Late-night shows are drawing in the crowds

Cultural venues that stay open after normal hours are seeing a visitor boom. Galleries, museums and libraries are now competing with traditional evening venues, such as pubs.

In London, the Design Museum saw an 800 per cent rise in visitors for the show 'Creative Hong Kong' when it opened late. The After Dark All-Nighter screening of the Matrix trilogy, with Keanu Reeves, at the BFI Imax was sold out, and this month the South Bank Centre drew more than 1,000 to a Silent Disco, held over two nights.

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