Bubble Club: Inclusive Nightlife Under Threat

We love Sunday mornings, but there’s nothing quite like a good night out. Having a drink and a dance. Staying out late. Catching up with old friends and making new ones. But what if going out-out comes with obstacles?

For someone with a learning disability, a night out can be life-changing. Fortunately there’s a special organisation that’s been making that happen for 20 years – and it began in a place that Sunday Assembly London know well.

On 4th May, we’re joined by Twinks Burnett, Marketing and Communications Manager for Bubble Club: an award-winning East London non-profit that co-creates high-quality, inclusive club nights for adults with learning disabilities as well as running development programmes for learning-disabled artists and DJs in the community. 

Founded in 2005 – at the Backyard Comedy Club where Sunday Assembly London now resides – Bubble Club offers rare opportunities for fully accessible and carefully curated club nights for people who have felt excluded from mainstream venues, from live music and DJs to open mic nights and sensory spaces.

Today Twinks will take us through the history of this groundbreaking organisation as well as its current challenges in the face of growing cuts. Bubble Club community member and host Rufaro will be bringing his energy too.

There will also be four fantastic songs performed by our very own Sunday Assembly London band. 

About Sunday Assembly London

Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks, poetry, share your stories and make new friends.

Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic or a drink and card games at the pub.

About the date…

If you mark today as Star Wars Day (“May the Fourth be with you”), then unlike Darth Vader we don’t find a lack of faith disturbing. All faiths and no faiths are welcome at Sunday Assembly London for our secular celebration of life. So come and say hello: you won’t be Solo!

[Photo credit: Bubble Club]

→ Our next assembly: Towards a Synergistic Society, 18th May

John Graves will explore what we can learn from history’s synergistic societies: a different model from rule by a wealthy elite. We’ll also hear poetry by local poet Rowan Kiffin-Murray.

→→ And the one after that: Craftivism: The Art of Gentle Protest, 1st June

Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective, will be shining a light on this strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing form of activism.

← Our previous assembly: Living Well in a Climate Crisis, 20th April