SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S VINTAGE NEW YEAR'S EVE
PARTY TICKETS GOING FAST
31 December 2014, 7pm – 2:30am, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/vintagenye
A Vintage New Year’s Eve Party is back, offering an opportunity to kick off 2015 at London's most
stunning riverside location as a key part of Southbank Centre’s 2014 Winter Festival with Nat West.
The glamorous party follows two years of sell-out success and this year’s Super Early Bird Tickets have
already sold out. The night will see seven decades of timeless sounds and styles across six setdressed Vintage Nightclubs featuring live music, leading DJs, expert dance tuition, themed cocktails
and stylish dining. The entertainment, curated by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway and the Vintage
Festival team, will also include a hair and beauty salon, photography parlours, a vintage emporium and
an exclusive opportunity to view London’s New Years Eve fireworks from Southbank Centre’s Festival
Terrace. There will also be a new dance floor – The Warehouse – for regular attendees to discover as
they celebrate the beginning of 2015.
Vintage highlights include:
The Torch Club
For one night only, the Royal Festival Hall's Clore Ballroom will transform into The Torch Club for an
evening of the finest 1930s and 1940s entertainment. The club will be curated by Snowboy and will
feature Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra alongside the genre’s best DJs, dance troupes and
entertainers. Also expect some professional dance tuition, including light-hearted period party dances
like the 'Lambeth Walk'.
The Torch Club Dining Rooms
For an extra special New Year's Eve, dining in style is on offer with a three-course themed meal whilst
enjoying The Torch Club entertainment. Dinner and drinks will be served in a reserved seating area,
including a dedicated bar to enjoy all night long. View the menu here
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/vintagenye
The Warehouse
A new addition this year for A Vintage New Year’s Eve Party, The Warehouse dance floor will overlook
the London Eye. Starting the night off with ska, reggae and lovers rock before ramping up to New Wave
(from Blondie to The Clash), DJs will move onto 80s electronica, New Romantic (Soft Cell to Depeche
Mode) and then the night will culminate with a hands-in-the-air extended session of pre-rave boogie,
acid and house jams.
Let It Rock
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen. Chairman: Rick Haythornthwaite.
Chief Executive: Alan Bishop. Artistic Director: Jude Kelly OBE
Southbank Centre is a Registered Charity No. 298909
Trustee: Southbank Centre Limited, Registered in England No.2238415
The finest 50s rock'n'roll bands and DJs including Frettones, Mary Jean Lewis and the legendary Keb
Darge will play bopping rockabilly and shuffling rhythm’n’blues, as expert dance tutors keep the floor
moving with jive and stroll lessons.
The Soul Casino
The Soul Casino dance floor will reverberate with deep funk and rare groove as well as classic and
northern soul – from DJs including Dr Bob Jones and Eddie Piller.
The Pick-Up Joint
Sing-a-longs and unashamed dancing to guilty-pleasure-pop takes place in a kitsch themed bar for
singles, couples or groups of friends letting their hair down. The proceedings will commence with the
infamously exuberant pub quiz queen, Holestar, and digress into London’s new favourite pastime ‘rave
knitting’ with tunes provided by the bombastic, DJ Anna Greenwood.
The Tiki Bar
Whilst looking out over the River Thames on the 5th floor of Royal Festival Hall, revelers can Frug,
Limbo, Watusi and Twist with the swing-ingest 60's pop party on the planet. Martin Green (The Sound
Gallery & Smashing) and Martin Karminsky (Karminsky Experience & Blow Up) spin classics and boot
fair discoveries whilst the host, Count Indigo, awards prizes to the most agile, inventive and energetic
dancers in the Strictly Go-Go competition.
New Year’s Eve Fireworks
Shortly before midnight the party will move outside to an exclusive terrace overlooking the Thames
where, weather permitting*, London's world-famous New Year's Eve fireworks can be enjoyed away
from the crowds, before heading back inside to welcome 2015 in spectacular style.
Throughout the night, glamorous decade-specific touch-ups will be available at the Vintage Hair &
Beauty Salon, where a specialist team of hair stylists and beauticians will keep guests looking and
feeling fabulous. Vintage photography specialists will also be on hand to capture the moment at a
photography parlor or photo booth. Throughout the building there will be food to fit the music, with
historically-linked diners and period cocktails, all specially put together by Company of Cooks.
The following video will give a taste of the evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9KT7Ip8slc
Tickets:
Super early bird
Early bird
Standard
Dining
£77.50 SOLD OUT
£97.50
£117.50
£75 (addition to above ticket price)
Customers booking dining tickets will receive a three course meal and a reserved space beside the
main ballroom floor of the Royal Festival Hall for the whole evening, as well as access to a dedicated
bar. Please note, there is only one sitting for dining which begins at 7.30pm. Early booking is strongly
recommended.
Other dining options will also be available on site.
*Please note that access to the terrace to view the fireworks is not guaranteed and may be limited due
to adverse weather conditions. This is at the direction of Jack Morton Ltd and is not under the control of
Southbank Centre or its staff.
To book a ticket - www.southbankcentre.co.uk/vintagenye / 0844 847 9910
For further press information please contact Hugo Mintz on 020 79210917
/ hugo.mintz@southbank.co.uk .
Notes to Editors
Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most
vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural
history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal Festival Hall,
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry Library and the Arts
Council Collection. www.southbankcentre.co.uk.
Vintage
Founded by Wayne Hemingway MBE, Gerardine Hemingway MBE and the Hemingway Family, The Vintage
Festival is a truly unique brand which celebrates 8 decades of British Cool. It brings together and celebrates the
music, fashion, film, art, dance and design the 1920s to the 1990s that has made Britain the world's creative and
cultural hot bed. Vintage explores this rich cultural history and the extraordinary influence that it has had on the
modern world. For more details visit www.vintagefestival.co.uk / facebook.com/thevintagefestival