club Avalon

At first they wanted to make a club in the basement of the Transcarpathian Patterns restaurant on Taganka - there were broken walls and a general atmosphere of devastation, which is just right for a medieval setting. But it didn’t work out. At-

© A. Kuzmichenko was planning to occupy the building of the former Palace of Pioneers, or a children's health center. The atmosphere of devastation is also present there - but not quite medieval. As a result, the facade had to be covered with the decoration of an ancient castle - from under which pieces of the gray Soviet building still stick out.

The first thing a visitor to Avalon hears is the howling of the wind, the sounds of dripping water and the quiet clanging of chains: speakers with the appropriate medieval soundtrack are built into the walls of the dim corridor. “We’ll hang the skeleton here,” the club’s art director, Taras Kozlenkov, joyfully reports. From the gloomy corridor - along the stairs, past flickering lamps and stained glass windows, to the second floor, where the club itself is located. On the walls there is an imitation of large stone masonry. The floors and furniture are rough and wooden. The medieval knightly theme is the owner’s wish. They call him dad behind his back and unquestioningly carry out even the most contradictory instructions. “Sometimes dad intervenes with his creativity... For example, here,”

Taras points to the brick wall under the sound engineer's balcony. - Dad said: I want bricks here - that’s all! And this contradicts the aesthetics of the era!” The waiters, in accordance with the aesthetics of the era, will be dressed up as pages. The bartenders will be dressed in chain mail, which is probably correct - in terms of safety precautions: they are going to give visitors a thorough drink here. They promise a large selection of beer and one or two mugs included in the price of admission. "Dancing? Well, what can we do, we’ll have to see it off,” Taras sighs and sadly looks at the disco mirror ball, which contradicts the aesthetics of the era. But the emphasis will not be on this. We are a club for live performances.”

The range of planned live concerts is familiar: “Crematorium”, “Mango-Mango”, “Timeout”, Nike Borzov. And completely contrary to the spirit of the Middle Ages, they promised the most affordable prices and minimal face control. “Let the man come in,” says Taras. “If you don’t like it, he’ll leave.” Yu.V.

258 89 72, 258 89 73, Dokukina, 10, building 12 VDNKh, Mon-Sun 19.00 and until last; restaurant (1st floor) 24 hours a day, entrance to concerts from 50 rubles.