Spotlight on Days Out
By Lottie Kilraine
lottie@slpmedia.co.uk
TOCA Social is the perfect place to celebrate the easing of restrictions and start the much-needed summer of fun. Gather your friends, family or colleagues and get your competitive juices flowing.
Designed for all ages and abilities to play, TOCA Social opened last month at The O2 in Greenwich and  combines  match-winning  gourmet  food,  unique cocktails and immersive football games.
Up to 12 players can kick-up a storm in their own personal booth, choosing from  games enabled by  innovative ball delivery and tracking technology.
Each game has been designed for all ages, abilities, and football interests, so that everyone can have fun together.
Guests can also enjoy a world-class food and drinks menu, created by Michelin trained chef, Ross Clarke.
The menu is brimming with creative and unexpected dishes inspired by modern Americana but with twists from around the world, including the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich and Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl.
Charlotte Williams, 23, of Bartram Road, Brockley, said: “My experience at TOCA social was great. I loved that it was engaging and a different thing to do with my friends.
“My favourite drink was the rum cocktail and I also liked the fried pickles with hot sauce.
My favourite game was the one where you had to hit each other’s faces as it got competitive and fun. I would definitely do it again.”
Charlotte’s boyfriend, Joseph Townsend, 23, said: “The competitive aspect was the best part, especially elimination where you could gang up on one person.
Once the drinks were flowing, the competition became a little less heated as the accuracy went downhill.”
South Facing Festival
The Crystal Palace Park Trust is working with South Facing Festival to provide a series of community events in the Park with Crystal Palace Festival, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Soho Radio and Albert’s Favourites who will produce and programme the events.
The events span genres of music, film and broadcast, and are open for the whole community, free of charge.
Free Films
Crystal Palace International Film Festival (CPIFF), known across the world as the UK’s coolest film festival, will be screening blockbusters and short animations in collaboration with South Facing Festival throughout August.
The CPIFF is ranked in the top one per cent of over 10,000 film festivals worldwide.
- MONDAY, AUGUST 16 | Green Book
- MONDAY, AUGUST 23 | There’s Something About Mary
- TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 | Missing Link
- Short Animations:- Treasure (France 7m) and Tales from the Multiverse (Denmark 7m)
- TUESDAY , AUGUST 17 – Disney Pixar’s Mulan
- Short Animations:- Tweet Tweet (Russia 11m) and Billie
- (UK 4m)
Free Music
Crystal Palace Festival is a registered charity with the aim of bringing people together through high quality arts, heritage and cultural events in and around the Crystal Palace.
Now, they are working with South Facing Festival to present a line-up of the best of Crystal Palace and South London talent.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 – Crystal Palace Festival X Albert’s Favourites Presents
- 17:30 – 18:00 | Albert’s Favourites DJs
- 18:00 – 18:30 | Sawa Manga
- 18:45 – 19:15 | Magnetic Tape Device
- 19:45 – 20:30 | Hector Plimmer
- 21:00 – 22:00 | Andrew Ashong
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26  – Celebrating Creative Communities
- 17:45 – 18:45 | South London Youth Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony
- 19:15 – 21:15 | Spirit of the Estate Jam
- 21:15 – 22:00 | Soothsayers
Discover the capital’s dark history
This summer, the London Dungeon is daring all traitors and miscreants to face their fears in its spine-chilling new show The Dentist.
One of its most sinister shows to date, a visit to the Victorian Dentist is sure to strike fear into the bravest of hearts and make you think twice about eating too many ice creams this summer.
The new show will be running until the end of August and is included in the standard ticket price.
With 19 shows and thrilling rides, the London Dungeon promises to bring the city’s dark history to life delivering ample scream-drenched stories and fear-inducing shocks for a  summer holiday experience that you’ll never forget.
Tickets prices on the door are £30.00 per adult and £24.00 per child. You can save  up to 20 per cent by booking in advance online at www.thedungeons.com/london
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