After LFW and the Brits, we’re all feeling very British at UJHQ (not to mention a little fatigued). So this weekend there’s British music, UKG, modern Shakespeare, a nod to the Olympics and even Will and Kate Barbies (we’re sorry) - with a smattering of Paris, NY, international disco and New Orleans thrown in for good measure. Lastly, if you’re out and about, don’t forget to join in the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt - we’ve already got #113, #119 and #169! This Weekend’s Picks • FRI Heritage at Hidden • SAT Ecstasy, Passion and Pain at Scala • SUN Gospel Brunch at Altitude INTERNATIONAL New Orleans Mardi Gras went out with a bang this week in New Orleans. If you couldn’t be there, fear not, there’s plenty of time to plan for the Jazz Festival in April. Our friends at Mr and Mrs Smith have recommended the 18-suite hotel Loft 523 - it’s centrally located, design driven (copper doors, wooden pillars, high ceilings, Agape bathtubs) and there’s a Creole restaurant. Jazzy. Loft 523, 523 Gravier Street, New Orleans, 70130. Double rooms from £95 (excluding taxes). FRIDAY PARTY: Found, Multiply & Days Like That present Heritage CABARET: The LipSinkers at Bistroteque If the sound of Sweet Female Attitude’s ‘Flowers’ gets you as excited as us, then you’ll want to head to Hidden this Friday where the heyday of the 90s garage scene will be relived through DJ EZ, while Mosca takes a modern spin on UKG. We’ll be the ones in Moschino, high ponies and crop tops. Get a last look as the curtains draw on Bistroteque’s Cabaret Room (they’re knocking it through!) with East End drag collective The LipSinkers. At the time of print there were still tickets left for Friday night, but even if it’s a sell-out (like Saturday) hit the bar and soak up the atmosphere pre- and post-show. 10pm-6am £15, £10 advance 100 Tinworth Street, SE11 5EQ 8.30pm doors £12 23-27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR REMINDER Belvedere Competition If you’re jumping on the brunch party bandwagon this month, let Belvedere give you a kick-start with 10 bottles of their brand new Bloody Mary vodka. For a chance to win, just pop us an email to competition@urbanjunkies.com with your name and address. Competition closes Fri Feb 24 at 6pm. Belvedere are also hosting Bloody Mary vodka tasting sessions on Sat & Sun, Feb 25-26 at Selfridges Food Hall, 400 Oxford St, W1A 1AB. Go check it out! OFFER 20% off a Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Lyric Hammersmith Shakespeare isn’t for everyone. But a play with impromptu music from The London Snorkelling Team, stand-up comedy and a full-on food fight… now this we’ve got to see. The Bard’s tale of young love and warring fairies is given a unique twist at the Lyric: funny, irreverent and featuring an Oberon dressed as a superhero. Not one for the purists then. Book now at www.lyric.co.uk using the promo code ‘Urban’ or call 0871 22 117 29 quoting ‘Urban offer’. *T&C: Offer valid on tickets priced £12.50-£30 on Fridays and Saturdays from Feb 17 - March 10. Tickets are limited and subject to availability. Booking fee may apply. SATURDAY EAT: New Friends Table PARTY: Ecstasy, Passion and Pain at Scala Clandestine, Paris-born supperclub New Friends Table is nipping across the Channel for a series of candlelit 7-course feasts. The premise is simple: bringing Parisian cuisine to London and vice versa. The discreet application process (and free-flowing vin) will make for an interesting crowd. Email here and explain a bit about yourself to apply. After recent sell-out bashes, disco King Mylo is going for gold with an international super-party-extravaganza. There’ll be rooms full of disco nu and old - four to be precise - with the usual blend of electro. Support comes in the form of party people Lindstrom, Aeroplane and UJ fave, Brodinkski. Time: TBC £80 suggested donation Secret location in East London 9pm-5am £15 275-277 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL AGENDA PICK The Drums Breakfast Gig Forget the 8am pre-work caffeine kick and have yourself a bagel with a side of ‘Let’s Go Surfing’ at The Drums breakfast gig, hosted by The New York Bakery on March 1 at Floridita. Tickets are free, just email here to apply. Info SUNDAY EAT: Gospel Brunch at Altitude MUSIC: Imogen Heap at The Roundhouse Continuing on from the party brunch tip-offs, enter Sunday Gospel Brunch. (We know it may sound strange, but we’ll try anything once.) Nabbed from NY (where it’s pretty much an institution), it starts with hearty food like brown sugar cornbread, grilled spatchcock chicken, Napa ‘slaw and Chipas (cheese bread), followed by The London Community Gospel Choir taking to the stage. So Sister Act with soul food, basically. Where are we? What the hell is going on? - Everyone remembers ‘Hide and Seek’ immortalised by the shooting scene in The O.C. back in the day (not Jason DeRulo’s version). If that doesn’t ring a bell, Frou Frou might. She’s back with an a cappella score of the soundtrack to French surrealist film The Seashell and The Clergyman. Mmm whatcha sayyyy… 11am-3pm £49 Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, SW1P 4QP 7pm doors £10-£30 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH PRODUCT PICK For HIM - Team GB Originals for Men and Women If you’re going for sports luxe this spring then add some Adidas Originals to the mix in prep for the Olympics. The capsule collection takes signature silhouettes from the 1984 Team GB kit with the red, white and blue tapering in abundance. We like this retro running top (the #398 is gold medalist Daley Thompson’s jersey number). Team GB Originals for Men and Women Available at www.adidas.com PRODUCT PICK For HER - Royal Wedding Barbies And then there’s the Will and Kate collector Barbies. We understand that this may please some of you and crudely offend others, but we just had to get it in for its sheer hilarity. Royal Wedding Barbies available at www.barbiecollector.com WEEKEND GUIDE by MY & JC LIKE SHARE FORWARD PREVIOUS EDITION (c) 2012 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved. Reproductions of any portion of this website only with our express permission. Urban Junkies is a free daily mailer. All listings and features are editorial: We do not receive any payment from venues, artists or promoters. 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