Before you don your dancing shoes and bop the night away to The Caezars, The Hoochie Coochie Club has planned a free daytime shindig for all you lovely people from 2-6pm. Get yourself down to the **Updated Venue** Bensons Bar for an afternoon fix of live DJ’s, drinks, and dancing that’ll get you right in the mood for the main event.

If you want to get involved, whether it be spinning a few 45s on the decks, trading a record bar or a clothes stall – get in touch ASAP as there is only limited space available.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Drop the guys an email at hoochiecoochieclub@gmail.com or click on the flyer for their Facebook page.

So, on offer for your delights are:

The Vintage Chic Wedding Fair is perfect for brides looking for some vintage inspiration for their big day. The Vintage Chic fairs are relaxed and friendly with entertainment by vintage style wedding singer Simon Partridge and a pop up vintage style café serving tea and cupcakes!

The next one is at the Old Library in the Custard Factory Birmingham, on Sunday 30th January 2011

Entry is just £2.00 or free to pre-registered brides

Visit the website here

Photos courtesy of Thersafureyphotography.co.uk

In the past few years a number of vintage inspired underwear companies have cropped up, but our heart lies with the original purveyors of fine retro slinkies, What Katy Did. They were kind enough to sponsor our Tart at 40Winks, and we even had the pleasure of having Katie herself come and do corset fittings. Did you know that every item, right down to the stockings, are hand checked to ensure the utmost quality? Even flaws us mere mortals would not see are not deemed fit for full price. So what happens to these garments?

Here is what: on Wednesday 29th December there will be a seconds sale in their boutique (26 Portobello Green, 281 Portobello Road, London W10 5TZ).  The untrained eye will be unlikely to notice any difference! Knickers are £5, bras and suspenders £10 and corselettes/merry widows £20.

Their main sale starts Thursday 6th January both in the London boutique and online. Sale reductions are always at least 50% off the full price and this season include Pigalle corsets, Striptease and Deco lingerie.

Did you know that they also now have a dedicated US site? No more complaining that these wonderful things are only available in the UK!

Happy Shopping!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Steamboat Bordello is sailing again!

Yes, they’re stoking up the old paddle steamer once more for another round of waterborne debauchery, this time in the more intimate environs of the 200 capacity Elizabethan Paddle Steamer, another gorgeous vessel with the full compliment of rogues, riverboat gamblers, good time girls, snake oil salesmen, fallen southern belles, confederate rifles, yankee doodle dandies, bootleggers, carnies, gypsies, tramps and thieves. Not to mention the finest cabaret, live music and DJs known to man!

Si Cranstoun

Fresh from the coveted Saturday night headline slot at this year’s Rhythm Riot, Si Cranstoun is an original modern day underground superstar of the South London streets. His explosive debut solo single ‘Dynamo’ has an infectious groove and Si’s vocals are just too darn supreme for superlatives. Si is on a one man mission to bring the golden era of Rock’n’Roll back into the Pop mainstream once more.

The Stillhouse Orchestra

This kicking Country duo’s infectious blend of Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Southern Harmony has proved a winning combination from Dublin to Dalston. Already responsible for a sound far bigger than two people have any right to produce, The Stillhouse Orchestra present a one-off expanded lineup for this date only, drafting in friends and partners-in-crime for a riotous rave-up that demands to be experienced.

Cabaret by Ruby Blues

Glastonbury’s enfant terrible presents another macabre cabaret spectacular. Following on the heels of October’s Hallowe’en horror show, Ruby and cohorts explore the dark side of love. Expect an Unvalentines Day Massacre of epic proportions.

Unvalentines Day

February 13th 2011

Visit Ticket Web to book your ticket

or visit here for more details

The Christmas Eve lineup:

Main Room (The Wedgewood Rooms)

Live music from Diana Vickers’ favourite glam superheroes The Justice Force 5 and support from The Founders Of.
+ DJs Mikey Sparks (The News “Best DJ 2010) and Lemon. (Retro, 90s indie, 80s pop, 50s rock’n'roll)

Best Christmas Jumper competition, Xmas decor, naughty elves, free mince pies etc.

Room 2 (The Edge)

Santa’s Grotto – get your picture taken on Santa’s knee to enter our prize draw.

