibly thrilled to announce that we are programming our first season!

We want to hear from artists of all backgrounds about the projects and ideas they would like to develop.

We want to hear from artists who would like to realize their project with us between the beginning of Feb and the end of May 2024.

Apply, share or come watch, it’s going to be exciting for everyone!!

Love Cim, Miko and Emma xoxo

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02/11/2023

SATURDAY!

returns for another evening of The Greatest Drag Show with special guest .uk !!!

Tickets are FREE RSVP, you just prepay pay for your first (discounted) drink to ensure you get a good seat for the action!

Come and see our Queen at work, it’s a real treat!!!

26/10/2023

THIS WEEKEND!

Friday: we’re THRILLED that will be returning for another run of fun-filled drama workshops! They’re hosting a Halloween social on Friday and it’s going to be SPOOKTACULAR evening!

SATURDAY: return with a Halloween day party for all you pretty little witches, drop in for a cocktail-fuelled time with the girls!

11/10/2023

Hello!

We’re so happy to be getting so many proposals in to work with us or host an idea at social convention, it’s a joy to see our space be used in all sorts of different ways!

One thing to note for anyone wanting to propose something to us in the future- we unfortunately cannot facilitate a club night or an even that has loud music past 22:30!
We have hosted many fun day parties and the team loves dance music, but sadly we cannot host club experiences at this time

Keep the ideas coming though, we are always listening!

27/09/2023

THIS WEEK:

have another great session for you to explore your inner creative theatre kid! This is their penultimate session and is SOLD OUT! Grab your tickets for the final session next week before they go!

28th: launch another wonderful exhibition showcasing the work of three recent graduates of City and Guilds College of Art. Featuring a collection of their latest works, the viewers will witness the evolution of their creative expressions over time! This exhibition is FREE and open throughout October.

29th A UEL music Department welcome event and jam session!

21/09/2023

What’s on this weekend?

22nd: UNCONVENTIONAL Drag Night produced by Reading Drag monarch ()! This exciting evening, hosted by our dear friend .r.t.attack_, promotes the underrepresented in the drag scene with acts from !
Come and see debut London show and some weird, freaky, edgy and unforgettable drag !
Tickets are via our website🎟️🎟️

23rd: hosts another gorgeous social for London’s womxn to meet and socialise! This time, a paint and sip will be upstairs- tickets have nearly sold out so look at ONP ‘s page to grab one

23rd: .east ‘Pass the Aux’
A social get together for suburban Q***ros in the edge of East- Free Entry!

13/09/2023

Distinguished guests, this is the moment you’ve waited for. Get ready for the most spectacular Saturday show starring your ringmistress and a cast of mind blowing acts, ready to give you The Greatest Drag Show you have ever seen. It’s fire, it’s freedom, it’s were impossible becomes true and it’s coming to Social Convention. So tell me, do you wanna go?

Ticket on sale NOW for another AMAZING drag residency!
, we’re so happy to have you!!!

23/08/2023

It's been a crazy and amazing time producing Social Convention's first show for 🤩👯🏳️‍🌈🍻🎟️⏰

We have just 4 more shows presenting some of our favourite performance from London and Australia - so if you've still not caught it, act now!

13/08/2023

Cocktails and cakes with .ly_
🍹🍸🌈🍰🎂

Plus a special appearance from

Our first Bake It, Werk It!
for from

05/08/2023

Our FINAL Dolly Diamond's Rather Large Variety Night before we hit is TONIGHT.

We have an incredible closing cast with and

More info and tix in bio

29/06/2023

30th JULY: Caxton Crawl x Isla Dogs

Make your Friday evening even better and watch this stunning local queen perform from 8pm !!

27/04/2023

Do you have a creative performance to showcase? An event to put on? And R&D project to trial? A set to debut?
We want to help!
We’re an arts organisation looking to support and promote the weird and wonderful, quirky and creative, or WIP projects & artists✨

Send a proposal to [email protected] to be featured in our programme!

