Still wondering where to spend new year’s eve? downtheditch.com has compiled a list of some of the best places to spend it in Shoreditch and Hoxton to save you trawling the internet in a last minute frenzy.

The Queen of Hoxton 

Its nine hour new year’s eve disco is the only one that can boast about its rooftop shenanigans  including an inflatable igloo, silent disco and toffee apples all to be enjoyed with spectacular views of the City.

“Think Bianca Jagger on a white horse, diamonds, decadence, dress up, BBQ and sparklers and a line up to see in the new year with a bang.”

The line up features Maurice Fulton headlining the basement along with support from hosts The Idiots Are Winning. On the groundfloor Leftside Wobble headlines the party with the Psychemagik boys will be providing the tunes. Others include Ray Mang, Yam Who?, Capita, Orlando Boom DJs.

Starting from 8pm until 5am grab your tickets here fast for £15 there are only a handful left.

Aquarium

The only club in London to have a swimming pool Aquarium are holding a fire and ice themed extravaganza.

The ice room features an ice bar, snow machine and ice sculptures. If you need warming up venture into the fire room which will have hot tub and a heated pool so don’t forget that swimming costume. Hosted by DJ Rugrat who plays a special set at midnight. A mix of r’n’b hip hop house, bashment, electro and dubstep to be played from a line up of DJ’s featuring Mamps, Ruki, 5 Star, Kay Jiga, Magic and P Montana.

Tickets are £25 and can be bought here.

The Tassel Club

Spend new year at the Hoxton Hall in Victorian glamour. An authentic vaudeville show including burlesque and promises of surprises from the world of cabaret and circus. On the night there will be homemade cocktails, hand rolled cigars and tassels, vintage lace garters and vintage feather headbands.

Doors are open from 7pm until 2am tickets cost £40 and can be purchased here.

Richmix

Enjoy a Brazilian themed night Tropicalista with authentic samba drumming outfit from Eri Okan. It has a drum section of over 20 percussionists accompanied by the voices of singer/songwriters Xavier Osmir, Marcina Arnold, Tracey Milliner and Rebeca Valim. All in traditional costumes of course.

DJ Cliffy, Russ Jones aka the Hackney Globe Trotter and Cal Jader & Arias all perform on the night bringing the carnival feeling to the beginning of 2012. Doors open 9pm until 4am. Tickets are £15 in advance and £20 on the door.

Beach Blanket Babylon

If you’re looking for something more sophisticated, try a 1920′s four course meal with cocktails on arrival. But decadence doesn’t come cheap at £75 and booking in advance is essential. Sitting times are available from 7-7.3pm and 9-9.30pm.

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downtheditch styler episode 7 features Nicola, a recent fashion design graduate and vintage clothing businesswoman. We met at one of the vintage fairs near Brick Lane. Nicola shares with us her style of bright colours and material clash with her own creative hand-made jewellery. Come to see for yourself if you are amazed by the beautiful and clever necklace as I was.

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• The Rifles and Shed Seven perform live
• DJ sets from Steve Harris (XFM), Cool Britannia, Soul Boy Mystic, Club 27.11 and Nineties Mike
• Seven secret acts lined up for New Year’s Day

On Saturday 31^st December, Vibe Bar on London’s Brick Lane is offering revellers the chance to see the New Year in with style, by running two of its most popular nights back to back (This Feeling and TSV) to create a non-stop, 30-hour party spectacular.

This epic East End extravaganza kicks off at 6pm on New Year’s Eve and will be rock’n’rolling into the morning with live performances and DJ sets. At 4am on New Year’s Day, the bar will be transformed into a techno paradise, ushering in a stellar selection of seven special surprise guests as well as some of the best talent from the house and techno scenes, powering through the whole of New Year’s Day and eventually finishing 11:30pm on Sunday night.

The stellar line-up gets started across all of Vibe’s four rooms and courtyard with London’s most rock and roll night out -This Feeling – what Noel Gallagher describes as ‘A colossal club night’.

Live acts include The Rifles – who will be blasting out their floor fillers from the decks as well as playing an exclusive acoustic set – as well as an intimate set from Shed Seven’s Rick Witter & Paul Banks, so prepare for sing-along heaven as they run through their classic anthems.

There will also be DJ sets throughout the night from Steve Harris (XFM), Cool Britannia, Soul Boy Mystic, Club 27.11 and Nineties Mike.

At 4am on New Year’s Day, prepare to welcome a morning, day and night of electrifying house and deep techno music as TSV takes over with a light and sound spectacular, installing a jumpin’ sound system alongside a visual feast from ‘Mike Lights’.

The night will feature top secret appearances from some stellar guests as well as appearances from top names and local stars including Milton Jackson, Billy Nasty, Victor Simonelli, Nils Hess, Inigo Surio, Le Jockey, Eduardo Tuccillo and more.

