The 52s And Friends : The 52s at HOXTON UNDERBELLY

SUPPORT FROM Con Cook Just Vic GULZ

The Event

A jazz collective based in London tearing up venues with laid back riffs, harmony filled vocals and high energy shows. An ever expanding group of friends an collaborators fronted by Vex and Oli, the project has evolved from songwriting in an Oxford student house. With most of the band working in hospitals throughout the pandemic this first gig back will be a celebration of the return of live music and brighter times ahead.

Join us on Wednesday 28th July for The 52s And Friends for one BIG night of music.

Proceeds from tickets will be donated to Women’s Aid supporting survivors of domestic violence through the pandemic.

Meet the lineup

The 52s

The 52s started life in a grimy student house in south Oxford where Oli Dinwoodie and Vex Nagendran would jam out originals and funky covers in their bedrooms. By the time they were leaving Oxford the band had built up a reputation for high energy shows with tight vocal harmonies expanding their sound and members to form a collective of friends and musicians. Drawing influence from soul, jazz, R&B, pop and South Asian music the band’s home is in a garage in North London that has become the creative centre. As the band is made up of Frontline workers during the pandemic the 52s became an outlet for channelling some of the experiences and the track ‘Heroine’ was written and released in collaboration with The Guilty Feminist podcast to raise awareness and support for victims of domestic violence. The band have built a large and dedicated following from gigging across London including playing sell-out shows at Brixton Blues Kitchen, Ronnie Scott’s and are regulars at Sofar Sounds.

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Con Cook

Con Cook is a 21 year old rapper from the South West. Having fallen into music at the start of the pandemic he has burst onto the scene with his unique, vulnerable style of writing. Heavily influenced by those around him and a will to be open, he ...

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Just Vic

I’m a Songwriter/Recording Artist from London with a story to tell the world, i’m pretty much just working my way through and learning and gathering Knowledge on my craft, I rap, which is my main focus right, doing what I’m passi...

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GULZ

GULZ started as a one man bedroom project of a singer-songwriter/producer from Newcastle Upon Tyne, and has since evolved into an irresistible four-piece that can’t stop selling out shows across London and the North East. Proud residents of ...

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