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This month’s Non-Specific sees RIDE and Oasis’ Andy Bell joining us on the decks come the 15th November. He’ll be making the journey to Bethnal Green to give us his take on Non-Specific Rock ‘n’ Roll – throwing out everthing from Elvis to ESG We’ll also be offering a Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery cocktail list, all cocktails available for just £6 […]

Festival season is almost upon us once more, and for those inclined to keep your wristbands on emblazoned like notches on your festival bedpost, your reward has arrived! As some of you may well know we at The Sun Tavern do all our good work to a soundtrack of Rock ‘n’ Roll. So from May […]

The 26th January is Australia Day, and after last year’s monumental celebrations we’re throwing a big old party once more.  Aussie brewers Stone & Wood will be on the taps, supplying their grade-A beer, and if you’re holding an Aussie passport, show it at the bar and we’ll shout you a pint for free. Founded […]

We’re bringing in 2018 with the sounds of the legendary Manchester club, The Haçienda. Expect to hear The Smiths, The Happy Mondays, Madonna, Stone Roses, Blur, Primal Scream, all acts who graced its stage…..and of course the Acid House classics of it’s heyday. Complimentary bottle of prosecco at midnight for all table bookings bookings@thesuntavern.co.uk   […]

Our last Takeover Tuesday of 2017 sees the return of our friends at the Leyton-based brewers, Signature Brew. Since opening in 2011, cousin brewers Sam and Tom have been collaborating with some internationally renowned bands and musicians, working on delivering good beer into the hands of gig goers. Their range now includes 11 different brews, […]

The last month of 2017 sees David Preshah of Hoxton Radio back on the decks for Non-Specific rock ‘n’ roll. Expect Indie bangers a go-go! For this month’s cover art, we drew inspiration from the centipede featured on The Strokes’ iconic 2004 post-punk single ‘Reptilia’. Since it’s the festive season, there’ll be mince pies all […]

The 26th October sees this month’s Non-Specific land on The Sun Tavern’s 3rd birthday…and the launch of our New Cocktail list.  To celebrate another lap around the…erm..Sun, we thought it only right to invite Umbrella Project guru and keen music enthusiast, Andy Kerr to take to the decks and give us his take on Non-Specific […]

This months’ Takeover Tuesdays at The Sun Tavern sees our good friends Fourpure taking to the taps, with two lines dedicated to them all month. As always, if you stop by on Tuesday you can try their beers for only £3 a pint, until the keg is empty. Bermondsey based Fourpure, is a family run (brothers […]

Saturday 18th of November is International Poitín Day! The day we honour the rebellious souls who kept the spirit alive though its forbidden dark days, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of it regaining legal status. We’ll have a free Poitín masterclass at 6pm where you will try four varieties of Poitín and finish […]

Whiskey Wednesdays at The Sun Tavern are a pretty big deal in October. Featuring a menu curated by The Dead Rabbit’s Jillian Vose and ourselves, we’ll be showcasing the delights of Slane Irish Whiskey.  On 4th October Jillian herself will be behind the bar for the evening, showing off her half of the cocktail menu, […]

Stop by for free coffee all day at The Sun Tavern, to celebrate National Coffee Day on Sunday, October 1st We’ve teamed up with our usual coffee suppliers, The Roasting Shed – who are set up just around the corner in Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick – and will be treating you to free coffee for the […]

We’re proud to announce we’ve been working with Jillian Vose of The Dead Rabbit to create a special cocktail menu for The Sun Tavern as part of London Cocktail Week 2017, which will take place during the first week of October. After helping The Dead Rabbit in NYC to win The Best Bar in the World […]

We’ve got former ‘The Fall’ member and front lady of Brix & The Extricated, Brix Smith-Start taking control of this month’s Non-Specific night at The Sun Tavern. Brix will be playing her own take on ‘non-specific’ rock & roll on Thursday 14th September – she may even sing along to her own tunes with a […]

September’s Whisky Wednesdays at The Sun Tavern will showcase whiskies by bottlers ‘Elements of Islay.’ Elements of Islay carefully select individual barrels from each of the distilleries on the famous scotch producing island to create their own batches of whisky for each distillery – whiskies from Islay are renowned for their peatiness, as Elements of […]

Festival season is almost upon us once more, and for those inclined to keep your wristbands on – emblazoned like notches on your festival bedpost, your reward has arrived! Here at The Sun Tavern we do all our good work to a soundtrack of Rock ‘n’ Roll – and from June to September we’ll treat you to […]

International Poitín Day est. 18th November 2015 The Sun Tavern has got together with Bán Poitín on the 18th of November every year to commemorate the rebellious souls that kept the spirit of poitín alive through the dark days to its overdue legalisation in 1997. On this official day to celebrate poitín, we hope to […]

As winter now has a firm hold over London… Warming yourself up with an Umbrella Brewing Ginger Beer. Takeover Tuesday saw a collaboration with our sibling Umbrella Brewing that meant the cloudy, fiery and alcoholic stuff was a mere 2 quid for an early week beverage. Head brewer Matt Armitage, was kind enough to have […]