MOTH Club
A former veterans' club in Hackney, now a music venue with a back room covered in gold glitter, hosting gigs and club nights from pop to Northern Soul.
- Live music
- Price: ££ · Mid-range
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Did you know
Its name comes from the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, a veterans' group that once used the hall. In March 2026 Hackney Council refused flats planned next door after a petition passed 30,000 signatures.
Local tip
Check the listings and buy tickets for the night you want; Time Out lists a 3am weekend close. There is one raised step at the front with a step-free side entrance, and booth seating by the stage can be reserved for anyone who cannot stand for long.
Finding it
- Address
- Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, Hackney, London E9 6NU
- Nearest station
- Hackney Central (Overground), 274 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Hackney EmpireA Grade II* listed music hall on Mare Street, designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1901, and still a working theatre.
- The Cock TavernA one-room 1930s Truman's pub on Mare Street with around eight changing cask beers and at least six real ciders, dark wood interiors and a tiny back garden.
- Night TalesA club and events venue under the railway arches at Hackney Central, combining a 400-capacity Funktion-One-powered indoor club with what's billed as east London's largest outdoor terrace.
- Sutton HouseThe oldest surviving house in Hackney, a Tudor brick mansion built in 1535 for Sir Ralph Sadleir, one of Henry VIII's chief minister's right-hand men, now run by the National Trust.