Its Okeh By The Seaside No5

Sat/Sun for us , looking forward to our second visit to this venue 

Paul & Ellen

Lancaster soul club will be in attendance looks a proper weekender if the okeh club is anything to go by cheers mark

First time at this weekender...

should be advertised as a modern weekender...

NO decent music until maybe 10.00 pm Friday night...

the music during the day is so poor....

sat afternoon having to sit through modern music .... Not happy very poor value and disappointing 

Ok

Actually Everyone Seems to have had a great weekend in Blackpool, @the Carousel & feel it unfair your comments & opinion, puts a downer on this venue, In my opinion,the music policy is across the board, And certainly was, In the main room on Friday & Saturday night Which caters for Northern souł,& Did do Whillst the smaller room played underplayed & modern tunes,1979/2014 There are other venues which my cater for your tastes by the bucketload out there and suggest You try them in future, to avoid dissappointment. What a Fantastic Weekend with friends, And some belting tunes played new and old The whole thing was formidable IMHO Ya just can't please everyone all the time but you can be assured musically this venue had some Eye opening Ear -candy for the hearing At least Atb Andy

Thanks Gary Greenwood

For making it so

First time at this weekender...

should be advertised as a modern weekender...

NO decent music until maybe 10.00 pm Friday night...

the music during the day is so poor....

sat afternoon having to sit through modern music .... Not happy very poor value and disappointing 

HI,

Find it difficult to justify some of your comments on the Okeh weekender.

I cant offer a opinion on the Friday as I only attended for the Saturday and sunday, but the music on the Saturday afternoon  was predominantly from the 1970s early eighties with some modern tracks mixed in amongst it. Maybe as you obviously did not know any of the tunes you tarred them all with the same brush -as modern.

The weekender has two rooms playing specific genres of music, the larger of the two room playing northern with crossover mid tempo tunes that may get played in both. The second smaller room is predominantly modern,70s and crossover tunes with the odd funky and 60s thrown in.

I frequently spent time in both rooms on the Saturday night and found that both rooms were at the time playing completely different music.

As for poor value, to get bed,breakfast and evening meal at a 3/4 star hotel on the sea front at the price which was asked is pretty decent to be fair and the food served was exemplary.

If you went to this weekender expecting to hear the likes of Mitch Rider ,Yvonne Baker, Major Lance,

Lou Pride all day and night I can understand your gripe and maybe the event could have been more music specific in its advertising.

First time at this event for me but thoroughly enjoyed the weekend both musically and socially.

Spent most of Saturday evening in the smaller room and although a fair bit of modern was played, some of the tunes on offer were strangely different to say the least and modern is not really my choice of music.

Hopefully you will find the event that's right for you sometime in the future.

regards ROY

I think this is a fabulous weekender, the venue, the people and the music was superb.

The music was completely across the board and there was something for everyone.

Each DJ did a brilliant job and it was nice not to hear the same records repeated as so often happens at lots of other weekenders.

People have different tastes in music and sometimes it depends on how long you have been on the scene and where you go as to what you are used to hearing. Some venues play the same old same old month after month but there is so much fabulous soul music out there that needs to be heard. Give it a go and you may be surprised with the results

Appreciate all your comments...

music on Saturday night was excellent...

But good on Friday afternoon and especially Saturday afternoon you are having a laugh!

i sat through it Saturday afternoon along with maximum twenty people if it was that good where were all the folk enjoying it?

i take back my comment about good value .... It was good value 

i have bedn to a fair number of weekenders and numerous nights of Northern Soul 

in my humble opinion the nights in Keighley are fantastic but this weekend failed during the day to represent that atmosphere...my opinion thats all and as a paying guest i am entitled to them as is everyone else...

and i am not new to the music having been steeped in it for over 40 years!!

IT'S OKEH BY THE SEASIDE No5 - WOW!!!!!!!! 

It started with snow enroute but that didn't stop everyone from turning up to attend the friendliest weekender on the scene, so here are a few well deserved thanks to all concerned:

The regular soulies staying in the hotel, nearby hotels plus the local Blackpool soul crowd, who attend every year and without them it wouldn't happen

Well done gary proper weekender with across the board music policy great time with good freinds cheers mark