Brixton Culture Capital 13.04.2025
Where to Spend Valentine’s in Brixton (Dinner, Wine, Beer, Bass, Dance)
Valentine’s in Brixton can be whatever mood you’re in.
It could be a candlelit table at La Nonna or Francina Trattoria, if Italian is your love language—handmade pasta, good olive oil, and a bottle shared slowly. If you’re in the mood for something more bistro-style, La Nonna brings that relaxed, neighbourhood energy that is intimate, unfussy, and perfect for lingering.
Staying in, but still want something special? Pick up a bottle from Bottle & Rye or Vining Street Wine Club on Atlantic Road. Here you can find natural wines, low lighting, and the kind of bottles that turn a simple night at home into an occasion.
More of a cocktail couple? Finch, Canova Hall, or Henge will have your mouth tingling and the evening moving.
More of a beer lover? Keep it local. Head to Supercute Taproom or their Brewhouse in Loughborough Junction for something small-batch and brewed down the road. They’re pouring “Kissy Kissy Me” (a cherry sour) for £5 this Valentine’s. If that’s not for you, there’s also a beer called “Nobody Loves You,” which feels like emotional honesty in a pint glass.
Want something louder? Hold hands in the crowd. You’re single? Let the bass do the flirting. Scroll down for this weekend’s picks.
What’s On – Events in Brixton (Fri 13 –Wed 18 Feb)
🎶 Music & Nightlife
✨ Fri, 13 Feb – Two Shell, El B & Trim: 4 Fridays @ Phonox
🕒 22:00–04:00 | The enigmatic London duo continue their February residency. This week they bring grime cornerstone Trim and El B for a session that swings between UK garage, hyperpop-rave and post-dubstep. Funktion One System. Phones discouraged. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Fri, 13 Feb – Remember Them Days: Donae’o & Friends (Valentine’s Special) @ Brixton Jamm
🕒 22:00–late | Donae’o headlines a Valentine’s party built on UK funky, Afrobeats and garage. The “Party Hard” originator in an intimate Brixton room. Expect sweat.
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✨ Fri 13 Feb — BRIXTON BASS: Valentine’s Special @ Hootananny.
🕒 22:30–03:00 |This is the local drum & bass institution moving from “Friday out” to “shared ritual”. The programming is simple: a late start, a hard-running line-up, and a room that locks into pace. Treat it like cardio with strangers who know the drops.
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✨ Sat 14 Feb — Knee Jerk Valentines: Black Fondu, I’m Sorry Emil + more The Windmill.
🕒 20:00 | The Windmill’s Valentine’s counter-programming: poised noise, industrial edges, and midnight karaoke. It’s a good pick if you prefer your community built through shared volume and a little chaos—no pretending, no posturing, just a room doing the same thing together. 🎟️ Event info & tickets
🎨 Art & Heritage
✨ Until 26 Feb – Under Our Skin (Group Exhibition) @ Brixton Tate Library
🕒 Library hours (free) | 35 artists, 50+ works, curated by Xavier White for LGBTQ+ History Month. The show asks what gets under the skin — the masks worn, the lessons absorbed, the truths finally spoken. Emerging to established, including Sunil Gupta. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Until 21 Feb – SALON/25: Annual Members’ Exhibition @ Photofusion
🕒 Tue–Sat 10:00–18:00 (free) | Eighty members, eighty images, floor to ceiling. A proper snapshot of Brixton’s photography community — documentary, fine art, experimental — inside the gallery on Beehive Place. Last week to catch it.
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✨ Wed 11 Feb — Life Drawing with SketchPad @ Effra Social
🕒 19:30–21:30 | A structured life-drawing session (quick poses into longer studies) guided by artist Lisa Brown. Bring your own tools if you’re particular; the point is practising in public, with enough instruction to keep momentum and enough quiet to focus. 🎟️ Event info
🧩 Everything Else (community, food, workshops, markets, talks)
✨ Sat, 21 Feb – The Hidden River Effra and the Stink Pipes
🕒 11:00–13:30 | A guided urban history walk uncovering Brixton’s buried river, Victorian sewer engineering, and the strange infrastructure beneath our feet. Herne Hill Station to central Brixton — part myth-busting, part social history, part proper South London wander. Led by Lambeth Tour Guides. 🎟️ Event info
✨ Sat, 14 Feb – Six Nations FanPark: Scotland v England @ Brixton Jamm
🕒 13:00–19:00 | Big screens, heated outdoor Brixton Beach, food and Guinness flowing. Watch the Calcutta Cup on a proper system with a crowd that actually cares. Families welcome. 🎟️ Event info
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TheBccList Film & Theatre Guide
🍿Hamnet – Ritzy Cinema (5–11 Feb, various times) – From Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao comes Hamnet, a drama speculating on the love and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal mesmerise as Agnes and William Shakespeare in this tale of passion, grief, and literary genesis.
🧪Rotten Tomatoes: 86% 🎟️ Book Tickets
🎭 Far Gone – Brixton House (11–21 Feb) – A powerful one-man show tracing a Ugandan boy’s journey from innocence to survival, inspired by writer-performer John Rwothomack’s near-abduction by the LRA. Told with humour, poetry and startling physical theatre, this drama strikes straight at the heart. 🎟️ Book Tickets
Brixton Discounts
Laundry Local - 50% off your entire bill throughout January and February 2026, Monday to Friday
Impact Brixton- Free £35 coworking trial day pass for new readers of TheBcclist who have never visited IB . One-time application
Nuvola Pizza- Half-price pizza deal on Tuesdays at Nuvolapizza in Market Row, Brixton. Nuvolapizza is offering 50% off all pizzas on Tuesday.
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