Moth Club


Moth Club, stylised as MOTH Club is a live music venue on Valette Street in the London Borough of Hackney.

History

Housed within Hackney Trades Hall on Valette Street, the building was constructed in 1912 as headquarters for a Friendly Society. It opened as the General Browning Club in 1972, and takes its current name from the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, an order of ex-military servicemen and women who still regularly meet at the venue. In 2015 it was taken over by local events agency LNZRT, who also program events at Rich Mix and the Shacklewell Arms amongst others, as a space for gigs.
In recent years the venue has been at risk several times due to potential noise output regulations that could be enforced dependent on planning applications being approved for new residential buildings nearby. A petition to oppose the latest planning applications, launched by the club, has received more than 19,000 signatures.

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