It’s been a rocky few months, with plenty of highs and lows. After having to abort our planned July grand reopening, we finally kicked off again in September and carried on from there, though the rise of Omicron meant that our December events were dogged by drop-outs from quarantining customers and a Russian Roulette as to whether our staff and entertainers would be available each time. New Year’s Eve nearly didn’t happen (and I myself couldn’t be there as I had Covid by then), but we pulled victory from the jaws of defeat—many thanks to Champagne Charlie and the band, and to sound engineer Tim Nugent for stepping into my shoes at the last minute. Now, as we march into 2002, things are so far not much less tough—we’ve just had to cancel our planned January event as once again too many of our crew are unavailable because of Covid. Our apologies to all the guests who were looking forward to that.
But apparently Britain has turned the corner on Covid, and there are rumours that the Plan-B rules, which require us to ask for Covid Passports from all guests, may be lifted from the end of this month. So we can look with optimism to our next event, the St Valentine’s Day special on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th February. Got your tickets yet?
Elise Roth making her Candlelight Club debut with her band at our Christmas party
