Boxing Day
Retro Boxing Day Old Skool Special @ Bar Rumba, London, 9pm- 9am.
Nothing to do with Paul Taylor’s northern night, this is an Old Skool vs a new skool party with DJs Sharma, Scandal, Mr Play, J.Knox, Zest and Versatile live on stage. If you ever shaked your arse to the likes of TLC, SWV, The Running Man, the High Tops, Biggie, BBD, Bobby Brown, Salt ‘n’ Pepper, Shabba, Buju and the Bogle, here’s your Santa ticket…
The Honey Club, Brighton.
One of the most beautiful club’s in the UK awaits the cutting edge tunes of Tania Von Pear. Yup, that’s a packed dancefloor then.
Painting It Red – The 3rd Floor Birthday Special, Leicester.
I fucking hate Leicester. Shit football team, crap hotels and the only good thing to come out of it have been ‘Goodbye Cruel World’, Gary Lineker and the the M1. What an awful place. Anyway, I got banned from The Holiday Inn for life for leaving my room a mess years ago, fuck ’em, I would rather sleep in the car. Good luck Jon ‘O Bir tonight, you’ll need it.
Habit’s 4th Birthday @ World Headquarters, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Greg Wilson gets all Elecro-funked up at what will be a realllllllllllllllllllly cool party. As Tom Finflay from Groove Armada said to me on the phone t’other night, “this guy is the cornerstone of dance music”.
New Years Eve
Tenax, Florence.
Hmmm. Up the Alps with David Guetta, going Electro crazy in an East End club or spending the night in one of the three most romantic city’s in the world at what is surely one of the most beautiful clubswe’ve seen dancing through ’til dawn with stunning people grooving to the vibes thrown out by Richie Hawtin, Troy Pierce, John Gaiser and Fabrizio Maurizi. Job done.
GodsKitchen – The Miami Vice Boat Party @ The Blue Lagoon Club, Barrow in Furness.
Well I don’t know what to make of this. An indoor festival situated on the UK’s biggest floating ‘superclub’. It’s a Miami Vice themed event so get those 80’s glad rags and head for the coast for the North West’s only full on Trance, Tech, House & Hard Dance affair.
Check out the Miami Vice Go Go Dancers and Rollerskating stars, Carnivalé performers and Live Visuals. DJs includ Menno De Jong, Sied Van Riel, Rilet & Durrant, Gareth Emery, Adam Sheridan, Jon O’Bir, Ilogik, Jason Fubar and a DJ set fromk Divine Inspiration. (0844 884 2920).
High Tides Christmas Special @ The Orange Rooms, Southampton.
It’s been a great year for High Tide with some truly outstanding boat parties and an excellent outdoor event (minus the sunshine) at Sobar!. So what a great way to bring the High Tide season to a finale and to work off the Christmas Dinner with a good old fashioned knees up at Orange Rooms. To ensure they leave nothing to chance, they have drafted in international superstar DJ
friend James Zabiela, along with Tom Budden. If you haven’t experienced one of these infamous boat parties, this is the perfect opportunity to soak up the unbeatable High Tide atmosphere on dry land without the need for a rubber ring.
Gatecrasher – Past Present + Future, Leeds, 10.30-6am.
I like the way Gatecrasher have come back into the fray. A big one is one the cards with three of the Gatecrasher heroes – trance kids Scott Bond, Guy Ornadel and JFK. Massive.
New Years Day
Circus @ The Last Days of Decadence, the East End of London my old china…
This will be a riot. Jodie Harsh up’s sticks from Soho and has pitched the tent at a shiny new venue in the East End of London. All of the big top fixtures move across town – the pole dancers, music, hosts, sideshows – and who can we expect on the decks? Well we’ve already seen Amy Winehouse, Williamk Orbit, Kissy Sell Out, CSS, Alex Zane and Will Young so who knows! New Years Day kicks it off…
Bugged Out New Years All-Day-Er!
Since 2002 Bugged Out has been the party place to end up at – or come back out to – on New Years Day. With queues of people lining up to get in at 11am, the party rolls on til midnight at the Old Queens Head pub in London with DJ’s playing Pop, Disco, uilty pleasures, old Rave, yacht rock, vintage Handbag and nu-knees up. Last years special guest was Mylo (in a kilt playing with a handbag) who joined JoJo De Freq, Hannah Holland, Serge Santiago and Bugged Out promoter Johnno who finished off with a heady party mix. This year expect the usual antics from Tayo, Ben Rymer, Johnno & Charlotte, Dan and Ben from ‘Disco Bloodbath’ and very special guests to be revealed on the day…And it’s free people…
