Viva Lewes Issue #128 May 2017

Pat Hennessy
General Manager, The Con Club
A lot of people still
think that’s short for the
‘Conservative Club’. It’s
not. It’s the Constitutional
Club, which is an entirely
different thing.
I’ve been working here
for two years, after eight
years at the Horse and
Groom in Brighton. We
did a lot of music there, and we’re doing a
lot of music at the Con Club. Before that I
ran a load of pubs in North West London. I
came down south for a weekend, to clear my
head, and stayed.
You might say things are looking pretty
healthy here. As we speak we’re still recovering
from three gigs
in three nights by the Sun
Ra Arkestra, all three sold
out. They were amazing.
The Con Club has hit the
radar of some really good
promoters who realise that
it’s a little gem of a place,
like Dictionary Pudding,
Steve Foster and our very
own Union Music Store. That’s why we’ve
seen the likes of Wire, Gong, Jah Wobble,
Dr Feelgood and Sharks in recent months.
That’s why Krautrock legends Faust and
American punks The Dickies are playing
later in the year.
The venue holds 250, though we usu-
Photos by Alex Leith
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