A second Blow Up date has now been added for Southend due to the demand of the good people of Southend.
Blow Up at Twenty One, Southend-on-Sea, Friday 31st January 2025. The venue is situated on Southend seafront opposite the world famous pier.
Southend has always played an important part of Blow Up’s story, as Blow Up founder Paul Tunkin had been a regular DJ, promoter and musician in the area from his time as an art student at Southend College. After moving to London in the early 90s it was at Paul’s club night The Periphery in Southend where he sketched out the initial concept for what was to become Blow Up. This was around the same time that he DJ’d at several key London concerts for Suede, Blur and My Life Story. He brought elements of his sets at these concerts together with the new sounds trailed at The Periphery into what became fully realised as Blow Up in London.