DJ sets from Monkey Paul and his box of Durty 45s (Durty Soundsystem)
(indie, soul and funk)

Price is £5  – open 9pm til 2am.

*******Due to unforeseen circumstances HCC has had to change its venue at the last minute. It is now being held at Bensons Bar on Mansfield Road*******

 As an added bonus to the fantastic Nighttime event the Hoochie Coochie Club are throwing in a FREE daytime warm-up session 2pm till 6pm!!! So get yourself down to The Central for an afternoon fix of live DJ’s, drinks, and dancing that’ll get you right in the mood for the main event.

If you want to get involved, whether it be spinning a few 45s on the decks, trading a record bar or a clothes stall – get in touch ASAP (Limited spaces are available).  Drop the guys an email at hoochiecoochieclub@gmail.com or click on the flyer for their Facebook page.

*******Due to unforeseen circumstances HCC has had to change its venue at the last minute. It is now being held at Bensons Bar on Mansfield Road*******

The Fabulous Hoochie Coochie Club  jumps back into action with its second instalment of crazy rhythms and boppin’ blues … and what a line up they have on offer!

Live on stage there is the kings of boppin’ blues & rhythm THE EXCELLOS. If you dig the authentic Rhythm & Blues sounds of Elmore James, Slim Harpo, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, or Muddy Waters, then THE EXCELLOS are really gonna shake your boogie! Check them out on YouTube, or visit: www.myspace.com/theexcellos

Headlining the DJ’s will be DJ MOUSE ZINN, a legend on the rockin’ scene that can be accredited for the infamous Dingwalls Rockabilly Club in London and for giving us two of the best loved rockin’ bands of all-time “Red Hot ‘n’ Blue” and “The Space Cadets”.  And if that’s not enough TFHCC guarantee right from the off to keep the rhythm’s rollin’, the ladies strollin’, and the guy’s droolin’, with an explosive mix of the dirtiest Rhythm & Blues, gritty Soul Shakers and Rockabilly Raves around!

Guest DJ MACE (Bidds – Rhythm & Soul Set) brings his heavy weight Rhythm & Blues blasters and up-tempo Mod movers to the HC dancefloor to please the more dapper gentry. Also with KEV CONNELLAN (No More Doggin / Shoutin’ The Blues), TOM LAWRIE (The Rubber Room) and CRAIG SIMPSON (Bert’s Apple Crumble) behind the Hoochie decks once more after their floor-filling frenzy at the launch, literally packing the venue to capacity and leaving the crowds baying for more!

Where:  The Central Venue,  310 Huntingdon St,  Nottingham,  NG1 3LH

How much:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Due to the popularity of the acts showcased, and the strictly limited venue capacity this event is expected to sell-out prior to the event. DON’T MISS OUT! Get your tickets today or even give them to a loved one as a fabulous Christmas gift idea!                                                                                                                                                                            ONLINE TICKETS can be purchased via the official ticket merchant www.ticketweb.co.ukat just £10 each.                                                                                                                       Once booked you will receive an email confirmation to print off and bring with you on the night, plus your name will appear on our attendees list for cross-reference.

Click on the Flyer for the boy’s Facebook page.

Those with a predilection for royal grandeur would do well to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum‘s current exhibition of Qing Dynasty garments, “Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City.” Chronologically spanning the dynasty’s rule (1644-1911) and various genres of dress—from festive to military wear—the elaborate robes reflect Chinese ceremony, military tradition, and more, each piece tailored to represent social mores and constructed of gorgeously-printed textiles.

The exhibition runs through 27 February 2011, and tickets may be booked in advance by clicking here. Visit for the chance to get in touch with your inner emperor/empress.

Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City
Where: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
When: 7 December 2010 – 27 February 2011
Price: £3.00-5.00
www.vam.ac.uk

The Birdcage is a beautiful cabaret themed pub in the centre of Norwich and the weekend before Christmas it will ring to the sounds of 1940s and 50s tunes for a good old fashioned Office Party.

Chin chin the old sparkly and get on down ladies in stockings and pencil skirts and dapper suited gents with your well styled hair.

Grab a glass of egg nogg and boogie the night away

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