IVW 25: In The Round with SECRET HEADLINER, Oscar Browne, Watch Paint Dry

As part of Independent Venue Week 2025, The Ivy House is proud to present a special 'in the round' show, featuring three of London's best acts performing off stage, and in the centre of our infamous ballroom.

SECRET HEADLINER We can't tell you who'll be topping the bill quite yet, but we're beyond excited to be welcoming them to The Ivy House (possibly for the first time). Either way, we promise that this lot are the real deal, and this will be the smallest room you see them in London this year!

OSCAR BROWNE Hailing from North London, Oscar Browne is a multi-instrumentalist come-singer-songwriter, who's spellbinding style of meticulous alt-folk, is a contemporary force of seminal nature.

WATCH PAINT DRY Bedroom ambient punk gem Watch Paint Dry is world building. It feels as though we are listening to a crudely animated marching band from a model village, whose fanfare has been happily mutilated by low batteries Everything sounds wonky yet shiny, like a poorly assembled disco ball. They are persistently true to the DIY ethos of working entirely on one's own terms.