It's Happening Colombo!

It's Happening Colombo!

Welcome to Happening Colombo, your guide to deals, offers and events.
If you want to know where to go for a lunch deal; where and when are the happy hours and ladies' nights; which bands or DJs are playing and where; and what else is happening in and around Colombo: this is the place to find out, with over 150 deals and events now listed. To see all of the deals and offers, visit www.HappeningColombo.com.
 
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What's New this week?

Lunch:
There's a new lunch deal at Park Street Mews Restaurant: three courses, starter, main and dessert,  for Rs1200. There's a choice of three starters including soup of the day, five main courses and three desserts. 
 
We know of 4 midweek lunch deals. Tarshish Villa's is the lowest price but Park Street Mews Restaurant is the only one with 3 separate courses. 

Check it out

Dinner:
We've so far come across surprisingly few dinner deals but this week the Galle Face Hotel have announced a dinner special five days a week, with a different cuisine each night, while Hoppers Night is back at the Jetwing Colombo 7. 
 
However this week Pranzo at Water's Edge have a particularly exciting dinner offer, an all-you-can-eat crab buffet, for just four days from 21st to 24th January. Hurry or you'll miss it!

See Dinner Deals

Happy Hours & Ladies Night
There's lot of good new happy hours to choose from. We like Curve Bar, who celebrate their 12th birthday this week, because as well as cocktails they also offer a wine and tapas combination. The Manchester also have happy hour snacks and King of the Mambo do on Wednesdays. Of the others, Happy Hour is three hours daily at Asylum; at The Steuart it varies but is all day Sunday while Dutch Pub has 2 for 1 beers all day.
 
Of the Ladies' Night deals now, King of the Mambo are on Monday, Ask for Fern on Wednesday and Playtrix on Friday. Its not only drinks, though. Arabian Knights have an offer for ladies on Wednesday, 25% off meals and free mehendi henna hand painting. 

See Happy Hours

Live Music & DJs
As someone who has played in pub bands, it's great see live music again. Re.pub.lk, Manchester, The Steuart and others have live music and DJs once or twice a week. We caught Rock This Country at The Irish last Friday and really enjoyed their set. 
 
This week, The Irish hosts The Notion on Friday.  There's also Total Kaos at Ask for Fern with 2 rooms, 2 vibes while on Saturday Papillon is hosting an all day Butterfly Effect brunch and beats, 11am to 10pm or later.

See Live Music

Other New Events
We've added lots more to the site this week. Playtrix has a Quiz on Tuesday and Salsa Night  Thursday; The Irish also has a salsa event this Saturday.
 
At Weekends, you can go for a run (or walk) with the Hash House Harriers on Saturday, or kayaking in Bolgoda on Saturday or Sunday. 
 
Looking ahead, Workout's next trip is a wellness and yoga retreat near Dambulla from 3rd to 7th February.

Other Events

Last Week:
For only the second week of 2021, quite a lot happened last week.
 
Congratulations to all at AOD on the success of the first virtual Sri Lanka Design Festival. The festival heard from designers, artists and creators over four days of events, discussing the new normal, sustainability and more, all free to watch. 
 
Workout hosted their first weekend trek of the year, to explore the sights and tea history around Kandy, which was by all accounts a great trip.
 
The Movenpick marked their fourth anniversary in Colombo with a range of celebratory events and offers, some of which are still available.
 
And of course many places celebrated Thai Pongal with special menus, dinners and other offers.
 
This week seems quite quiet after that; but there's still lots to do. Visit HappeningColombo to find out what! It's updated every day.

You've reached the end of this week's letter.
This website and this newsletter are very new and we welcome feedback Would you like more reviews of last week's events? More detail of the new offers? Details of Ladies' Nights, more live bands or DJs? Venue focus each week? Please send us your feedback to HappeningCMB@gmail.com or via facebook or instagram message.
See you next week