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You Can Dance (For Inspiration)

Posted on February 22, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here’s some content from our latest newsletter! To sign up to receive our newsletter monthly, just click here.

Hello Friends and Fans,

We write to you with another action-packed instalment of our monthly newsletter. It’s exciting times here at Indeedy Towers, in January we broke a record by selling out three Musical Bingo gigs in the space of a week! We are so pleased that you all come out en force to our events, and we are really grateful for our die-hard fans who keep coming back. We have so much fun putting on these parties so it’s a dream, really. Jimmy Cliff was right.

In the last month our mailing list has doubled! So hello to all of our new readers, this newsletter will arrive in your inbox monthly and will contain news and information about our upcoming events, a little love letter from us, and some fun treats, photos, and invites to our more exclusive events. Welcome to the family!

We’ve got so many Musical Bingo gigs coming up, the world is about to get a lot happier and full of prizes. Our Thursday nights at Drink Shop & Do in Kings Cross are steadily fantastic and wild, and our Friday nights at Balham Bowls Club are packed to the rafters and end in a flailing dance party. Last month’s show at Shoreditch House was full of hot competition and luxurious prizes. In March we will be bringing our fun and games to two additional new venues, please read more about these wonderful new entries to our stable of fun in the listings section of this email.

My slightly obsessive list-making night, I Love Lists, has garnered so much buzz it’s unreal! Who knew that making lists in a social atmosphere would attract so much attention? In addition to appearing on BBC London 94.9, I made an appearance on BBC Radio Scotland a few weeks ago to talk about it. The night has been recommended by Time Out, and we’ve just had the mother of all amazing reviews in Arts News London, which you can read here. The next event is on March 8th if you’d like to make some lists with me.

NEW EVENT ALERT! NEW EVENT ALERT!

I’m launching a new event concept on March 30th for people who get a bit antsy on a Friday. For those who can’t wait for the weekend to start. For those who like to dance. I am pleased to introduce:

LUNCHTIME DISCO

Lunchtime Disco is London’s only daytime dance party! Taking place in the new nightclub below Drink Shop & Do, aptly named Drink Shop & Dance, a gorgeous haven of cocktails that features a large black disco ball, a DJ booth atop a piano, and vintage pinups seen through peepholes in the walls. We’ll be putting on Lunchtime Disco on the last Friday of every month (after payday, natch), so please join us for a cheeky drink and dance with your favourite colleagues and friends. With an eclectic and truly danceworthy music policy and guest DJs, the first edition will be on Friday, March 30th and you can get tickets in advance in our web shop.

Thanks for reading this month’s newsletter, and we hope to see you soon – whether it be competing for prizes, making lists, or dancing during lunchtime!

Love,

Jess Indeedy and Helix xxx

COMING UP SOON:

ARTS & CRAFTS & MUSIC & BINGO


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD AT 8PM
Our monthly Thursday nights at Drink, Shop & Do are always jam-packed and wild. We only have ten tickets left for February 23rd so grab yours now because we will most certainly sell out! As usual, we’ll be getting our craft on with our Decorate A Dauber craft project!

THE BALLROOM AT BALHAM BOWLS CLUB

FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND AT 8PM
This show has now sold out!

LONDON’S FIRST LIST-MAKING NIGHT!

THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH AT 8PM
The Baby Bathhouse, Stoke Newington
As I mentioned earlier, these I Love List nights are increasing popular and are apparently a journalist’s favourite. Tickets are £3 in advance and £4 on the door, you’ll get your own shiny new list-making book and end up feeling more organised and fulfilled. For more information please visit jessindeedy.com/i-love-lists

COMING UP SOONISH:


Thursday, March 22nd at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy

Another wild night at the one-of-a-kind design bar and cafe, Drink Shop & Do! More Musical Bingotinis, more crafting, more winning! This one is already halfway sold out so you know what to do!



Tuesday, March 27th at 7pm
Charity Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
In support of KIDS and The Rhys Daniels Trust
FLORIPA
Tickets £8 by donation via our web shop
£10 at the door
                  
This is a very special charity edition of our night, all of the ticket sales go to these two amazing children’s charities. You’ll have a fantastic night competing for prizes and you’ll be supporting disabled and terminally ill children and their families who really need your help. Floripa is a gorgeous venue in Old Street, and we’re pleased to say that you’ll be seeing a lot more of us there.

