East London favourite Blondies Brewery could be forced to close after noise complaints

Attention! One of our favourite breweries in London is facing an uncertain future. 

Blondies Brewery – the Leyton outpost of Clapton metal bar Blondies – has been subjected to a licensing review after a ‘small number of complaints’ about noise from the venue. ‘With no support from our landlord or local council, our Leyton venue is at risk of losing the right to play any music at all,’ explains the team behind the bar. ‘That includes live performances and recorded music, from full band nights to DJs, playlists, and background sound.’

The venue has now started a crowdfunding campaign to raise £100,000 for soundproofing and site improvements, in order to get the building up to spec. They need to raise £20,000 this month to deal with other urgent costs, such as loss of earnings due to cancelling events. At the time of writing almost £9,000 has been raised. 

The original Blondies was opened in 2015 by siblings Sharmaine and Verity Cox. Over the past decade bands such as Mastodon, Machine Head, Bullet for My Valentine and Parkway Drive have played the small, 60-capacity room. Blondies Brewery followed in 2023, offering coffee and cafe during the day and then morphing into a friendly, heavy metal Valhalla as sun sets. 

The sisters added that the threat to the brewery could also affect the original bar. ‘The knock-on effect would reach far beyond one location – our Clapton site would also be at risk of closing as everything we have made and borrowed from that venue is now all under threat.’

If you’d like to donate to the crowdfunding campaign, click here. Godspeed, Blondies. 

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