Arts & Culture
Originally published on Tuesday, 4th October 2016
The Culturist: October
We’re tackling the onset of autumn with a positive mind-set. Shorter days just mean longer nights. With that in mind, we’ve packed this month’s Culturist with all kinds of after-hours fun, from an all-night party in the arches to a new hedonistic playhouse, we’ve even thrown in an inflatable nightclub. In other news, shuffleboard is the new crazy golf, honey sommeliers are a thing and, in case you didn’t already know, the nineties are back. Enjoy!
PLAY: THE LONDON SHUFFLE CLUB
Opens October 13, Courts cost £40 an hour, Old Truman Brewery, Elys Yard, E1 6QR
Move over roller discos, crazy golf, and beer pong: shuffleboard is set to sweep (sorry!) London. Taking over the first floor of the Truman Brewery with eight shuffleboard courts, this place is kitted out for fun – so don’t take yourself too seriously, and dig into the American menu (nachos, burgers, dawgs), and slam a few cocktails before trying your hand at shuffleboard (a mashup between 10-pin bowling and curling), before moving on to Corn Hole. If there was ever a time to dig out your visor…
EAT: MNKY HSE
Now open 10 Dover Street, W1S 4LQ
Mayfair is set for a shake up, first with the opening of MNKY HSE this month, a new drinking and dining venue that fuses a menu of Latin American food and drink. Over two floors, this is billed as a hedonistic playhouse with a bar upstairs and restaurant downstairs, primed for live music and DJ sets. Second, there’s the opening of Street XO next month. Watch this space.
DO: RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY
October 18-22, Ticket prices vary, Various venues
The Red Bull Music Academy UK tour is back! They’ll be stopping in London from October 18-22 with their usual flurry of shows, lectures and workshops showcasing emerging talent as well as huge global names. As predicted, the Dizzee Rascal and Gorgon City events have sold out, and the rest are selling fast, so be quick, we don’t want to say we told you so.
SEE: FRIEZE LONDON
October 6-9, Ticket prices vary, Regent’s Park & various venues
Between the daily schedule of talks, performances, off-site events, and outdoor installations… it’s hard to know where to start with Frieze. Our pick? The nineties, a new section added to the programme that sees galleries across the city revisit seminal exhibitions from the 1990s. We’ll be starting with Wolfgang Tillmans’ very first exhibition, though it’s not held in his father’s cologne shop this time, but at the Daniel Buchholz gallery instead.
INTERNATIONAL: SOHO HOUSE BARCELONA
Now open, Room prices vary, Plaça del Duc de Medinaceli, 4 08002 Barcelona, Spain
The Soho House expansion continues. The new House in Barcelona is located in the Gothic Quarter, overlooking Port Vell marina. Bright Mediterranean colours and traditional Spanish patterned textiles pop against the usual Soho House décor of mid-century European pieces and local antiques. And it’s big, too: 57 bedrooms, club spaces, a roof terrace, Cowshed spa, a gym and two pools. Yes, that’s plural on the pools.
PARTY: #SAVEOURCULTURE 1
From £30 10pm-6am 29 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0NS
Fabric was the last straw. Join the fight to save our nightlife and pencil October 15 in your diary for an all night blow out. It’s for a good cause — go on! Taking place on what would be Fabric’s 17th birthday will be the first of the #saveourculture series. And what a line up: Craig Richards, Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, and Terry Francis, to name but a few of the talent on decks under the arches of Great Suffolk Street.
PRODUCT PICK: INFLATABLE NIGHTCLUB
Now available exclusively at HunzaG.com £120-£175
Or, inflate your own nightclub. The next UJ party, sorted.
SEE: PICAS PORTRAITS
October 6-February 6, £19, St. Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE
Think you’re well-versed in Picasso? Head to The National Portrait Gallery and test your knowledge. With over 80 works, from all periods of Picasso’s career and in all media, from the realist paintings of his boyhood to his to his later ultra-spontaneous canvases, this is one of the biggest Picasso shows to ever hit London. Don’t miss it.
DO: THE JOY OF BEES
October 7 & 8, £9, 19 Greek Street, W1D 4DT
Faced with the destruction of bee habitats, Bompass & Parr, together with Relais & Châteaux, have joined forces to create the world’s first immersive experiential art installation dedicated to the rarest nectars in the world. Spread over four floors, expect everything from choreographed tasting experiences to honey sommeliers. Yes, that’s a thing.
