Blow Up events for 2025, Colchester, Southend and Brighton – Early bird tickets on sale.
Published on 8th August 2024
We are pleased to announce three Blow Up club events for 2025, that will take place in Colchester, Southend and Brighton. Blow Up founder Paul Tunkin will DJ all events.
Early bird tickets on sale today at 4pm. Ticket links below.
Whilst as already announced for 2024:
Friday 11th October – Southend – Twenty-One (SOLD OUT)
Friday 18th October – London – Century
Advance tickets links for all forthcoming Blow Up events:
FRIDAY 18th October – London
Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Ave, London, W1D 6LQ. Doors 8pm -1am
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/624765
FRIDAY 24th January – Colchester
Three Wise Monkeys, 60 High St, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1DN. Doors 8pm 1am.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/629090
FRIDAY 31st January – Southend (Second show added, after first show 11th Oct 2024 sold out)
Twenty-One, 21 Pier Approach, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Doors 8pm -1am.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/629091
FRIDAY 7th March – Brighton
Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton, BN1 1UN. Doors 9pm-3am.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/629093
More on Blow Up…
Blow Up, a bona-fide legendary club night at the centre of the mid-Nineties Brit Pop explosion, cited as the catalyst and birthplace of the BritPopscene, influencing the style and sound of a generation. Blow Up was voted No.4 in Time Out’s Top Ten Clubs of the 90s, described as one of ‘5 Classic Clubs of Our Time’ by Vox Magazine (alongside The Blitz Club, Shoom, The Roxy) and as ‘The club that changed theworld’ by Melody Maker. Time Out’s ‘London Calling’ book special said of Blow Up that it was “the breeding ground ofthe Brit Pop sound”. Whilst an NME’s Original’s had Blow Up featured as one if its Top Ten Britpop Moments. In July 2022 Time Out London once again listed Blow Up as one of thegreatest London clubs of the past 40 years.
Blow Up was founded and launched by Paul Tunkin 16th October 1993 at the upstairs function room of a Camden Town pub the Laurel Tree. After just a few months Blow Up had become the epicentre of a seismic musical and stylistic change in what was later called the Britpop scene. From its origins at the Laurel Tree, Camden Town (1993-1996) to Soho venues the Wag Club (1996-2001), the Metro Club (2002-2009, the Metro which Paul Tunkin co-ran with former Wag Club manager Alan Campbell) Blow Up maintained a weekly club event interspersed with various one-off events. Post the Metro Club’s closure Blow Up took up weekly and monthly residences in various venues including Bar Rumba, 4 Denmark St and Peckham’s Bussey Building followed by a weekly five year Friday night residency at the St Moritz Club, Wardour St Soho (2015-2020) once again interspersed with occasional monthly events including the Troubadour London. Blow Up ran continuous weekly events until the nightlife lockdown in 2020 and finally returned for a three night residency at Vout O Reenee’s London (Oct – December 2022). November 2023 saw the first part of the Blow Up 30 year celebrations with a sold out club and live event at Jamboree Kings Cross. Whilst in May 2024 saw Blow Up take to the roof terrace of members club the Century in Soho as part 2 of our 30th celebrations.
Outside of weekly and special one-off events in London, Blow Up has also hosted both UK regional and international events across Europe, USA, Russia, and Japan. Whilst the Blow Up club compilations (‘Blow Up A-Go-Go!’ and ‘Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend’) have added to the global impact of the club.
Blow Up is currently one of the longest running club nights in London.