Check out this interesting short video on the history of Shoreditch from shoreditchhistory.com.  The video looks at the area’s history as the capital’s heartbeat of furniture making.  The video looks at how the Regent’s Canal was a vital link in transporting materials and how the streets of Shoreditch today still hold hallmarks of the industries that populated them.  The video then moves on to look at the renaissance of the area during the ‘Brit Art’ movement as industrial buildings and warehouses became luxury apartments and trendy nightspots.

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Sickboy Presents… Heaven & Earth, a major solo show by Sickboy

Heaven & Earth at Dray Walk, Brick Lane, E1 6QL

Graffiti artist Sickboy will be at Dray Walk featuring a collaborative installation with D*Face, Anthony Lister, Eine, Paul Insect, VHILS, Connor Harrington, Word to Mother, Xenz, Will Barras, Hush, Eelus and Mudwig.

Private viewing November 3rd from 18.00 – 22.00

Public viewing November 4th – 6th from 12.00 – 19.00

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The Hoxton Pony Announces DIRTY FUXX Student Night Every Tuesday

East London's ONLY STUDENT NIGHT with fuxxing RIDICULOUS drinks
prices.

Every Tuesday @ The Hoxton Pony

FREE ENTRY + FREE SHOT BEFORE 10.30PM

FUXXING GREAT DRINKS PRICES from:

Beer £1.80
Wine £2.15
Double n mixer £3.90
FUXXING gorgeous Cocktails £3.50
Dirty FUXX Shots £2

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please bring NUS cards or click attending on the event
to be able to get these great drinks prices.

ENTRY:
£4 with student iD
£5 without
FREE!! before 10.30pm + a free vodka shot (with NUS card)

BRING ID YOU FUXX (passport or drivers license only)

YOU WILL DANCE TO DJ WILL MANNING (Radio 1/1 Xtra) PLAYING THIS FILTH

Example, DJ Fresh, Nero, Chase and Status, Justice, Doctor P,
Skrillex, Diplo, Skream, Magnetic Man, Wolfgang Gartner, Rusko,
Breakbot, Calvin Harris, Kelis, Friendly Fires, Robyn, Wretch 32, Wiz
Kahlifa, Fenech Soler, Yasmin, Chromeo, Netski, Katy B, Sub Focus,
Professor Green, Swedish House Mafia, Zomboy, Feed Me, Ray Foxx,
Maverick Sabre, Fake Blood, Shy FX, Benga, Jack Beats, A1 Bassline,
A-Trak, DJ Mehdi, Plastician, Flux Pavillion, Daft Punk, Boys Noize,
Subscape, Deadmau5, Pendulum, Gemini, Noisia, Porter Robinson, Caspa,
D.R.Y., Knife Party, 16 Bit, Modestep, Foreign Beggars, Afrojack,
Avicii, Mord Fustang, Zeds Dead, Pyramid, Roksonix, SebAstien, Excision

YOU WANT TO EARN MONEY AND A FREE PLACE TO DRINK EVERY WEEK?
Become an ambassador for your Uni and a valued member of the Dirty FUXX team,
whilst earning some cash and free drinks every Tuesday -
please email TIM@DIRTYFUXX.COM

www.thehoxtonpony.com

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Just in case you are not all partied out from the weekend and you want to celebrate Halloween in style check out the downtheditch.com guide to Halloween in Shoreditch.

First up we have Man Flu, Advert, Sulk and Zoetrope with their night entitled ‘Popular’.  Billed as the best Halloween party ever you can head down the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen tonight for Rock, Punk, Electro and Dance music.  It’s £5 on the door and according to them “GETTING DRUNK ON A SCHOOL NIGHT! MONDAY IS THE NEW FUNDAY”.  There will be prizes for the best dressed on the night, so it may just be worth staying out late and getting in trouble for! You can find more details here

Alternatively you can head down to the Courtyard Theatre on Pitfield Road for “The Night of the Damned”.  It kicks off from 7.30pm as part of the London Horror festival and entry is £10.  Expect to hear the sounds of gothic rockers and electro carnage featuring ‘Release of the Bats’ ‘Corpse Lights’ and lots more horrific stuff i’m sure! You can find out more information here

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Old Street’s Thai Thai restaurant is the one of the East End’s little gems with far ranging appeal to hipster socialites and East End locals.  If you are a Thai Green Curry or Pad Thai chicken connoisseur look no further than Thai Thai.  With beautiful ambience for a relaxed atmosphere and charming wood furnishings Thai Thai is a great place for a meal with friends and colleagues.  A special mention for the pumpkin curry must be made as we quickly approach Halloween, a item on the menu that provides a genuinely unique offering.  Staff are friendly, courteous and polite  so you can rest assured that you will receive service with a smile.

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Village Underground have set up an innovative new project aiming to raise £20,000 to install metal and glass screens at the site on Great Eastern Street.  Village Underground is a not-for-profit studio and warehouse which showcases artwork from some of the brightest emerging street artists.  Installation of the screens will enable canvases, prints and digital works to be exhibited along the street and keep it safe from vandalism  The idea behind the open air exhibition is that the artists will be able to keep their work and sell it at a later date after the exhibition has finished.

The Village Underground needs to raise £20,000 to complete this project are looking for donations from the public which can be made here

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Since Andrew Spraggon’s first formative releases as Sola Rosa at the turn of the 21st century, he’s steadily built a reputation for his deft synthesis of styles and quiet disregard for the niceties of genre boundaries. With a catch-all sound encompassing the best of hip hop, reggae, jazz, latin, soul and funk, all six of Sola Rosa’s criticallyacclaimed albums are a potent distillation of the music that’s influenced Spraggon over the course of his decade long career as a musician and producer.

Live - Sola Rosa Soundsystem featuring Spikey Tee (Bomb the Bass/Mr Scruff) and Lisa Tomlins (Fat Freddy’s Drop/Trinity Roots) - International Observer

7.30+ Tickets: £9+b/f from here

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November 14th sees the launch of the new single from Clement Marfo and The Frontline “Overtime” and to showcase their work they have laid down cracking visuals to their video for the Royal T Remix.   Set mostly around Shoreditch’s 24 hour beigel strip, this video is especially cracking as it features me in my JDilla t-shirt for literally a couple of seconds around the 1.52 mark.  You can send my royalty cheque in the post guys, thanks!

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Topman General Store is located on Commercial Street in Shoreditch and represents somewhat of a departure from the usual Topman fanfare.  The store features a carefully selected core range of Topman design pieces as well some key branded items.  In the store you will also find a nice selection of books, photography and artwork, exclusive to the store.  Branding has been kept to a minimum, in keeping with the areas reputation for being the contemporary and fashionable place to be.

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Shoreditch looks all set to become a mini Bond Street as luxury fashion stores considering locating to the East End.  Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, Prada and Christian Louboutin are amongst those who are reportedly targeting retail space in the local area.  To large brands like these, Shoreditch still represents a significant value for money in comparison to other popular parts of the city as you move West.  The area is increasingly housing creative, media types who continue to move into warehouse style renovations, prime for investment.

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