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‘By 8pm it is time to head home’: whatever happened to the big night out?
This week, the chief executive of a major bar group suggested 3pm is the new 9pm. Why have we stopped drinking and dancing the night away on a Friday and Saturday night?
One woman, a 32-year-old actor who likes to go to bed between 8pm and 9pm, said social media had helped make an early turning-in time more acceptable, such as TikTok’s “soft life” trend, which prioritises peace and rest above hedonism and hustle culture. Photograph: Maskot/Getty ImagesNightlife, says Patrick Hinton, editor of the dance music magazine Mixmag, is in danger of “dying out for a list of reasons, which cross political, economic and sociological boundaries”. ‘The type of places that close at a reasonable hour, from escape rooms to ice-cream parlours, are thriving.’ Photograph: Cristina Neacsu/AlamyThe primary concern for clubs and bars, says Mike Kill, director of the NTIA, is the economic situation and high running costs, but there are other challenges – “things like transport infrastructure that doesn’t support the late-night economy”.
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