Ever wondered why we’re called The Five Points Project?
I said on air that was the short version… the slightly longer version was I was reading this book called On The Road by Jack Kerouac around 2016. It’s about a beat generation writer that hitchhikes around America in the 70’s.
At one point, he gets dropped off late at night on a dusty road next to the only building within the mile - an old, dilapidated, rusty looking bar.
The way that paragraph proceeded to describe, to my 17 year old mind, the interior of that blues bar, with its wooden floors, old red leather sofas and smoke in the air being guided by dancing bodies just painted such a vivid picture to me. The bar was called Five Points.
The point of that paragraph in the book (to me) was that he was once alone, but now he was one with this new space, welcomed in and now part of something he could only experience there.
I don’t know why but I mentally logged that name immediately, Five Points. From then, in my head the name has always been linked with a space where people come to lose oneself in the energy and timelessness of the room.
After we dug further into the name and understood the further significance that I’m talking about in the vid, it was pretty clear what we were going to name this thing we were building, even if at the time we didn’t really know what we were building.
Now you know 🤎
Love to @sunnyandshay on @bbclondon for having us 🫶🏾
Big ups,
Max
💥 SAT 16th MAY 💥
Five Points on the Floor is back with a bang 😆
This time round, we welcome @mackwood.ling to the special guest slot, where he’ll be performing some new releases, jamming with the FP community and more 😮💨
We also have the incredible @intalektmusic on decks, weaving some samples throughout the jam and closing the night from 11-12 💿
We of course have a full FP jam beforehand, so drop us a message to get involved!
This is gonna be a big one - limited tickets out now ✨
🗓️Sat 16th May
⏳6-12am
📍@the.bath.house.hw
Big love,
Five Points
Five Points x @mackwood.ling
This Saturday 16th May 🙂↕️
We’ve got a full Five Points jam lineup before hand - free and open to all musicians as always 🫶🏾
We also have @intalektmusic bringing us home on the decks 😮💨
Crazy lineup - catch you there.
Tickets linked 🔗
Big love,
Five Points
FIVES IN THE SKY 🖐🏾
When our crowd puts their five fingers in the sky, it’s not just a sign of a good time.
It’s a joint action to signal openness, connection and belief in a mission that’s bigger than any single person.
The world around us is becoming increasingly isolated, and we want to serve as a space to combat that in every way we can.
We are a home for collective and we stand for a world that puts togetherness first. We stand against those who don’t believe this.
If you want to stand together with us in these times of isolation, come into the room with us.
Next event - this Sat 16th May at @the.bath.house.hw
See you then.
📸: @bricklanejazzfestival@93feeteast
Big love,
Five Points
Our Saturday motive🙂↕️
Can’t wait to share the next chapter of our story with you this Saturday 16th May 🤎
Come with friends but expect to make new ones too 😌
Tickets in our bio 🔗
🗓️ Sat 16th May
⏳6pm-12am
📍 @the.bath.house.hw
Big love,
Max & The Five Points Crew
Bro only said one word 😂
A bit of beautiful chaos captured at our @bricklanejazzfestival takeover the other week 💥
Good to let it out sometimes 🤣
If you missed out on the action, we’re back next week Saturday 16th May‼️
Jump on the link before tickets go 🔗
🗓️ Sat 16th May
⏳ 6pm - 12am
📍 @the.bath.house.hw
🎤: @hashtagobi
Catch you then!
Big love,
Max
Today is the day to make some change.
It’s a day to use your individual power for wider collective change - one of the most important things we can do.
For everyone that DMs us a picture of them at their polling station, we’ll send them a discounted ticket to our next event on Sat 16th May 🙂↕️
Five Points is a platform to spark the positive change we want to see in our futures, and days like these are a potential step towards that.
Go make some change people.
Have a beautiful day 💚
Big love,
Max
BRICK LANE JAZZ FEST 💥
Big things happen in small rooms 🙂↕️
Five Points is here to bring people together over a collective love for good sound, free movement and welcome spirits 🤎
Everyone in the room on the day brought that AND some‼️
We go again! Weds 6th May at @the0rangeroom 🍊
We’ve got the incredible @jemima.whyte on headline duties and @simart268 on the live art - come outside ✨
Tickets linked 🔗
🗓️ Weds 6th May
⏳ 7pm - late
📍 @the0rangeroom
📸 @bricklanejazzfestival
Big love,
Five Points
INTABABA x FIVE POINTS 💥
It’s been a long time coming 🙂↕️
On Sat 16th May, we’re welcoming @intalekt.music to Five Points on the Floor 😮💨
Known for his incredible selections, I can’t wait to see what he turns our dancefloor into after what’ll be an incredible set by @mackwood.ling 😆
VERY excited for this one - not one to miss!
Tickets going fast - find them in the FP bio 🔗
🗓️Sat 16th May
⏳6-12am
📍@the.bath.house.hw
Big love,
Five Points
🧡 FIVE POINTS JAM HEADLINER 6 MAY 🧡
so gassed for this one, get down to @the0rangeroom on Weds for a night of funky goodness with myself + my crew !!!
live art from @simart268 and jam running til late, bring your horns 🎷
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#womeninjazz #jazzlondon #livemusic #funk #jazz
You can’t fake this 🙂↕️
I’ve been having a lot of conversations about the future of our industry recently, and how AI is going to impact our scene.
Although there are huge negatives to it, I really believe that out of these negative movements positive coiner movements will surface shine through.
The importance of live music in spaces like these will only deepen as the years go on.
They’ll come to represent protest against a growth that none of us asked for, holding a space for united community, even more than they do now.
We’re going to do everything we can to push that message forward. If you want to do the same, come check out events and support the future you want to see.
Big love,
Max
