The Cowley Club is a social centre on London Road in Brighton. It houses a cafe and bookshop during the day, a members bar during the evenings, it also has a library and is a base for a variety of other projects.
The club is collectively owned and run as a base for those involved in grassroots social change and those sympathetic to such activities, giving us control over our social space and resources. It is run entirely by volunteers - no one gets paid, and no one is making any profit. Instead, we are trying to provide a much needed alternative to everything else around us.
The club is collectively owned and run as a base for those involved in grassroots social change and those sympathetic to such activities, giving us control over our social space and resources. It is run entirely by volunteers - no one gets paid, and no one is making any profit. Instead, we are trying to provide a much needed alternative to everything else around us.
Thu 1st
• 7-9pm: Brighton Greenpeace meeting. In the back building. Every 1st Thur. All welcome.
• No evening meal today.
Fri 2nd
• 9pm, Gig: Superheroes of BMX - mish mash of electronic disco hip hop to make you dance. Free/donation.
Sat 3rd
• 8pm: Primevil Soup, Sideeffects, Terremoto 9.6 (previously Axis of Arseholes) (Thrash and ska punk). Benefit for Renata Zelazna (imprisoned anarchist). £3 donation.
Mon 5th
• 6.30pm: Cowley Club General Meeting.
Tue 6th
• 6pm: ‘Space for Movement? Reflections from Bolivia on climate justice, social movements and the state.’ Talk and film on Climate Justice gathering in Bolivia in April. Free/donation. Open to all.
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp social. Every Tue.
Wed 7th
• 8pm: Travel Queeries Film Night - documentary about radical queer art activism in contemporary Europe. Free/donation.
Thu 8th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 9th
• 9pm-12am, Gig: Subbz & MC Chrisdee (funk/soul hip hop music with an urban edge). Donations.
Sat 10th
• 9pm-2am: Slutdisko - Beastie Boys vs Old Skool Sluts - diskofunkelectrokitschpunk dancing and dressing up chaos. Free.
Sun 11th
• 12-4pm: Tapas meal. £4. Radio 4@ pirate radio benefit.
Tue 13th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp meeting. Every Tue.
Wed 14th
• 4.30pm: Cowley Cafe meeting.
• 5pm-6.30pm: Bookshop talk - Brian Morris (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, London) talks about his book 'The Anarchist Geographer: An Introduction to the Life of Peter Kropotkin'. Free.
• 8pm, Gig: Family Man (punk/HC, Germany), Gorse (psychedelic riffage), Blöd Drunk (D-beat allstars). £4 donation.
Thu 15th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 16th
• 8pm, Gig: Primevil Soup +more TBC + crap 80s disco till 2am. Benefit for Renata Zelazna (imprisoned anarchist). Donations.
Sat 17
• 8pm-2am, Gig: Old Codes, New Chaos with Mech Orga, Alphabets Heaven, Gash, Talking Through a Slippa, OJ Gringo, (Experimental electronics, jungle, dubstep, beats). £3 donation.
Tue 20th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp social. Every Tue.
Wed 21st
• 7pm: Brighton Animal Action meeting. Every third Wed. All welcome.
• 7-9pm, Brighton Against Guantanamo. Every third Wed. All welcome.
• 8pm, Film: SchMOVIES presents ‘The Decline of Western Civilisation: Part III’ - Penelope Spheer’s seminal gutter punk documentary. Free/donation.
Thu 22nd
• No evening meal today.
Fri 23rd
• 8pm, Gig: Lowki & I-Lodica whack it. Roots-rock-dub-step & bracket. £4 donation. Cowley benefit.
Sat 24th
• 8-11pm, Gig: Club Zygotic and Iron Giant presents... Art Of Burning Water (gothic punk), Jovian (downtempo minimalist metal), At A Crawl (downtempo hardcore metal). £3 donation.
Sun 25th
• 10am: Cowley Club Amblers walking group. Seven Sisters to Eastbourne [14.5km] (with an early jumping off point suitable for kids at Birling Gap [6km]). Bring money for train and bus, stout boots, food to share, suncream!
Tue 27th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp meeting. Every Tue.
Wed 28th
• 8pm, Film: SchMOVIES presents: ‘The Angry Brigade: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Britain’s First Urban Guerrilla Group’ Documentary by Gordon Carr. Plus Stuart Christie Q&A + DJs. Free/donation.
