Sad to see that Spiritland on the Southbank is closing as it was becoming the perfect hub for all the good parties for us (still into it) London people. It sort of took the baton from Giant Steps in that way. Big up Paul Noble and Sophie (who run Spiritland) as they are genuinely great people. Plus Paul is a massive Prince fan. Here’s to the next step.
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Happy to see that they’re still running at Kings Cross, hope they bounce back when the conditions are right.
well this is some bullshit. i plan on making my first trip to london in april and spiritland southbank was on the shortlist of places to visit. bah!
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Was really hoping to get down for a night in there 
Terrible for all involved and working with the place, January is bad enough without this kind of shit.
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How come it’s closing?
FAREWELL TO SPIRITLAND ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
Some tough news to share - our beloved home on the Southbank is now closed.
We set out to build a pleasure palace for lovers of music and culture - a space for drinking and dining, dancing and conversation within Europe’s biggest arts centre. We would have loved to continue our mission there but the current conditions simply don’t allow it. Covid, Brexit, energy price rises and numerous other factors have made this difficult decision inevitable.
We opened at the end of 2018, spent 2019 finding our people - then 2020 happened. Although Covid meant we were closed for nearly half of our four years there, we managed to do alot in a short time - talks, supperclubs, aftershows, album playbacks and a lot of parties.
Spiritland Royal Festival Hall has been the only independent venue in a sea of chains, the only place to offer a culturally aligned programme to the many Southbank arts venues and a place for Londoners and out-of-towners alike to eat, drink, dance and enjoy music in a beautiful setting.
Our sincere thanks go out to everyone who’s been a part of it - the diners, drinkers, dancers, DJs and all our collaborators - and of course all our team who’ve worked with us over the last four years.
Spiritland King’s Cross, the Spiritland Headphone Bar in Mayfair and Spiritland Productions continue to steam ahead with our mission of exploring and celebrating music and the culture that surrounds it.
The venue is now shut but before we pack up the speakers, we’re going out in a blaze of glory with two big nights to celebrate - the one and only Black Keys are playing a free party tomorrow night and then one final dance with the very first DJs to play here on our launch night - our friends Jarvis Cocker & Alexis Taylor. They play us out next Friday 13th January. Come and join us for one last dance.
We’ll miss our beautiful home on the Southbank. We wanted to build a unique and credible addition to London’s cultural landscape - our journey will continue elsewhere and we’ll keep you posted about what’s next for us.
Paul, Sophie and Dom x
WHAT WE DID 2018 - 2022
A lot went down during our time at the foot of the Royal Festival Hall.
Thank you to all the artists who chose to launch their albums here - Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Leonard Cohen, Interpol, Steve Lacy, Brittany Howard, Hot Chip, Honey Dijon, John Legend, Blossoms and more.
We hosted afterparties for Peter Blake, Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, the Tony Allen Tribute show, Jarvis Cocker, the Talk Talk tribute show, Fabio & Grooverider, Secretsundaze, Steve McQueen, Laurent Garnier, Tim Burgess, Ulrich Schanuss, Erykah Badu, Adam Buxton’s BUG and BFI Flare, Meltdown, Sundance and Women Of The World festivals.
Thank you to some of our favourite chefs who put on supper clubs: Stevie Parle, Selin Kiazim, 10 Greek Street, Levan, Amy and Bill Poon and Breakfast In Bread.
Special events included Martin Green and Jonny Trunk’s Half-Forgotten Library music sessions, an ABBA celebration with Pete Paphides and Little Boots, Country Sundays with Baylen Leonard, live jazz programmed by Tara Minton, a night of spoken word with Omar Musa, Jonny Woo’s annual Christmas cabaret, Moses Boyd playing live, Honey Dijon in conversation with Jamz Supernova, Matthew Herbert in conversation Anna Meredith MBE, Concrete Lates at Queen Elizabeth Hall with Lovefingers & Jane Fitz, Oktoberfest with Braybrooke, Shaun Keaveney’s Community Garden Radio live and more.
SPIRITLAND BY NIGHT - DJ ROLL CALL
ABI CLARKE / ALEXANDER NUT / ALEXIS TAYLOR / ANDREW ASHONG / APIENTO / AROOP ROY / ATJAZZ / AUNTIE FLO / BILL BREWSTER / CHARLIE DARK / CODY CURRIE / COLLEEN ‘COSMO’ MURPHY / DAM SWINDLE / DANNY KRIVIT / DAVID HOLMES / DEBONAIR / DENNIS BOVELL / DJ DIE / DJ FOOD / DJ GILLA / DJ KRUST / DJ PAULETTE EDDIE FICTION / ELIZA ROSE / FABIO & GROOVERIDER / FAITH DJS / FRANÇOIS K / FRED EVERYTHING / FREDERIKA / GREG WILSON / HEIDI LAWDEN / HILIT KOLET / HONEY DIJON / HOT CHIP / JAMES LAVELLE JANE FITZ / JARVIS COCKER / JEAN-CLAUDE / JIMPSTER / JOHN GÓMEZ / JON SA TRINXA / JONNY TRUNK / JOSEY REBELLE / JOSH CAFFÉ / JUDAH / KAIDI TATHAM / KATIE BARBER / LAURENT GARNIER LEANNE WRIGHT / LOVEFINGERS / LUKE HOWARD / LUKE SOLOMON / LUKE UNA / MAFALDA / MARSHMELLO / MARTIN GREEN / MAURICE FULTON / MELVO BAPTISTE / MICHE / MS G / NANCY NOISE / NORMAN JAY MBE / NORSICAA / PATRICK FORGE / PHIL MISON / PIERS HARRISON / PLASTIC PEOPLE / PRINCESS JULIA / QUANTIC / RAW SILK / ROBERT OWENS / ROCKY / ROSS ALLEN / SANCHO PANZA / SARAHTONIN / SASHA / SECRETSUNDAZE / SEVERINO / SIMONE MARIE / SOULECTION / TASH LC / THE MIGHTY ZAF / TOBY TOBIAS/ TOM MIDDLETON / TOTAL REFRESHMENT CENTRE / TOUCHIN’ BASS / TREVOR JACKSON / WORKS OF INTENT / ZAKIA
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Where will I go and misbehave now? The toilet cubicles had their own Tannoys at Spiritland. You don’t find that attention to detail in many places.
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That is the problem. Paul had really got something great going. I wouldn’t have a clue where to go now tbh on the regular.
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