SBW x The Portland couldn’t be more excited to come together for a special Portland Summer Sessions, with an ‘All Dayer’ party… unlike any other in Cambridge this year!
We’re going on a [late summer] musical journey to bring you a fresh, feel-good party for all things new, classic and re-imagined. With sparkling mirror balls and a pulsing sound system… come and party in the sun and under the sparkling lights to infectious rhythms and bumpy grooves, leaving all your worries at the door as you round out summer 2024 in style!
We’ll be filling the venue all day and into the night with premium selections of the best Disco/Nu Disco, Italo Disco/House, World Grooves, Funk & Soul, House and RnB!
We’ve managed an incredible line-up, with some of the area’s very finest DJs and party curators to ensure the vibe is perfect throughout.
// Stuart Banks [WoNkY DiScO]
Instagram (@wonkydisco) – Soundcloud Mix
Rooftop parties for the misguided sons and daughters of the stars. Friends and lovers, drift with us through the warmer shades of house and disco as we journey deeper… What started out as DJing free rooftop day party for some friends quickly grew into two rooms of music and attracted the best festival crowd from across the UK. It wasn’t long before Wonky sparked the attention from some of the best festivals in the UK which took us to being asked to be involved in their own piece of magic. Secret Garden Party, Wilderness, Wildwood Disco, We out Here Festival & even to Bulgaria to Meadows in The Mountains. Wherever we’re invited we always bring our party A-game to share with everyone!!
// Gio Ryan [Poize Audio]
Instagram (@giorgio_ryan) – Mixcloud Mix
Gio Ryan is a professional multi-genre DJ from North London. Regularly featuring at events across the UK and London in venues such as Ministry of Sound, Electric Ballroom, Scala and many more – as well as European festival features in Amsterdam and Switzerland. Founder and manager of Poize Audio (@poizeaudio), independent dance music label regularly hosting events across the UK, with releases achieving thousands of streams from all corners of the globe. Gio’s inspirations are rooted in British artists that pioneered their scenes, such as The Prodigy, Oasis, The Streets, Skream, Skepta, and Chase & Status to name a few. Expect plenty of exquisitely crafted reworks of classics we know and love, from smooth ‘80s to dancefloor-dazzling disco house, with plenty of cultured curveballs along the way.
// Joseph Dooley [Rollon]
Instagram (@dothedooleydance) – Mixcloud Mix
Hailing from the ancient, rugged landscapes of Wales and kicking off in the wild embrace of the Hard Dance circuit back in the noughties, Dooley’s journey has propelled him from underground, Welsh hill-top raves to the rolling fields of Great Malvern, the pulsating hard heartbeats of Birmingham, to the depths of London and beyond. Inspired by fun hooks and seductive rhythms, he held a residency at London-based Hard House/NRG party – Twist, a regular at Deevstock since 2017 and Cambridge’s favourite Friday night groove stop, Rollon. This mischief-maker refuses to be confined by genre, moving between the realms of House, Disco, Techno and the smooth-rolling Liquid Funk… Dooley ensures his sonic philosophy: all things must groove.
// Soroosh [Cambridge Dance]
Instagram (@cambridge_dance) – Mixcloud Mix
Cambridge based curator and resident DJ of the now venerated world groove party, Cambridge Dance, Soroosh is a masterful crate digger, spinning a mixture of classic vinyl collected through years of digging for rare and obscure records. Heavily influenced by soulful Brazilian and African rhythms, he has developed a unique ear for blending together many different styles from around the world. Expect to be guided through a serendipitous journey into groove and soul with deep rare cuts and blending classic earworms with reimagined ones in unexpected ways.
// Will Lord [Found A Cure]
Instagram (@f0undacure) – Mixcloud Mix
Will Lord is the founder of Found a Cure, a Sunday social for lovers of great music in Cambridge. He is a member of the Family Tree Radio Show collective and a makes regular guest DJ appearances in Cambridge and London. Expect a vinyl-only set that spans the globe, with a big emphasis on West and Southern Africa – afrobeat, kwaito, electronic highlife – and disco obscurities and re-edits that will take you from New York to Trinidad. Will fell in love with DJ’ing and clubbing in Glasgow, spending his Sunday nights (and Monday mornings) at Optimo and taking in house legends at The Arches and the Sub Club. Starting out playing Jamaican music from rocksteady to dancehall Will performed at venues across the city. Nowadays Gilles Peterson and Questlove provide the inspiration, as well as the wealth of talent in Cambridge.
There’s no excuse! With reduced prices for earlier entry, group discounts and a transformation of the iconic Portland live music venue into a chic boutique club, there is nowhere else to spend your bank holiday than with us!
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