Vibe Bar

After decades creating cabaret clubs abroad, Norman Gosney has returned to UK to set up Pavilion.

Interview: Norman Gosney

From New York with love: we speak to the British cabaret impresario behind a new venue in Brick Lane.

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Last Minute Listing: Kino 20 @ Vibe Bar

There are open mic nights and then there are open mic film nights. Kino is a monthly event held in Brick Lane’s Vibe Bar which invites budding auteurs to roll up and show off their efforts. Each film has to be under six minutes so …

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Review: A Brush With Death

‘Twas a dark and stormy noon and something foul was afoot in Brick Lane, and it had nothing to do with curry. Charles van der Rood, art-critic, gambler and philanderer had been found murdered the previous night, and team Londonist was on the case! On …

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Murder Mystery Preview: Fancy A Brush With Death?

There’s nothing quite like a double dose of murder mystery telly in the afternoons – Murder She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder, preferably, one after the other works for us. But this admission has really made us think we should get out more hence we’re signing …

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Preview: Levi’s Ones To Watch

Every brand and his fisherman friend are teaming up to look cool and sponsor music events at the moment. We’re half expecting an Asda Shoppers Choice set of concerts featuring an Emma Bunton comeback to pop up any day soon, but for now we’ve got …

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Free Tonight?

Thinking caps will be tugged tightly onto heads this evening at the Vibe bar: as the first in a series of warm-ups for November’s Battle of Ideas, the Institute of Ideas presents a discussion on the subject of Poetry and radicalism. Is poetry “reclaiming its …

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London On The Cheap

So that hot, bright London summer has proven rather elusive as of late, but we can be comforted by the fact that our fair city more than compensates for its rainy climes with its overwhelming cultural offers. July tapers off this week with a forecast …

Win: Shlomo & The Vocal Orchestra Tickets

A night of beatboxing sponsored by Becks Vier is unfolding this Thursday at the Vibe Bar‘s new upstairs lounge. Human beatbox Shlomo will be performing with his awesome sounding Vocal Orchestra, in what should be the largest group of beatboxers ever assembled on one stage …

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London On The Cheap

We’ve not done very well on the virtuous January front and seem to have spent all our money and most of our nights out on the lash with a flagrant disregard for propriety and our bank account. We don’t mind though because, as usual, there …

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London On The Cheap: New Year’s Edition

Right, so you’re either saving up to blow the last of the December salary on one helluva NYE out or you’re just stony broke after Christmas/sales shopping. Either way, unless you’re happy to simply hibernate for the week here are some ideas for New Year …

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Tiger Beer Chilli Crab Festival

Sometimes a burger and fries is the only thing that will satisfy your hunger. Something simple and straighforward that you can hold in one hand, neatly packaged in two pieces of tasty bread that have soaked up the juices and sauces that ooze so delectably …