upcoming wib events…

Saturday 23rd May. 6.30pm

Live Music - WIP @ WIB

Work in Progress night at waterintobeer. Baggio, Crazy Paving, Lilo, The Late Joe Bowman and Throw Away will each be performing short, stripped back sets of new material.

£5 on the door.
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Saturday 30th May. 6.30pm

BRÅK #58 – A Series of Improv Nights at waterintobeer. Brockley Max Special

wib are delighted to welcome back musicians Cath Roberts, Tom Ward and Colin Webster to the shop for another night of BRÅK. Once again they’ve teamed up with different guests to bring you an evening of improvised music.

Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne and Sue Lynch
Colin Webster and Lucia H Chung
Tom Ward and Phil Durrant

Please note bank fees are included in the ticket price.

Waged (£8) and low waged/ unwaged (£5) tickets available here

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Wednesday 3rd June. 7.30pm

A Night Like No Other! - Spoken word and live music. Brockley Max Special.

From erratic e-scooters to serial killers, homophobia to hangovers, is there nothing this wild wordsmith won’t tackle? It’s The Sarcastic Mother (aka Melissa Vardy), also performing Reginald David – the poet plumber, and singer songwriter Muffy.

Free Entry.

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Thursday 4th June. 7.30pm

Jazz in Brockley #18 - Pete Horsfall. Brockley Max Special

Pete Horsfall - trumpet and voice
Nick Costley-White - guitar
Ben Love - bass
“Truly a unique new voice.” - JAZZ FM
“Ravishing.” - The Guardian

Pete is one of the UK’s finest jazz musicians. He has played for many years with The Kansas Smitty’s and as a bandleader in many of the UK’s top jazz spots.
A precise, controlled sound. Rooted deep in the tradition, with a contemporary freshness in both his trumpet playing and voice.

You can buy tickets here

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Saturday 6th June. 7.30pm

Live Music - Acoustic Anarchy. Brockley Max Special.

A special folk punk extravaganza for Brockley Max Festival! We are joined by Brighton’s folk punk legends Pog, one man entertainment dynamo Wob and queer neurodiverse punks the Daffodildos for what will be an amazing night. 

Suggested £5 donation entry, which all goes to the artists! No-one turned away for lack of funds

You can join the event here

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Sunday 7th June. 2pm

Homebrew Club

Join us for waterintobeer’s homebrew club. If you brew or are interested in starting brewing, come along with a beer for the group to share and give pointers. Don’t worry if you haven’t got anything ready or haven’t even started brewing yet; you’re more than welcome. The challenge for May is sessionable/ day drinking.

You can join the event here

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Wednesday 10th June. 7.30pm

Pub Quiz

The hardest quiz night in South East London returns!

Join our hosts Jamie and Chris as they set some of the most mind boggling quiz questions you'll find this side of Only Connect!

Get here for 7pm for 7.30pm prompt start.

You can join the event here

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Thursday 18th June. 7.30pm

Live Music - Steph Fraser

Join us for an umissable evening as the amazing Steph Fraser returns to wib!

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Saturday 20th June. 7.30pm

Acoustic Anarchy and We Shall Overcome charity special

Saturday 20th June sees an Acoustic Anarchy tie up with We Shall Overcome, which supports grassroots organisations against austerity, in this case raising money for the Lewisham Donation Hub. 

The night will feature Maddy Carty, a soulful singer-songwriter with a unique sound. 

Also on the bill are Steve White & The Protest Family, with top agit-folk tunes, described as "Punk minstrels who chronicle our times with humour, passion and immense talent."

Regular host Martin Howard will also be bringing his songs to the party. 

Normally we suggest a donation of £5 with no one turned away, this one is a fundraiser for the very wonderful Lewisham Donation Hub so if you can donate a bit more that would be great. We should have someone from the Hub to say a few words about what they do during the night.

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Wednesday 24th June.  7.30pm

Live Music - Samuel Aaron (Chicago, USA) and Antony Hurley

Antony Hurley and Samuel Aaron met at the School of Song under the tutelage of producer Phil Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Ye Vagabonds, Billie Marten) in Winter 2023. Between the US and Mexico, the pair shared song ideas, brainstormed mixes and wrote ideas together for several weeks. Now, for the first time, they'll be bringing their individual and shared music to stages across the UK in summer 2026. 

Samuel Aaron's debut album, Rambler, released in May 2025, traverses the landscapes of his making, through boisterous rock songs, theatrical chamber-pop. 

"Pretty, sweet, and a little raw" --Anthony Fantano

"He's discovered his own way of capturing the world through his writing. It's as imperfect and immediate and cool as a snap of a camera" --The Great American Folk Show, NPR

Howl For More is the second album by Ramsgate-based songwriter Antony Hurley. Written across a year of travel between southern Italy, Mexico and the Kent coast, the album's core reflects the fragmentary nature of travel. 

"A lovely, languid collection of travelling songs" Jude Rogers

"Quietly wonderful" Songlines Magazine

You can buy tickets here