Wednesday, March 28th at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
ADVENTURE BAR COVENT GARDEN
We’re so happy to have been invited to bring our fun and games to Adventure Bar in Covent Garden! We have a feeling this one is going to be one of our more rambunctious events, book early to be sure you get a table and prepare to indulge in some glorious cocktails! £7 in advance, £10 on the door.

NEW!

LUNCHTIME DISCO
Friday, March 30th at 12 – 3pm (yes, in the afternoon)
DRINK SHOP & DANCE
As mentioned in the first part of the newsletter, this is our new daytime dance party! We’ll have special guest DJs every month and the music policy is eclectic and always danceworthy! Advance tickets are £3 here or £4 on the door.
BYOS (Bring Your Own Sandwich)

FOR YOUR DIARY…

MUSICAL BINGO WITH JESS INDEEDY – APRIL 6th – BALHAM BOWLS CLUB
I LOVE LISTS – APRIL 12th – THE BABY BATHHOUSE
MUSICAL BINGO WITH JESS INDEEDY – APRIL 19th – DRINK, SHOP & DO
MUSICAL BINGO WITH JESS INDEEDY – APRIL 24th – SHOREDITCH HOUSE

WEDDINGS, HEN DOs, PRIVATE EVENTS

 We love putting on Musical Bingo for weddings, hen dos and private events; it works really well for all age groups and musical tastes, and we specialise in thawing out even your most reserved guests. We’re equally popular for corporate functions, for which we create individual and team competitions and strike that balance between morale boosting and team-building. For our information pack and rates, please send us an email at info@musical-bingo.com

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Upcoming Fun Report

Posted on January 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

Hi Lovelies,

Here is a quick summary of our upcoming gigs to help you plump up your social diaries:

 musical bingo
Tuesday, January 31st at 7:30pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
SHOREDITCH HOUSE
Ebor Street, London UK E1 6AW
Members and superfans only
email info@musical-bingo.com for guest list

FEBRUARY

musical bingo
Friday, February 3rd at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
BALHAM BOWLS CLUB
7-9 Ramsden Road, Balham, London UK SW12 8QX
Tube: Balham
Tickets £5 from our web shop, £7 on the door

Jess Indeedy’s I Love Lists
Wednesday, February 16th at 8pm
The Baby Bathhouse
125 Church Street
Stoke Newington, N16 0UH
£3 in advance here, or £4 at the door


Thursday, February 23rd at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
DRINK SHOP & DO
9 Caledonian Road, London UK N1 9DX
Tube: Kings Cross
Tickets £7 from our web shop

MARCH

musical bingo
Friday, March 2nd at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
BALHAM BOWLS CLUB
7-9 Ramsden Road, Balham, London UK SW12 8QX
Tube: Balham
Tickets £5 from our web shop, £7 on the door

 
Thursday, March 22nd at 8pm
Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy
DRINK SHOP & DO
9 Caledonian Road, London UK N1 9DX
Tube: Kings Cross
Tickets £7 from our web shop

NEW FROM JESS INDEEDY!

Friday, March 30th at 12:30-3pm
JESS INDEEDY’S LUNCHTIME DISCO
DRINK SHOP & DANCE
9 Caledonian Road, London UK N1 9DX
Tube: Kings Cross
Tickets £2 from our web shop

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List-a-licious!

Posted on January 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

WOW! Last night’s I Love Lists event at The Baby Bathhouse was incredible – we ran out of chairs and some people had to make their lists standing up! Who knew I’d find so many like-hearted people that would make lists with me?

The next edition is on Thursday, February 16th (same bat-place, same bat-time), please see more information below and a link to get tickets to ensure you get a seat!

I LOVE LISTS: London’s First List-Making Night!
Thursday, February 16th at 8pm
The Baby Bathhouse

Do you have a penchant for making lists? You’re not alone. Lists write the future and chronicle the past, and they provide order to the chaos in this world. But most of all, making lists is seriously fun!

Join presenter Jess Indeedy of Musical Bingo fame for London’s new list-making night at I Love Lists! You’ll define what you love, loathe, and you’ll learn interesting facts about yourself and your friends. The night concludes with an awards ceremony for your listing skills.

