Rock and Pop: Latest Listings > December 23
Published: 23 December, 2010
BY now you should mainly know what you’re doing for Christmas.
Either that or you’re caught in a madcap festive movie-style cross-country caper, hijacking trains and automobiles to get home in time to put the milk and cookies out for santa.
So we’re here to diffuse December’s other main event, New Year’s Eve’s social minefield, with our ultimate list of parties. Burlesque, fancy dress and circus prevail – what’s the plan next year?
• FOR THE MYSTERIOUS
The Eve of Tomorrow (Boom Boom Club + White Mischief), secret location (Russell Square tube), 8pm-5am, £45.99. Inspired by 1930s World Fairs and industrial obsession, a large-scale production, with theatre, cabaret, circus, electro swing, vintage jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, and more – our personal fave. Dress – 1930s glam, grand evening wear, aristocrats, socialites and industrialists.
• SHAMELESS NOSTALGICS
Ultimate Power, Scala (King’s Cross tube), 9pm-6am, £20adv. Nine hours of power ballads – Meatloaf, Phil Collins, Queen – sing your heart out.
Naughty Forties NY Party, The Old Queen’s Head (Angel tube), 8pm-4am, £20. Tweed, corsets and wartime waves.
• INDIE KIDS
The Flowerpot presents
Foals + Trophy Wife + Chad Valley, HMV Forum (Kentish Town Tube), 8pm, sold out. The Flowerpot promised one helluva NY Party – Foals, great acts and DJs. Camden’s in-crowd were on to it months ago but there’s always the chance of doorstep spares.
Club NME Ball: British Sea Power + Joe & Will Ask + Fiction, Koko (Mornington Crescent Tube), 9pm, £32. Koko knows how to throw a proper rock party – in stunning theatre surrounds.
• NEW YOIKERS
To the 5 Boroughs NYE Party ft Man Like Me (full live band) + Mouthwash, Barfly Camden (Chalk Farm tube), 8pm, early bird £15. New York theme – trip from CBGBs to Brooklyn loft to the Bronx and dress accordingly – 50s gangsters, 60s beatniks, 70s punks and 80s sportswear.
• DEPRESSIVES
Feeling Gloomy vs Club de Fromage, 02 Academy Islington (Angel tube), 9pm-4am, £20. Wallow in misery with Feeling Gloomy’s morose tunes then clamber from the depths of despair to Club de Fromage’s cheesy hits.
• AIRHEADS AND PIRATES
Barbie Girls and Salty Sea Dogs ft Diaphragm Failure + Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons + Spacewasters, The Dublin Castle (Camden Town tube), 7.45pm-2am, £10 on door, £5 adv, or free before 9pm for fancy dress. Truly eccentric, dress as your favourite plastic doll or try out the Jack Sparrow look.
• MOVIE BUFFS
Soundtracks, The Monarch (Chalk Farm tube), 8pm, £10. Blockbuster hits from fave movies, Dirty Dancing, Pulp Fiction, The Breakfast Club etc. Dress as your movie idol.
• WARBLERS
Live band Karaoke, The Enterprise (Chalk Farm tube), 7pm-3am, £5. Feel what it’s like to front your own band.
• THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Proud Camden’s NYE Burlesque Ball, Proud Camden (Chalk Farm tube), 7.30pm-4am, general ticket £30. Proud attracts cool kids, aloof waifs, geek-chic boys, and voluptuous burlesque beauties but there’s room for everyone.
• CHEESY
Shake NYE, 70s, 80s, 90s disco +dance party anthems, Electric Ballroom (Camden Town tube), £30adv, 9pm-4am. Rarely a good sign when a Camden Town venue feels the need to warn no trainers or sportswear. But this could be a fun cheesy night out. Or it could be just like a night at The Ritzy.
• SOUL, FUNK AND DANCE LOVERS
DJ Joey Negro and The Sunburst Band, Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £40 adv. Jazz Cafe’s marathon session with DJ Joey Negro brings a dash of sunshine with The Sunburst Band’s take on modern soul.
• CARNIVAL TYPES
Good Times ft Norman Jay + Gilles Peterson + Ladybugz + Crate Diggers, Relentless Garage (Highbury & Islington tube), £30. Bringing Notting Hill vibes to Islington.
• THE FANTASTICAL
Cirque de la Nuit, The Winchester (Angel tube), 7pm-4am, £25/£15 adv. Shape-shifting cage fighters, clowns, and guest DJs.