Trippin WhatsApp Broadcast: London
What's on in London this week?
Event: Wines, Tunes & Snacks ft Wines From South Africa
The upcoming tasting will celebrate South African wine and will be hosted by Sweet Spice's very own Anoushica Matthews. After a recent trip to South Africa, Anoushica wants to shout about some of the amazing POC wine pioneers out there.
Expect the usual programming of top wines, top vibes, and top tunes. This one is going to be the last for a little while so make sure you don't miss it!
Date: Wednesday 3rd May
Location: Prince of Peckham
Price: £25
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Event: Local x Prestige Pak
This Saturday Loal Brixton and Prestige Pak link up for their annual park pull up in a secret South London location. With a killer line up, it's the perfect way to spend your bank holiday Saturday. The event is also raising money for Albrighton Community Fridge and is BYOB. Tell a friend to tell a friend.
Date: Saturday 6th May
Location: DM their IG for deets
Jon K + Tom Boozizm @ Ormside
Two Manchester legends take the helm in Southeast London.
Date: Friday 5th May
Location: Ormside
Tickets: here
Exhibition: Our Connection to Water Exhibition
Our Connection to Water brings together seven artists: Aya Mohamed, Artemis Evlogimenou, Dafe Oboro, Giya Makondo-Wills, JIUN Collective, Paul Malone and Seba Calfuqueo. Their work, influenced by their different backgrounds and experiences, explores our human connection to water.
Through photography, audio, film, illustration and installations, they share their perceptions of and relationships to water, and consider how it impacts their communities socially, culturally, environmentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Date: Now - 30 June 2023
Location: National Maritime Museum, New Insights Gallery, Greenwich
Price: Free Admission
Event: Black Geographies - The Sweet Breath Of Life
Black Geographies is a night of poetry & live music centred on the power of language as a tool of resistance and self-definition.
The fifth iteration, The Sweet Breath of Life, is an exploration of the social construction of femininity and respectability. It is directly inspired by the poet Ntozake Shange and the photography collective Kamoinge Inc, as well as artist Carrie Mae Weems and filmmaker Kathleen Collins.
Date: Thurday 4 May
Location: Reference Point 2 Arundel Street London WC2R 3DA
Price: £6
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Event: 15 Years of Night Slugs
As Night Slugs turns 15 years old they announce the flagship party for their NS15 celebrations: an all-night rave in their original home of South London, in collaboration with Percolate. Featuring an allstar lineup of some core NS family members alongside some of their current favs and emerging stars, they mark a decade and a half of Club innovation while looking to the future.
Date: Sunday 7th May
Location: Venue MOT, Orion Business Centre, Surrey Canal Rd SE14 5RT
Price: £8+
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Event: Unsound London
In its 20th year, Martin Aston sits down with artistic director and co-founder of Unsound festival, Mat Schulz, to unpick its collaborative origins and why its experimental premise is still relevant, now more than ever.
Each year, the legendary Unsound festival of experimental music adopts a theme, to reflect ongoing concerns and sensibilities, launching in its home city of Kraków, Poland before spinning off different versions across the globe.
Date: 6 May 2023
Location: Barbican
Price: £10+
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Event: Tropical Waste x Unsound London: Safety Trance (UK debut), ABADIR (UK debut), Hermeneia, Seb
Tropical Waste and Unsound London are proud to present the UK debuts of Safety Trance and ABADIR. Expect a night of cutting-edge club music on a dark, intimate dancefloor powered by a punchy d&b audiotechnik system. In support comes Warsaw local and FURDA founder Hermeneia and Tropical Waste curator and resident DJ, Seb. This is the official afterparty for Unsound's show at The Barbican earlier in the evening and Tropical Waste's second party of 2023
Date: Saturday 6th May
Location: The Glove That Fits, 179 Morning Lane, Hackney
Price: £20
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Event: FLOORJAM
For the dancers, for the shakers, for the groovers, for the 4am crew. Euphoric cuts on the dancefloor for yours truly.
Line up: Raji Rags, Soft Break, Ariane V, MISFYA, LORA, Damali Tyson
Date: Friday 5th May
Location: The Carpet Shop, Arch 164, 115 Rye Lane, Peckham
Price: £10
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Festival: Project 6
Project 6 is a brand new festival uniting music lovers, kicking off in South London’s Brockwell Park followed by a series of late-night/early-morning parties at venues across the city with some of the scene's biggest labels, collectives and programmers. We've secured a 50% discount code for the Trippin Whatsapp crew - hit the link to cop your ticket.
Date: Friday 26th May
Location: Brockwell Park
Price: £25 instead of £50
Head here for 50% discounted tickets exclusive to Trippin's community
Festival: Cross the Tracks
Head down to Cross The Tracks day festival for a sun-filled celebration of all things Jazz, Funk & Soul. With a carefully curated and lovingly presented lineup that mixes up legendary big names and hot up and comers, it's not one to miss.
Date: Sunday 28th May
Location: Brockwell Park
Price: £65+
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Festival: City Splash
City Splash is a one-day festival bringing the hottest carnival vibes to South London with the biggest artists in Reggae, Dancehall, Afrobeats and more. The City Splash mission is to help celebrate the impact and importance of Caribbean and African music by on British culture.
Date: Monday 29th May
Location: Brockwell Park
Price: £29.50+
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Munch of the Week
Noodle and Beer
Chinese restaurant specializing in noodles, soups & rice dishes.
This spot was recommended by John and Yee Li, the founders of Dumpling Shack. Check our their spot tip in their guide to London's Top 5 Sichuan Spots.
Price: ££
Location: Spitafields
