The Candlelight Club's Winter Ball
The Candlelight Club's Winter Ball at Secret Location, London
About the show
Step back in time to the romance of the Jazz Age at London’s award-winning pop-up 1920s speakeasy, with live jazz, cabaret and cocktails in a secret venue filled with candles, where everyone dresses the part.
As the nights draw in and the party season kicks off, we’ll be warming up the dance floor with rollicking rhythms from the mighty Swing Ninjas, proving that the Devil plays sousaphone. Leading the revels will be Host With the Most, Champagne Charlie, with a saucy song and a cabaret swagger, who will introduce racy burlesque from Athena Beauvoir. When the band aren’t playing, DJs the Bee's Knees will be spinning vintage vinyl into the night.
On the mezzanine our tarot reader Lucius will be on hand to glimpse into your future, and Michelle Krausz will be offering sparkling delights at her pop-up vintage jewellery shop.
There will also be a complimentary lesson in dancing the Charleston from Russell and Sara.
You can come just for drinks and dancing in our secret speakeasy in south London, but you can also reserve a table with Champagne, or book the three-course dinner. There’s even an inclusive-drinks option. Ticket-holders receive an email two days before revealing the secret location (which is close to a tube station). So pull on your flapper dress and get ready to Charleston…
"The closest you'll find to an authentic Jazz Age experience in central London. Its unique ambience, fuelled by hundreds of candles, is truly a scene to behold." —Time Out
Featuring - The Swing Ninjas
A Brighton original busking band, they blend guitar, sax and helicon tuba and turn the venue into a toe tapping feast of lively harmonies. Judging by the ripple of bobbing heads, their gypsy swing music spans all ages with such an infectious vibe that it takes you all the way back to a nostalgic period somewhere between the World Wars for a little jazz education.
Champagne Charlie
CHAMPAGNE! Charlie was born in a wine cellar on a crate of champagne and has been singing since ’dear mother’ weened him on his first bottle of bubbles aged 2 and a half.
Charlie has been singing in some of London's glittering nightspots and cruising - the Caribbean that is - from theatres to festivals, where he has performed on many a shoddy erection! So come spend a night with Charlie. CHAMPAGNE!