BIRTHDAYS is a new bar and venue located on Dalston's main strip, about five minutes walk from Dalston Junction and Dalston Kingsland tube stations. It's housed in the lower levels of a faceless residential block which we're gradually transforming into a two-floor fun factory with a massive sound system and a stage and pretty lights and all the other stuff you'd expect to find at a music venue.

Over the first couple of months BIRTHDAYS will host parties by Land of Kings, VICE, NTS Radio, Off Modern, Leisure, Vikings, Tough Love, Trangressive and Paradyse Records; shows by Upset The Rhythm, All Tomorrows Parties, Rockfeedback, Bird On The Wire and Pink Mist; and live sets from Milk Music, Male Bonding, Is Tropical, Bleached, O Children, Hunx & His Punx, Young Magic, Keep Shelly In Athens, Haim and loads more. To keep up-to-date, head over to our Facebook, Twitter etc.

The basement is open now and the ground floor will open at the end of May with a bar that serves cocktails and craft beer, and there'll be food served until late too. When it opens we'll throw a massive party, so look out for that.