After being closed over winter for refurbishment, the Blue Room on Bree Avenue is again in time for the summer season season, unveiling a contemporary new look and musical line-up.
Matt Manning, proprietor of The Blue Room, explains that the venue has been redesigned with each performers and patrons in thoughts. With interiors by Stokperd, the new-look Blue Room options an expanded seating space with a 100-seater capability, wall paintings that pays tribute to numerous music legends, luxurious finishes and state-of-the-art acoustics, and an elevated stage for performances.
The opening additionally marks the Blue Room’s repositioning as a stay music venue reasonably than a jazz lounge, because it initially launched in 2021. “We’ve grown over the previous few years, and we wished to increase our providing to be extra inclusive, welcoming artists throughout all musical genres and interesting to a broader viewers.”
Performances on the Blue Room are booked by music reserving company On the Invoice, which has additionally put in new recording studios throughout the Blue Room venue. Headed up by Jody Abel, one half of the dynamite musical duo Acoustic Aspect, On the Invoice Studios lives harmoniously alongside the stay music venue.
Manning says that whereas the Blue Room will provide up its stage to native and worldwide artists, it stays firmly rooted in recognising and celebrating African expertise. Calendar fixtures reminiscent of ‘New Expertise Tuesdays’ additionally provide a platform for up-and-coming artists to carry out, with the potential of future bookings on the Blue Room and with On the Invoice.
Whereas the reopening heralds change to each the musical repertoire and venue aesthetics, Manning says that patrons can relaxation assured that the foods and drinks providing on the Blue Room will stay unchanged.
“Patrons can browse our beautiful vary of craft cocktails, with a few new concoctions created particularly for the reopening, reminiscent of Don’t be Bitter (Vodka, Aperol, Lime and Ginger Ale) and Blue Velvet (Tequila, Blue Curacao, Lime and Peach).”
“We may even proceed to supply a unbelievable wine listing and refined bistro fare by means of our venue’s sister institution Grub & Vine. Friends can order a pre-show dinner from our set menu or get pleasure from their present with a number of plates from our tapas menu, which incorporates favourites reminiscent of The Blue Room Scorching Canine, Asian Rooster Wings and BBQ Lamb Ribs.”
“We stay up for welcoming lovers of excellent meals, good wine and, in fact, good music to the brand new Blue Room!”
For extra info, go to www.theblueroomza.com and observe them on Instagram @theblueroomct
