Gretchen’s 15th-birthday programme begins its October run with an unusually legible three-show arc: songs rooted in Argentine ritual imagery, an electronic set built from sampling and played instruments, then a jazz-fusion night billed in 360° form. Across Thursday, October 1 through Sunday, October 4, the club’s anniversary framing becomes useful as a listening route instead of a retrospective exercise. Natalia Doco opens the sequence on Thursday; Romare and Wayne Snow supply Saturday’s central double bill; Silvan Strauss and SO SORRY close this particular stretch on Sunday. The common thread is live work with a strong studio identity, each concert presenting a different way a recorded practice can occupy Gretchen’s room.[1][2][3][4][5]

Thursday: Natalia Doco’s songs of ritual and transformation

Natalia Doco arrives at Gretchen on Thursday, October 1 at 20:30. The Argentine singer’s own account of her recent work places Hacha in a world of initiation, Kali, dance-floor hymns and experimental invocations. That language gives this opening concert a clear focus: Doco’s material treats voice, spiritual imagery and dramatic songcraft as connected elements. Her earlier album El Buen Gualicho is described as engaging with the moon and spirits, while the newer songs include “Casa,” a piano-and-voice meditation on the loss of home. Those details make the evening a fitting first point in the weekend’s wider movement between intimate songwriting, electronic construction and ensemble playing.[1][2]

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Saturday: Romare and Wayne Snow at the centre

Saturday, October 3 brings Romare and Wayne Snow to Gretchen at 20:00. Romare, the project of Archie Fairhurst, has long made collage an organising principle: Ninja Tune traces his early work to second-hand records and turntables, then describes the cut-and-paste method as central to his music. The same biography maps a later expansion into played synthesisers, recorder, mandolin, electric bass, guitars and keyboards. That history matters here because this is billed as a live appearance, placing a producer identified with sample logic in a concert setting. Wayne Snow joins him with a catalogue that includes the Roche Musique album Figurine and recent singles released through Curators, bringing a second, song-facing discography into the bill.[1][3][4]

Sunday: Silvan Strauss, SO SORRY and a 360° billing

Silvan Strauss and SO SORRY take Gretchen on Sunday, October 4 at 20:30, in a show the venue presents as “360°.” Gretchen classifies the night through jazz and fusion, while its listing identifies Strauss as a Kabul Fire artist and names an opening DJ set by Sean Steinfeger. Kabul Fire’s catalogue supplies a useful outline of Strauss’s recorded path: FLUKIN’ arrived in January 2025, preceded by releases including MUGS ONE, Impromptu EP and FACING. The sequencing gives Sunday a different scale from the preceding concerts. It shifts attention toward a drummer-producer’s catalogue and a shared bill, while retaining the weekend’s throughline of artists whose work has an identifiable recorded world behind the live date.[1][5]

Plan the three nights

For a complete Gretchen route, start Thursday, October 1 with Natalia Doco at 20:30; return Saturday, October 3 for Romare and Wayne Snow at 20:00; then finish Sunday, October 4 with Silvan Strauss and SO SORRY at 20:30. Gretchen lists the anniversary concerts as 16+ and provides advance-ticket information through its calendar. Recheck Gretchen’s official pages before leaving for current door times, ticket availability, age rules and any programme changes.[1]

Sources

  1. October 2026 Dates — Gretchen
  2. About Natalia Doco — Natalia Doco
  3. Romare Artist Biography — Ninja Tune
  4. Solo Releases — Wayne Snow
  5. Kabul Fire Records Catalogue — Kabul Fire Records