We are the music makers and the dreamers of dreams

LIVE MUSIC

Our venue is a place for artists to showcase their talent and art, to develop & hone the craft of live performance and to take creative risks. This is what makes The Sound Lounge a really exciting room to be in during a live gig.

We know from personal experience, but also from widely cited research, that being at a live performance has direct health benefits. It releases dopamine and oxytocin and reduces cortisol. It also makes you feel connected to something much bigger in a way that doesn't require a common language, class or cultural background. It unites us, makes us resilient, connects us to what it is to be human and excites us into innovation.

Also, venues like ours are where the big Glastonbury headliners learn & start to develop a fan-base. When you come to a show at The Sound Lounge, you could be up close and personal with the next global sensation. It's an exciting feeling and a brilliant movement to be part of.

PEOPLE

We run programs, workshops and drop-in sessions for the community. They include:

• #ArtForAll

Free gigs funded by our #ArtForAll fund making live music accessible to people from low-income backgrounds

• ‘Friendship Coffee’

Free hot-drink & hang-out each week for people suffering from social isolation. No referral required

• Food Workshops

Food education and meals for people in the borough living with food insecurity

• Youth Jam

For young people between 14-24years. An opportunity for musicians to play on our stage with a house-band or showcase solo

• Shake ‘n’ Sing

Free music, movement & percussion for pre-schoolers and their carers.

• #FairFrets

Instruments, saved from landfill, upcycled, repaired, given to people without access.

• Supported Work Experience for adults with learning difficulties

We offer long-term & short-term placements. Contact us for more info

• #AchievementForAll - Training Programme

AQA accredited training programmes in sound engineering, event management or barista training.

PLANET

We are the UK's very first CarbonNeutral certified music venue. We are proud of what we have achieved so far, but we are not stopping here.

We are continuously seeking ways to reduce our environmental impact and support regenerative practices which help to restore natural systems, instead of destroying them. We are ploughing our way towards net zero.

Our commitment to the planet and to local people who live around us and come in to enjoy food or music with us, extends beyond our four walls.

Together with Sutton Council & Sutton Business Improvement District (BID) we founded the Green Enterprise Partnership which is a first-of-its-kind, pioneering scheme offering small businesses who reduce their emissions, business tax reductions. This scheme has had a huge take-up and achieved incredible results as well as being nominated for several prestigious green awards.

We also set up a local Green Network for any person or group invested in making this borough more sustainable and greener. We meet regularly and discuss how we can support each other, come together to increase our impact or identify ways in which we can affect change where it is needed.

We work with Music Venue Trust (MVT) a national charity, to showcase & support venues across the country in reducing their environmental impact.

''I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.''