Pin up your victory rolls and wave your Union Jack with pride, dust off your stripes and polish your medals. Turn out that light and pile into the shelter for a spectacular New Year’s Eve special.

This year’s venue will be transformed into a wartime air shelter, complete with a warren of six rooms. Including a swing dance hall, two live music stages, and a bunker complete with sandbags, searchlights, blackout curtains, oil lamps and military bunk beds. Ration books will replace bar menus and scarce provisions will line the walls. 

The evening will host the UK’s finest live swing bands, performers and DJs. Big band tunes will play for fun-loving party girls who long to share a Gin French cocktail with a handsome man in uniform. The dedicated Spitfire Bar will quench the thirst of soldiers with hearty British ale and champagne. There will be plenty of war time snacks on hand to keep those jitterbugs going. Another room will project original newsreels and wartime films, accompanied by live music, for a touch of that wartime authenticity.

Ladies, don your lipstick and tea-dresses and draw on those stockings. Gentlemen dust off your medals and wear your uniforms with pride. The Blitz Party returns to London for a New Year special, where cocktails, dancing and neighbourly spirit are the order of the evening. 

Dress Code: 1940s glam, home front utility clothing, and allied uniform 

Bunker Opens at 9pm, Floor shows & entertainment from 10pm

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend The Blitz Party: New Year's Eve Special at Great Suffolk Street Arches on Wednesday 31 December from 21:00. To enter the competition, send an email to bojana@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: Blitz is short for:

A: 1) Blitzen 2) Blitzkrieg 3)Blitzwar