Grit & Guinness

30 September 2026  //  The Guinness Vaults, London  //  Doors 19:00

Ed Jackson - former professional rugby player, Sunday Times bestselling author,& co-founder of Millimetres 2 Mountains - brings together an incredible group of humans for an evening of unscripted conversation. A musician. Athletes. Leaders. People who have faced real adversity, found their grit, and came out the other side with something genuinely worth saying.

The conversation covers what it actually takes to be the best - in sport, in music, in the boardroom. What adversity strips back. What it demands. Why the people who’ve been through it tend to operate differently on the other side of it.

The evening also includes the world premiere of Virtus - the story of Ed Jackson’s ascent of the Matterhorn, and the values that carried him to the summit. It is the kind of film that stops you in your tracks and changes how you look at your work, your life, and what you’re truly capable of.

Then the bar opens, and the evening continues.

The evening:

• Ed Jackson in conversation with an incredible panel

• World premiere: Virtus

• Meaningful conversation, delicious food, great music, and Guinness

• The Guinness Vaults, London

• In aid of Millimetres 2 Mountains

All proceeds go directly to M2M: the charity helping people rebuild confidence and direction after trauma, through the outdoors.