Blow Up - London

Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Britannia | London, EN

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The Blow Up 32nd anniversary event in London Friday 17th October 2025 has upgraded the venue to The Britannia which is located by the Monument to the Great fire of London and 12 seconds from Monument Station (by foot).
Blow Up founder Paul Tunkin will DJ whilst two live guests are now confirmed:
The Bongolian are confirmed as live guests and will be celebrating the launch of the release of their seventh album Indian Summer of Love (Blow Up Records)
Whilst new signing to Blow Up Records The Forty Fours are also confirmed to appear live.
All tickets are valid and transferred from the previously advertised event at the Century for an event that is set to put London on fire all over again with another great night of music and dancing.
Last of the early bird discounted tickets are available, the general admission tickets are now on sale . We look forward to you joining us.
Blow Up founder Paul Tunkin will DJ plus more TBA.
THE BRITANNIA
20 MONUMENT STREET
LONDON
EC3R 8AJ
Blow Up, a bona-fide legendary club night at the centre of the mid-Nineties Britpop explosion, cited as the catalyst and birth place of the Britpop scene, influencing the style and sound of a generation. Blow Up was voted No.4 in Time Out’s Top Ten Clubs of the 90s, described as one of ‘5 Classic Clubs of Our Time‘ by Vox Magazine (alongside The Blitz Club, Shoom, The Roxy) and as ‘The club that changed the world’ by Melody Maker. Describing Blow Up in Time Out’s London Calling book as “the breeding ground of the Brit Pop sound” and in NME’s Original’s Blow Up was listed as a Top Ten Britpop Moment. In July 2022 Time Out once again listed Blow Up as one of the greatest London clubs of the past 40 years.
Blow Up has also hosted events around the UK and internationally over the years, including across Europe, USA, Russia and Japan. Whilst the Blow Up club compilations (‘Blow Up A-Go-Go!’ and ‘Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend’) have increased the reach of Blow Up around the world..
Blow Up was founded and launched by Paul Tunkin 16th October 1993 at the upstairs function room of a Camden Town pub the Laurel Tree. After just a few months Blow Up had become the epicentre of a seismic musical and stylistic change in what was later called the Britpop scene. From its origins at the Laurel Tree, Camden Town (1993-1996) to Soho venues the Wag Club (1996-2001), the Metro Club (2002-2009, the Metro which Paul Tunkin co-ran with former Wag Club manager Alan Campbell) Blow Up maintained a weekly club event interspersed with various one-off events. Post the Metro Club’s closure Blow Up took up weekly and monthly residences in various venues including Bar Rumba, 4 Denmark St and Peckham's Bussey Building followed by a weekly five year Friday night residency at the St Moritz Club, Wardour St Soho (2015-2020) once again interspersed with occasional monthly events including the Troubadour London. Blow Up ran continuous weekly events until the nightlife lockdown in 2020 and finally returned for a three night residency at Vout O Reenee’s London (Oct - December 2022). November 2023 saw the first part of the Blow Up 30 year celebrations with a sold out club and live event at Jamboree Kings Cross. followed by a second event n May 2024 which saw Blow Up take to the roof terrace of members club the Century in Soho. Blow Up celebrated our 31st anniversary at the Century and we are pleased to be returning there for more regular events.
Hope that you can join us for what promises to be another special night.

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The Britannia, 20 Monument Street, London, EC3R 8AJ, United Kingdom

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