On Sunday 26 February, we were thrilled to be joined by nonbinary transfeminine writer, entertainer, and performance artist, Alok Vaid-Menon for a night of poetry, comedy, and performance. On stage, we also welcomed Travis Alabanza & DJ Dae.

We're so excited about our new partnership with the Hackney Wick Boulder Project (HWBP), that we offer their members 10% off ALL food and drink, anytime they come to Grow and sponsor their monthly bloc parties with winners earning a free meal and drinks!

2016 was a busy year for Grow so we couldn’t find the time to do a blog for every event but we wanted to share the width and breadth of our 2016 programme and thank all of our partners too.

Boiler Room came to Grow yesterday and with them came Donna Leake, Khruangbin and Nu Guinea — this happened!

Join us for our new open night ‘Bring it’ with music, poetry and performance. Its an open mic so bring your music, words & performance! With a special hour curated by It’s Nearly Friday & London’s Wicked Radio

Hackney Wick artists come together for Hackney WickED 2016 to celebrate the artist and creative community including Xenz, Hotdog Grrrl & The Sesame Buns, live blues and workshops.

Marie Brenneis presents a night of DADA fun! Expect the unexpected presented in a truly Hackney Wick DIY style. If Marcel Duchamp were alive, he’d be here! Costumes are encouraged.

Help us replant the hydroponics installation and learn how you could grow your own salad the hydroponics way…

The Apple Affair is Saturday 17 October 1pm-midnight & bring local producers, artists and gardeners together to celebrate the apple harvest season.

Join ‪‎Hackney‬ musicians on 2, 3 & 4 OCTOBER 2015 and playing in solidarity with communities all over the UK to take a stand against the politics of austerity. 

Grow’s first ever Village Fete had workshops, games, stalls for all ages to celebrate being together and help raise funds for local charity, the Better Health Bakery, who help people recover from mental ill-health with training to become artisan bakers.

Getting the floor ready for Urban Ritual with East London Capoeira in 2 weeks time! There’s going to be a lot of music and dancing in this room.

Showcasing musicians and artists from Latin America, Europe and Africa to bring people together during Black History Month to celebrate this cultural mix

After what appeared an interminable lull, things are now happening fast at Grow.  We have a temporary license for the weekend of 1st, 2nd and 3rd August 2014 where Heliocentrics land for an exclusive London date!

Stairway to Heaven? Possibly not, but it’ll pretty good once it’s ready. Things are coming together. Our stairs that take you straight out to the canal are now almost finished.

We realised it was time we had some lighting other than fluorescent strip lights.  As electrics is one area where you can’t reuse that much (Health and Safety regs) other than the fittings, we went as simple as possible and industrial. 

The early beginnings of the founders building an ethical, sustainable enterprise and business model so we hope to have a functioning bar, kitchen & creative space some day!

It’s May 2014 and we thought it’s time for our first logo so grabbed a pad of post-it notes and 5 seconds later, this if what we came up. Of course, it changed a few months later but we thought it was a good start!