The February edition will feature What I Want To Achieve In 2012, My Favourite Vegetable Dishes, 10 Things I Love About London, Embarrassing Albums Of My Formative Years, plus many more!

It would almost be therapy if there weren’t cocktails involved.
Don’t forget to bring your favourite pen, list books will be provided.

I Love Lists
Wednesday, February 16th at 8pm
The Baby Bathhouse
125 Church Street
Stoke Newington, N16 0UH
£3 per person, buy tickets here

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Featured on BBC London 94.9′s The Late Show with Jo Good
Recommended by Time Out London

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January Joyfulness!

Posted on January 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

Hello Dear Readers,

It’s official, January is more than halfway over. Not that I mind January, it’s a month I associate with nice things like healthy soups, long winter walks, and for some reason the colour blue (as seen in our newest Musical Bingo poster):

December was an incredible month for me, here’s a list of why:

1. I put on London’s first obsessive list-making night, I Love Lists at The Baby Bathhouse and it was a total success!
2. We did lots of private corporate Musical Bingo Christmas events, I now know all the lyrics to every Christmas song imaginable!
3. I was a featured guest on Jo Good’s The Late Show on BBC London 94.9, talking about Musical Bingo and I Love Lists!
4. We’ve added loads of photos from our past events to our website, check it out - maybe you’re on there!

So looking ahead, I’ve got the following super-fun events planned for Londoners that I hope will brighten your month and get you thinking of blue as a colour again!

Love,
Jess Indeedy

LONDON’S FIRST LIST-MAKING NIGHT!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH AT 8PM
The Baby Bathhouse, Stoke Newington
After such an amazing first event in December, I’ll be bringing my slightly obsessive list-making night, I Love Lists, to The Baby Bathhouse on a monthly basis! London’s about to feel a lot more fulfilled and organised.Do you have a penchant for making lists? You’re not alone. Lists write the future and chronicle the past, and they provide order to the chaos in this world. But most of all, making lists is seriously fun! You’ll define what you love, loathe, and you’ll learn interesting facts about yourself and your friends.
The January edition will feature Life Goals for 2012, Top 10 Culinary Winter Warmers, 5 Ways to Make London More Fun, Your Finest Moments of 2011, Favourite TV Shows From Childhood, plus many more!

It would almost be therapy if there weren’t cocktails involved.

For more information, please visit jessindeedy.com.
I’m selling £3 tickets in our trusty Musical Bingo web shop, and recommend you get yours in advance.

ARTS & CRAFTS & MUSIC & BINGO

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH AT 8PM
Our monthly Thursday nights at Drink, Shop & Do are always wild, and most of the time are sold out a month beforehand. We still have a few tickets left for January 26th, grab yours while people are still in hibernation! This January edition brings new musical bingo games, big prizes, and for January only: your choice between the Detox or Retox Box! As usual, we’ll be getting our craft on with our Decorate A Dauber project!

INVITATION:
THE ROOF GARDEN AT SHOREDITCH HOUSE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31st AT 8PM
Our quarterly residency at Shoreditch House continues, in the gorgeous setting of their roof garden. Don’t be alarmed; this sumptuous space is actually warm and toasty as the retractable roof is closed in winter and the fireplaces will be roaring. Shoreditch House have supplied us with luxury prizes as usual, and we will bring you on the sort of musical tour you’ve never been on before. This event is for club members and our superfans only, therefore you must email us to get on the guest list at info@musical-bingo.com

THE BALLROOM AT BALHAM BOWLS CLUB

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD AT 8PM
February marks our triumphant return to the gorgeous Balham Bowls Club, after a very boombastic December edition which resulted in a full-on dance party. We’ll be bringing our Decorate A Dauber craft project to the BBC again this month since it was so popular last time! Get cheaper advance tickets for the best seats in the house here.

FOR YOUR DIARY…
I LOVE LISTS – FEB 16th – THE BABY BATHHOUSE
MUSICAL BINGO WITH JESS INDEEDY – FEB 23rd – DRINK, SHOP & DO
MUSICAL BINGO WITH JESS INDEEDY – MAR 2nd – BALHAM BOWLS CLUB

WEDDINGS, HEN DOs, PRIVATE EVENTS

This time of year always seems to light a fire under people who are planning a special event in coming months, and 2012 is no exception. In the past two weeks, our inboxes have been flooded with wedding, hen do and birthday party enquiries. We totally understand, Helix & I got married not long ago and the process of planning any personal celebration can be nerve-racking! We love putting on Musical Bingo for these events, it works really well for all age groups and musical tastes, and we specialise in thawing out even your most reserved guests. For more information and rates, please send us an email at info@musical-bingo.com

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We’ve Arrived

Posted on September 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Good day to you lovely bingo fans!


