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Copy of latest send out - sign up for DMSC in DMSC Section here and get latest SMS, newsletters, info and more! Soulheads! Drunken Monkey Soul Club 16 Nov sees the next monkey - ONE ROOM RARE SOUL MAYHEM Top range of guests, top sounds, top venue all add up to a top quality nite Guest Andy Dyson, Rob Thomas, Carl Willingham, Mick H (Notts), Mark Speakman, Steve Thomas 8 till 0130- £4 in RARE SOUL TILL YOU DROP exciting revitalising quality rare soul in a atmospheric way, Springfi

As first one for a while, bit of a rambling thing as takes in event and more Yep, 6 months on and it was back to the Springfield, a long time coming, enjoyable feeling? Well not till about 9pm to be honest, the run in to this was not entirely trouble free (see elsewhere for background)after a exyended gap and problems with dates, clashes and all sorts of stuff, have to say was a slight element of doubt creeping in to the run up to this one. Anyway things fell together and on a sun

Two weeks to go to the next Monkey at Springfield and everythings looking good for this one, got both regulars Andy Rix and Rob Thomas lined up ( both on top form at Lowton last nite) and the DMSC guest spot sees the welcome return of Carl Willingham (the almost monkey regular) Those with memory cells will remember last time Carl was at the monkey it was that night now known as the nite of pure quality where all the djs just blew us away with non stop quality sounds that took us to real norther

Travel plans for Locarmo Brum on Sun 25 of May 2003 Will involve as many minibuses, coaches as needed. With stops all way via Holyhead A55, motorway bit thru Chester , M6 as demanded by members. And even possibilites of a few detours if needed. After 1000s of miles already done this year by taxi monkey got to say its a laugh Get seats reserved now just email mike h or Stevie T if dont have email addresses click here to get in touch Contact Monkey Just say what after, seats, 3 litre bottle of

A quick word to pass onto all members that the DMSC June Event at Springfield Hotel is cancelled. As we finding out we are often at the mercy of other peoples planning, in this case it appears have fell victim to a double booking, all we say is that we are certain that our planning was on the ball. Due to the short nature of the timings, we first offer apoligies, again it seems it is out of our hands, and also ask for all members to spread the word. All other dates for 2003 are still 100%

Many thanks to all DMSC members who attended last nites Drunken Monkey Soul Club at the Springfield. Just a quick word for now Got to say all feedback have had so far has been immense All DJs on very top form with some great sets, numbers were well up on last one, a great atmosphere, great sounds, great people Lots of new faces and all spoke to were well impressed (some were shocked that such a nite has been going for so long without them knowing ) and defintely returning. It was a nite w

Full newsletter will be emailed to all members once weekend out of way. Latest news top rated Mick H from midlands added to line up - how much quality!! A big buzz building on the NOV 16 event, with many regs coming from all over the UK, and beyond. This one is the 4th in series and after first three warm ups, we are going for the throat! Had look at how things have gone and have tightened up on a few things. We said its going to be a nite of rare soul mayhem. With one of the top of

Absolutely Storming Nite" - In fact thats all I have been able to say to everyone I met over the weekend.... They must have thought I had been brainwashed or something. Told everyone that they HAVE to be at the next one... even the 80 year old guy next to me in the post office this morning.. lol Superb DMSC Team job guys..... Thoroughly enjoyed it - Its gonna be hard to follow that one... but Im confident you will. Managed to take a few photies - not sure if they

After success of first two at Old Hall, can now shout that dates are firm for the next Monkey at Llandudno, its on Friday 28 Oct 2005 Full details will be thrown up via the Drunken Monkey Section

For info Llandudno Soul Nites and Bangor Soul At the Social both these regular monthly events are coming under the DMSC banner, no big thing its just to make life easy for all concerned and as far as Soul At Social goes it will make no difference at all with Johnny J still doing the event his own way (and all Donkey work!) Its just for easy promotion, keep costs down and as the DMSC is all about punter friendly and quality soul, it will work well and should improve you

