Southbank

Underbelly Festival

Every city welcomes the unique, eccentric and unconventional. London is especially no stranger to this. The Amazing Blog appreciates the unusual and fun events that the city puts on, and this programme is no exception. Over the past decade, the Southbank has hosted the Underbelly Festival, and it’s back this summer for another wild experience. Until the end of September, you can purchase tickets to attend live circus, comedy, cabaret and family entertainment

Join the live entertainment this month, accompanied by international food and drink, right on the banks of the Thames. Prepare to have your mind blown, according to Time Out, with the showgirls of the House of Burlesque. The provocative performance will have you singing and dancing along with their soundtrack and sing-alongs. Come and celebrate their 7th year performing on the Southbank!  On until 27th September, you can purchase a ticket here for £21.00. The show lasts about 80 minutes.

After you’ve witnessed the revolutionary movement of the House of Burlesque, attend Europe’s most prestigious Burlesque competition, Burlesque Idol 2018. In its 9th year, the competition has produced starlets from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Paris and America. At the event, guests will be greeted by showgirls and given a ballot to vote on their favourite contestant. Help the judges pick the next Burlesque Idol by purchasing tickets here for £21.00.

Next up on the lineup, is cabaret with The Raspberry Cannoli Cabaret and Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique. For one night only, on the 19th September, the talented group, Raspberry Cannoli Cabaret will be performing. Tickets can be purchased here from £21.00. Don’t miss out on headliners such as Ray Gelato and the Giants who have played for H.M. Queen, Sir Paul McCartney and Richard Branson. If you can’t make it on the 19th, don’t fret! Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique will have shows this month. You can purchase tickets here from £17.00.

Most shows range from £21.00 or less! Find out about the other exciting events happening at the Underbelly Festival. There is something for everyone!

 

Outdoor Cinema at Southbank this September

Coming from a suburb of Minneapolis, MN, I have been excited to discover how simple it is to find something to do in London. Unfortunately with that realization, I have found that finding something to do in London that goes with my student budget, is very difficult. Thankfully, on my quest to find an exciting activity, I have come across an outdoor film event that doesn’t cost a thing! The Scoop at More London is hosting FREE films on at 7.30pm Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays starting on September 14th and running until the end of the month. Whether you want to be transported to another world in Alice in Wonderland or learn how Facebook was started in The Social Network, there is a movie for everyone to enjoy. So instead of spending money on a new film, go enjoy an old favourite next to the picturesque view of the river Thames with your friends and family.

The Scoop at More London is located between London Bridge and Tower of London on the Southbank. It is an outdoor sunken amphitheatre with seating for 800 open to everyone.

There is no need to get a ticket or reserve a seat, just go get out a blanket, grab a bottle of wine and head down to the Southbank for a night outside at the cinema!

 

Schedule of Films:

Alice in Wonderland - Wednesday 14 September

The Kings Speech - Thursday 15 September

Dirty Dancing - Friday 16 September

The Illusionist - Wednesday 21 September

The Social Network - Thursday 22 September

The African Queen - Friday 23 September

The Manchurian Candidate - Wednesday 28 September

Grease - Thursday 29 September

True Grit - Friday 30 September

Vintage 2011

It seems like everyone is opting out of the English ‘summer’ and jetting off at the moment and the thought of a colleague due to return from a sun-soaked Greek island - no doubt with a killer tan and possibly even an Adonis in tow - is not improving the mood in the Amazing PR office. So in preparation for the inevitable “so what have you guys been up to?” line of questioning (well, we need to make her feel that she has missed out on something while she has been away) we’re going to be getting our retro on this weekend at Vintage at the Southbank. Until Sunday the award winning concept, which has been showcased over the past two years at Goodwood, will transform the Southbank into a Vintage wonderland. The festival will celebrate musical, fashion, film, art, design and cultural lineages, from the 1920s to the 1980s, and offer a glimpse of where we go from here…deeeep. We will mainly be going for the fun fashion, fab food and creative cocktails…a couple of these and we may even throw a few retro shapes. All the wonderful clubs, bands, fashions, art, and design, film, shops, vintage retailers, dance lessons, makeovers, workshops that made Vintage 2010 so memorable will return along with some cool new Thames boat party surprises.

The Royal Festival Hall is at the centre of this vintage extravaganza and will be set dressed like never before. All six levels of the building will be transformed into a multi-venue playground where, lucky pass holders can ‘learn the dances’, enjoy a makeover, take in the live performances, exclusive DJ sets, catwalk shows, wonderfully conceived food and cocktails, the cream of the crop vintage retailers and surprises galore. Vintage favourites The Soul Casino, Let it Rock, The Torch Club, The Leisure Lounge and The Warehouse are amongst the ten nightclubs within Royal Festival Hall primed and ready to get you moving.

Additionally, Southbank Centre’s outside spaces host the enormous Vintage Marketplace, hair and makeup parlours, tea parties, creative workshops for all ages, themed bars and restaurants and a vintage funfair. Featuring vintage favourites such as The Chap Olympiad, 'Best In Show' parades and pop-up catwalk shows, prepare for retro eye candy, imaginatively dressed folk and great music, performance art and design.

London’s best cultural quarter to host Britain’s best new cultural event...the perfect fit. Throw on your best frock, pack your dancing shoes and join us for the annual celebration of British cool.

Get your tickets here