Log in to My Time Out for your personalised guide to what's on in London. It's fast, easy and FREE!

Search

The Social

Follow The Social to receive updates on new events happening here.

What is 'following'?
5 Little Portland St, London, W1W 7JD Full details & map

The Social review 5 Users say 5/5 Rate it

A discreet front hides this daytime diner and DJ bar of supreme quality, established by Heavenly Records at the end of the '90s. After drinks upstairs, The Social's clientele repair downstairs to an intimate basement space rocked by DJs six nights a week with occasional live bands. Not only are The Social's drinks prices ultra-reasonable (beer £3.10, wine £3), there's a cheap 'n'cheerful comfort food menu and one of the best-stocked jukeboxes in town. The monthly Hip Hop Karaoke night is a giggle and respected record labels like 1965 often hold nights here too.


Comment 5 Tweet
Save to foursquare

Events at The Social

Hip Hop Karaoke

Thu May 31 Alternative Nightlife Recommended

If you've ever fancied yourself as a Missy, Eminem, Beastie Boy or Snoop then here's your chance to act out your rap ...

Players Ball

Fri Jun 1 Clubs Recommended

Southern Hospitality return with their night that takes the same name of the annual hip hop bash in Chicago, this tim...

Subsoul

Sat Jun 2 Clubs Recommended

Since their days rocking the Africa Centre with Soul II Soul and at Funkin' Pussy respectively, Jazzie B and Spin Doc...

The Social details

Follow The Social to receive updates on new events happening here.

What is 'following'?
Address

The Social

5 Little Portland St, London W1W 7JD

Transport Oxford Circus 

Email

The Social map

Restaurants near The Social

See all restaurants near The Social

Bars & pubs near The Social

See all bars & pubs near The Social

Share your thoughts

  • or log in into My Time Out
  • *
  • *
  • Min 1 star. Zero stars will be treated as unrated.
* Mandatory fields for leaving a comment

Comments & ratings 5/5 (Average of 5 ratings)

Ben Rowe
By Ben - Sep 9 2011
4/5

Went to Hip Hop Karaoke the other night. It was amazing! (It is now weekly not monthly as stated above) I was there to take photos so did not indulge! The diner upstairs is cool too with a Jukebox containing Rough Trade's top 50 albums of 2009. The place is tiny though, expect to be crampt! Well worth a visit... Check it the photos I took here - http://bit.ly/noNTks

Report
By Mal4578 - Sep 9 2011
4/5

MUZIK KINDA SWEET BY POGUS CAESAR 1st - 30th October 2011

The British Music Experience at O2 presented by the Co-operative, in association with OOM Gallery will be showcasing an exclusive exhibition of 38 rare photographs celebrating legendary black musicians working in the UK.

Using a simple camera photographer Pogus Caesar followed the musicians and singers around the famous venues producing a collection that celebrates a style of black music that brings together the UK, the US and the Caribbean.

From Stevie Wonder in 1989, Grace Jones in 2009 and Big Youth in 2011, this unique exhibition documents how black music, in its Reggae, Soul, Jazz and R&B tributaries of sound, has changed and renewed itself over the decades.

Journeying from Jimmy Cliff to Jay-Z via Mica Paris and Mary Wilson of The Supremes to David Bowie's bass player Gail Ann Dorsey, these images conjure up an alphabet of the music of the Black Atlantic.
The photographs selected from OOM Gallery Archive are also as much about the clubs and venues, as it is about the singers, producers and musicians. The Wailers at The Tower Ballroom, Sly Dunbar at The Hummingbird Club, Courtney Pine at Ronnie Scott's, Cameo at the Odeon Cinema, Ben E. King at the Hippodrome and Soul II Soul's Jazzie B at BBC Pebble Mill, many venues now lost to regeneration or renewal, and only recalled through memory and imagery.



http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/muzik-kinda-

Report