This Friday sees yet another DMSC "Soul At The Social " event at Bangor. A regular event held monthly at Bangor Citys social club run by Johnny J and offering a nite of all styles good time northern, missed last months one (first one missed in two years) but been told it was a cracker with a larger turnout inc many travellers. Guests this time are Chico and Karl Rhodes along with regulars Johnny J and meself should be a good one know I always enjoy them, £3 in 8 - late, all styles nort

Springfield Hotel info and directions! Top Tip Juction 32A westbound on A55 Springfield Hotel Info and directions Many soul fans make a weekend out of Monkey Nites, choosing to stay overnight at the hotel, due to this find below a fair bit of info and links to several web pages with more information about the Springfiled Hotel The hotel has been refurbished this year, as the venue was top grade before the refurb expect even more quality http://www.thespringfieldhotel.activehotels.com/DTB

DMSC - 28 Sep 02 Playlist Second Room Lot of feedback on the event, best one being f****** awesome to describe Keith Money spot and ....err.... yeah it was! Playlist from Martin T and more to follow Martin Thompson Martin T - ("these old shoes" club in London regular djs), made the haul up on Saturday dealing with rail strike, bus journey and local taxis. Did a great last hour set in the second room, that was well appreciated by many and has since been subject of thumbs up feedback. Play

Thanks to Dave Nowell, here's news about a play touring this autumn Do  I Love You ? A brand new play by John Godber   Here's the Company blurb ... 'Touring this autumn… This hilarious new dance fuelled comedy follows burger bar employees, Natalie and Kyle, as they fall in love with Northern Soul. Trouble is Natalie and Kyle are not that soulful! But long after a weekender in Skegness our star-crossed lovers can’t wait for the next all nighter in Blackpool.  Ou

Sounds like building up to be a good one! Just a reminder to those wishing to attend on the 25th January (the Birthday night: Matts, Ady Luptons and Andy Dysons!!!), please send off for memership ASAP - details on the website. http://www.mjpromotions.com New applications must arrive by Wednesday at the very latest. Those missing that date must email matt so can give a temporary email membership. Friday January 25 Resident DJs: Carl

Heres news about one of the UKs top rated Soul Nites. The next date for the Capitol Soul Club, London is Friday 25th Jan DJs For the nite Andy Dyson as main guest and Ady Lupton Resident DJs: Carl Fortnum, Irish Greg, Alan Handscombe and Dave Flynn The venue has a 400 / 450 capacity and is situated behind the Boston Arms pub diagonally opposite Tufnell Park tube station on the Northern line!

More info passed on, heres the playlist for Stuart Tylers spot on Friday. As you may know the CSC give the first hour of the night over to, up and coming local DJs and heres a example of the quality soul that is dished out in these "warm up" spots Irish Gregs and David Flynns full playlists have been added to review lower down Belita Woods Magic Corner Moira Marva Josie Dont UA Sandy Winns Ill Give That To You Simco Exits I Dont Want To Hear It Gemini John Bowie At The End Of The Day Merben Hol

Reports from the Dome already says it was a top nite, packed event and a well hammered dancefloor. Plus loads of first time spins. Playlists started coming in heres Irish Gregs quality spin list Gregs set List from The Dome 22/03/2002 Monclairs - Hey you dont fight it - Arch Mayfield Singers - Dont stop None(Vocal) - Unissued Mayfield Fascinators - In other words - Bombay Ty Karim - You Just dont Kno

Here you go the last one, the playlist from the guest DJ for the nite, top man Ian Cunliffe. Thats the whole nite covered now! As always thanks to all the djs taking time and effort in passing on their playlists, to me stuff like this always appreciated as gives such a insight to the nite to both those who attended and those that are just interested in the current scene. And as such has gotta be a good thing! Nothing to unusual or obscure just 100% rare northern soul to keep the dancers dancing

