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Why Is Bongo Closing For Summer (16th July – 31st August) And Where Will I Go Out?

03 July 2023 -

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As happens every year at this time, Bongo will be closing its doors to make way for the Underbelly to take over the lease of the building for the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

We do not make any money from this arrangement.  It’s due to a quirk of our lease with the landlord (Edinburgh City Council).

Bongo’s resident promoters will be running/appearing at the following events during our July/August break:

CLUBS


Midnight Bass
Weekly Tuesdays at Cabaret Voltaire.
Tickets

Overground
Weekly Fridays at The Mash House throughout August.
Tickets

Pulse
w/Sunil Sharpe at The Mash House, Saturday 29th July – Tickets
Pulse x Jackhammer w/The Advent at La Belle Angele, Saturday 5th August – Tickets
w/Slam at The Mash House, Saturday 26th August – Instagram for more info as announced

Disco Makossa
w/Optimistic Soul (Africa Is Now), Friday 18th August – Tickets

Messenger Sound System
w/Mungo’s Hi Fi, Levi Roots & Afrikan Simba, Sat 29th July at Summerhall – Tickets
w/Hometown Hi Fi, Sat 26th August at Summerhall – Instagram for more info as announced

Mumbo Jumbo
Wendy, Steve & Mairi B at Mug Stock, Friday 4th August

Mini-Mumbo at The Street, Saturday 19th August 10pm-5am (FREE EVENT)

GIGS

The Baron Nonesutch LIVE at St Margaret’s House (Art Opening), 7pm, Thurs 10th Aug

Here’s a quick rundown of our Summer Closing Parties 2023:

Friday 30th June: Jackhammer presents I Love Acid w/Luke Vibert, Nightwave and Posthuman, playing acid house and techno.

Saturday 1st July: Messenger Sound System’s Sweet Sounds For The King (Ras Tafari Birthday celebration), playing dub reggae.

Tuesday 4th: Midnight Bass w/Clean Up Crew, 170Lex, JI2001, Kay Dee, Dav, Lara Sinclair, playing drum n bass.

Friday 7th: Truth Hz International DJ Federation w/Elanda, Camoufly, Arthi,
Comrade Massie plus WIZE & MoreNight, SWATT TEAM, Volens Chorus upstairs, all playing club and bass music from across the spectrum.

Saturday 8th: Mumbo Jumbo w/Trendy Wendy, Steve Austin, Mairi B, playing house music and disco plus YBZ Collective upstairs, playing garage, techno, dnb, grime, dub & rave.

Tuesday 11th: Midnight Bass w/ M.O.B (3000 Bass, DnB Lab, 4040 Records), miira,
Hobbes [Hardcore & Jungle Vinyl Set], Harry Jackson (Disorder Edinburgh), playing drum n bass and jungle plus a Club_Nacht Takeover upstairs, playign house music and disco. 

Thursday 13th: Nektar (Charity Event) w/Sadovski (EMS), Katelate (Femmergy, Principle 8)
Item9 (Half Past Now), Evska (EMS, Rave for Ukraine), showcasing techno and bass music by leading queer and Eastern European producers.

Friday 14th: Overground w/Lucky Dip and Wrisk plus guests TBA for a night of hardcore, grime, garage, jungle, club and much more.

Saturday 15th: Tais-toi w/Norwegian techno-trance newcomer MRD, who promotes debut album, Løvehjerte with his unique blend of fast-paced, melodic techno and atmospheric sounds, taking inspiration from the 80s & 90s.”

 

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CLOSED FOR THE FRINGE / SUMMER HOLIDAYS

13 July 2022 -

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We will be closed from Sunday 17th July, due to the lease for our building being taken over by Underbelly, as happens every summer for seven weeks.

We re-open on Friday 2nd September and look forward to kicking off the new season with you then. Enjoy the festivals and have a great summer

NB THE BUILDING DOES NOT BELONG TO US AND WE DO NOT MAKE ANY MONEY AT ALL DURING THIS PERIOD.

Bongo nights happening elsewhere during this period:

Midnight Bass
Tuesdays 19th & 26th July; 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th August
Mash House

Saturday 23rd July
Miniset

Sneaky Pete’s

Mondays 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th August
Headset’s Gay Garage
Sneaky Pete’s

Thursdays 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th August
Overground
Mash House
*DJ Assault headlines Thurs 18th*

Friday 12th August
Headset w/ Debonair & more

Summerhall

Friday 19th August
Hobbes Music Summer Party
Exterior (live AV), Gaming (live AV), Suzi Cunningham (live dance/physical theatre), Leonidas & Hobbes
Summerhall

Friday 19th August
Disco Makossa
La Belle Angele

Saturday 20th August
Mini Mumbo Jumbo aka Mumbo Disco

Steve Austin, Trendy Wendy & Mairi Pots n Pans

The Street

Saturday 20th August

Headset
Stereo, Glasgow
Friday 26th August
SSL XL w/ The General, Feena, Skillis, Messenger Sound System, Brother Most Righteous & Steadfast Sylvatica

La Belle Angele

Saturday 27th August
Messenger presents Unity Showcase
Messenger Sound System meets Hometown Hi Fi
featuring MCs Afrikan Simba, Ista Lion, Campeazi
Summerhall

Saturday 27th August
Pulse w/Rene Wise
Mash House

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CLOSED FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS

12 July 2016 -

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We are now on holiday until the end of the Fringe, due to the lease for our building being taken over by Underbelly (a completely separate business from The Bongo Club), as happens every summer.

We re-open on Saturday 3rd September and look forward to kicking off the new season with you then. Enjoy the festivals and have a great summer

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Only a few weeks to go until the Bongo’s Fringe break!

10 June 2015 -

Holidays (700 px)As you may already know, since we moved to our new home underneath George IV Bridge, the terms of our tenancy require us to vacate the premises for the summer months (Sunday 12th July until we reopen on Saturday 5th September this year), so The Underbelly can move in to use the space for the Fringe.

NB Without a venue, we’re unable to run any of our regular nights (or any Fringe events).  We don’t have any control over this, nor do we have any involvement in what happens in the building during this period.  The Underbelly is a completely separate business from The Bongo Club.  It was here first and thus it takes precedence at this time.  Sorry, folks, but ‘them’s the breaks’, to quote an old favourite by hip hop legend Kurtis Blow.

This does mean that things are likely to get pretty bouncy around here, as we get geared up for our enforced leave of absence, not least at Messenger, far-and-away our longest running night (established in 1987 and running at the Bongo since 1996), which is on the final night before we close (Saturday 11th July).  Here’s how their last dance before summer went off last year:

The next few weeks are also likely to be a lot of fun, as people make the most of the final parties of the season from our other residents:

There’s a free party from resident techno dons Substance this Friday 12th June; Saturday 13th is the penultimate Messenger party with MC Ramon Judah; Rally & Broad cap a tremendous season for them early eve on Fri 19th, while bass supremos Electrikal get geared up for a busy summer on the festival circuit later that night; Saturday night party-starters Mumbo Jumbo keeps things bouncing on Sat 20th; soul-jazz and funk boys Four Corners and grime dons Big n Bashy have their last blasts of the trumpet on Fri 26th and Sat 27th respectively, while garage/techno/house party Headset and soul champs Soulsville have their final blow-outs on Fri 3rd and Sat 4th July.

 

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