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BY POPULAR DEMAND THE EMPIRE ALL-NIGHTER Returns on… SAT/SUN MORN 17TH AUGUST 2019 10PM – 6AM FEATURING SOME OF THE UK’S TOP SOUL DJ’s [IN TWO ROOMS] CARL & MARIA WILLINGHAM BARRY MALEEDY BOB HINSLEY KEV MURPHY TONY CLARKE IAN WILLS KEV DRAPER BRENT HOWARTH MATTIE HOLME JORDAN WILSON CAROL ANN MCCARTHY PAUL COLLINSON GAZ SIMPSON JACK MCDOUGALL PLAYING ORIGINAL VINYL ONLY 1000 CAPACITY • HUGE SOUND SYSTEM • ONE OF THE BIGGEST MAPLE WOOD DANCE FLOORS IN THE UK! LARGE RECORD BAR • CLOTHING & MERCHANDISE • FREE SECURE CAR PARK ‘’SOUL IS COMING HOME’’ TICKETS £12 or £15 ON THE DOOR - CLICK LINK BELOW FOR TICKETS... 250 ADVANCED, PAPER TICKETS NOW ALL SOLD OUT. BUT STILL PLENTY OF TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA WEBLINK OR PAYMENT ON DOOR https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/gdp-nw-ltd?fbclid=IwAR1ZjQ_Orh3ciVWtR51xzwr6BSGH8D3juL7y9X1VJ6zJhR5JZy7YbQsULFQ OR SEARCH FACEBOOK: ‘EMPIRE SOUL ALL-NIGHTER’ Wigan Roller Rink, Eckersley Mill, Swan Meadow Lane, Wigan, WN5 5BD

The legendary KEELE ALL-NIGHTER... the North of England's longest running Northern Soul All-Nighter with over 30 years of Niters under its belt! Keele All-Nighter, Keele University, Near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. The next quality soul All-Nighter is on Saturday 31st August (9pm - 6am) and features our best DJ line-up ever, playing the biggest, best and most in-demand sounds and classics on the planet! Ted Massey Carl & Maria Willingham 'Pep' Dave Rimmer Daz Dakin Brent Howarth Mark Freeman Jordan Wilson Dick Krop Rob Smith John Weston Les Norman Martin Farmer Ray Casey Joey Middleport Owen Fair price admission too... Just £10 before 11 (£12 after) 15 TOP DJs across TWO rooms with big, quality sound rigs. All night bar and coffee station.

BLUE BRICK SOULNIGHT #2 Friday 8th November (7.30 - Midnight) At the excellent BAGGERIDGE SOCIAL CLUB The Straits, Sedgley, Near Dudley, DY3 3AA Top National and Local Soul DJs: 'Pep', Ted Massey, Trevor Nolan and Steve 'Wato' Watson Playing the scene's biggest and best current sounds and greatest classics! On strictly original vinyl. Great 200 size room & fair price bar All for £4 on the door! Great value Near full house last time in May... don't be late. Our most asked about venue!

The NEW Coalville 'Niter West End Club, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leics. LE67 3LB Saturday 19th October 8pm - 6am £9 on the door before 9 (£10 after) Back to our regular 10 hour All-Nighter this month, although the 7 - 4 format proved popular and will be used again from time to time. Our third event and set to be our best yet! Great turnouts at this wonderful All-Nighter in both June AND July (our first events at this great venue). Fab atmosphere and unbeatable large sprung dancefloor here at the West End Club, Coalville. Great quality new 3k sound rig! Plus Technics decks and high spec Mixer as always. Cheap late bar too! DJs confirmed to date from our Team (plus guests): TED MASSEY 'PEP' PEREIRA ROB SMITH ROGER BANKS MARK FREEMAN JOHN WESTON + Guest DJs: TONY CLARKE SHEILA LAZENBY Others TBC from our incredible team... Ted Massey, The Willinghams (Carl and Maria), 'Pep', Soul Sam, Rob Smith, Mark Freeman, Brent & Ethan Howarth, John Weston, Pete Davis, Dick Krop, Roger Banks, Dave Rimmer, Daz Dakin, Ashley Fellows, Mopsey, Steve Grubb, Les Norman, Martin Farmer, Martin Shaw, Chic + Guests Every Time Well on the way to becoming the top Rare Soul All-Nighter with the biggest and rarest Soul Sounds always on tap! Ideal 300 size for today's rare soul scene. Excellent social and record sales area adjacent to the dancefloor. Great value as ever at £9 otd! Busy Busy Busy last couple of times! Everyone loved them... Don't miss this one.