Thu 29th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 30th
• 8pm, Gig: Trippy Wicked (groove-laden stoner metal), Godzilla Black (experimental noise rock) + one more TBC. £3 donation.
Sat 31st
• 8pm, Gig: The 255s, The Dividers + one more TBC (punk). £3 donation.
• 7-9pm: Brighton Greenpeace meeting. In the back building. Every 1st Thur. All welcome.
• No evening meal today.
Fri 2nd
• 9pm, Gig: Superheroes of BMX - mish mash of electronic disco hip hop to make you dance. Free/donation.
Sat 3rd
• 8pm: Primevil Soup, Sideeffects, Terremoto 9.6 (previously Axis of Arseholes) (Thrash and ska punk). Benefit for Renata Zelazna (imprisoned anarchist). £3 donation.
Mon 5th
• 6.30pm: Cowley Club General Meeting.
Tue 6th
• 6pm: ‘Space for Movement? Reflections from Bolivia on climate justice, social movements and the state.’ Talk and film on Climate Justice gathering in Bolivia in April. Free/donation. Open to all.
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp social. Every Tue.
Wed 7th
• 8pm: Travel Queeries Film Night - documentary about radical queer art activism in contemporary Europe. Free/donation.
Thu 8th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 9th
• 9pm-12am, Gig: Subbz & MC Chrisdee (funk/soul hip hop music with an urban edge). Donations.
Sat 10th
• 9pm-2am: Slutdisko - Beastie Boys vs Old Skool Sluts - diskofunkelectrokitschpunk dancing and dressing up chaos. Free.
Sun 11th
• 12-4pm: Tapas meal. £4. Radio 4@ pirate radio benefit.
Tue 13th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp meeting. Every Tue.
Wed 14th
• 4.30pm: Cowley Cafe meeting.
• 5pm-6.30pm: Bookshop talk - Brian Morris (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, London) talks about his book 'The Anarchist Geographer: An Introduction to the Life of Peter Kropotkin'. Free.
• 8pm, Gig: Family Man (punk/HC, Germany), Gorse (psychedelic riffage), Blöd Drunk (D-beat allstars). £4 donation.
Thu 15th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 16th
• 8pm, Gig: Primevil Soup +more TBC + crap 80s disco till 2am. Benefit for Renata Zelazna (imprisoned anarchist). Donations.
Sat 17
• 8pm-2am, Gig: Old Codes, New Chaos with Mech Orga, Alphabets Heaven, Gash, Talking Through a Slippa, OJ Gringo, (Experimental electronics, jungle, dubstep, beats). £3 donation.
Tue 20th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp social. Every Tue.
Wed 21st
• 7pm: Brighton Animal Action meeting. Every third Wed. All welcome.
• 7-9pm, Brighton Against Guantanamo. Every third Wed. All welcome.
• 8pm, Film: SchMOVIES presents ‘The Decline of Western Civilisation: Part III’ - Penelope Spheer’s seminal gutter punk documentary. Free/donation.
Thu 22nd
• No evening meal today.
Fri 23rd
• 8pm, Gig: Lowki & I-Lodica whack it. Roots-rock-dub-step & bracket. £4 donation. Cowley benefit.
Sat 24th
• 8-11pm, Gig: Club Zygotic and Iron Giant presents... Art Of Burning Water (gothic punk), Jovian (downtempo minimalist metal), At A Crawl (downtempo hardcore metal). £3 donation.
Sun 25th
• 10am: Cowley Club Amblers walking group. Seven Sisters to Eastbourne [14.5km] (with an early jumping off point suitable for kids at Birling Gap [6km]). Bring money for train and bus, stout boots, food to share, suncream!
Tue 27th
• 7.30pm: South Coast Climate Camp meeting. Every Tue.
Wed 28th
• 8pm, Film: SchMOVIES presents: ‘The Angry Brigade: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Britain’s First Urban Guerrilla Group’ Documentary by Gordon Carr. Plus Stuart Christie Q&A + DJs. Free/donation.
Thu 29th
• No evening meal today.
Fri 30th
• 8pm, Gig: Trippy Wicked (groove-laden stoner metal), Godzilla Black (experimental noise rock) + one more TBC. £3 donation.
Sat 31st
• 8pm, Gig: The 255s, The Dividers + one more TBC (punk). £3 donation.
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