20/04/2023

Next up for our series we have a very special performance from !!
Join us for an evening of Alternative soul with powerful, resonant, soulful vocals that beckon you into her own emotional haven.

tickets are now on sale (drink included) so rsvp via our website!
April 28th / doors 8pm

19/04/2023

Do you have a creative performance to showcase? An event to put on? And R&D project to trial? A set to debut?
We want to help!
We’re an arts organisation looking to support and promote the weird and wonderful, quirky and creative, or WIP projects & artists🪩😈✨

Send a proposal to [email protected] to be featured in our programme!

13/04/2023

TOMORROW !!
we welcome Gigi Williams () to the stage for her first headline Gig of 2023! Supported by Florence Vita, () join us for a night of folk-soul and guitar-led instrumentals
Doors from 8pm

Tickets via website- £5 including drink!

05/04/2023

Tickets for our newsletter featured artist, , have gone live!!
From £5 (including free drink) via our website✨✨

Whilst you’re at it, check out Gigi’s artist spotlight interview via our Creative Community page!

01/04/2023

For the next we’re stripping it back to an acoustic live set from the gorgeous

Gigi Williams is a musician from London. Her music is a blend of soul, singer-songwriter and guitar lead instrumentals. She’s played festivals such as Wild Paths, El Dorado and How the Light Gets In. In 2023 she will be releasing her 2nd EP ‘Big Picture’, with her debut single ‘Foolish Lady’ having already been played on national radio. Join us for an intimate, acoustic re-working of her upcoming project. Not a gig to miss!

31/03/2023

End Women’s History Month with Drag Artist H.R.H Aphroditei for perpetual period drama at Social Convention.

This months Caxton Crawl will be projecting iconic music videos from women in music throughout the venue. Alongside a guest performance from

Join us from 6pm and stroll over to .co and to bag yourself a free drink!

19/03/2023

We're excited to announce a brand new partnership with one hell of a fabulous artist, UK born Australian legend - Dolly Diamond combines superb comic timing and vocal talent, with the unique ability to keep her audiences on the edge of their seats, whilst always feeling safe.

“Dolly Diamond’s Rather Large Variety Night”

We absolutely love a variety night and it’s going to be fun bringing a touch of down under to our audiences alongside some local east end talent.

Tickets will go on sale very soon and it’ll only have a limited run….so we’ll see you there.

11/03/2023

LATE NIGHT LOCK IN 1 x GRLS+ CLUB

Expect a DIY club night with girls+ dominated line up, dance floor and crew!! FREE drink with all tickets- link in our bio!

Disco, house and garage all night long with b4b from the wonderful women💜😈🪩 son

07/03/2023

Sounds of the East…in the East!

We’re very happy to welcome to SOCIAL CONVENTION in March for a bi-weekly residency showcasing East African music and food.

NEXT UP: 19th MARCH

03/03/2023

Introducing our new Spring season series, ‘Late Night Lock In’ (LNLI)🪩✨

Hosted in our intimate venue, we aim to prioritise grassroot music and underrepresented talent within the industry, as well as promoting the importance of independent venues.

FIRST UP: GRLS+ CLUB 💜💜
More info to come and ticket link in bio!

28/02/2023

Our program is starting to take shape for March and we’re v excited to get going!

As our film screenings continue, we welcome you to enjoy classics ‘Pink Flamingo’ and ‘El Topo’ - pre-but your tickets for food and drinks deals.

We are also very excited to be launching another regular event in our programme, Late Night Lock In (LNLI)! These will be every second and fourth Friday of the month and we will be throwing parties until late!

17/02/2023

Join us for beer, pizza, cocktails, mocktails and more - for the friendliest place to watch the rugby!

Massive 5m widescreen HD projection - see every try, scrum (and bum) in glorious detail!

