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Entrance to The Four Aces Club

Object

Photograph

Production date

1980s

Object number

2011.2

Physical Description

Black and white photograph of the entrance to The Four Aces club, 12 Dalston Lane.

The Four Aces club was founded in the 1960s and for 33 years was home to influential black music and musicians.

Associated Organisation

The Four Aces Club (Subject of)

Associated Person

Dunbar, Newton
Corio, David (Photographer)

Associated Place

Material

Photo

Dimension

Width: 56cm
height: 38cm

Exhibition Label

The Four Aces Club

The Four Aces (1966 – 1997) was a pioneering music club in Dalston, and one of the first venues to play music rooted in African and Caribbean cultures in the
1960s. It showcased up-and-coming reggae musicians and provided opportunities for Black artists at a time when there were no Black radio stations and few Black stars in the UK. By the 1970s, West Indians from across London and the UK were flocking to the club.

People Power: Black British Arts & Activism in Hackney 1960s-2000s

Credit line

(C) David Corio

On display?

No

Inscription

Entrance The Four Aces by David Corrio 9/25