OUR VENUE
SISTER MIDNIGHT IS COMING TO CATFORD IN 2026!
We're working to bring this building, the former Brookdale Club, back into use as a community owned live music venue! Renovations started on site in December 2025, and we're hoping to open in mid-2026.
The Brookdale Club is a former working men’s club located just off Winslade Way in Catford town centre, comprising a two storey building which dates back to the 1890s, set in its own private yard. The Brookdale Club has a long history as a community social space, and our archival research shows that the building has been used for music, dancing, and social gatherings for over 120 years. The building has been disused for over 10 years, and requires significant works to bring it back into use, and give it a new lease of life as a vibrant community music venue. Once renovations are completed, the site will be able to accommodate a 250 capacity performance venue, as well as a separate community cafe, and studio spaces on the upper floors.
WHAT 'COMMUNITY OWNED' MEANS FOR US
We’re a Community Benefit Society, which means Sister Midnight is owned and democratically run by its members. Anyone can become a member by purchasing a Community Share, and we’re proud to have over 1,100 members already. You can find out more about becoming a member here.
We will employ a core staff team to manage the day-to-day operations of the venue, while our members play an ongoing role alongside staff in shaping and supporting what happens in the space. From the very beginning, members have helped build the vision for Sister Midnight — contributing through online consultations, voting at our AGM, and sharing ideas and feedback at meetings and focus groups. Members can also get more involved by joining our community committee or standing for election to the Board of Directors, volunteering their time and skills to support strategic development and key business decisions.
Our approach to member and community participation will continue to evolve throughout the lifetime of Sister Midnight, ensuring local people always have a meaningful voice in shaping a genuinely inclusive and vital creative hub for Catford.
WHAT WILL BE ON OFFER?
With space for a 250 capacity live room, an additional 75 capacity community cafe/bar, its own private yard, and studio space on the upper floor, the possibilities for what we can do with our building are endless!
Our live room will host multi-disciplinary arts programming with a strong focus on platforming high quality local talent.
Our community lounge will function as a cafe & creative workspace by day, and a listening bar by night. We'll also be able to use this space for community events like supper clubs, radical reading groups, activist group meetings, soup kitchens, and much more!
The yard will give us space for hosting events like record fairs or arts & craft markets, a community garden, and more!