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Here it is at last, the event we’ve all been waiting for – the SOUL AT THE RITZY XMAS PARTY! After an amazing run of events over recent months we wanted to finish off with something really special - so we're pulling out all the stops for our Saturday Christmas Cracker. And so, we have THREE (NOT VERY) WISE MEN travelling many miles and following the soul star all the way to London, where it will stop above the iconic Ritzy cinema for one night only! Bringing bowls of Soul, Frankhutsonsense and Mirwood (sorry) to us on Saturday 21st December are: ***ADY LUPTON*** ***NIJ FLOOD*** ***CHARLES SIMPSON*** We’re sure you’ll agree that we have picked three fun chaps here who know how to play quality rare soul but – crucially – also know how to have a good time! Advance tickets are £7 in advance from: buy tickets here (OTD tickets will be £12 if there are any left, but previous Xmas events have sold out). We can’t wait, this is going to be a Christmas Cracker! See you at the Ritzy! JAKE, DONNA, LISA xx ********************************** SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

For our penultimate SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RITZY party of 2024, we are completely ecstatic to have such a quality line up, featuring not one but two 100 Club regulars plus one of our favourite DJs all the way from Italy. We have: ** ARTHUR FENN ** ** RUSS VICKERS ** ** SOULFUL JULES ** If you know these DJ’s reputations (and record boxes) you know we’re in for a hell of a night. Advance tickets are £7 here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DWYI OTD tickets will be £10 if there are any left. We can't wait for this one! See you at the Ritzy! LISA, DONNA and JAKE X ******************************************************************************************************************* SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

We are thrilled to announce the line-up for our July Spectacular Summer Party. LISA WOLVERSON + VIC RANGER+ RHYS WEBB! LISA, from Dublin, is returning for the third glorious time, having completely smashed it out of the park on her first two visits. LISA mixes across the board soul, pushes new discoveries with underplayed classics and IS NEVER BORING. In fact, she's always a joy. Many of you will be really excited to hear about the return of VIC, who laid down his headphones in the late Noughties, when fatherhood came calling. VIC was one of the leading DJs on the mod soul scene, particularly known for the club he co-ran in Borough, SHOTGUN which pushed the mod R&S sound into the 21st century! Yes, you heard it right, THE RANGER IS BACK! RHYS is one of the busiest young DJs on the scene at the moment, from HEART OF SOUL in Lewisham to RUMOURS in Stokey, and spots with Keb Darge, Rhys is filling floors right across town and brings a huge amount of energy to the proceedings. There are also rumours he was once in a band, but we're sure that's just a rumour... Remember, we have a new ticket price of £7 for advance tickets. Ticket link: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RITZY BUY TICKETS NOW This is going to be the loveliest summer soul party, with the best music and definitely the coolest crowd love, JAKE, LISA, DONNA XX ABOUT US SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE We have an absolute belter lined up for November 14th. MICK H from Nottingham, he of the BIIIIG TUNES, will be our VERY SPECIAL GUEST and will do two sets. This is a first at the Ritzy, and shows you how much confidence we have in Mick to bring an incredible evening of rare soul. See you at the Ritzy! ****** SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

Our next party is Thursday 12th September and what a night it promises to be. Basically, it's gonna be BIG FUN. We have two larger than life characters as our special guests. First, Lewisham Heart of Soul resident and bearded wonder NATHAN PICKARD will be bringing his northern collection (and sense of humour) to the floor - expect big tunes, no days off etc And secondly we have South London mod/soul hero, the legend that is TONY SCHOKMAN! Possibly the sharpest dressed DJ to ever grace our decks, expect the full mod soul experience. Classy, but PARTY, PARTY, PARTY. We're excited to see how these two bounce off eachother. It's going to be another classic Ritzy soul soundclash. The event is free, as ever. Starts at 7,30pm, but the bar will be open from 7pm for sociable types. See you there! JAKE, LISA, DONNA XX >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7.30pm (bar is open from 7pm) until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. THIS MONTH WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS JIM WATSON AND CHRIS SWEET! Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