Ease Your Mind at The V Lounge in Banbury ,Oxon this month welcomes Lenny Dopson as our special guest ,a man with great taste in Soul music ,as illustrated by his fine sets at The Embankment Club and Silks in Wellingborough,The 100 Club ,Leicester Starlight Rooms,New Century Soul ,Filthy Soul and many more DJ sets over the years .Supporting him will be Mark Blee ,Nick Topsy ,Mick Gudge and Eddie Hubbard .The pub serves quality Sunday lunches ,and Mark “ Fish “ Coddington will be in attendance with his record bar selling the latest new releases .Expect cutting edge new releases ,Jazz Funk , 80’s Boogie ,Crossover Soul ,beat ballads and everything in between .We hope to see you there between 2 and 7pm .

Back for another instalment of True Soul Guests:- Marc Forrest, Cliff Steele, Matt Sneath, Joel Maslin, Darren Sykes Saturday session with Jock O'Connor and Cliff Steele Sunday session:- Johnny Buckley, Gilly & Nicola Anderson, Craig Butler, Stephen Morgan, Tony Bruce, Andrew Skelson, Tony Smith, Keith Whitson, John Everard, Ady Crampton, Chuddy, John Horsler and Pepsi Supported by the residents:- Colin Law, John MacDonald, Lynne & Dave Girdwood Tickets:- £30 for weekend pass or £15 each night or £5 for the day sessions For passes and info:- colin@truesoul.co.uk

After a short hiatus we're back for a Summer Party at a venue we've never used before. Cellarz is a luxurious wine and cocktail bar set in vaulted-brick cellars in a large private estate in the rolling Worcestershire countryside. The estate is located within the grounds of the West Midland Safari Park. As always, you can expect quality all-era underplayed grooves with an emphasis on new and recent soul music in all its guises. We'll be installing a state of the art sound system and there'll be dynamic lighting throughout the venue. Full line-up: Paul Garland Trev Cox Paul Goldsmith Glenn Worthington Lin Taylor Jamie Taylor https://www.facebook.com/events/441913359973695/ https://www.facebook.com/LinTaylor.SoulUnderground/media_set?set=a.10157134519350821&type=3 Listen back to loads of past SU sets here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Soul_Underground/ 7pm - 1am Free Private Parking Area Advance Tickets: skiddle.com/e/13557767 Cellarz Spring Grove Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1LF (Located in the grounds of West Midlands Safari Park) More venue info: safarivenues.co.uk/cellarz

FREE ALLDAYER @ PURE SOUL - NUNEATON Hartshill sports and members club, Victoria Road, Hartshill, Nuneaton. Warwickshire CV10 0LS 14.00 - 21.00 Resident djs: Les Norman Paul Shaw Ralph Forster Ady Cope Plus Special Guests djs: Colin Chamberlin Joey Kirby Fireman Phil Across the board soulful sounds from all era's. More information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/374168203293133/?ti=as

