Open all night, but now daytime too: the brunch will see the club open pre-midday on Saturdays
(Picture: Ronnie Scott's )Soho’s beloved jazz club Ronnie Scott’s has announced a new series of brunches accompanied by live comedy.
The series will begin in just over a fortnight’s time as stand-up and podcaster Ed Gamble launches the new daytime venture on Saturday July 17.
Gamble, who hosts the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster, will set the template for the shows; while guests tuck into a two-course brunch menu and drink the bar’s famed cocktails, he will top a bill also starring the upcoming Janine Harouni – winner of the BBC New Comedy Award – as well as Chloe Petts. Doors open for the midday show at 11.30am, and tickets – which include the food and two drinks – cost £55.
Two further brunches will get the series going on July 24 and July 31, with headliners set to be announced shortly, before the series settles to be on every other month, alternating with the club’s All That Jazz! cabaret brunches, which got off the ground late last year.
The news is a gladdening sign of the club, which first opened in 1959 – albeit at a different home to its present, longstanding Frith Street site – and was hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Social distancing rules in particular have seen it’s offering limited somewhat, though its re-opening in September was a triumph, and it has reportedly been a success since lockdown three ended.
Evening shows are presently set to continue as usual, with big name jazz stars The James Taylor Quartet and Liane Carroll due to later this month, and it’s hoped that “Freedom Day” on July 19 will allow it to operate as usual.
