Why the door price goes up through the night
Early entry is cheaper on purpose: a full room at midnight makes a better night (sample).
Saturday 18 October (sample)
Full Circle
House and disco from 22:00 to 05:00 at Arch 14. Five sets in one room: a slow warm-up, a guest at peak time from 01:00, and the residents bringing it home.
140
130
120
110
100
22:00 to 23:30
Mira Okafor
116 BPM, warm-up
23:30 to 01:00
Jonah Reyes
122 BPM
01:00 to 03:00
Sela Brandt
127 BPM, guest
03:00 to 04:00
Jonah and Mira
124 BPM, back to back
04:00 to 05:00
Tobi Lund
118 BPM, last hour
BPM
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
03:00
04:0005:00
Door
$10
before 23:30
$14
23:30 to 01:00
$18
01:00 to 03:00
Closed
No entry after 03:00
Each block is one DJ set: as wide as its slot and as tall as its tempo in beats per minute, on the same 90 to 140 BPM scale on every night. The filled block is the peak-time set. The door strip shows what entry costs by the time you arrive. Times and prices (sample).
Every week at Arch 14
Four nights, four tempos. The bar shows how fast each night plays, from the first record to the last, on one 90 to 140 BPM scale.
Thursday
Deep house and slow electronics
22:00 to 03:00
114 to 122 BPM
Free
at the door, early
Nights, hours and door prices (sample). Early door price shown; it goes up as the night goes on.
At the door
Arch 14 is over 18s only, every night. The door team checks ID and bags at the end of the underpass; the queue moves fastest before the first price step.
- Photo ID for everyone: passport, driving licence or national ID card
- A hand stamp lets you out to the yard and back in until last entry
- Camera stickers on phones on the dance floor
- No re-entry after last entry
Cloakroom
Per item, until close
$2
Last entry
On Fridays 03:30, on Sundays 21:00
03:00
Example prices. Door times (sample).
Guest list and booths
Guest list
Before the first price step; sign up by 18:00 on the day
Free entry
Birthday list, up to 12 people
Before 23:30, with a card at the bar for the birthday
Free entry
Booth for up to 6
Minimum spend at the bar, table service until close
$150
Booth for up to 10
Minimum spend at the bar, table service until close
$240
Example prices.
How the list works
Send the form with the night, the date and how many of you are coming. The door team replies by email before 18:00. Give the name on the list at the door with your ID.
One room under the arches
A single 60-metre brick arch under the railway, with the booth at the far end and the bar by the door. Trains run over the roof until midnight; after that, the only rumble is ours.
Capacity
450
Room
60 m by 11 m
Sound
Four-point system, tuned for the arch
Bar
One long bar, card only
Smoking yard
Open until close
Facts (sample).
Residents
Seven DJs play here every month. The bar on the right is the tempo range they usually play, on the same scale as the nights (sample).
Mira Okafor
Full Circle, Afterglow
Warm-ups that keep people talking at the bar until they can’t
110 to 118 BPM
Jonah Reyes
Full Circle
Chicago house and long disco edits
120 to 124 BPM
Ines Varga
Low Light
Deep house, dub and slow electronics
112 to 122 BPM
Ama Boateng
Low Light
Soulful house and broken beat
118 to 122 BPM
Kit Moreau
Long Division
Hypnotic warm-up techno
124 to 128 BPM
Dara Quinn
Long Division
Fast, tough techno for the peak hours
128 to 134 BPM
Tobi Lund
Afterglow, Full Circle
Boogie, Balearic and the last hour on Saturdays
100 to 118 BPM
Hire the arch
Monday to Wednesday the club is yours: launches, staff parties, birthdays and film shoots, for 80 to 450 people.
- The full sound system and lights, with a technician
- Your own DJ, or one of our residents
- Bar staff, door team and cloakroom included
Club notes
Crate notes: what the residents bought this month
Seven residents, one record each, and why it is going in the bag this weekend (sample).
Getting home after last entry
Night buses, the taxi rank and the first trains from Springfield Central (sample).
Getting to Viaduct Yard
Arch 14, Viaduct Yard, Springfield (sample)
- Five minutes' walk from Springfield Central; the last train leaves at 00:20
- Night buses N4 and N12 stop at Viaduct Yard every 20 minutes until 05:30
- Taxi rank at the yard gate from 01:00
- Step-free entrance and an accessible toilet by the bar
