Thekla & Rock City promoters to open new London venue in Hackney
14 May 2013, 16:06
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
DHP Group, the people behind Bristol’s Thekla and Rock City in Nottingham, are set to launch a new East London venue.
The news follows the local council’s decision to grant the appropriate license for the group to open a new venue on Hackney’s Amhurst Road. The Dalstonist report that the venue will be located at 1a Amhurst Road, near Hackney Central, renovating what used to be a rail station building.
DHP Group managing director, George Akins said of the news: “We are delighted to have secured licensing for a new venue in Hackney and we’re planning to open something really exciting.”
Photo by Jonathan Fisher.
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