Bristol’s O2 Academy to host special 1920s themed Prohibition Party in January

Bristol’s O2 Academy to host special 1920s themed Prohibition Party in January

Posted on: 29 Aug 2023

Welcome to the Prohibition era! Escape your everyday life and journey back 100 years to the wild parties documented in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel, Great Gatsby.

 

O2 Academy Bristol’s Prohibition Party will take place from 8 PM on Saturday 20 January 2024.

 

For one night only Bristolian revellers will be able to immerse themselves in a riotous, roaring twenties speakeasy themed event, filled with 1920s style, hot jazz and Charleston dancing. This is an over 18s only and tickets are priced at £18.50.

 

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Prohibition era parties and venues have become something of a fixture of the UK’s nightlife scene with the likes Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and smash hit BBC series Peaky Blinders leaving lasting cultural imprints.

 

In Bristol alone, Park Street’s Gatsby’s, Gloucester Road’s The Bootlegger and Bessell Scotts: House of Jazz on East Street have taken on the theme of a 20s-themed speakeasy. All these venues have partnered their en vogue concepts with the serving of cocktails or themed dishes.

 

The popularity of the Prohibition era style can be traced back to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary work The Great Gatsby. The opulent 1925 novel, set in the Jazz Age of Long Island, follows first person narrator Nick Carraway and his strange relationship with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his mad, lavish world.

 

O2 Academy Bristol’s Prohibition Party will take place from 8 PM on Saturday 20 January 2024 with tickets available to purchase for £18.50, HERE.

 

 

As ever, O2 Academy Bristol have a busy schedule of shows planned throughout 2023 and beyond including high profile appearances from the John Lydon fronted PiL, pioneering proto-punks Gang of Four, a Taylor Swift club night, renowned 2000s boyband McFly and Bob Marley Revival. More information can be found on the O2 Academy Bristol website.

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Article by:

Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.