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greatexhibition

greatexhibition

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Hi to all our lovely customers,


You'll be glad to know we're re-opening our doors Friday 4th Oct and throwing a big party to celebrate our small makeover!


Open from 12pm as usual for lunch and then the party begins at 7pm with our amazing DJ Oliver Sudden and then the funky sounds of the Indi-souls from 9pm!


but...


We invite all of our neighbours (YOU LOVELY PEOPLE) for a Sneak Peek of the venue on the Thurs 3rd Oct from 6pm so please pop by and say hello as we've missed your faces!


See you next week!


Love your local,

Great Ex xx

KidKruger

KidKruger

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Great to know the GE is becoming a party pub, the target audience seems to have changed since the conversion from the Crystal Palace Tavern, when it was chills laid-back often quirky music played at a level where you could still maintain a conversation.

That?s been deleted in the last couple of years.

The loud music and pissed-up chaos at closing time keeps a LOT of locals up and I?d appreciate any assurance on what will be done about this please.

DovertheRoad

DovertheRoad

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Yep, well done for the refurb etc but this reads like:


- Looking fwd to more PARTAAAY!! with our highly targeted 20-something demographic.


- Hoping we can placate our neighboura (mostly not in this age group) with a "lovely" sneak preview.


One suggestion, if you really want true "local" credentials, would be to make your offering more welcoming to a wider age group. Like anyone over 30 perhaps?


As an early deserter of TGE once said " The problem with the Great Exxie is you go in there any night of the week...and there's always some @#$% with a mic".


How about an "Over 30's" night on, say, a Wednesday? No need for a Baywatch/Friends/Kylie "theme" either, just some decent tunes, the ability to speak and pwrhaps serve some beer?


Just a thought...

greatexhibition

greatexhibition

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Thanks everyone for the feedback, we like to try and cater for all different ages and for those that have been in over the last 6 months you will know that we have changed and few things. We no longer have DJ's Friday and Saturday night's, Friday's we now have live music as we think this is more suited to the pub, generally an acoustic set but sometime's bands like the The Indi-souls!! Sat nights are much more relaxed in the pub now.


Yes we still have the bottomless brunches and these will continue due to their popularity.


Tues is still quiz night which is for all ages and once a month we have a special themed quiz on Thursdays.


Apart from that all other nights are relaxed with maybe some food and drink offers as we know how expensive going out can be now days.


Please come by and see us over the next few weeks and let us know your feedback. we would like to work with everyone to create a great "local" pub.

NewWave

NewWave

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We used to love the pub but about 18months or so ago we found it became very much a party venue with very loud music on fridays and saturdays, so loud it made the pub unpleasant if you just wanted a nice drink locally.

We will come no its new incarnation and give it another try perhaps on a saturday

Humdinger

Humdinger

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NewWave Wrote:

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> We used to love the pub but about 18months or so

> ago we found it became very much a party venue

> with very loud music on fridays and saturdays, so

> loud it made the pub unpleasant if you just wanted

> a nice drink locally.

> We will come no its new incarnation and give it

> another try perhaps on a saturday



Perhaps try another pub locally that has music at a volume which is to your approval, there are plenty of them in East Dulwich.


I havent been in the Great Exhibition, but i bet the music isnt even that loud, and the people complaining on here are simply guilty of nimbyism.

Sue

Sue

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Humdinger Wrote:

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> I havent been in the Great Exhibition, but i bet

> the music isnt even that loud, and the people

> complaining on here are simply guilty of nimbyism.




Ridiculous assumptions based on no personal experience or evidence whatsoever.

NewWave

NewWave

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Humdinger Wrote:

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> NewWave Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > We used to love the pub but about 18months or

> so

> > ago we found it became very much a party venue

> > with very loud music on fridays and saturdays,

> so

> > loud it made the pub unpleasant if you just

> wanted

> > a nice drink locally.

> > We will come no its new incarnation and give it

> > another try perhaps on a saturday

>

>

> Perhaps try another pub locally that has music at

> a volume which is to your approval, there are

> plenty of them in East Dulwich.

>

> I havent been in the Great Exhibition, but i bet

> the music isnt even that loud, and the people

> complaining on here are simply guilty of nimbyism.


a a rock and indie music fan with musician/ hi fi loving partner I am not adverse to loud music at a gig or club just not in a pub-I am not a nimby but you sir or madam are a twat

tarafitness

tarafitness

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I went there a few months ago and they had a live band playing. I think she was a young jazz singer with a wonderful voice. The problem was that despite it being indoors, and not the largest venue, they had her microphone on, and the bands' too. It was so unnecessary, and meant that if my friend and I wanted to say a word to each other we were literally shouting. Live music - great, just don't amplify it, it doesn't need it in such a small room. My ears were ringing for ages afterwards!
Sue

Sue

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The other side of that is that if the music is unplugged, half the people can't hear it because of other people talking.


Plus electric guitars etc can't be played unplugged, to the best of my knowledge.


However, we have put our heads round the door on several occasions intending to eat, and the music was so loud we just went elsewhere, so you do have my sympathy!

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