New Year’s Eve tickets cost £25 on the door. New Year’s Day tickets will cost £20 on the door, £15 with a wristband.

For more information go to www.vibe-bar.co.uk or www.thisfeeling.co.uk

Full music roster:

This Feeling: The Rifles, Rick Witter & Paul Banks, Buster Shuffle, Dexters and DJ sets from Steve Harris (XFM), Cool Britannia, Soul Boy Mystic, Club 27.11, Nineties Mike.

TSV: Milton Jackson, Billy Nasty, Victor Simonelli, Nils Hess, Inigo Surio, Le Jockey, Eduardo Tuccillo, Danny DG, Mauro Ferno and Mestivan, Lorenzo Panico, Gianluca Sved, Jb, Anto Retox, Gabri and Will Baff, Zaki, Manish, Giom, Soy Mustafa, Deporto, Vince Siracusa, Brother Nick & Dove, Ryan Bliss & Ryan Styles (A.D.D), Samantha Blackburn, Gianni Scotto, Foxx, Clint Lee and many more to be announced…

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For some time now the Tech City initiative has been home to some of the most enterprising tech start-ups the city of London has to offer. Next year sees a showcase of the initiatives growth, as from May 21st to the June 2nd the Digital Shoreditch festival will be celebrating the outstanding creative, technical and entrepreneurial talent of East London and Tech City.

Digital Shoreditch aims to be East London’s answer to the popular South by South West festival and eventually rival the event in four years. The festival hopes to shine a spotlight on the ever flourishing digital community of East London, specifically the areas of;Clerkenwell, Stratford, Old Street, Bethnal Green and Dalston. That being said the festival promises to be an all-inclusive experience that celebrates London as a whole.

What is also interesting is the depth and diversity of local companies and organisations that comprise Digital Shoreditch’s list of founding partners, a list which includes;Unruly, Sports Interactive, Taylor Wessing, Hackney Council, PlayGen and Queen Mary, University of London.

Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive had this to say about his companies involvement with the event:

“We’ve been on the doorstep of the digital roundabout since it was just, well, a normal roundabout, and over the years have seen so many tech and digital focused companies moving to the area. We’re delighted to be able to support Digital Shoreditch in what is our 20th year as a games studio so that we can learn, teach, admire and get to know lots of the people in the area doing great things with technology, and meeting those people from afar who will come into the area to attend the plethora of events that will be happening.”

Digital Shoreditch’s inaugural festival in 2011 attracted contributions from 180 companies, where 2,000 people attended 50 events in the first week of May. The festival is seeking to build upon their established success by enlisting 500 companies and individuals, attended by over 50,000 people in 2012.

The 14-day programme for 2012 will include talks, educational workshops, open studios, exhibitions, family days, awards and parties that will engage, inspire and celebrate the cream of the digital crop. There promises to be something for everyone, from the tech-head to the merely curious.

To find out more about the festival please visit www.digitalshoreditch.com

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For as long as I can remember I have been eating bagels from here (10/11 yrs old til present) mainly cream cheese. This is due to the fact my dad says it is the best beigel place and he used to come here when he was 18/19 and yes he still goes there today at times the family insists that he drives there just for bagels.

Enough family talk! It’s all about the bagels.

Within walking distance of Shoreditch High Street station not to far from RichMix and Boxpark. Situated on the famous Brick Lane is Bagel Bake it has been there since 1977 and I have to say they do the best bagels ever. The large bonus is that it is open 24 hours 7 days a week. Yes, you read correctly, 7 days a week.Usually I’m there in the late afternoon/evening eating a cream cheese bagel. But after a morning visit to Boxpark I broke away from my usual cream cheese and went for a Hot Salt Beef bagel with mustard and it did not disappoint; the bagel is warm and the hot salt beef amount is generous as is the mustard (After sinking my teeth into it I knew lunch was out the question). Fresh ingredients, wide selection of fillings, generous portions, nice staff and value for money 24/7. It’s all good. What’s not to love.

Next time round I may try something sweet like a almond slice or cheesecake.

Beigel Bake Brick Lane Bakery, 159 Brick Lane, E1 6SB

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To all the beautiful bashment beauties after all that mince pie eating, turkey munching, xmas cheer, your stocking is empty now but have no fear as Hot Wuk Christmas Bashment is filled with xmas cheer. If you want to end the year carnival style. Head over to Hot Wuk Christmas Bashment at East Village on 29th December to get your fix of Bashment, Reggae, Dancehall, R&B, UKG, from Movado to Drake, Beenie to Rihanna, Bob Marley to Doneo and more. Heatwave, Sticky and a live performance from Stylo G (Call Me A Yardie and Swagga Dem) will have you singing,dancing and breaking a sweat all night long plus the DJ’s give out whistles and horns it’s gonna be one busy bashment basement. What’s not to love?