17/02/2023

Social Convention's Co-Founder, Cimeon, will be talking to the Editor, Joe Mackertich, about the joys and challenges of launching an independent arts venue in London for (tix via QR code img 2)- cocktails will be served

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Opening Hours

Wednesday	4pm - 10pm
Thursday	4pm - 10pm
Friday	4pm - 11pm
Saturday	3pm - 11pm
Sunday	3pm - 9pm

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Very excited to announce we’re going to be screening a series of curated seasons of films in collaboration with @rank_film through February & March! We’re serving up a selection of incredible cult classics, provocative hidden gems & influential works of cinematic art for your viewing pleasure! Tickets only £6.00 including a drink & popcorn! 🍿🥃 Ticket link: https://bit.ly/3Dbvm0d #cultcinema #socialconvention #filmcommunity #london #cult #indie #independentfilm #filmscreening #rockyhorrorpictureshow #foreignfilm #arthousecinema #filmisnotdead #filmfeed

WE’RE LIVE ON @aajamusic Channel 1 babes ✌️✌️ Hangin in the booth, playing 90s jams, hip hop, electronica, and dances shizzzzzzzz 🌞🕶 Aajamusic.com/radio @cimeonek @t__storms @berkmic @does3d @noodlehall #liveradio #90s #dancejams

Very excited for our friend and collaborator @dan_samsa on the release of his new album CONTOURS on @apollorecords. We worked with him on the funding applications to produce this album - and the results are beyond stunning! 🫀👁🫁 Posted @withregram • @dan_samsa Full video via linktree in bio… This is a clip from a live piano performance of the track ‘Vortex’. The electronic part consists of 10 pulses, as the track progresses, each pulse is stretched out more than the last by manipulating the tempo. The piano part is an uninterrupted stream almost exclusively performed with 8 fingers, eliminating the use of the thumbs so the hands can easily cross over and share the same area of the keyboard. Filmed and edited by @cigdemboru #piano #pianomusic #pianosolo #pianoplayer #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #abstractmusic #classicaljazz #jazzpiano #classicalpiano #letscreate #artscouncilengland

🪩 Saturday plans 🪩

If you’re at @edfringe this is your sign to go see our best babes @blunderlandvariety at the @underbellyedinburgh Circus Hub. It just wouldn’t be summer without our fave 🍆🤡 angels!!! Posted @withregram • @themme_fatale Don’t ask we’re ready for @edfringe Ask if @edfringe is ready for us 💪💦 #circus #edfringe #blunderland #queer

I AM from Drag Artist and Academic @cheddar_gorgeous, made in our Social Convention LABS programme, 2020. 🎞Directed and edited by @cheddar_gorgeous 🎹 HUMAN by @sevdaliza_ See more from Cheddar’s brilliant LAB work at the link in bio 👆

🍦🍩 ART TREAT FRIDAY 🍩🍦 It’s Friday fam!! Treat yourself to something delicious - may we recommend @woostergrp ‘s #HAMLET ? One of my fave theatre companies of all time - this production recording is of WG’s reimagining “by channeling the ghost of Richard Burton’s legendary 1964 performance”. Watch at the link in bio angels 😘🌸☝️

💥💪 MAKE WORK BETTER 💪💥⁠ ⁠ If life gives you lemons, get Tequila! What if we tell you that your idea is the lemon and we got the Tequila? 🍋 Calling out all small companies, freelancers, self producing artists, late nights collectives and makers with IDEAS for our new CLUB LEMONADE!! 🍋🍋 ⁠ ⁠ Club Lemonade is THE new clubhouse for entrepreneurial creatives: ⁠ ⁠ 🍋 A community of your newest collaborators, partners, and besties⁠ 🍋 Skills & training that’s project oriented, practical, and future-proofed⁠ 🍋 The resources to stay balanced and make it happen⁠ ⁠ Check out our super short and sweet survey (will take less than 10 mins we promise) to have your say in what you need - and also for the chance of winning 🤑£100 cash money 🤑 ⁠ ⁠ ✨ Link to survey in Bio duhhh ✨ 🎥 featuring some of our fave parties and work created in residence with some of our fave peeps @_wallflower94 , @sianfan , @peeply , @thomasadambuckley , @cheddar_gorgeous @dirtyfreud ❤️‍🔥

