<p>Young dancers at the Ivy House in south-east London join the older crowd amid a renewed appetite for authentic, community events</p><p>The <a href="https://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/">Ivy House pub</a> in Nunhead, south-east London, has long been associated with raucous music, with the rock legends Ian Dury and Elvis Costello gracing its stage in the 70s, and indie favourites <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/09/caroline-review-a-heady-up-close-gig-for-our-fractured-times">caroline</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/20/kiran-leonard-interview-or-sobre-blau">Kiran Leonard</a> pulling in crowds today. But last Friday, it was a traditional Scottish ceilidh dance rather than a grassroots gig luring London’s cool kids to its sticky dancefloor.</p><p>The event is emblematic of a renewed appetite for analogue, in-person experiences among a younger generation <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/oct/04/young-generation-lonely-silence">plagued by a loneliness epidemic</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/sep/30/flirting-parties-millenials-gen-z-dating-apps">fatigued by meeting people on dating apps</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/30/ceilidh-renaissance-traditional-experience-young-people-community-london">Continue reading...</a>