Thursday 29th December

9.30pm-3am

East Village (Next door to Villain)

89 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3HX

£10 on the door and £7 in advance from http://hotwukchristmas.eventbrite.com/

It’s like carnival in december it will most definitely be a night to remember #DisturbingShoreditch.

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downtheditch styler episode 6 features Jude from Jude’s Junkyard which he opens every weekend on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch.  He tells us he’s wearing a vintage Coyote fur coat, which throws up issues about recycling, animal rights and staying warm in winter, I will let you make up your own minds on that one.

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The Doctor’s Orders Xmas Party

8pm till 2am
Friday 23rd December 2011

Queen of Hoxton
1-5 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3JX

£5 in advance & all night

Room 1: The Doctor’s Orders massive:
DJs: Spin Doctor, Alex Nut (Eglo / Rinse FM), DJ Blakey (DMC Champion) & Chris P Cuts
Live: Pugs Atomz (BBE), Skillit & Piff Gang

Room 2- Rock Da Belles
Emily Rawson, DJ Seffie & DJ Fearney

Rapping the year up and sending you off to your turkey and mince pies with a smile on your face The Doctor’s Orders have a brilliant line up of the hottest talent in the UK for their xmas party.

Combining established names with those to look out for in 2012 this is a line up sure to put the filling in your stockings. Joining The Doctor’s Orders driving force Spin Doctor is a line up of great DJs seasoned in rocking London’s dance-floors. Rinse FM & Eglo Record’s Alexander Nut sees the end to the bussiest year of his life with us while DMC Winner DJ Blakey displays the skills that have seen him become the face of DJ Hero. Holding things down as he has all year is one and only Chris P Cuts. Blending a ferocious mix of Hip-Hop, Soul, Bass and beyond you are gonna have to ask santa for some new dancing shoes having worn them out tonight.

Performing live in the intimate basement setting are some of the hottest rising talents based on these fine shores. Pugs Atomz first make himself known as the energetic host & MC for DJ Vadim’s DJ sets & The Electric love shows. Having released an album in his own right on BBE his mic skills are unquestionable. Joining us for his 2nd live set in as many years is the firecracker Skillit while warming up the stage and the whole venue with shear heat of their seven deep crew is one of the most exciting acts to appear on these shores in a while Piff Gang who just finished supporting Mac Miller on his UK tour.

Hosting the ground floor is the all female crew that have made a lot of noise in a very short space of time Rock Da Belles. Consisting of Emily Rawson, DJ Steffie & DJ Fearney they are sure to be giving the fellas in the basement a run for their money!

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Keeping in tradition of resolutions for the New Year, The Hoxton Pony more committed than ever to keeping things fresh and exciting both on the decks and the dance floor of your favourite East London hangout.

That means weekends are going even crazier, with TWO brand new nights debuting alongside the already bangin’ house night BBM ME every Saturday!

A slice of the West End comes in the form of promotion-royalty Bangers and Mash with their new fashion-inspired night Future:Vogue bringing an incredible mix of the latest designs, brands and styles on offer.

Every Thursday night, Future: Vogue will exhibit all the elements that make up the world of fashion. From the designers, to the models, photographers, artists, stylists and those who are inspired by fashion such as the bands and DJs. This is the night for trend-setters, rabble-Rousers, fashion-icons-in-the-making and style-disciples.

Put together the perfect outfit and get dressed to the nines – because this is the night to see and be seen and fit in no matter how outrageous you look.

Friday nights are all about your best Fancy Footwork, bringing a new night to The Hoxton Pony from promoter extraordinaire Emily Rawson (her of Rock The Belles fame). She’ll be bringing with her each week a brand new special guest alongside her amazing resident DJs Steffie, Cooks and top Vice bloggers, We Are S.M.E.

Whilst Saturday nights continues full-speed-ahead with BBM Me. Dedicated to bringing the fun and a dash of glamour back to the weekend, we’re still proud to be showcasing the best of all genres of house music every Saturday night to create the best house party you’ve ever been to.

From the casino rooftops of Vegas to the New Year’s crowds of the Australian Festivals, our DJs have played to A-listers, royalty and some of the biggest party-goers in the world, always presenting an electrifyingly ultra flamboyant party experience.

Let’s party!

info@thehoxtonpony.com
02076132844

The Hoxton Pony
104-108 Curtain Rd
London
EC2A 3AH

Tues & Weds: Free Entry
Thursdays: £5
Fridays: Free before 9pm / £7 OTD / £5 concessions
Saturdays: Free before 9pm / £10 OTD / £7 concessions

Opening hours. Tues & Weds, 5pm – 12am. Thurs 5pm – 1am. Fri 5pm – 2am. Sat 6pm – 2am.

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Arguably our best styler video yet, check out the adorable and stylish Vrinder from Sydney, Australia.  We caught up Vrinder whilst she was out shopping at a Vintage market on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch.

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