👾🧠❤️‍🔥✨CALLING ALL ART HUSTLERS & ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATIVES!! ✨❤️‍🔥🧠👾 We a developing something prettayyy prettayyy exciting to super charge creative entrepreneurship in the cultural sector - especially for all you small companies, freelancers, self producing artists, late nights collectives and makers with IDEAS 😻🦾 We want to make this FOR you and WITH you so we want to know what you need from a creative network - skills and training? A dope group of potential new collaborators? Digital production tools? What else?! Take our short survey (only 5-8mins) AND get entered to win 🤑£100 cash money 🤑 AND be have your voice heard on what matters to you as an independent creative 💅 LINK HERE: https://forms.gle/aACziFKCBxgqVKoo8 🧡👻 #artists #makers #creativeentrepreneur #creativeentrepreneurs #theatre #theatreartists #visualartist #performanceartist #artistsoninstagram #artsbusiness #skills #choreographer #hustlers #makemoneymakeart #artistdevelopment #creativedevelopment #uktheatre #artscouncil #artscouncilengland #culturaleducation #culturesector #ukcreatives #ukcreativeindustries #londontheatre #londondance #performanceartist #contemporaryperformance #musicmakers #djs

✨🎶everything you need to make art you already have 💅🏻✨ Posted @withregram • @lostinhistorypics Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle harmonizing by using their acrylic nails (1987) #dollyparton #pattilabelle #80s #80sstyle #80sfashion #1980sfashion #1980s #history #grunge #vintage #groovy #nostalgia #oldschool #throwback #retro #reelsvideo #music #singing #artistsoninstagram #creatives #artiseverywhere #musicmaker #creativity

It’s Saturday my dudes 😎 Posted @withregram • @young__pioneers 1980霹雳舞 Thanks for this jewel @chillbro_baggins 🤝 #dance #move #create

This is uncomfortably accurate for me 🤣 I like to call it Scandi Art Witch but either way BRING ME THE OVERSIZED TUNICS AND THE LINEN @thebeccamurray aka soul sister #artteacher #artsadministration #artsadmin #producerlife #chunkyjewellery #linen #widelegpants #performanceartist #allblackeverything #octagenarianartteacher #biwifeenergy

It’s uh…ground breaking but…. intentionally uh….uh…mundane… #artistsoninstagram #theatre #theatreuk #artuk #londontheatre #producerlife #artmeme #artfunding #grantwriting @thejealouscurator @badartpresents #theatrememes #choreographer #liveperformance #artscouncilengland #borisjohnson #borisjohnsonmemes #dancememes #creativelife #devisedtheatre

@aceagrams: Hey there’s a new round of fundi - Us: #grantfunding #creativelife #starvingartist #helpmeimpoor #theatreuk #makeart #producerlife #grantwriting #helplol #creativeindustries

My last remaining brain cell trying to look excited about the work I have to do to make money in order to make something vaguely resembling art lol 😵‍💫 HOW LONG UNTIL CHRISTMAS BREAK?! @bubblepunk #producerlife #makeart #creativity #artistsoninstagram #sendhelp #lastremainingbraincells #showbiz #theatrelife

We can’t all be pandemic geniuses😂 keep making anyway you beautiful flowers 🌺 Posted @withregram • @tomycardy If you are a creative by trade or just someone with a lovely project, please give yourself a break and remember it’s ok to not be motivated with all your free lockdown time. Great if you are! But just be kind to yourself please xo #creativeprocess #making #creativity #boburnham #itsactuallyhardtomakeartwhentheworldisburning #artistsofinstagram

🍄✨brb only making art with mushrooms now ✨🍄 #modernartmonday #mushroommagic #forestbathing #mycology #performance #mushroommusic

The mantra we need this Monday, thanks @_wallflower94

POV: blinked and it was October 🥴

Whatever happened this week… it’s almost #Friday bbs 💕🌟 Tag ur party people for the #weekend 💅🏽 @sosaxx_ 👾

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Social Convention is at the heart of a movement changing the way we consume, communicate and socialise.

We are a channel for transformative experiences and the exchange of ideas. And a good party.

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