Autumn is by far my most favourite season of the year. Here we are at the end of September, and I am on top of the world. Not only because autumn brings me apple pies, chunky sweaters, changing leaves, Fashion Weeks, and crisp weather, but also because this particular autumn will be bringing me Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy’s radio debut, more events at new and tried and true venues in London,  New York and New Haven, an appearance at a huge record label party at The Scala where I’ll have run of my own room, my first ever gig in South London, a land that has been courting me for years, and a sold out show at our North London home, Drink, Shop & Do. (Don’t worry, the chunky sweaters will be safely in my closet for these appearances, giving way for sequins and the like.)

Not to mention that I’m getting contacted daily to put on Musical Bingo at company Christmas parties, which I absolutely love doing. It’s only September and my holiday season is looking pretty busy already!

I’m going to list all these exciting happenings for ease of reading, feel free to click on their corresponding links to get involved:

1. The RADIO DEBUT (oh. my. goodness.) of Musical Bingo with Jess Indeedy will be on Monday, October 3rd at 9pm GMT on Dom Servini’s Unherd Show on Colourful Radio which is both digital and online so you can play from anywhere in the world! To sign up to play, just click here.

2. Our SOUTH LONDON PREMIERE will be at the Balham Bowls Club on Friday, October 14th at 8pm. Have you seen this adorable place? You can buy your tickets here.

3. Our appearance at the BIG RECORD LABEL PARTY is at Wah Wah Live! at The Scala, featuring Gilles Peterson, Colman Bothers, The Boxettes, Stac & Blue Daisy, Greg Wilson, Scrimshire, Gideon Conn and many more, plus special surprise guests! Tickets are £15, buy them here or to get on my discounted guest list just email me at info@musical-bingo.com

4. The SOLD OUT gig on October 20th at Drink Shop & Do is, er, sold out, but we still have tickets available for the November & December dates which you can buyhere. DSD is amazing, and we love our crazy Thursdays here.


5. The latest NEW NEW YORK venue to host our addictive craze is gorgeous members club, Soho House New York on October 25th! This event is just for members but if you are writing a piece on us or you are one of my BFFs email me at info@musical-bingo.com and I’ll add you to my teeny personal guest list.

6. Our NEW NEW HAVEN venue is an amazing addition to our roster, it’s called Box 63 and has reeeeally good American food and drink. I will be getting my cheeseburger fix on here no diggity. Grab your tickets here.

7. Our tried and true BROOKLYN venue, Berry Park, is ready for another night of our hot musical competition on Thursday October 27th. We love this place and Brooklyn loves us. Boom. Get cheaper tickets in advance here.

8. Ho, ho, ho. Yep, we’re already getting lots of CHRISTMAS PARTY bookings. We love doing company parties because they’re the wildest! Maybe it’s down to the ever-flowing free booze. Email me for our shiny gorgeous private event info pack. We also do weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Gary Barlow’s birthday parties (if he’ll have us, apparently he loves bingo).
Also don’t forget to visit our website for more information about how the game works.

www.musical-bingo.com

I hope to see you at some of our events, whether you’re in London, New York, New Haven, or via the airwaves!

All My Love,

Jess Indeedy

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Hot Fun In The Summertime

Posted on August 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

Hello Readers!

There have been so many fantastic things happening since I last blogged!

DJ Helix and I moved house in July and we’re so happy with our new place and our leafy new neighbourhood. One of the first things we set up was the DJ booth, naturally.

We celebrated with champagne when we got the keys to our new place.

Then we celebrated our one year wedding anniversary on July 24th, by reenacting our wedding menu and wearing our wedding best once again. Check out this Lancashire cheese soufflé I made:

Lancashire Cheese Souffle = heaven.