The NEW Coalville 'Niter The West End Club, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leics. LE67 3LB SATURDAY 20th JULY One off HALF-NITER this month only Slight variation in running times this month (7pm - 4am) but still 9 hours... and for less than a quid an hour! Just £8 otd before 8 (£9 after) Will certainly suit the 'Soulnight' crowd, and most of the 'Niter' crowd too. Most All-Nighters tend to start emptying at 3.30am these days. Great turnout at this wonderful All-Nighter in June. Fab atmosphere and unbeatable dancefloor here at the West End Club, Coalville. NEW High spec Active sound system this time too! Plus the compulsory Technics decks and pro Mixer. TOP DJs: The Willinghams (Carl and Maria), Ted Massey, 'Pep', Rob Smith, Dick Krop, Ashley Fellows, Mopsey, Martin Shaw, RicTic Roy Set to become the top Rare Soul All-Nighter with the biggest and rarest Soul Sounds always on tap! Perfect 300 size for today's rare soul scene. Second 70s/80s/Modern/Crossover room should be in place by the Autumn. Busy busy busy last time! Everyone loved it... Don't miss this one. (PS. We will be back to our normal 8pm- 6am All-Nighter format on October 19th.)

Strictly Modern & Crossover Soul @ The Bradmore Church Road, Wolverhampton,WV3 7ER 8.00 to 00.30am DJ's Kenny Lee, Carl Jones Colin Sumner, Steve Church Ted Massey Special Guest - from Telford NICK KRNETA £5.00 otd

Strictly Modern & Crossover Soul @ The Bradmore Church Road, Wolverhampton,WV3 7ER 8.00 to 00.30am DJ's Kenny Lee, Carl Jones Colin Sumner, Steve Church Ted Massey Special Guest - from Telford GARY POWELL £5.00 otd

Strictly Modern & Crossover Soul @ The Bradmore Church Road, Wolverhampton,WV3 7ER 8.00 to 00.30am DJ's Kenny Lee, Carl Jones Colin Sumner, Steve Church Ted Massey Special Guests - from Derby JULIE & SPIV £5.00 otd

Strictly Modern & Crossover Soul @ The Bradmore Church Road, Wolverhampton,WV3 7ER 8.00 to 00.30am DJ's Kenny Lee, Carl Jones Colin Sumner, Steve Church Ted Massey Special Guest - from Stafford MICK PERRINS £5.00 otd

There has been a fire in Harrogate today BUT SOULFUL! GOES AHEAD TONIGHT. The lower part of Station Parade and the Bus station have been shut but there is still access higher up to Robert St anfd the Club! Soulful! is a real across the board soul night in a proper soul lounge at St Robert's Club Harrogate. All types of soul music with rarer and underplayed stuff earlier on with a load of floor fillers later on. DJ's Ian Smith and Andy Brads play soul hits, new releases, 70's soul and funky stuff from the 80's. There is also a good helping of 60's R&B plus the odd bit of Motown and Northern classic. 8 til 12 , reasonably priced bar, and sociable soul crowd.

The very popular Annual Northern Soul All Dayer at the famous Kings Hall Stoke Huge dance floor, 2 Bars. Canteen. 5pm-2am DJ's Ozz, Sean Chapman, Kev Roberts Mick Taylor Daz Dakin, Dean Carr. Mark Freeman Derek Mead Dave Evison Dave Evison Hitsville Chalky On Sale now www.goldsoul.co.uk

