BOOGIE BUFFET — A Retro Cookout Party

🎉 BOOGIE BUFFET — The Retro Cookout Party of the Year! 🍽️💃🏾✨

Step into the past, serve up the flavour, and dance through the decades.

 Boogie Buffet is here!
Hosted by Ubuntu Society x Indonesian Society x Travel Society, this multicultural cookout brings together food, fashion, and feel-good vibes all under one roof.

Come dressed like your parents in their prime — whether that’s 70s disco, 80s bold prints, 90s streetwear, or early 2000s nostalgia. This is the night to recreate iconic family looks and show off the style that raised you! 🌍🕺🏾✨

🍛 What’s Happening on the Night?

🍽️ A Global Cookout Buffet

Bring a dish or a drink to share!
🎟 £1 tickets available for those who bring a homemade dish that can feed 6–8 people.
✨ Please list your ingredients for allergen safety.

🍾 Bar will be open 

Sip, drink, and enjoy the night responsibly 🥂

🎶 Music All Night Long

🎧 DJ's from 6PM–LATE to keep the energy high

💃🏽 Mini Fashion Show – Win Prizes!

Want to show off your fit?
Enter our retro runway for a chance to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes!
To take part, bring the inspo photo of your parent(s) wearing the original outfit — let’s see how well you nailed it!

🎲 Group Games + Icebreakers

Fun hosted games to get everyone mingling, laughing, and vibing together.

📍 Date & Venue

Saturday 17th January 2026
6 PM — Late
The In-between - University of Essex, Square 3 

Limited tickets — don’t sleep!

🎟 Ticket Information (Please Read Carefully!)

We have 3 ticket tiers, each with specific entry requirements. All tickets will be checked on the door. Anyone who does not meet the requirements for their ticket type will be asked to purchase an on-the-door ticket. No refunds.

1️⃣ £1 Bring-a-Dish Ticket

This discounted ticket is for anyone who:
🍽️ Brings a homemade dish that feeds 6–8 people
📝 Provides a list of ingredients for allergen safety

2️⃣ Members Ticket

For students who hold ANY of the following memberships: Ubuntu Society, Indonesian Society, or Fashion Society.
❗If you arrive without a valid society membership, you’ll need to purchase an on-the-door ticket.

3️⃣ Non-Members Ticket

For students/guest with no society membership.
Standard entry, welcome to join the fun!