Post #767172 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Aug 8, 2016 11:07 AM

Uh oh!:

"Drink Up LDN canceled Spirit of Tiki.

Studio 338, the venue secured to stage the inaugural Spirit of Tiki has today suffered a very serious fire.
We are awaiting official fire brigade reports but are grateful to say that no one has been hurt in the incident.

Due to the severity of the blaze, the management team at the venue has unfortunately taken the sad decision to cancel the event and subsequent others, while the venue undergoes a full refurbishment.

As you can imagine – we’re beyond disappointed but are committed to hosting the event and have immediately begun looking for a new venue, however this certainly won’t happen in time for this weekend.

For those that have already bought a ticket - Design My Night as our ticket provider will be refunding your ticket purchase and the money will be in your account in the next 3–5 working days.

Please keep your eyes peeled for the new event listing – which we’ll share as soon as we’re able.
Thank you so much for your understanding at this difficult time."

It seems they had good intentions...

"...Tiki was born in the 30's and was in its boom in the 50's and 60's.
In the 70's and 80's Tiki was so popular ,that everyone was doing It. People that now about it and people that didn't have a clue. This is how the quality and identity of Tiki got lost. Tiki slowly got mistaken for colourful Disco tacky.
Now Tiki is in its boom again! As one of the modern Tiki pioneers I want to help to keep the quality, identity and the "Spirit of Tiki" alive!
With the Spirit of Tiki we want to educate people about Tiki ,revive few of the classic Tiki Cocktails and create some Modern Tiki drinks.
Most of all we want to create the ultimate Aloha Spirit Luau Party!"

...but what the hey were they talking about with that "70s and 80s...everyone was doing it"-thing? It seems they got the "Tiki Devolution" history a bit wrong? :)