Friday June 14th 2019 sees the next event at the ‘Spirit of Lowton’ night at the superb Culcheth Sports Club, a brilliant venue and an almost mini-version of the original Lowton main room, not only a great venue to recall nights at Lowton but a top place to hear the music we love! So, if you fancy hearing great records along with something a little bit different, and if you want a proper ‘soul’ night (as opposed to just a ‘social’ night with the music policy that tends to accompany such events) then Culcheth could be the venue for you. We are pleased to announce that our main room guests on June 14 are the GRUMPY duo PHIL THRELFALL and JOAN LIVESEY, so expect some TOP QUALITY TUNAGE! Joining Phil and Joan on the night will be Culcheth Residents KEV MURPHY, BOB HINSLEY and BAZ MALEADY ROOM 2 will be a bit different for this Special Night and will feature DAB OF SOUL originator, DAVE LUCAS, SOUL ON THE EDGE and MECCA Affectionado JOHN TOWNEND and Man About Town and 'WRONG CROWD' regular SIMON INGHAM, with a mix of Mid-Pace, to Mecca to Modern but all simply Soulful ‘The Spirit of Lowton’ - Culcheth Continues Where Lowton Left Off Staying true to the reputation Lowton built up over 21 years, the focus remains on rarer and underplayed records. There will be records you know and love along with the rare, less frequently played oldies (all on original vinyl…no boots here) but we’re really hoping that there will be records on any given evening that will be new to you and that hopefully, you’ll enjoy. The ethos at Culcheth is simple: • To feature an evening of great soul records • To select these records with the emphasis on quality • To play original vinyl only • To bring you quality guest DJs We hope that the policy at Culcheth will provide the catalyst for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Culcheth Sports Club – The Venue Culcheth Sports Club itself seems ideally suited for this kind of event. It has a good-sized main room with wall to wall maple dancefloor and excellent accustics, a second room, this is currently the Modern Room, with its own bar and excellent sound system and again with wall to wall, wooden dancefloor and a great ambiance and then there’s a separate chill-out/lounge area again with its own bar area. Moving Forward A change of venue after the closure of the iconic Lowton Civic Hall, was always going to be difficult but finding Culcheth Sports Club was a true stroke of luck, when you walk in there, you’ll know why, it’s a true ‘home-from-home’ when you remember Lowton, but dare I say it; better. The combination of venue, music policy and two hand-picked guests in the main room per event seems to be proving popular. This year started in February at the Anniversary night, with the ever-popular Carl and Maria Willingham; Ted Massey, Soul Sam and Ginger Taylor are already booked to appear, with other great rare soul guest DJ’s, along with resident DJ’s in rotation including Lowton original Kev Murphy, Bob Hinsley, Ian Cunliffe, Robbo, Les Harrison and Simon Ingham lined up for the now bi-monthly nights, running this year in June, August, October and December Modern Soul at Culcheth Modern Soul was a logical choice for the second room at Culcheth. The room itself with a wall to wall wooden dancefloor, a low ceiling, its own bar and a quality sound system made it ideal for a more modern vibe. Anchored by the ‘Soul on the Edge’ team of Jem Booth and John Townend, together with regular guest Chris Box and other guests including Soul Sam, Steve Plumb and Steve Woomble, have quickly made this room a must visit venue to hear the latest modern soul 45’s coming out in the USA and UK, as well as a great and varied selection of modern soul classics from local clubs of the past like Newton Cricket Club, Cassinellis, Parkers, the Carlton, Lowton Modern Room, TSOP Prestwich and more recently, So Soulful 70’s, The Orwell, to name but a few. Join Us for a Soulful night out If you would like a flavour of the ‘Spirit of Lowton’ nights at Culcheth why not put it in your diary and join us on the second Friday of every other month for a soul night that continues the tradition of the great venues of the past while building for the future by showcasing the music we love. Getting There The address is; Culcheth Sports Club, Charnock Road, Culcheth, (Also known as ‘The Daten’) which is just off the main road running through Culcheth from the East Lancs Road at the Greyhound roundabout to Risley nr Warrington, close to the M62 Motorway. There is free parking on the large club car park and further off road parking near-by Doors open at 8:00pm and entrance fee is £7.00. The night finishes at 1am with a late (cheap) bar Check out our listings on Soul Source for updates on forthcoming nights, record clips, pics from past nights and some great Lowton Civic memorabilia. 2019 Dates for your Diary June 14th August 9th October 11th December 13th We look forward to seeing you

PURE SOUL NUNEATON HARTSHILL SPORTS CLUB, VICTORIA ROAD, HARTSHILL, NUNEATON CV10 0LS DJS Paul Shaw, Les Norman, Adey Cope, Ralph Forster Guest Matt Blackmore 20:00 - 01:00 Door Tax: £3.00 each or £5.00 couples More information contact Paul Shaw or Les Norman https://www.facebook.com/events/378593212788407/?ti=as FN: Mark (Soul Freak) is not the promoter.