Well couldnt make this due to whole household going down with some bug, and as always, seems missed a storming nite. Bit late as busy times but heres some playlists from Irish Greg, David Flynn, Guests Kenny Burrell and Simon Bridger. Two years on and getting stronger each event! playlists............ Irish Greg Set list- CSC 2nd Anniversary - ( Not in order of play!! Lots of Requests) Districts - One lover (just wont do) -Nile Appreciations - I cant hide it - Aware Tokays - Bab

A Nice Early Start to Your Saturday Entertainment This Coming Saturday 22nd October.Downstairs @ The Dome Junction Road Tufnell Park London N19 5QQ....Starting @ 4pm tru till 3am.11 Hours for A Fiver.A fine Selection of DJ's Including RobMesser-Taffy- NeilBrown-TonyParker-Toby-Phil Raines-Yan Vatiste-RBMan-JonBuck GrahamDriver-AndyKempster Free CD to the First 40 Paying Customers adypotts@hotmail.co.uk Also Sue Buck's 45th Birthday

Well some of you after the storming last hour set Alan H delivered at Fridays Dome, may be interested in a full listing of those sounds that put the icing on a great nite So here you go Quality Rare Soul all the way Junior Parker-These Kinda Blues-Duke Lacharles Mccoy-Lets Talk It Over-Amc -Old Roger Banks Spin Kelly Brothers-Crying Days Are Over-Sims-Class R&B Oldie Charmaines-I Idolise You-Adys- Current Unissued Monster Billy Gibson-You Gotit-I Want It-Mgm Carl Und

Heres a tasty look forward to CSC Dome nite on Friday 27 Sep. A top ten from Russ Vickers (who every time have caught him doing a spot has always thrown out some right tasty stuff). 1. Isonics - Sugar - Kammy 2. The Tears - What youre doing to me - Smash 3. The Fabulous Dimensions - I Cant Take It Baby - Saphire 4. Skip Jackson&the Shantons - Im on to you girl - Dot - Mar 5. Curtis Davies&the Arkettes - Tell Me - Ronnie Records 6. Dee Dee Sharpe - Deep

Continuing the outbreak of quality rare soul on site, heres Kenny Burrells (standing in for Carl F)playlist from last Fridays CSC Dome event which some have been quoted saying it was "inspirational"! PLAYLIST (Of interest only 2 records were played at last Novembers event at the Dome when Kenny B was guesting numbers 13&16) 1. INSPIRATIONS No one else can take your place BREAKTHROUGH 2. LITTLE TOMMY Baby cant you see SOUND of SOUL 3. COMBINATIONS Im

More news from the sopranos of rare soul Friday December 14th is our Xmas party, the usual residents Carl Fortnum, Irish Greg, Alan Handscombe and David Flynn: Shifty and Mark George for the guests. Usual times and prices etc. more details on the website Regards and thanks for your continued support Matt Jahans The Capitol Soul Club www.mjpromotions.com

Please feel free to move this to the proper forum. I hope my uploading works.       What a wonderful tribute.   Lorraine

Had such an amazing night last night , felt the need to spread the love and share it with anyone that likes to read stuff like this.   Long ago in the times of 60's and 70's you could venture down town into Manchester City center and have your pick of the clubs , Rafters ,Tiffs , Caroline's to name but three and basically experience "soul" without really thinking too much about it, you were guaranteed a great night wherever you went , the crowd then were people just out for a good time, no atten

Drunken Monkey At Springfield Sat 22 May 04 -Vol 2 Return with a vengance Two rooms of exciting quality rare soul After a bit of a break due to hotel refurbishment and stuff, the monkey is finally back. As always just doing things our own style, if into exciting quality rare soul .....well you know the score. The Main Room and All Era Room Line Up Hardest nite around ...exciting quality rare soul Carl Willingham - returning to the monkey for one of its regular regular guests. John Westo

a team from the drunken monkey will be doing there stuff at birminghams locarno now zanzibar on the 25th may 7 till 3 :up:

Drunken Monkey - Natural Born Monkey Friday 09 July 2004 Looking at the title of this Fridays upcoming event and also as it coincides with us reaching the two year point, it seems just a bit fitting that the whole line up for this one is yet another one purely made up of regular monkey punters. Main room The best around for quality exciting rare soul - Robbo, Keith Williams, Andy Killick, Mark Speakman, Mike Hughes and Steve Thomas All Era Room Chico, Pete Bangor, P

