Back again HARD LAUNCHING your next favourite queer artists: SPOOKY EDITION!
Yes btches it's GAY CHRISTMAS !! Gather your friends, foes, ghosts and ghouls and come to the gayest Halloween Party of 2026.
Hosted by the insane queer icon, Ella Wills, we have live music sets from Bond Girl, Ilena Frost + ettie, and are closing out with the sickest DJ set by Attila Trax. 5 incredible queer artists ready to celebrate the spooky season with you !
7pm-late @ The Star of Kings. B there or b scared
Bond Girl
After an explosive debut onto the London indie rock scene, culminating in a headline show at the O2 Academy Islington within a few months of forming, Bond Girl has created something truly unique. With dark and empowering stories told through catchy melodies, Bond Girl’s songs stick with you long after the show’s over. Having developed a reputation for their captivating and fun live performances, they’ve proven themselves to be a band you don’t want to miss.
They are finally releasing their debut single ‘Revenge of the Bond Girl’.
Ilena
Ilena is a singer-songwriter and producer from England and New Zealand. Classically trained in voice and self-taught in production, she creates art-pop that blends ethereal melodies, distorted instrumentation, and confessional lyricism.
ettie
anxious, gay, caffeinated tunes to fuel your angsty blues
ettie is here, queer, and full of existential fear. She’s ready to be your extra gay emo phase, providing honest and truthful songs about queer love and life to the backdrop of the melodies you grew up with.
With influences stretching from Avril Lavigne, Hayley Williams and Pale Waves, to the 00s boybands of her past and 80s female-fronted rock, ettie’s music is quintessentially honest and exciting. WIth a sound that feels raw and familiar, and a narrative that brings fresh energy into rock, ettie is one of the most promising new artists on the scene.
“Like pop-punk but gay” - ettie’s gf
HARD LAUNCH is the UK's hottest new music night designed to hard launch your next favourite queer artists.
Founded by ettie, a lesbian pop-punk artist from London, who after years of feeling mistreated and sidelined by the independent gig scene, decided to create a space that not only treats musicians with the respect they deserve, but also create a safe space for LGBTQ+ artists and people to go. With queer spaces around the world closing, we need community more now than ever, and we can also do it while uplifting independent and under-recognised voices.
Also it's just a big gay party, so you should come.