Procol Harum fans' gathering in London, UK

Before and after the showcase concert on 13 May 2017

Read right to the bottom of the page for an exclusive Souvenir Offer for people attending this gathering

Thanks to the kind efforts of London Paler Peter Christian, 'Beyond the Pale' is happy to announce a very convenient and pleasing rendezvous for Procol Harum fans before and after the Shepherds Bush show. Read the whole page, and register using the link at the bottom.

 

(1) our pub; (2) view from window window of our hired space, showing how close the Procol gig is (3); the Shepherds Bush Empire, where the band will play

We gather at a classic London pub within sight of Procol's concert venue, at about 270 paces' distance. The pub goes by the distinctive name of The Defector's Weld ('You won’t find a pub much better than this west of Soho' according to TimeOut).

The pub address is 170 Uxbridge Road, W12 8AA. It's on Shepherd’s Bush Green, conveniently sited for tube and mainline connections.

 
Our own bar (left) in our private space, 'The Snug', on the first floor of the pub

 

Your food, if you choose to eat here before the show, will be delivered to your table

Fans will be able to eat and/or drink before the show from 5.30 pm, and drink again after the concert. The pre-show gathering will be in a private room, The Snug, on the first floor of the pub (illustrations above). We shall have our own bar with several beers on tap, and food we order will be brought upstairs to our tables. There is ample seating and standing room, and a sound system on which our own choice of music will be playing at a volume that permits conversation.

After the show, when we anticipate a larger number of revellers, we shall inhabit a reserved spot downstairs. Last admissions, midnight. (Post-show beers include the excellently-named 'Beyond the Pale'.)
Unlike the post-Festival Hall situation, we haven't been given a formal quota; there's no way of foreseeing how crowded, or otherwise, this area might get.

Admission: no cost to you, the punters. Once you're in, you pay for your own drinks, you order your own food [and of course you also have to pay for your concert ticket to hear and see the Procols].

Perk: you're also the first people with a chance to own the extremely tasty and desirable Procol Harum 50th Anniversary enamel badges.