Well after the March DMSC Springfield event went so well, (many calling it one of/if not the best one yet), been a case of the team taking time out from monkey things. So things been bit low key. But after a trip to desert sorted a few things out, things now picking up and fair few bits of news. Website stuff - Soul Source still home of dmsc. Now main bit firm its time to sort the dmsc bit out for once! revamping all dmsc stuff etc so few changes and be news of some new things. Just had photo

Stevie Cato passed on the below Hi there Sunday 30th May...bank holiday soul all-niter... CIS building, opp victoria station..9pm to 7am... We are holding a warm up in the Ducie Pub opp CIS from 7pm to 10pm free entry..with tickets on sale for the all-niter..saves you a couple of quid.. Djs..Mighty Mike Hughes from the Drunken Monkey Club and the soul source kid...Matt Bolton after his debut at the 100 club last week...Little R

DUNDEE SOUL CLUB - 1st ANNIVERSARY. GENNAS,GELLATLY ST,DUNDEE. 8pm to 1am. £3. Guest Djs - Keith Money and Fraser Dunn. Free cd to first 40 thru the door.

Published Date: 2004/2/28 8:40:00 Url Link: www.SouthCoastSoulClub.co.uk What a huge success, as this was our first venture here at the Town Hall and although it clashed with Crossfire (boo - I wanted to go!!), we had around 80 people through the doors. I hope that people enjoyed themselves, and Stuart and I will definately look to put on further nights here in Eastbourne - at the moment we are looking at May as a possibility. I must give out a massive shout of appreciations for

DJ times and Line ups for Easter Sunday Half time Orange, Leicester Alldayer/soul night Sunday April 8th. Smaller Room 3.00pm - 3.45pm Wayne 3.45 - 4.45 Bob Lee 4.45 - 5.30 Hammie 5.30 - 6.30 Ally Mayer 6.30 -7.30 Mick H 7.30 -8.30 Val 8.30 -9.00 Sean Chapman 9.00 -10.00 Pete Robinson 10.00 - 10.30 Martyn Bradley 10.30 -11.30 Andy poll

A quick heads up map view on this weekends Soul events, with over 100 events this weekend featured including weekenders, allnighters, alldayers and soul nites. All taken directly from our vibrant event guide,   Please note that the above image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk events To view the most up to date and the dynamic Source Events weekly map just go to our Event Guide page (link below) and then tap the orange '

Havent seen it myself but have had mails saying that the latest ECHOES has managed to not mention our 1st anniversary at all and have also managed to put all our details under another venues event????? If this is the case can you lovely people spread the word that we are on and that we will not be djing at the stated venue. Confused? Not as much as me!!!! Cheers...TheBigO

East Coast Soul Collective and North Yorkshire Soul Club. Dear friends As we arrive into the month of August, here is a quick catch up on our events and promotions, re-arranged dates and ticket information. Firstly, as responsible promoters, we must strongly reiterate our mission statement :- "That the safety and well being of our customers, friends, staff and everyone connected with the smooth and safe running of our events is and remains our NUMBER ONE PRIORITY". Pleas

Martin D (Cunnie) has passed on that the EMS bunch are having a summer event, details below, seems  not only at a great venue but going by the line up  the music on offer will be a bit of a summer all era soulfest Here's the bumf All eras Soulful music Friday 15th August 8pm to 1am+ Saturday 16th August 2pm to 1am+         Qube        11-19 Regent Street, S1 4DA  Sheffield, United Kingdom featuring EMS members on the wheels of steel... ian dewhirst - mastercuts colin curtis - oakley m

