Upcoming Events







Saturday, 5 July 2025
1pm to 7pm

Join us for a chill afternoon of reading and swapping books by queer, trans, and gender-diverse authors.

Happy Pride Month!


Saturday, 12 July 2025
Chapunk Hour 3pm to 4pm

Sip a cup of tea and join us as we vividly imagine and co-create decolonising futures.

“Chapunk” is a term coined by Danbee “Tauntaun” Kim and Yen Ooi to express their desire to create and experience more stories that project Asian mentalities, languages, and cultures into the future.

More broadly, they share the dream of fostering a vibrant community enthusiastically engaged with the politics of speculative storytelling, and ready to challenge the status quo by acknowledging how the stories we tell of our own futures – and the people and ideas we see thriving in the future – can powerfully impact our lives in the here and now.

Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/chapunk-hour-july2025


Saturday, 12 July 2025
Queer Meyhane 6pm to 11pm

Every Feeling Has a Place at the Table

We’re reimagining the warm, intimate tradition of Turkish meyhane through a queer lens. At Pulse and Pickle, we slow down together, share mezze and rakı, and create space for deep conversation and visibility.

Queer Meyhane is a safe and inclusive space for anyone bringing their identity, orientation, and story — just as they are. At this table, no one is “too much” or “not enough.” Everyone belongs.

We’re leaving gender norms behind and reshaping tradition in our own language. Come join us for an evening of connection, care, and queerness.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/queer-meyhane-july2025

Recurring Events


When: TBD. Please stay tuned as we adjust to summer heat and travel plans of our hosting team!

Where: Start at Pulse & Pickle (34 High St E17 7LD).

What: Walthamstow Walkies is a morning coffee meet-up and social walk for dog caretakers and dog lovers to connect, learn, and explore the Walthamstow Marshes together. Join to:

* Connect with your local community of caretakers and dog lovers,
* Build supportive relationships with people in your area who may become part of your care web for your dog,
* Meet your dog’s needs for connection, play, and exploration in nature,
* Get some advice and support on how to make your dog walks more enjoyable and collaborative from a Dog Behaviour Coach, and
* Share the joy of connecting with dogs in nature for those who don't have a dog of their own.

Our aim is to have fun and share our love of dogs! For dog lovers without a dog of their own, we warmly welcome you to join us, especially if you are interested in becoming a dog walker or carer.

For more info and to register: https://buytickets.at/walktoheal/1690343

Walk to Heal also runs a sister event called Wansted Walkies. For more info, check out Walk to Heal's website.


Migration Vibrations is a cozy and friendly open mic and live music jam, usually on the third Sunday of every month. Our next session will be on
20 July 2025.


Sign-ups open at 2:30pm and performances start at 3pm.


We welcome all musicians, singers, poets, and spoken word artists! We extend an extra-warm welcome and eager invitation to those whose lived experiences and creative content engage with the politics of migration and diaspora.


Read the Migration Vibrations FAQs.





We need your help to co-create a vibrant, joyful, and diverse village space.

We ask that all event attendees pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, location and status of residency, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.


We’d like to try a format we call an “ongoing community agreement” to give concrete examples of the vibe we’re going for. This format lists what we want more of, and what we do not welcome.

Migration Vibrations FAQs

Past Events

Friday, 4 July 2025
My Greek Dragedy 8pm

A night of music, drag, and drama with Walthamstow's favourite Iris Glamorous and Yiannizs on the piano.

Saturday, 28 June 2025
Stand-up comedy 7pm to 9:30pm

Join us for an evening of comedy in our new back room venue!

Curated and hosted by Johnny CT.

Buy your tickets here.

Friday, 27 June 2025
Dear Neuroscience 7pm to 8:30pm

Join us for a playful and interactive experience that can help you study your own nervous system, make more informed choices in daily life, and share your questions and ideas for neuroscience research.

Part 1: Neuroscience Primer
A short live drawing lecture, blended with full-body interactive activities, that shares the core concepts and key vocabulary of modern neuroscience, in order to create a shared and accessible language for speaking precisely about nervous systems.

