Cafe Oto
A cafe by day and one of Europe's leading venues for experimental, avant-garde, and free jazz music by night, on Ashwin Street.
- Live music
- Price: ££ · Mid-range
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Did you know
Since 2008 it has hosted extended residencies by the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Yoko Ono has come up from the audience to perform during a Sean Lennon show there.
Local tip
Cafe Oto members get up to half-price tickets with no booking fee; for everyone else, tickets are cheap but shows rarely sell out fast, so you can often decide same-day.
Finding it
- Address
- 18-22, Ashwin Street, De Beauvoir Town, Dalston, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England, E8 3DL
- Nearest station
- Dalston Junction (Overground), 80 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Dalston Eastern Curve GardenA volunteer-run community garden built on a disused stretch of Victorian railway line in Dalston, open to the public daily with a small cafe.
- Ridley Road MarketDalston's long-running multicultural street market with 150-plus stalls of Afro-Caribbean, Asian and European produce, cheap clothes and household goods, and a lively reggae soundtrack.
- Servant Jazz QuartersA dimly-lit basement performance space below an art-deco cocktail bar on Bradbury Street, hosting an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, folk, pop, and world music.
- Vortex Jazz ClubA long-running Dalston jazz room just off Gillett Square where the bookings lean towards improvised and adventurous music, with cheap jam sessions as well as headline gigs.