What have we been up to?
Saturday 25th July 2026
On Saturday 25th July, we took over our local in Oxford to run an event at The Bullingdon. We had takeover sets from local Oxford artists from collectives such as DNE Records, Phase Records, Unprepared Collective (all the way from Dublin!) and the local Oxford University Electronic Music Society. We also had our residents and ambassadors play. Everyone did fantastic Drum and Bass/Jungle sets and the event was sold out an hour before door closed at 1am. We manage to raise over £400 for Music Venue Trust via ticket sales and our merch - which we were really proud of! And we met lots of amazing local people who brought the energy, vibes and smiles throughout the whole night.
Wednesday 22nd July 2026
On Wednesday 22nd July, we took over Red Arch in Manchester for a Music Venue Trust fundraiser and Dancefloor Drum and Bass event. We sourced a lineup of Manchester and Northern DJs, with our resident Zaba, and hosted a competition for which Loucid was the winner. Everyone did fantastic sets. We manage to raise £95 for Music Venue Trust via ticket sales and our merch - which we were really proud of! And we met lots of amazing local people who brought the energy, vibes and smiles throughout the whole night. It was also a huge pleasure to meet the lovely Connie and Georgina from Neurosystem and The Bag Factory. Thank you so much to Abzero who also did photography and videography all night for us, too.
Thursday 16th July 2026
We have been hard at work preparing for Boomtown and other festivals this summer. We have printed over 1,000 flyers with venue closure statistics to hand out, hoping that these may encourage festival attendees to consider attending more grassroots, local events. Or even possibly come to ours in the future. We've created over 150 "Croakheads" friendship bracelets so far to hand out to people at the festival. As well as sticker packs, with those flyers inside, to hand out to people in the shuttle bus or train station queues. We have even started to receive photos from you putting them up!We were also featured in the Fleckies article by Chelsea Marshall about our Head of Operations Zaba. You can check out the full article here.
Friday 26th June 2026
On Friday 26th June, we went to Bristol to run an event at Basement 45. We had Raybay as a Headliner doing a takeover for Haven Events, with some DJs from the Bristol-based collective Music from the Mothership. We also had our residents play with some local Bristol DJs. Our competition winner was Frizzi, who delivered an incredible set of Dancefloor DnB to start the night. We were also joined by Purple Beyblade X League who taught a lot of our attendees how to play Beyblades. They even made us some custom ones, too. We had new merch on the stall and gave our festival sticker packs. And we raised £123 for Music Venue Trust!
