Pop-Up at London Acapella Festival 2016 – gig report

The wonderful @ThePopUpChoir performing with the #lacfextra at the @Londonacappella! Sounding excellent! pic.twitter.com/tmp0oGPRR5 — LondonACappella (@Londonacappella) January 30, 2016 YESSS! We had a fantastic time at London Acapella Festival. It was our first visit, and hopefully the first of many. *HINT HINT* *DO YOU THINK THEY GOT THAT* *GOD I WISH I’D GOT THE HASHTAG CORRECT

London A Capella Festival, January 30th – gig alert

New term, new year, new gigs. We’re thrilled to announce that we are part of the seventh London A Capella Festival! We are performing in the foyer of Kings Place on Saturday January 30 at 11am, so come and have some breakfast and songs with us. Afterwards we’ll head out into Kings Cross and do some pop-up

Pop-Up Video: Sledgehammer on the 172 bus to Waterloo

Thanks to everyone who came to Masters of Pop on Saturday – you were INCREDIBLE! Easily our favourite gig, possibly ever. We were honoured to open the Camberwell Arts Festival for the second year running. The festival runs for the rest of this week and is packed with brilliant events, so check out the line-up.

Why we love Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off

FOUR DAYS TO GO TIL MOP! Chris arrived at choir to a great list of songs shortlisted by the choir – his choice? Shake It Off. While the majority of singers were really excited at the prospect, there were quite a few eyebrows raised, and a few from people who hadn’t heard the song, and

Gigs this weekend: Pitch Perfect 2 @ Ritzy Cinema and Voices Now @ The Roundhouse

This weekend! Saturday 9 May: Picturehouse Podcast’s 5th birthday party screening of PITCH PERFECT 2 at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton – tickets and info here! We’ll be debuting a take on Taylor Swift that the Bellas would be proud of. Sunday 10 May: Voices Now festival at the Roundhouse in Camden. 3.30pm Camden Markets stage 5.30pm

Gig update! Masters of Pop with The Buzztones and Tina C – June 20th

Oh it’s on, acabitches! Kick-ass a capella choirs? Check. Catchy, clever pop covers? Check. Brilliant compere? Check. 8pm, Saturday 20 June, St Giles Church, Camberwell – it’s MASTERS OF POP! Roll up, roll up, get your tickets here   From Taylor Swift to Nineties classics, South London a capella favourites The Pop-Up Choir are back

Gig update: Pitch Perfect 2 at the Ritzy: it’s on, acabitches!

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be singing at Picturehouse Podcast‘s 5th birthday screening of the a capella comedy Pitch Perfect 2 next Saturday. Our perfect gig? HELL YES. If you didn’t see the first film, get on it. Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson star, and it’s about college-level a capella groups. In Pitch Perfect 2 their group,

Hugging strangers at the Southbank Centre

My fellow performer handed me her phone. She had just received a text from a friend, and it turned out I had been hugging that same friend in our last performance. I read the text and my breath caught a little: “He sang just like my uncle, who’s passed away. And it felt like I

Gig update! OMA launch party on Sunday March 8th

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our first gig of the year will be on Sunday March 8th with the wonderful a capella group OMA to celebrate the launch of their video for THE ROAD, which features in Oliver Warren’s film Cusp. Esmerelda Ruiz, who sings in OMA, recently led Pop-Up’s spring workshop at the Union

My Top 5: Break-Up Songs

January is a terrible time for break-ups. Not that there is ever a particularly good time for it, mind, but good grief: everyone seems to be at it at the moment. (Do not get us started on Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter.) But look. You can’t beat a good breakup song. They’re therapeutic to