Red Engine to open its 14th UK Flight Club in Oxford in November

Red Engine, the hospitality group behind Flight Club and Electric Shuffle has announced the opening date for its next venue. Flight Club – the lively fairground-inspired bar and Social Darts experience is opening the doors to its Oxford venue on 22nd November, just in time for the festive season.

Promising to bring a one-of-a-kind social experience to Oxford, Flight Club is built around bringing groups of friends together for an unforgettable time. Located on the roof terrace level of the Westgate Shopping Centre, the people of Oxford can expect a stunning bar with an always high-energy atmosphere, craft cocktails and delicious sharing dishes. Unexpected, ridiculous, joy every time.

Flight Club Oxford will feature semi-private oches (Social Darts playing areas) around a spectacular bar, plenty of seating options and two glorious terraces. Its fusion of delicious food and drink, beautiful interiors, banging DJ sets, and energetic vibe makes this new addition to Oxford’s bar scene the ideal spot for memorable moments with friends.

A bumper year for venue openings

Red Engine has had an impressive pipeline of venue openings this year. The hospitality group and its partners have already opened four new sites, with Oxford marking the fifth for 2024. And there’s more to come.

With Oxford open, the total Red Engine and partners estate will stand at 30. This portfolio is set to increase to 33 by year-end, with Flight Club Philadelphia, Washington and Melbourne still yet to open Looking ahead to 2025, new confirmed locations for Flight Club include New York, Dublin and St Louis.

Darts revolutionised

Flight Club’s hugely popular Social Darts experience has completely reimagined the traditional game, taking darts into the 21st Century with fun, fast-paced multi-player games that anyone can play.

First-time visitors to Flight Club should leave any pre-conceptions about darts at the door. This revamped version of the game has had a seriously high-tech makeover. There’s no need for arithmetic, as cameras track and automatically score every dart thrown. Live action replays appear on screen during the session, and later, sharable stories of the best moments are delivered directly to your phone.

Small plates, sharing pizzas and spectacular cocktails

The food menu at Flight Club Oxford will include crowd-pleasing dishes ideal for sharing and eating mid-throw. Sourdough pizza paddles, juicy burgers and loaded fries are just some of the treats on offer.

Cocktail aficionados will be in good hands, with plenty of options to choose from, including signature cocktails, classics with a twist, cocktail slushies – perfect for balmy summer evenings – and sharing trophy cocktails served in a show-stopping trophy cup – the best way to toast the Social Darts champions.

The setting: All the fun of the fairground

Flight Club Oxford will be decked out in Flight Club’s signature style, combining the fun of the fairground with Victorian nods and all the best bits of a traditional British pub. Think fairground-style signage and lighting that blinks in time to the music, panelling, bold prints, and subtle nods to Oxford’s history throughout.

There are treasures and trinkets in every corner to surprise and delight, including clocks and barometers of varying sizes on the walls, fun adaptations to Victorian portraits, reclaimed antique furniture pieces and a fairground carousel horse. The venue is 7,000 sq/ft, with 11 oches and a capacity of 250 people.

Steve Moore, CEO and co-founder of Flight Club, said, “We can’t wait to bring the Flight Club experience to Oxford. It’s an incredible city with so much history, so we’re really excited to become a part of that, but also, we believe that Flight Club offers something truly special and unique that the city hasn’t seen before. We consider ourselves experts when it comes to bringing groups of friends together and showing them a seriously good time, so the people of Oxford should brace themselves for what’s to come. The Flight Club party is about to go off and we couldn’t be more excited!”