Friday 22nd Feb sees the final Solent Soul Club soul night at the EQ Club, Granada Rd, Southsea , Portsmouth. 8.30-2 DJs: Simon Bridger, Andy Hutchins, Dave Abbott, Phil Rains, Steve C&Molly. Adm: £5 otd. Music Policy: 60s old and new, RnB. Good sized wooden dance floor. The club can be found 600 Yds inland from the South Parade pier on the seafront. For details 07710 246652 E-mail soul@csordas.fr

A highlight of a Event Guide Feature that may be of interest to Soul Event Promoters wishing to raise awareness of their soul events... The 'Featured Events' feature  allows event promoters/organisers to 'upgrade' their Event Guide listing on our Soul Source Event Guide. After purchasing a 'Featured Event Slot, the chosen event will then be listed at the top of various events listing in a highlighted manner (see images below), offering better exposure and so making the 'Event easier to

Time for a quick heads up on all the Soul Events occurring this weekend, taken directly from our busy Event Guide and presented in a map view for ease.   100+Events this week... Uk events below, check the dynamic map out for the rest of world events happening this weekend Please note that the below image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk events To view the most up to date and the dynamic Source Events weekly map just go t

Weekends here and just enough time for a rushed heads up...   A quick heads up on the Soul Event Map this weekend  109 Events this week... Please note that the above image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk and Irish events To view the most up to date and the dynamic Source Events weekly map just go to our Event Guide page (link below) and then tap the orange 'Launch Map View (Weekly)' button The latest and dyna

A quick heads up on the Soul Event Map this weekend  101 Events this week... Please note that the above image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk and Irish events To view the most up to date and the dynamic Source Events weekly map just go to our Event Guide page (link below) and then tap the orange 'Launch Map View (Weekly)' button The latest and dynamic map view will then popup ready for you to drill down to all the even

Details just posted up in our Source Event Guide  The Last Ever Kings Hall Stoke All Nighter Sat 19 Sep 2026, 20:00 Event Description  The 30th Anniversary All Nighter at this historic venue comes to an end with Goldsoul.  We arrived in 1996, before the regular Togetherness niters kicked in 1997.  TWO ROOMS: Main featuring 8 DJs The Windsor with 4 DJs  Tickets on sale from early April 2025 (£10 very limited until 30/4/25) £15(until 31/12/25) £20 thereafter   A t

A quick info type posts for promoters to raise awareness if their event has been cancelled due to the adverse Uk weather today Of course it makes sense to tag your event 'cancelled'  in our Source Event Guide and comment if on/off first, then once done do feel free to post a comment below as well to help raise awareness of your events status https://www.soul-source.co.uk/events/

VAVAVOOM RETURNS TO THE CAPITOL WITH A NYE SOUL ALLNIGHTER:   VaVaVoom returns to the Capitol with some quality Soul In The City for an unforgettable New Years Eve Northern Soul Allnighter! Featuring an all London Line-Up Special!    Guest Dj's are Irish Greg (100 Club, Capitol Soul), Dave Flynn (Capitol Soul & Tokyo) & Jim Watson! Plus your resident hosts, Ady Lupton, Yann Vatiste & Joel Maslin. Giving 9 hours of the very best Northern Soul Belters, underplayed oldies &

Due to licence c**k-up there will be no alcohol @ Family Tree on Saturday. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own. Rest assured the tunes &atmosphere will still be of the highest quality. Hey it's a party - bring your own " moonshine" &enjoy yourself. The alternative was to cancel but us Soulful dancers are made of sterner stuff than that.

Tonight sees the final CSC Dome soul night. Coming to a close after 5 years. Long time readers will know that this event has featured strongly on here throughout the years. Sure its gonna be a great night and just had a dig round archieves to thru up a few old sessions/video no names , dates, lists, or memories.. just 3 random reminders on why this place was the best soul nite around

Friday 7th December sees Scenesvilles final date at Notre Dame, as the venue will be converting to a theatre in January in order to put on a musical about the life and times of Boy George! The organisers are currently working hard to find an alternative venue, but in the meantime, this is your last chance to dance to Rare 60s Soul on that famous Notre Dame dancefloor, so make sure you get yourselves down there on the 7th to be in on the send-off party of the year! For more details see www.sc