We can’t quite believe it - on 13th June we have an insane line up for a Thursday night at the Ritzy. First up, one of our favourite ever DJs, pure 60s mega tunes from IRISH GREG - from 100 club to the mod scene and northern scene, Greg is simply one of the best and it’s a huge treat to have him back at the Ritzy. And then… the midlands legend PEP!! What can we say, the voice, one of he great purveyors of soul from the original 70s mob, truly one of the big names of Northern. He was there. And now he’s here! Quite how this happened on a Thursday night is beyond us - it must be some sort of administrative error! If you’ve never been to the Ritzy before this is definitely the night to take the plunge. And if you’ve seen either of these two play you know it’s not to be missed. It’s free entry, start time is 7.30 and we’re in the club room above the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton. Balcony drinks over Windrush Square followed by frantic dancing is the vibe. See you on the 13th. X ---- SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, LISA HURLEY and DOUGIE LING make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

We’re thrilled to announce the May edition of SOUL AT THE RITZY, accompanied by a fresh look (good work, Lisa) and even fresher guest DJs. First up is that lad Shaafi, the genius behind the massive HEART OF SOUL events which have been rammed with South London yout’ since early last year. These down and dirty nights are freshening up the scene and bringing loads of new faces in. As well as being a superb and committed dancer, Shaafi has great OVO tunes and will smashing it behind the decks this month. Next up, we are thrilled to announce Rob Ryan is stepping up for May! Whilst he’s very known in the art world, the SATR crew adore Rob for being one of the most fun, danceable and quality DJs on our scene. (As well as one of the nicest human beings you will ever meet!). Rob was top of our list for our Christmas party, and now he’s returning in time for the good weather for another uplifting, across-the-board rare soul set. In combination with Shaafi, this is going to be a very special night for rare soul lovers who want to DANCE. Finally, just got to say - great work to the Ritzy - their sound system is up there with the best, super chunky but clear as a bell. It’s going to be a great night. Kick-off is 7.30 this month. See you at the Ritzy. Jake, Lisa, Donna X GENERAL INFORMATION.... SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, and LISA HURLEY make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

***UPDATE*** Hello Ritzy folk! Our April event is a real treat, with two incredibly experienced DJs with mega record collections who love to raise the roof. First up we have Doncaster’s DAVE MACK back at the Ritzy. Usually know for his big rocksteady and ska sets, Dave has a serious Northern collection and his last appearance at the Ritzy went down as one of our best nights ever. Many people open mouthed saying ‘f—k, I didn’t know he had this!’. Heavy northern. And then, as if that’s not enough, we also have DAWN BROWN, one half of the celebrated Scenesville crew, who took over the Notre Dame hall in Leicester Square in the early noughties for those legendary all-nighters. Expect epic tunes, emotions running high. Add to that the fact that the sun may be starting to come out then you’ve got the makings of a brilliant evening. A couple of drinks on the balcony then hitting Ritzy the dance floor. As ever, out Thursday nights are free, you only pay in sweat. See you at the Ritzy! Jake, Donna, Lisa and Dougie X ********* SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, LISA HURLEY and DOUGIE LING make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

Our first SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RITZY of 2024 is on March 16th! And it's going to be really special - we have none other than the legendary Valatone gang reunited in musical glory to bring an amazing night of joy to the Ritzy dancefloor. So, for one night only you have 3 of the original Valatone DJs - Johnny, Phil and Buey - to take us back to those heady nights at the St Aloysious Club in Euston. Valatone was always one of the freshest, most innovative and much loved London clubs from the early 21st century - and their 2019 reunion at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden was a total hot, sweaty sell out. Expect a packed out dancefloor, underplayed sounds from the 60s and 70s and of course, those very special records that became Valatone classics. Don't miss out on this one - it's a real one off. BUY TICKETS HERE It's £10 in advance, £14 on the door. It will sell out. see you at the Ritzy! Jake, Donna, Lisa & Dougie X *** SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, LISA HURLEY and DOUGIE LING make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

