Power Lunches

The café opened in 2011 and closed in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://dalstonist.co.uk/power-lunches-is-the-most-hardcore-venue-in-hackney/|title=Power Lunches is the most hardcore venue in Hackney|website=Dalstonist|last=Wilding|first=Mark|date=1 March 2014|access-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315163116/http://dalstonist.co.uk/power-lunches-is-the-most-hardcore-venue-in-hackney/|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2012/02/19/sian-dorrer-power-lunches-dalston/|title=Dalston’s power players|website=Hackney Citizen|last=Mittleman|first=Joel|date=19 February 2012|access-date=19 March 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/12/11/power-lunches-closing-down/|title=Dalston venue Power Lunches is closing down|website=FACT|last=Ravens|first=Chal|date=11 December 2015|access-date=19 March 2016}} It started out with gigs planned to be only at weekends, but later became a prominent feature of Hackney's DIY music scene with gigs most nights every week.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/long-live-power-lunches-a-space-for-everyone/|title=Long Live Power Lunches, a Space for Everyone|website=Noisey|publisher=Vice Media|last=Garland|first=Emma|date=15 December 2015|access-date=19 March 2016}} Though originally genuinely also a café, it eventually stopped serving food.

The café hosted performances in its basement, the absolute maximum capacity of both floors was 150. These were most often concerts by local bands, but also saw acts from elsewhere in the UK, as well as further afield.

Staff of the venue hosted a radio show showcasing the type of music made by bands to appear there on NTS Radio between 2012 and 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.nts.live/shows/powerlunches|title=Power Lunches – NTS|website=NTS Radio}}

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• A.G. Cook
• Aldous Harding
• Big Joanie
• Cerebral Ballzy
• Crywank
• Desperate Journalist
• Doe
• Empress Of
• Evans The Death
• Fear of Men
• Flemmings
• Gnarwolves
• Good Throb
• Ian Svenonius
• Joanna Gruesome
• Maria Chavez
• Neils Children
• Rolo Tomassi
• Sauna Youth
• Sean Nicholas Savage
• SOPHIE
• Shopping
• The Ethical Debating Society
• The Spook School
• Verity Susman
• Trash Kit
• Ultimate Painting
• Willis Earl Beal
• Witching Waves
• White Lung
• Wolf Girl
• Woolf{{cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/venues/1286686-power-lunches-arts-cafe/gigography|title=Power Lunches Past concerts|publisher=Songkick|accessdate=1 March 2018}}

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