The Secret Of A Successful Allnighter …. Your Thoughts?

[ImberBoy]

The secret of a successful Allnighter …. Your thoughts?

 

Been thinking about Nuneaton and Nottingham recently and pondering the reason why an Allnighter is successful or not, there have been quite a few venues that enjoy their moment in the sun and we are all truly blessed with the quality we have all enjoyed over the three or four decades. Now don’t get me wrong, there have been some flops that do not work even when the “formula” is in place and the reason for the flop can be quite mysterious. Nuneaton is evolving, I have been to quite a few now and the quality line has been maintained, the DJ’s all seem to understand the dance floor and the punter and that dreaded 0400hrs flat spot seems to have missed Nuneaton! I love the venue, it is an honest gritty building that smacks of Northernsoul, there are of course the Divvy piss heads in attendance, there always is but they seem to naturally stand away from the dancers and dance floor thanks to the lay out of the room which gives you the ability to move down toward the stage and towards dare I say the deeper end. On Saturday Night I danced a couple of times near the bar area where a rather drunk lady was mimicking the dancers and attempted a high kick loosing one of her shoes into the air and had to go deep to retrieve it, took me all my military disciple not to laugh and call her a knob head !

 

The Nighter crowd in attendance is always my first litmus test and Nuneaton has a plethora of “Faces” which is always a welcome and a stamp of approval that must not ever be under estimated. Musically it is top heavy with sixties Northernsoul dancers, you do get the off seventies track played and that is a joy but my pleasure is that there are a couple of DJ’s who are able to slip in some dusted off, rare and even new tracks which fire all of my rockets!

 

On the social side, friendly isn’t the word, I am biased though because my “Northernsoul Family” are there and I feel extremely comfortable to do my thing without being judged and that is pretty cool.

 

I did intend to explore the reason this Allnighter has become successful but it goes down to that magical invisible “X-Factor” that is easy to attempt but impossible to manufacture, yes there are some rules of thumb but Nuneaton has captured the imagination of the Nighter Crowd and that is a hard act to pull off indeed.  

 

October the 12^th is the next offering, I’ll be there as the song goes. My next Nighter is Keele and there I intend to interview some of the punters so watch this space……..

 

If you have an idea why an Allnighter is successful I would love to hear it, much love Imber Boy X

[Winnie :-)]

The secret of a successful Allnighter …. Your thoughts?

 

Been thinking about Nuneaton and Nottingham recently and pondering the reason why an Allnighter is successful or not, there have been quite a few venues that enjoy their moment in the sun and we are all truly blessed with the quality we have all enjoyed over the three or four decades. Now don’t get me wrong, there have been some flops that do not work even when the “formula” is in place and the reason for the flop can be quite mysterious. Nuneaton is evolving, I have been to quite a few now and the quality line has been maintained, the DJ’s all seem to understand the dance floor and the punter and that dreaded 0400hrs flat spot seems to have missed Nuneaton! I love the venue, it is an honest gritty building that smacks of Northernsoul, there are of course the Divvy piss heads in attendance, there always is but they seem to naturally stand away from the dancers and dance floor thanks to the lay out of the room which gives you the ability to move down toward the stage and towards dare I say the deeper end. On Saturday Night I danced a couple of times near the bar area where a rather drunk lady was mimicking the dancers and attempted a high kick loosing one of her shoes into the air and had to go deep to retrieve it, took me all my military disciple not to laugh and call her a knob head !

 

The Nighter crowd in attendance is always my first litmus test and Nuneaton has a plethora of “Faces” which is always a welcome and a stamp of approval that must not ever be under estimated. Musically it is top heavy with sixties Northernsoul dancers, you do get the off seventies track played and that is a joy but my pleasure is that there are a couple of DJ’s who are able to slip in some dusted off, rare and even new tracks which fire all of my rockets!

 

On the social side, friendly isn’t the word, I am biased though because my “Northernsoul Family” are there and I feel extremely comfortable to do my thing without being judged and that is pretty cool.

 

I did intend to explore the reason this Allnighter has become successful but it goes down to that magical invisible “X-Factor” that is easy to attempt but impossible to manufacture, yes there are some rules of thumb but Nuneaton has captured the imagination of the Nighter Crowd and that is a hard act to pull off indeed.  

 

October the 12^th is the next offering, I’ll be there as the song goes. My next Nighter is Keele and there I intend to interview some of the punters so watch this space……..

 

If you have an idea why an Allnighter is successful I would love to hear it, much love Imber Boy X

Nighters are at their most successful when they cater for the crowd in attendance and that's what Nuneaton did on Saturday. One Wonderful Moment, Groovin with Mr Bloe, You don't love me etc etc just couldn't and wouldn't be played at certain other nighters and rightly so. It's about knowing your audience and what they want. The floor has always been 'King' in my own opinion and Nuneaton played to that strength.