Welcome to my new column: ‘Don’t Give Up on London Nightlife Yet’, where I do the honours of jumping around the city finding the best events for those within the Black British Diaspora. As a self-proclaimed lover of all things music and entertainment, this is a role I take very seriously. No genre will go untouched and no venue will go unvisited.

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