JUKEBOX is a space to party, get drunk, have fun, hear the best new bands, be queer, be straight, be loud, make friends, find love?, find community, and chat sh*t in the smoking area✨
Let’s start the new year right - JUKEBOX 003 is a fundraiser for the MATW Project, where six emerging artists take the stage at Grow, Hackney Wick on the 4th of February from 7:00pm. Come for the music, stay for the community and support the cause🖤✨🍉
£5 or £7 on the door✨ optional to donate more
2025 started rolling out my project “Am I Pretty Enough?” something I worked on tirelessly with Christian and all my talented friends. I’m incredibly grateful, but also a bit disappointed with the reach as I truly believe the music is great. This EP was a really important step forward. I felt stuck with the direction my music was heading and this became the perfect transition from indie/pop into this rock/folk world I’m obsessed with. We sold out our London show around this project, which made everything feel so right (if you came, I love you)✨
This was followed by a breakup, which was really fkn hard to be honest. Luckily, I had just started building my studio. That changed everything, I poured all I was feeling into doing that job as well as I possibly could with the funds and resources I had. It was nothing but healing. I’m so grateful for this space and the memories made here. Huge love to Cat for being a great friend, trusting me, offering new perspectives and helping bring these things to life🖤
JUKEBOX, on paper, was a total financial disaster — but I tried my best to pay talent as fairly as possible while keeping it accessible. For anyone who doesn’t know: original bands (3–6 players) in grassroots venues are often paid £50–£150 TOTAL, while DJs can show up with a USB and pocket £150–£1000. JUKEBOX will never be about profit. I’m just funding a well curated party to build a real community of music lovers. WORTH IT✨
If I’m honest, I’m sitting on a great album of music but too many know-nothing gurus telling me what the “right” thing to do has slowed me down. No idea why I was listening to strangers but I’ve now said fk all of that, found an incredible group of guys who want to gig as much as I do, booked a tour, and I’m doing this my way.
I’ve spent 12 years learning, failing, and trying again. Classical & Jazz school. Trad. Writing. Production. Mixing. Arranging. MD’ing. Live events. My priority has always been to build a sustainable world where I can make music MY WAY — for myself and my friends — based on skill and knowledge, not insane industry rules that say you need £3–5k to make ONE song. Absolutely not.
WE’RE HITTING 2026 SO HARD✨ #2025recap
🔥 JUKEBOX LIVE - EDITION #2 🔥
@jukeboxdalston is back for another evening of musical discovery 💡
🫶🏼 We play what YOU want on our JUKEBOX 🫶🏼
It’s the Place To; Be Queer, Be Straight, Hear The Best New Bands, Be Loud, Make Friends, Find Love?, Find Community, Party, Have Fun & Chat Sh*t In The Smoking Area.
Our goal is to build a community around the music we love, throw amazing parties and develop a space to express yourself freely. Located at The Jago, minutes from Dalston Overground - JUKEBOX is the venue to be at on a Thursday night.
Featuring this eclectic line-up of up and coming artists 👉🏼 @corin.v@compostcompostcompost@leonaruemusic & @jamesjozefjamesjozef 🤩
🔶 THURSDAY OCTOBER 2
🔶 7PM - 10.30PM
🔶 £11.50 ONLINE
Leona Rue + band will take the Jukebox Stage October 2nd @thejagodalston
Leona is ICONIC and you should all pop down to hear these new songs!!! Tickets in bio
Leona Rue, 21 year old indie artist from Hertfordshire, blends her raw and vulnerable lyricism with gritty guitar led tones to create songs you can scream with the windows down. Like a page torn straight from her journal, Leona’s writing delves into the complexities of heartbreak, moving on and growing up with her recent EP ‘Practice Sincerity’ finding its place amongst playlists such as ‘Our Generation’, ‘Peachy’ & ‘New Pop Uk’ as well as Radio 1 features with Jezz Iszatt. With a distinctive vocal flip and haunting tone, Leona Rue is sure to touch the heart in every line she delivers
SEE YOU SOON✨
1 - felt cute
2 - aby, moio and shan scheming greatness
3&4 - my baby
5 - I’m obsessed with drums at the moment
6 - Jukebox at The Jago
7 - 5DB
8 - Great Escape 2025
9 - 5 straight gentlemen
10 - 1 very gay man in his pride outfit
11 - abbey road x sxsw
12 - favourite session this month with ellie
13 - christian being himself unapologetically
14 - dogdy taxi driver