Part 2: Community Discussion
Audiences can ask any question about neuroscience to a guest panel of experts – like a live version of a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session.

Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/dear-neuroscience-20250627

Thursday, 26 June 2025
Dance workshop from 7pm to 8:30pm

A fun and energetic afrodance workshop open to all levels.

Wear something comfortable and free that you can move in, including comfortable trainers.

Food and drink provided on-site by Pulse & Pickle.

Early bird: £8
Drop-in/ at door: £10

Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/dance-with-eddie-workshop

Monday, 23 June 2025
Exhibit open 12pm to 10pm
Solidarity dinner from 7pm
Open rehearsal from 8:30pm

Makam Salam is a collective formed of musicians from Israel/Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdish-Iraq, Afghanistan, Morroco and Turkey - as well as from Jewish, Muslim and Christians backgrounds from across the world.

They welcome all to join the Makam Salam community, a 'makom shalom' - a place for peace and justice. As a collective of highly-skilled jazz musicians, Makam Salam is on a healing, musical journey of peace, fueled by compassion, humility, equality, justice, dialogue, and friendship.

This project seeks to embolden us all to hope, listen, humanise, take action and spread our positive ripples into the world.

Free entry | No booking required

Sunday, 22 June 2025
Exhibit open 11am to 8pm
Open mic 3pm to 6pm

Come celebrate with us as we share our voices, our words, and our songs of migration. We especially welcome those whose lived experiences and creative content engage with the politics of migration and diaspora.

Anyone can sign-up on the day! Come along to perform and to listen, to share and to witness.

Saturday, 21 June 2025
Exhibit open 11am to 8pm
Exhibition Discussion 5pm to 7pm

Join us for an evening of conversation and reflection with Haim Bresheeth, Zilan İmşık, and Rachel Clara Reed, as they explore powerful themes including:
Art in crisis
Community & migration
Imagery & absence as evidence
Ethics and co-collaboration with trauma survivors

We’ll reflect on how what’s missing can speak just as loudly as what’s present, and how storytelling can uncover unseen and unrecorded truths.

Free entry | No booking required

Friday, 20 June 2025
Exhibit open 11am to 10pm
Live music 7:30pm to 11pm

The evening will include an open jam after the main performance.

Opening acts (by members of Flotsam Orchestra):

Kerttu(@kerttu.music)
London-based Finnish singer-songwriter Kerttu captivates audiences with her delicate yet powerful voice and enchanting guitar work. Her music blends original songs with traditional Finnish folk, evoking the dreamlike landscapes of her archipelago childhood. Kerttu is currently recording her debut album, set for release in autumn 2025.

Sel Guzel and Tim Wall
The düdük of Sel Guzel and clarinet of Tim Wall weave reeded journeys, glimpsing landscapes both remembered and imagined.

Thursday, 19 June 2025
Exhibit open 11am to 9pm
Film screening 7:30pm to 9pm

Join us for a special screening of Life Is Beautiful by director Mohamed Jabaly, as part of our Documents of absence exhibition.

This deeply moving documentary tells the story of how Jabaly, a Palestinian filmmaker, found himself stranded in Norway due to circumstances beyond his control. Through personal archives and video calls, he shares his love and longing for his hometown of Gaza, his friends, and his family, while trying to build a new life in the Arctic city of Tromsø.

A poetic love letter to Gaza, to belonging, and to the power of storytelling.

Free entry | All welcome

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Exhibit open 3pm to 8pm
Dance performance at 6pm

Rhythms of Africa:
A dance performance by Eddie Manu

Eddie will be performing a short dance piece showcasing the rich, diverse and often misunderstood cultures of Africa, from his own lens and influences. His dance language is a perfect blend of traditional and modern African dance styles, so get ready for a fun, energetic and explosive performance.

Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Exhibit open 3pm to 8pm
Music from 5pm

Hugmonger serve up homebrew folk infused with hip hop, reggae and jazz -- quirky, caring and gently rebellious.
Sponsored by Big Hug.

