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Brixton area guide

• Discover great restaurants, bars and pubs
• Explore Brixton's top venues including the Ritzy and Brixton Academy
• Check out our handy map of Brixton and find plenty of things to do in SW9

Brixton overview

Situated smack bang in the centre of south London, Brixton has become a go-to haunt for foodies, clubbers, artists and rockers alike. This cultural mecca is filled with a sense of community, which is evident for anyone who has shopped in Brixton Village or enjoyed a drink with local residents outside the Ritzy cinema. And for those in search of a party, Brixton’s famous live venues, including the Brixton Academy and Hootananny, draw in the late night crowds.


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Brixton bars and pubs

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Brixton Village

Experience Brixton Village Market’s international cuisine

 

Ritzy Cinema

Find food, film and cappuccino foam, all under one roof

 

Brixton Academy

See the world's biggest bands perform at this historic venue

 
 

Restaurants and cafés in Brixton

Brixton is renowned for its independent restaurants and cafés, particularly those dotted around Brixton Village. Experience your pick of delicatessens including Rosie’s Deli Café, where owner Rosie Lovell hosts regular superclubs, or join the queue of pizza lovers at Franco Manca.

  • Rosie's Deli Café

      14e Market Row, Brixton Market, London, SW9 8LD

    This café and deli (opened 2004) attracted fresh interest with the publication of owner Rosie Lovell's book, 'Spooning with Rosie', in summer 2009.
    Read Rosie's Deli Café review

  • Franco Manca

      4 Market Row, Electric Lane, London, SW9 8LD

    Since opening in one of the arches on Brixton Market, Franco Manca has been showered with acclaim.
    Read Franco Manca review

  • The Lido Cafe

    Lido Café

      Brockwell Lido, Dulwich Rd, London, SE24 0PA

    You don't have to go swimming at Brockwell Lido to enjoy its new poolside café (an unobtrusive side door lets you through the wall from the roadside).
    Read Lido Café review

  • Upstairs

      89B Acre Lane, entrance on Branksome Rd, London, SW2 5TN

    Having pressed the buzzer, diners cannot help but feel privileged on admittance to this secretive restaurant hidden on a side road off Acre Lane.
    Read Upstairs review

Nightlife in Brixton

When it comes to nightlife in Brixton you’re spoilt for choice. Brixton Academy hosts live music while conventional clubs – Plan B, Mass, the Fridge – ensure Brixton high street is as busy at 6am as it is at 6pm. For a quieter evening head to Hootananny to enjoy live reggae or have a drink at popular Brixton pubs including the Ritzy, the Effra and the Prince Regent.

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Things to do in Brixton

Brixton is not short of energy and whether you attend an open air play in Brockwell Park, Thursday night lates at Brixton Village or a comedy night at the Ritzy, you can soak up the welcoming atmosphere of this a vibrant social and cultural destination.

  • Brixton Market

    Electric Avenue, Pope's Rd, Brixton Station Rd, London, SW9 8JX

    It used to be a place you'd only recommend for tasty Afro-Caribbean food, but since the revamp of Brixton Village there's now a happy mix of cafés.
    Read Brixton Market listing

  • Ritzy Cinema

    Ritzy Cinema

    Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG

    Enjoy a drink and catch a movie (arthouse or mainstream) at Brixton's cultural hub where locals flock to experience decent prices and a good cup of coffee.
    See Ritzy listing

  • Brockwell Park

    Dulwich Rd, London, SE24 0NG

    If you're after some fresh air and greenery, pay a visit to Brockwell Park where residents sun worship, fly kites, jog and swim in the outside pool.
    Read Brockwell Park listing

  • Brixton Village

    Atlantic Rd, SW9 8PS

    This once derelict arcade is open late on Thursday nights when it becomes a hive of activity, with workshops, live music and queues of foodies lining up to sample its culinary delights.
    See Brixton Village venue details



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Mark Dale
By Mark - Apr 6 2012

On the 4th May Joe Le Groove and Mark Dale get together to launch this free exciting brand new night Shatter Proof, at southwest London freshest new venue Electric Social. Both Mark Dale and Joe Le Groove have been involved in London’s underground scene for over 15 years, playing in clubs such as Egg, Pacha, Ministry of Sound, The Cross, Aquarium to name a few. On this night expect all kinds of audio and visual trickery, beginning at 8pm with electronic disco funk and taking a journey all the way thought to the freshest Tech House dance floor essentials. Joining them on the night for a guest set will be superstar producer and Dj Asad Rizvi, Reverberations label front man, playing his own very special blend of House. The bank holiday weekend starts here with Shatter Proof @ Electric Social on the 4th May. Remember it’s free admission, so please arrive early because we have special surprise, electronic disco DJs to start the night with and soon to be announced.

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Sandra Smart
By Sandra - Dec 1 2011

Can you believe it that there's only 24 days until Christmas!

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Check the video to see what we have in store for YOU-heated roof terraces, hot tub and two of Brixton's best-kept secrets coming together for one night...All info also on http://www.PlayVybz.com/ if you can't watch the video at work! ;)
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By EXPLODING CINEMA! - Oct 28 2011

The EXPLODING CINEMA 20th Birthday Party SHOW! Saturday October 29th
The Dogstar, Brixton // 8pm till late • Membership £5 // Tube & Rail: Brixton
// Before “Pop-Up”cinema, before Vimeo, before even YouTube, there was a place where independent filmmakers could screen their work to a popular audience without selection, censorship or submission fee. A place free from the ‘broadcast quality’ of commercial media and the elite cliques of the Art academy. A convivial democracy which first revealed the utopian secret : a short film made by an amateur with no budget and domestic technology could be better than a Hollywood feature or an Art gallery masterpiece. Twenty years after the first show in a squatted sun tan oil factory in Brixton, after hundreds of regular screenings, spectacular events in an outdoor swimming pool, a circus tent, a deconsecrated church, rooftops, pubs, squats, clubs and railway arches, after tours of Europe, after spin off groups in Brighton, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, after screening thousands of short films to thousands of people, it’s time to celebrate twenty years of the Exploding Cinema ! // Featuring: HALLOWEEN revels, short films, psychedelic visuals, performance, soundtracks... and, on two screens, classics from the Exploding vault // Special guest : the Man from Uranus
www.explodingcinema.org
www.facebook.com/explodingcinema
http://www.antic-ltd.com/dogstar/
NO STARS NO FUNDING NO TASTE

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By DJ GIOVANNI - Oct 18 2011

this friday the Disco houstlers will be atthe Music Bar 144hill
play thebest of electro house tech plus mc:s and live pa its a must see a event as the soundsystem it one of the best to apear in the notting hill carnival 2011

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By Catriona - Oct 7 2011

Brixton Village market arcades are now open Thurs-Sat evenings and also on Sundays.

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