Montague Arms Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Beer and coffee latest: ex-White Hart opening in New Cross, new coffee shop by Nunhead station and much more

Aug

2026

As always lots going on in the SE London beer and coffee zone. Best news is that a new pub is set to open shortly on the site of the former White Hart in New Cross Gate. The Broken Wheel, as it will be named, will occupy the iconic junction of New Cross Road and Queens ...

Who remembers the World Cup 2018?

Aug

2018

Was it really only a month ago that the pubs of New Cross (and indeed of the whole country) were filled with excited crowds cheering on England in the World Cup? It seems like another age in another country now, and faded away so so very quickly, but there were some moments of collective joy along ...

Telegraph Hill Festival 2016

Feb

2016

It's the 22nd annual Telegraph Hill Festival next month, with more than 120 events taking place from 5 – 20 March 2016 at various venues in the New Cross/Brockley border zone. You can check out the full programme here, but for now here's a few of the events that caught my ere.Red and Pink'Painting & ...

How Does it Feel to be Loved back at Montague Arms

Feb

2016

Indie pop/soul club How Does it Feel to be Loved? is back at the Montague Arms tomorrow night (Saturday February 6th), scene of its packed New Year's Eve party recently:'We're doing a series of one-off nights at venues in south London for the early part of 2016, and the first of these is at the ...

Trelawney album launch at Montague Arms

Jan

2016

'Imagine Scott Walker fronting The Associates and then covering David Bowie’s Cat People, but straight outta Kernow' (The West Briton)South London's number one Cornish band Trelawney have been featured at Transpontine before - their song Beast of Blackheath is partly a reference to the crushing of the 1497 Cornish revolt which came to a bloody ...

Not the Rolling Stones at the Montague Arms

Sep

2015

It's the closing weekend of this year's Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival, with some great events still to come including the Welcome to Busseywood African film festival tomorrow (Saturday).Tonight at the Montague Arms (Queens Road SE15) there's a Rolling Stones night, with a showing of the definitive Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane followed by a live ...

Music Monday: Live at the Montague Arms

Mar

2015

When the Montague Arms (289 Queens Road SE15) closed in late 2011, many people feared it was gone for good. Stan and Bet, who had been working there for many years, had passed away, and the famous contents of the pub had been put up for sale Today though the pub is going strong having ...

Focus E15 Mother Benefit at Montague Arms

Nov

2014

This Saturday 22nd November there's an all day benefit for the Focus E15 Mothers campaign, who have been fighting in East London to retain social housing. Lots of great punk rock/riot grrrlish musical action, plus cakes, zines, stalls and a raffle.BANDS:The Dykeness - 'feminist comedy cock rock band'Skinny Girl Diet - 'Fierce grrrl gang from London'Rabies Babies - ...

Music Monday: SE4-Real at Montague Arms

Nov

2014

Coming up next Monday 17th November at the Montague Arms, a night of bands from New Cross/Brockley area with some great punky/garagey/riot grrlish noise, some of them so lo-fi that they have released cassettes (and in the case of PAMs recorded at Brockley Studios in Arabin Road)'From the Burning Streets of Brockley! The ‘Boss’ from ...

Sonic Imperfections at Montague Arms

Oct

2014

New Cross has a good tradition of experimental music (remember the Gluerooms at the Amersham Arms?). Latest in this continuum is Sonic Imperfections, 'South London's leading experimental night' at the Montague Arms. Next one is tomorrow night (Tuesday 14 October), with Barrel, Iris Garrelfs and Webster & Dunning.