Monday, 16 June 2025
5pm to 8pm

Unseen, unheard, untold. "Documents of absence" explores the philosophical terrain of people, stories, and issues that remain outside our daily consciousness.

This project seeks to resonate with the notion of overlooked communities. Those so often reduced to stereotypes of weakness, poverty, or fragmentation by the narrow lens we are conditioned to see through.

In reality, these individuals and groups possess extraordinary strength: the ability to endure daily hardship, to forge connections and resilience within impermanence.

The act of building and sustaining community under conditions of displacement is not a sign of lack, but a kind of superpower - one that those untouched by such adversity may never fully comprehend.

This is an invitation to stop and spend time with these overlooked stories. To make visible what has been obscured, and open the door to a different kind of conversation.

When:
30 May 2025, 10am to 1pm.
31 May 2025, 11am to 1pm.

Where: Pulse & Pickle (34 High St E17 7LD).

What: This two-day creative workshop is for migrants, refugees, and people in transition -- anyone who has crossed borders, left places behind, or is still shaping what "home" means.

Our ideal participants are those who could benefit from reflecting on and processing their experiences of migration and belonging. Through gentle walks, photography, and writing, we'll explore memory and the personal stories we carry.

When: 17 May 2025, 10am to 8pm.

Where: Pulse & Pickle

What: In solidarity with the national demonstration happening on the same day to mark the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, Pulse & Pickle will be holding a gently social space for those who are not attending the demonstration and would like to be around others marking this day. As always, we offer free house herbal tea, water, wifi, and gender-inclusive toilets.

We offer 10% off any purchase made on this day.

When: 15 May 2025, 7pm to 8:30pm.

Where: Pulse & Pickle

What: Come join a workshop about setting up and running a housing co-op, organised and led by experienced cooperators from 2 local housing co-ops: Drive Housing and MAJ.

The workshop will cover:
* What’s it like to live in a housing co-op?
* The types of properties and living arrangements
* Housing co-op finances - where does the money come from?
* Rules, structures and group dynamics
* What help is available from the co-op movement.

1 March 2025
9am to 12am

Pulse & Pickle Launch Day!

We officially launch on
Saturday, 1 March 2025!

Come celebrate this
major milestone with a full day of
live music, family- & fur-baby-friendly
activities, and delicious + healthy
vegan, gluten-free, & nut-free
noms. Keep your eyes peeled as we
share more details in the coming days!

For more info:

1 March 2025
11am to 5pm

CLOTHING + PRE-LOVED TREASURE SWAP

CALL TO ACTION:
Got any pre-loved clothes,
books, glass jars, teapots, lamps,
rugs, and other bits 'n bobs you might
throw out or donate to charity? Consider
bringing them Saturday for a fun day
of mending, swapping, and sharing!

For more info:

1 March 2025
3pm to 12am

LIVE MUSIC

MUSIC DROP!!
Y’all ready for this Saturday??
Check out the line-up for our opening
event -- we can’t wait to dance and
jam with these fabulous artists.
Who’s ready to boogie??

For more info:

21 and 22 February 2025
Friday 21 Feb 6pm to 9pm
Saturday 22 Feb 1pm to 9pm

LIVE MUSIC

Enjoy some live music with us as
we give this exhibition a 2-day farewell. Saturday night will feature original music and audience-participation jams led by Hugmonger, with sets at 4pm and 7pm

Family-friendly + furry-friend-friendly

For more info:

19 February 2025
6pm to 9pm

ARTIST TALK

Join us for an
evening of dialogue with
Zohreh Mohammadhosseinpour
and Zilan İmşik

For more info:

16 February 2025
5pm to 10pm

EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT

Come celebrate photographer
Zohreh Mohammedhosseinpour
and her photography exhibition
“From Anywhere to Nowhere”

Light refreshments and food
will be available

For more info:

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Monday 11am to 9pm
Tuesday CLOSED
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Thursday 11am to 10pm
Friday 11am to 10pm
Saturday 10am to 11pm
Sunday 11am to 9pm

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