What:
Mambo Jambo is a national phenomenon and possibly the most popular and longest running mid-week party in Singapore's nightlife history.
An essential clubbing experience for virgin partygoers, the Mambo Jambo revelry parades an extraordinary flamboyance with classic anthems on the playlist, and an enthusiastic crowd dancing in perfect synchrony.
Mambo Jambo, commonly known as Mambo nights, is a theme clubbing night held every Wednesday at Zouk in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. It is highly popular among the younger segment of the clubbing crowd in Singapore, and a Mambo experience is often regarded as an initiation ritual for many beginners into the local clubbing scene.
While Zouk Club's vision was to introduce house music into Singapore, the concept of house music was not well-entrenched in the Asian clubbing landscape. Thus in order to make house music more appealing to the Singapore crowd, it introduced a blend of music which incorporated pop hits from the 70s and 80s with house music which were to be played every Wednesday night. Never seen as a long term plan, this retro theme night however became increasingly popular with the clubbing crowd and became one of the main highlights of the Singapore's clubbing week event list. It eventually became the most well patronised weekday event in the Singapore clubbing scene.
Mambo Jambo is a spin of the term mumbo jumbo which fittingly described the type of music peculiar to the theme night. It began with a somewhat unorthodox mix of 70s and 80s pop hits and house and over the years, it evolved and incorporated rock, dance and hip hop. A huge hit with the local clubbers, many imitators tried to follow the 'retro' theme formula with relatively lesser success. Zouk remained the standard bearer for this unique clubbing experience in Singapore.
Where:
p: +65 6738 2988
a: 17 Jiak Kim Street , 169420 , Singapore
Categories Bars, Eat + Drink, Nightlife
Tags: Clubbing in Singapore, Mambo Jambo, Mambo Jambo in Singapore, Zouk
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