The Macbeth

The Macbeth has been a music and arts pub for over 100 years. Offering great entertainment not to mention good food and drink. Our intention has always been to continue this tradition, So not that much has changed apart for the costumes and music styles over ever since Charles Dickens used to prop up the bar.

This pub has survived two World wars, Typhoid and an unrelenting bombardment of some of the best intimate live performances and parties known in the western hemisphere.

It has also – so far – survived Hackney Council’s continuing mission, to sterilise culture and diversity in this historically colourful borough.

Long may it continue…

By the 1980s a new generation of young artists – looking for cheap workspace – started to move in. Pubs and clubs opened around Hoxton Square to cater for the creative crowd, bringing with it a vibrant arts community, new money and regeneration. Hoxton Street, however, still retains the feel of a traditional, close-knit London community – and one with a pretty amazing past and present. The Macbeth itself wasn’t at all famous until Amy Winehouse’s boyfriend nearly killed the previous landlord and thereby created a massive scandal. Avid readers of the tabloids ( apart from those directly involved ) thought this was ‘cool’ and the venue gained a temporary notoriety – much to the delight of the new operators who benefitted from all the free publicity which helped get the pub up and running without them having to pay huge P.R fees…

Cheers for that!