We also put on Musical Bingo for a private investment firm in The City in July, and I have to say this is one of the best private gigs we’ve ever done. We added a team competition element this time and had to create a tiebreaker between two teams at the end of the night. The result? Two teams of finance professionals performing a dance- and sing-off in front of their colleagues. I won’t post photos or videos of it here to protect the innocent, but I do have them on file and often have look whenever I need cheering up!

The party was held in the company's massive training space, high up in a City building. They put our logo up on these giant monitors - how cool is that? I love corporate parties!

July also brought us our first event at London’s most adorable design shop and café, Drink Shop & Do. The show sold out a week in advance, and on the night there was lots of winning, dancing, drinking, and dauber decorating! Our events at this spectacular venue have been selling out repeatedly so the early bird really gets the worm in this case. You can buy tickets in advance at our web shop.

Our 'Decorate A Dauber' craft table - fun!

August has been amazing so far, I went to New York and Connecticut to spend time with family and to bring Musical Bingo to Brooklyn once again! I really enjoyed hanging out with everybody, my nieces are just getting cuter and my grandmother is on top form. Our gig at Berry Park went down a storm, these Brooklyners are seriously competitive let me tell you! We’ll be back in New York in October when we play Berry Park again and at the exquisite private members club Soho House New York!

They look sweet, but they're really out to whoop your arse at musical bingo. They scooped up a lot of prizes.

That's me with one of our New York DJs, Chrispy. He's also my little brother. We're a family of entertainers.

Now I’m back in London and it’s been nonstop since I landed. I meant to blog all of this from Brooklyn but there were too many non-laptop based things to do!

Tomorrow night we rock Drink Shop & Do again (it’s sold out so don’t get excited, unless you managed to get tickets of course. Then you should get really excited).
And then, after a flurry of really fun meetings and team nights out, we are doing our first gig at the sumptuous Baby Bathhouse in Stoke Newington on September 8th! We are really psyched about this new venue because a) the owners rule, we’ve worked with them before at their sister venue, The Bathhouse, b) because we have always wanted to do a ‘local event for local people’ in Stoke Newington, the land forgotten by the London Underground and c) it’s my birthday! The Baby Bathhouse is an absolutely gorgeous space and I’m already thinking about what to wear on the 8th to complement my surroundings. Get tickets in our web shop.

One quick public service announcement: We have a shiny new mailing list signup form, if you’re not on our list yet you should be. You get free stuff, invites to our exclusive gigs, and love letters from me every once in a while. Just click here to join our super fun mailing list.

My next blog will include photos of tomorrow’s event at Drink Shop & Do and other fun morsels of information. Hope to see you all soon on one side of the Atlantic or the other.

Love,
Jess Indeedy xx

 

 

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Shoreditch from the rooftops!

Posted on June 21, 2011 | Leave a comment

Let’s hear it for summer! Thanks to the pleasant weather last Tuesday, we got to do our first al fresco Musical Bingo on the roof of our home away from home, Shoreditch House. It was an amazing night, the room was full to the brim, and Helix and I agree it was our best gig yet!

We teamed up with Shoreditch House to create bespoke drinks for the evening; introducing the Musical Bingotini!

We gave away champagne, a bowling session, a bucketful of sweets (literally) and many more amazing prizes.

Our first prize winner for the evening!

Helix, making a fashion statement in one of his designs.

For more amazing photos, please check out the photo album on our Facebook page. And don’t forget to click ‘Like’!

Love Jess & Helix xxx

P.S. Special thanks to Uslan Cevet for his excellent photography on the night.

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Spring Recap: Brooklyn

Posted on May 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

We played our first ever international gig in Brooklyn in March. It was a huge success, we packed out a bar called Berry Park which is a converted warehouse in Greenpoint. Brooklyn loved us so much that we’ll be back playing regular events there starting this summer!

This lovely winner was awarded Cheetos.

I invited some birthday girls up on stage.

This lucky guy won a giant calculator. Notice its brand name, "Big Daddy".

Whist in Brooklyn, we spent time with family and explored the many restaurants and shops this fantastic borough has to offer. My personal highlight was definitely Brooklyn Mac, a takeaway restaurant in Greenpoint that serves nothing but macaroni and cheese.

Helix chose Bacon & Gouda (left) and I chose the traditional purist's version (right)

This is the best idea since buffalo wings. Maybe one day there will be a Dalston Mac? Perhaps that would cause too many Londoners to go there looking for raincoats.

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