ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the digital revolution has contributed significantly to a renegotiation of what locality means, the local, nevertheless, has not been diminished. This argument can be understood as a middle road between the two aforementioned sets of literature. Through the use of interview data and by focusing on one significant performance venue in the Dalston area of Hackney in London, it argues that in exceptional circumstances, localities and the infrastructure that exists within them can become elevated, thereby causing a realignment of what the local means. In this particular case, Dalston's music scene has become elevated as well as established through the activities of one particular venue, leading to the development of a resilient music scene. The chapter argues that this resilience is a result of a number of innovative activities that the venue has undertaken in order to establish itself as an important cultural node in London.
