Manchester European Weekender - Look Forward - 26-27 May 2013

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great article!

Great memories Matt, brought a smile to my face as I got my notes in order. So many little moments to recall! 

Sounds very interesting indeed but me not pretending to be the

Oracle on all things soulful I just can't in my minds eye picture

How this set up runs.

Would I be correct in thinking that its a weekender held at different

Venues in and around Manchester on the different days and nights?

Also can someone please explain what exactly Belgium popcorn is,

How and in what way is it similar to what we call northern and what

Tunes would or do cross the divide in the two.

Great read by the way!!

Dazz

Site specific venues Dazz:

 

So this year (2013), its as follows:

 

 - one event on the Sunday -3pm -5am @ Jabaz Clegg (we consider that the main day in a massive room ala any normal Nighter event)

 

- Then to freshen things up, we pick a city centre venue, modern, new, clean to mix it up a little - this year its at a venue called NoHo in the Northern quarter of Manchester. 

It allows people to explore the space of the city and enjoy the culture, cafes, people etc rather than being in one place all weekend 

 

in addition to that, they'll be a little event on the Sat as a little warm up to the weekender and a pre-cursor to Radcliffe which is happening down the road later in the evening - again, at another nice, cool venue located in Manchester. That'll just be a nice bar to meet up, play records and then make our way to Radcliffe for a bit of a dance. 

Now for Popcorn....musically, there are a number of perspective, but the reason why Marc and I (mainly Marc) picked popcorn for the first event is because of its cultural affiliated with Belgium specifically, allowing for us to bring over two mega popcorn collectors and get them to mix it up Manchester's best northern/r'n'b spinners. 

 

Sound wise, its mid-tempo soul and early r'n'b stuff - I consider this to be popcorn, but I may be wrong  - I've picked this because I play it, so it comes to mind...

Cheers Dazz, atb, 

Gary

Thank you for the reply, thinking I will be giving

This weekender a try.

Dazz

Great write up.

I love how this event has evolved and is now very much a soul weekender, but still evokes the culture links and euro influence that its always been connected to, and helps show off a great city.

Both venues for this years events are superb. I absolutely loved jabez Clegg last year, what a place!!!

There will be some fantastic rare soul played all weekend of that there is no doubt. And don't be fooled by the words chill out on Monday. It's starts chilled out, and as with any 'enders' session of a weekender it gets more and more frenetic as the day goes on.

One of the reasons I enjoy this weekender is that it's along the lines of many in Europe, based in a city centre at several clubs. This gives you the opportunity to see the city as well as enjoy the entertainment, unlike a holiday camp. Also it brings many dj from around Europe, which is a real bonus. Europe has many great DJ's that sadly we rarely get the chance to see, unless you travel over the water. These are a few of the reasons I've been a supporter from the get go. Hope a few of you will get along.

One of the reasons I enjoy this weekender is that it's along the lines of many in Europe, based in a city centre at several clubs. This gives you the opportunity to see the city as well as enjoy the entertainment, unlike a holiday camp. Also it brings many dj from around Europe, which is a real bonus. Europe has many great DJ's that sadly we rarely get the chance to see, unless you travel over the water. These are a few of the reasons I've been a supporter from the get go. Hope a few of you will get along.

 

Only just seen this event, mate......I'll be DJ'ing in Manchester on 25th May, so almost certainly gonna book a hotel for the duration. See you there, guv!

Thanks for the kind words lads, not to mention the potential appearance of Greg for weekend too. 
Lots of interest in something a little different and all are welcome

Great review...really looking forward to DJ'ing at Radcliffe on the Saturday night then at the weekender on the Sunday. Planning my sets like a geek already! this is going to be a superb weekender from B&Q ;)

Great review ...this really is a must on the soul calendar for us now. Thanks for asking me last year -we really enjoyed the Sunday night at Jabez Clegg ...great venue and line up and I even had the joy of double decking with none other than David Ripolles on the Monday ...what an honour.

 

Thanks to the guys for continuing to support the lady Dj's on the Soul Scene... I was made to feel very welcome. Really looking forward to seeing what Helena & Cristina play this year too. I'll be DJ'ing in London on the Saturday so will be arriving Sunday afternoon with not to much blood in my alcohol stream I would imagine ...fully prepped and looking forward to an awesome couple of days music in God's own city!

See you there!

Top review ....... really looking forward to making our way to our home City once more for some top notch Soul sounds! Dave T has summed it up by comparing it to one of the European Weekenders - City based with progressive venues & of course a progressive & mixed music policy.

 

Great memories from last year & can't recommend the Jabezz Clegg highly enough for the Sunday night venue ....... bring it on ;-{D)