It's going to be a big night at the Ritzy as we have two class guest DJs. The life, soul and legend ALAN HANDSCOMBE, and Stephen Bunne aka BUNNY. You all know Alan, but what you might not know is that this is his first proper time playing at the Ritzy. He did one early set a couple of years ago, but this is a proper party soul set aimed right at the dancers. And Bunny is the guy behind BDQ records and ex of Mother Earth (Acid Jazz) and he is, also, bringing us a full soul party set for the night. We are predicting packed dancefloor, especially as it's still too cold for the balcony to get full usage See you on the 8th. ----- SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, LISA HURLEY and DOUGIE LING make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

JANUARY 2024 It’s a new year and it’s cold and dark and wet outside. But inside UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY there are warm hosts, a friendly crowd, a great sound system and superb guest DJs! This month, you never know, but there could be a lot of sixties soul courtesy of experienced party-meisters JONATHAN DABNER and RICH BUCKLEY. it’s going to be a class night. We can’t wait. See you next Thursday. Jake, Donna, Lisa, Dougie X X ***** SOUL AT THE RITZY is a monthly, sociable fun loving across-the-board soul night held in a brilliant venue – the club room at the top of the iconic Ritzy cinema in Brixton, London, just minutes from the tube station. Music policy is 60s/70s soul, OVO of course. It is neither a trainspotter's party or an oldies night. Your hosts JAKE LINGWOOD, DONNA DRISCOLL, LISA HURLEY and DOUGIE LING make sure each night packs a punch – and we bring you brilliant guests each month, as well as playing ourselves. The sound system is top notch, and the venue has another ace up its sleeve – a large balcony overlooking Brixton’s Windrush Square. It’s a brilliant venue and we’re thrilled/very lucky to have it. We're now in our third fantastic year, and we’re really excited to have booked up a whole calendar of events for 2024. (See attached flier) Regular Thursday nights run from 7pm until midnight and are FREE. And this year we're really excited to have four Saturday night specials which will run 8pm-2am and will be ticketed. To keep up to date with all the shenanigans and going on, please join the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP or you can follow our Instagram here. We'll announce the guest DJs monthly. So watch this space.

**CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 8-2AM** This is the one everyone's talking about - the perfect London soul scene Christmas party, put on by the SOUL AT THE RITZY crew. If you don't know our events, we've been running OVO (original vinyl only) soul nights in the lovely room above the iconic Brixton Ritzy cinema now for two years celebrating the best in across-the-board rare 60s and 70s soul. Our Christmas happening is on Saturday December 16th, 2023, 8pm-2am. Expect a warm, joyous night, with a packed dancefloor. Special guest DJs for the night are: JO WALLACE CHRIS DALE ROB RYAN Chris and Rob have both played superb, roof-raising sets at the Ritzy before - and we are thrilled to have the legend Jo down for her first ever Ritzy session. It's going to be a big one! Tickets are £10 in advance here: CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS OR £14 on the door if any are left. It's going to be a cracking night and we can't wait. More info on the SOUL AT THE RITZY FACEBOOK GROUP See you at the Ritzy! JAKE, LISA, DONNA, DOUGIE XX

**SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 8-2AM** Ok, we have a really special event lined up for October. The last Saturday night was amazing, but we think this might top it! First of all, the Guv’nor, Mr ADY CROASDELL, Mr 100 Club himself will be gracing the decks. He needs no introduction, of course, but we’re thrilled to have him back at Brixton. Next, we have ADAM BUCHANAN!! To quote the highly respected Soul Underground website: ‘A great taste in music, Adam knew how to work the floor. Adam DJ’ed at all the big all-nighters of the day and as well as Top Dog Soul Club at Stafford he was resident for the Central England Soul Club at venues such as Nottingham Oddfellows in Leicester.’ What’s missing from this incredible list, of course, is CLEETHORPES WEEKENDER where Adam was always a big fixture. Finally, we have a great dj from Manchester, a big part of the Manchester Soul Weekender and of course runs his own great night, Let’s Dance Some Mo’ - it’s DARREN SYKES. We cannot wait! By the way, we’ve finally sorted out our ticket vending situation, much more satisfactorily, so tickets will be £10 in advance (compared to £14 on the door). So get your advance tickets early as the venue is strict about capacity and this is sure to sell out. Ticket link: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CSDE See you at the Ritzy. Jake, Lisa, Donna and Dougie X See less London