Happening Colombo

 

 

2021 Week 9

03 March 

Welcome to your guide to Colombo's meal deals, happy hours, events and more.

For a quick business lunch, indulgent dinners, sundowner cocktails and the best bands and best gigs, all at Happening Colombo.

 

We've also added a new page, "Activities", which includes city tours, overnight hotel stays, weekend trips and things to do in and around Colombo.  It's not very busy yet but we are adding to it fast.

 

This week we're going to add a dedicated page for live music as well, so that the diary on the home page can be focused on other events in the week. So if you're a live music fan, like we are, you'll find all the gigs on one page.

 

Where did February go? It's March already! Luckily some of the deals from February have been extended through March (thanks Cinnamon Lakeside!). And more deals are being added, so keep checking back.

 

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What's New this week?

Lunch and Brunch

As mentioned, the "buy 3, get 4" offer for lunch at Cinnamon Lakeside has been extended through March.  TGI Fridays have a 2-for-1 deal on selected steaks, for  lunch or dinner. 

 

In recognition of International Women's Day on 8th March, all ladies eating at Elevate's buffet lunch that day will enjoy a 10% discount, while ladies eating lunch (or dinner) at the Galadari will get 30% discount that day. There is also a special International Women's Day lunch buffet at the Mandarina's rooftop restaurant.

 

Meanwhile Arabian Knights have launched an Executive Lunch menu with four lunch bargains starting from Rs290. This is available from Monday to Thursday. 

 
Check it out

HighTea and Dinner:

It's All about Roti at the Galadari this week, with a roti festival at Cafe 64 from the 4th to the 7th March, starting at 5pm.

 

On Saturday, the Barefoot Garden Cafe, together with Hideaway on the Road, are hosting a "Moroccan Soiree" at 7pm, with music by Jerome; reservations for this dinner are strongly recommended.

 

To celebrate International Women's Day, Hyve Desserts will hold a High Tea on Sunday 7th (yes, the day before Women's Day) while on the 8th itself, ladies dining at the Colombo Hilton's Graze Kitchen dinner buffet will get a 50% discount. 

 
See Dinner Deals

Happy Hours & Ladies' Night

Although it's called "Happy Hour", most bars' happy hour deals go on for longer. Two hours is fairly common. However some go on longer than that.

Happy hour lasts for three hours at Asylum daily, at Curve Bar from Sunday to Thursday and Colombar Wednesday to Saturday and at The British Pub.

There are even a few with four hours. Ask for Fern have happy hour is from 6pm to 10pm, from Tuesday to Thursday. There are two places who give four hours of happiness every day, both from 5pm to 9pm: The Colombo Fort Cafe on beers and the Galadari Hotel on a range of drinks. 

Are there any longer than that? Well, at Colombar from Sunday to Tuesday happy hour is from 3pm to 8pm, five hours. And on Sunday, The  Steuart's is 11am to 11pm.

Of course, which drinks are included varies from place to place, so the choice may be more or less, and a number of bars have 3-for-2 beer deals all day. 

If you know of any other long happy hours do please let us know!

 

Of course some ladies' night deals have selected drinks free for ladies. And there is a new ladies' night on Wednesday at Ace Pub Nawala which offers selected cocktails free, for the ladies. 

 

Disclaimer: deals can change at any time; this is based on what we know at the time of writing. Also, please, do drink responsibly!

 
See Happy Hours

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Live Music & DJs

It's a good week for music. On Wednesday, Jukebox will play at The Long Bar and Yaka Crew will be at Honey Beach Club, along with fire limbo dancers. Over at Asylum, Daria and Malithra will be playing to accompany the Margarita Night.

 

On Thursday Jerome is playing at Curve Bar while, at The Irish, you can be the star as it's Open Mic Night with Sam Day.

 

The usual Friday gigs are on: Aquarius at Shore by O, The Notion at In on the Green, Dream Caravan at Honey Beach Club. We also have Flame setting the Darley Road alight, Cold Sweat at Re.pub.lk and Magic Box Mixup at Sunset Blu.

 

Saturday is another great day for live music with the regular spots of The Notion at In on the Green, Aquarius at Darley Road, Hania at The Gallery Cafe and Warehouse Project at Honey Beach Club. Good news at Colombar as Link will be back. We also have OIC at Re.pub.lk.  However, Saturday is also the first Rock Down, a weekly evening of hard rock and heavy metal with five bands playing; this week the bands are Mindfunk, Trishira, Story, Springfield and Blind Effect.

 
See Live Music

Other Events

The hospitality industry has, like many, been hit hard by the pandemic so it's very encouraging to see new places opening. In Thalawathugoda, The Garden have just opened offering rooftop lounge and dining. If you check them out, do let us know what you think.

 

As for other events, this week sees the 70th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force, celebrated in a joint air show with the Indian Air Force at Galle Face, from Wednesday to Friday at 5pm with aerobatics and formation flying. There's good viewing from many of the restaurants at One Galle Face or the hotels overlooking Galle Face. 

 

This weekend, Prana Lounge is holding a Yoga retreat at Horathapola, from Friday to  Sunday.  For something more energetic, Ceylon Ramblers will be doing Ravana's Chariot Path hike on Saturday, with an early morning start from Colombo.

 

Staying in Colombo, Isso and Shrimp Daddy are hosting a women's day weekend pop-up sale on Saturday and Sunday, from 4pm to 9pm, showcasing some of Colombo's top brands, along with some entertainment continuing till 11pm. There's even a welcome glass of prosecco for the ladies between 4pm and 6pm.

 
Other Events

Looking Ahead

Looking ahead go next week, a celebration of French cinema starts on Monday with a screening of "La Belle Saison" at Regal Cinemas. And on Wednesday, Brio are hosting an open mic night from 6.30pm.

 

And guys - just another reminder: 8th March is International Women's Day!

 

Whatever you do, stay safe. And visit HappeningColombo regularly to find out what is happening. It's updated every day!

Final Words

We're well into the second month of this newsletter now and hope you find it useful.  We hope you like the new Activities page - it's only got a few things now but it will grow quickly. 

We'd love to hear more from you, what you would like to see more of: reviews of last week's events? Previews of this week's? More live music, more day trips? Please send us your feedback to HappeningCMB@gmail.com or via facebook or instagram message.

 

See you next week!

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