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CULCHETH SOUL NIGHTS ARE BACK Soul Nights at the brilliant Culcheth Sports Club (AKA The Daten) are back. The club has been fully refurbished during the pandemic lock-down and now features a brand new layout in the main room, which is now self-contained with its own bar, fantastic wall-to-wall dance floor, dimmed lighting and fantastic acoustics. Add to that the BazM sound system that lets you hear your favourite sounds in crystal-clear sound and it makes for a perfect dancers and listeners venue. CULCHETH is back for a one-off night for 2021, so don’t miss it…We are bringing you TWO ROOMS as part of this Special Event, billed as an OKTOBER SOUL FEST and it will be just that! We’ll be going back to the days of the Torch and Early Mecca in the main room with Special Guest COLIN CURTIS PLUS the DJ team that brought you LOWTON CIVIC HALL soul nights, CULCHETH and the BURY VIRTUAL ALL-NIGHTER SESSIONS will be spinning some of today’s BIGGEST dancefloor fillers. The Modern Room will be showcasing the latest new soul releases on 45 vinyl, courtesy of PETE RATCLIFFE, So Soulful 70’s and more from STEVE PLUMB, Lowton Modern Room classics from BAZ MALEEDY and a special, look back at the real sounds from the last hour at the Mecca with COLIN CURTIS, a Modern Soul Fest GUARANTEED! Did we mention it was a Saturday? Yes, Culcheth is now on SATURDAY NIGHT? So, join us on SATURDAY 30th October for this superb, Soul Night Out

Gotta say last night ticked ALL the boxes for me, a very friendly crowd, happy smilin' faces a great mix of seniors and young 'uns all well into the music. And what about the music last night...TOP NOTCH from start to finish, quality oldies, current spins and a real good selection of rarer records, you have to travel to hear, I love it when I came away from a night having heard something great for the first time and there was a few of them last night. All the above makes it all worthwhile and always has done for me.

Can't wait to hear the 'alt take' of this fabulous tune tonite...

Revised DJ Running order for tonite... Baz, Bob, Les, Ian, Robbo, Carl and Maria, Mick, Jordan, Daz, Tony, Baz actual times will be posted at the event...

Tomorrow Night , Dancers Delight...

No Steve, he's right definitely the 'Right Man' ... great to have Tony joining us at Bury, some brilliant tunes in his box and there's not many with a better collection of 'Wigan' tunes, to my knowledge... And just an excuse to post a great record that'll definitely be getting a spin on Saturday

Aim to start the proceedings as we plan to go on, with a mix of rare, underplayed as well as familiar... speakin' of which lovin' this again

Times at the mo for Saturday looking like 9 Baz, 10 Bob, 11 Ian, 12 Carl and Maria, 1 Les, 2 Mick, 3 Daz, 4 Tony, 5 Jordan

Hi Steve, yep will post up this evening...look forward to seeing you Matey

It's gonna be a whirlwind Les, all the DJ's set to go, quality from start to finish

After a brilliant weekend, (Prestwich, Florrie etc) looking forward to this coming up on Saturday, the first of 2020

So where to start? Well the first thing was that storm Dennis held off till Saturday so that was a result! That meant that all roads (bar the two that the local council closed without much notice) really did lead to Culcheth on Friday. Gotta say well done to all those without sat navs for navigating their way onto deepest Culcheth, once they’d realised the direct route off the East Lancs was closed. Anyway, people persisted and got there, no matter what obstacles were presented to them, so thanks for that. Once there, all the early birds settled in and we soon realised we were going to need more tables and chairs as peeps just kept comin’, soon enough there was a good crowd in both rooms, meeting, greeting and generally getting ‘in the mood’. As it was Valentines, I had the pleasure of presenting the ladies in the house with a single red rose (sorry if you didn’t get one I could only get 60) I spent the early part of the night drifting between the Main Room and the Back Room, which had been changed to feature ‘Rare and Underplayed’ 60’s and 70’s due to a number of high profile Modern events on in the North West over the weekend featuring some of our resident DJ’s but gotta say, how good was that? Residents Ian Cunliffe and Simon Ingham holding the fort, while special guests Alex Jones and Phil Wainwright, both Lowton regulars from days gone by, tore it up with a fantastic selection of tunes over 5 solid hours with tunes like Tiaras Loves made a connection, Minors Lonely Boy, George Hobson Let it be real, Kings of Soul is your love for me, Optimistics Say that you love me, Willie Dee it looks like rain, Cake let your body go, Ramsey and Company Love call, Freddie Butler Save your love for me, Robert Tanner Sweet memories, John Harris Hangin in and many more great sounds The main room was just as good on Friday with the crowd keeping the floor busy all night, in fact I thought Les Harrison was going to turn it into an All-Nighter at one point, until the lights came on at 1.15. Again great sets from the residents, Kev Murphy, Bob Hinsley, Robbo, the aforementioned Les Harrison and our special guest, Ginger Taylor, who featured his monster floor filler, Fantasy, Walter and the Admirations, Lil Major Williams, Kenny Gamble, Joey Lorenzo, True Image, The New Wanderers, Henry C, to name but a few and the great thing about it was people were saying the music was just like Lowton of old. So, the night was billed as the ‘Spirit of Lowton’ 24th Anniversary Special, so I guess with those kind of comments, I can only say ‘Job Done’ so it just remains for me to thank each and every one who came along on Friday, to help make our little celebration a great success. Thank You and Hope to see you all on April 10th for our Good Friday, Bank Holiday Special…Watch This Space

Ginger chomping at the bit, got some great tuneage lined up for the masses tonight... one of the biggest in the country at the moment...

8-9 tonite dont miss it Phil and Alex playin from the box ahead of their main sets later in the evening...sayin' nowt