Hi all, Can you believe that January is almost gone? And some of us are just getting back into the swing of things! It's barely two weeks until Valentine's Day! Speaking of Valentine's, we had lots of really positive comments about our listing of New Year's Eve evenings so we will be doing something similar for Valentine's. There's a couple of events already announced, which are on our home page diary. Have you heard of Wow, the new app from Dialog? Have you already downloaded it? We're supplying content for their "Entertainment" feed, which is exciting. So this week we found some new meal offers, happy hours and music events but as always, events are being announced all the time and any new findings will of course be added to www.HappeningColombo.com so do drop in to check. |
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Meal Deals and Food Offers The Colombo Street Food Festival is back this weekend at Hospital Street, with more than 25 stalls offering a wide variety of street foods and with live music both on the street and indoors. It's on Friday and Saturday, from 5.00pm in Hospital Street, behind the Old Dutch Hospital. Have you been to the new Courtyard Hotel yet? Their Beira Kitchen have started a Seafood Buffet on Fridays from 6.30pm to 10.30pm, priced at Rs7,500 pr person. They also offer the option of a Catch of the Day at additional cost. This Saturday, Via Torino are hosting a traditional Italian Aperitivo, with a buffet of cold cuts, cheese, pizza and canapes. The aperitivo will be from 3.30pm to 6.30pm and costs Rs3.000. It's likely to be popular so reservations are recommended. How about a dinner cruise, with a dinner buffet while cruising the lake? Garton's Ark are offering cruises on Friday and Sunday this weekend as well as Monday. It's from 7.00pm to 11.00pm with a two hour cruise and cost is Rs5,000 per person. There's a Sunday Jazz Brunch at Playtrix this weekend with a brunch buffet of breakfast and lunch items and live jazz by the band "En Route". This will be from 11.00am to 3.00pm and costs Rs2,500++. | | |
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Drinks Deals There's a Happy Hour at In on the Green which daily except for Mondays, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. They offer 50% off selected beverages and beers. The Radisson's rooftop bar, On14, now also has a Happy Hour which is daily, at the usual time of 5pm to 7pm and they too offer 50% off selected drinks. And there's a Happy Hour at Kava Bar which is also daily except for Mondays, and this too is from 5.00pm to 7.00pm with a buy one, get one free deal on selected cocktails. And we are also very happy to see a new Gentlemen's Night. It's at the Tunnel Lounge and they are offering free shots to gents on a Wednesday evening from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. | | |
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Live Music and DJs There are some great gigs this weekend! On Friday, One Stage at the Taj Samudra features five bands: Magic Box Mixup, Slipping Chairs, Misty, Pop Culture and Puppets. This starts at 7.30pm. Meanwhile over at Independence Arcade, the Agastra Festival has four performers and three bands on stage, at the Asylum premises, starting at 8.00pm. On Saturday, metal legends Stigmata are back at Darley Road for their first full gig of the year, with special guests Sevexth. This starts at 7.00pm. Also on Saturday, a celebration of Sinhala, Hindi & Tamil music, "SiHiTa", takes place with a multitude of artists on stage at the Sugathadasa Stadium from from 6.30pm. And "City of Music", also on Saturday, features four artists at Nelum Pokuna, from 6.30pm. On Sunday, jazz fans can enjoy some live jazz from EnRoute over brunch at Playtrix, from 11.00am to 3.00pm. And also on Sunday, "La Fiesta" has three performers on stage with Daddy at Musaeus College from 7pm. On to EDM and Friday's Fireland festival has sadly been rescheduled. However, on Saturday the much anticipated "Eclipse" will be taking place at Port City featuring international guest DJs Volen Sentir and Manna and six local DJs, starting at 4pm. Dream 01 is the first in a new series of EDM events and will also taking place on Saturday at Holybelly, with six DJs, starting at 4.00pm. For more events next week, check our homepage diary. | | |
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Other Events There's entertainment on Friday at Food Studio, Colombo City Centre, with an Open Mic and a Beer Pong Tournament. This will be outside on the terrace, starting at 6.30pm. There's also an Open Mic on Friday at Nico's Pizzeria, hosted by Nathan Eardley and there will be a special menu and you are welcome to BYOB. On Saturday there's an opportunity to meet Shehan Karunatilaka as he will be reading some extracts from his Booker Prize winning novel, "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". This is at the British Council Library from 6.00pm. On Saturday evening there's a Comedy Night, "Post Pay Stress Disorder" with seven Stand Up Comedians. This will be at the Hatch Auditorium at 7.00pm. And one for the kids, the WNPS Youth Wing invites kids aged 5 to 13 to meet at Diyasaru Park to learn "How to be a Scientist". They will get to examine and study some of the insects and other small wildlife, from 8.30am to 12.30pm. Again, events are being added all the time and we add updates every day so do check back. | | |
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Looking Ahead Please feel free to DM or email us; tell what you would like more of, or less of. And if you know of an interesting event, please tell us so that we can share it. Visit HappeningColombo regularly to find out what is happening. It's updated every day! |
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Final Words Please send us your feedback to HappeningCMB@gmail.com or via facebook or instagram message. See you next week, with even more events to enjoy! Disclaimer: deals can change at any time; the deals and news here is is based on what we know at the time of writing. We share information about F&B, drinks and other suppliers but make no guarantee of the quality of product or service. |
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