THE ROUGH DIAMONDS

WHO WE ARE.

Ruby Duff is an alt-pop musician from Yorkshire, spending most of her time gigging around the city or writing songs with a range of different artists. She’s a skater and a surfer and as a musician she’s been described as “the Alice in Wonderland of contemporary music”. She is also the mastermind behind the idea of The Rough Diamonds - and the host on show nights.

Richard Arvidsson is a music biz man, music lover and frequent collaborator of Ruby’s on all things music biz and events. As an emerging event producer, being presented with the idea of The Rough Diamonds by Ruby, it quickly became a project close to his heart. On a show day you’ll see him at the back of the crowd trying to make sure everything works according to plan.

Daisy Moseley is a photographer and content creator, among many things. Daisy started out with helping The Rough Diamonds out as a photographer and later became an important member of our collective, now bringing in a third brain, much needed social media expertise, and she’s still sneaking around the audience taking awesome photos.

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE.

It’s not easy making a living as a creative. London is a vibrant city with art & music everywhere, but the reality is that most creatives aren’t paid enough to focus on their creativity, and we want to contribute to local pubs and communities by bringing them more of everything, as well as more opportunities for creatives. We love music but we also love lots of other art forms that we don’t think are represented to the same capacity as music around the city. This is why we want to bring our audience a range of different performances each show.

Most people have been to a live music gig at least once in their life but a lot of people have never been to a drag show, a poetry night, a stand-up comedy show or even an art exhibition before. This is why we want to blend everything together and show you that there is so much to find in this city. We want our audience to explore, and to be open to a surprise as you never know when you’ll find your new favourite performer! Small shows like these means everything to performers at the beginning of their careers and by coming to a Rough Diamonds show, you can play an important role in breaking a new performer.

WHO THE ROUGH DIAMONDS ARE FOR.

Our shows are for everyone. We are striving to put on shows where you can show up and be yourself, no matter what that looks like. We are an inclusive and diverse event organiser who takes pride in having both performers and audience members from all types of backgrounds. We love music and art and you should be able to enjoy it no matter what anyone else thinks. Come to a show just as you are, let your inner legend out!

Note: As the shows take place in pub environments we have a 18+ policy in place. If you don’t agree with our values of everyone being allowed to be themselves, please find a different show to attend.