The Dalston Salon: Creativity - Connection - Community

Name: The Dalston Salon: Creativity - Connection - Community
Start: 2026-03-11T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-04-11T22:00:00+00:00
Location: DNA Café Bar

Schedule

Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

DNA Café Bar | London, EN

Open mic, guest speaker and Q&A the second Wednesday of the month. Open mic sign-up from 7-7:30pm. Leave for home by 10pm!
About this Event

The Dalston Salon - An Open Mic evening with Guest Speakers!

"Creativity is contagious - pass it on!" - Albert Einstein

MARCH 11TH'S THEME: SOLIDARITY
Our Guest Speaker and Performer this month is Ann Rossiter, Irish feminist and activist and author of 'Ireland's Hidden Diaspora'.
Join us with your Open Mic contributions on this month's theme of 'Solidarity' - just after International Women's Day!
We are a no-phone, welcoming and inclusive space at DNA Café, Dalston.
Come along to perform, network or just join in the chat! We'd love to meet you! 🐜 🐜 🐜

Our Manifesto:

We at The Dalston Salon wish to create an environment which celebrates emerging creativity. A white ant denotes an ant which is fully formed but whose exoskeleton has yet to acquire its distinctive colour. This is a recognition of how we are all finding and developing our creative voices.

We like ants for all sorts of reasons! Ants display many of the qualities we all need if we are to thrive in this challenging and competitive environment for the Arts.

They are diligent and hard working
They offer mutual support
They are interdependent
They are in constant communication
They adapt well to challenges
They know how to be flexible and to problem solve
They operate with foresight and preparation
They are self-motivated and self-organised
They do not need a top-down hierarchy or a single commander

Ants can also lift and carry items up to 50 times their own body weight due to their lightweight and armoured exoskeletons, their muscle mass and strong joints. We all know that Creatives need to be strong and resilient and that they more than pull their weight!!! Especially when they cooperate with each other!

At The Dalston Salon, we want you to

enjoy and be inspired by others’ creativity
give you a space in which to express your creativity
feel comfortable exploring ideas and concepts in a friendly and welcoming environment - whether that is through music, writing, dance, art, design or film. The choice of medium is yours!
share thoughts – quotations /extracts from others - that link to the monthly theme

At The Dalston Salon, we would like you to

make it a no-phone zone so we can all be in the moment
sign and leave a comment in our Visitors’ Book so we can keep improving the experience
sign up to our Mailing List so we can remain connected

NB: Huge thanks to Gokhan at DNA and to all our Special Guests for their time and expertise, and to you, our collaborators, without whom The Dalston Salon would not be possible!