Sister Midnight launches community share offer to save live music venue The Ravensbourne Arms
Jools Holland is among the shareholders of a soon to be reborn community-owned live music venue and pub in Lewisham.
Last month, Sister Midnight launched a community share offer in a bid to save The Ravensbourne Arms.
Since then, the community has invested £50,000 towards the campaign, including a boost from Blackheath-born Jools Holland, meaning the king of boogie-woogie will be a shareholder of the soon-to-be-reborn venue.
He said: “The music scene of South-east London means a great deal to me. It’s where I came from – it’s where I come out of. And that’s why I want to support the Ravensbourne Arms. I invested and you can too. What harm can it do?”
Lenny Watson, who is running the campaign, said: “The support we’ve seen from across our community and the music industry has been overwhelming, we’re just so grateful to everyone who’s got behind this project.
“Having Jools Holland backing the campaign has been incredible, it means so much that people from all walks of life support our vision for Lewisham’s first community owned live music pub, and are helping to make it happen.”
A fundraiser took place on October 26 at Matchstick Piehouse in Deptford, with live performances from Tony Njoku, Garden Centre, and Lobby.
Tickets were £10 with all proceeds going straight into the Ravensbourne Arms campaign, but those who could not afford the ticket fee were still welcome to come down and enjoy the evening.
To read more about the Ravensbourne Arms campaign visit: www.sistermidnight.org.
Pictured: Sophie Farrell, Lenny Watson and Verity-Hobbs
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