HotTip HiFi
First Friday of the month
Hot-Tip Hi-Fi presents a classic and rare selection of Reggae, Rocksteady and Ska vintage cuts to keep your ears interested and your feet moving. Enjoy an audio cocktail of the finest Jamaican musical sunshine + good time/old time vibes.
PARADiSO! – A Vinyl Vacation
First Saturday of the month
A cocktail of hot & seductive rhythms for lounge lizards, tiki temptresses, jet-setters and swingin’ kittens. DJs HepCat Matt (The Big Itch, Thursday Night Fish Fry) and Hayley Stella Browne (Fish Fry) take your ears and dancing feet on a tropical tour of the 1940s, 50s & 60s. Expect exotica, mambo & rhumba, crime jazz, calypso, swing, R&B, lounge and more…
The Chop Source
Second Saturday of the month
Expect a golden selection of stomping poly-rhythms from Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean, plus jump-jazz and driving funk cuts.
Mo’ Taters!
Second Friday of the month
Wax spinner ‘Neil by mouth (Stay Sick!) & guest play the finest offerings from the JUKE JOINTS of the MISSISSIPPI DELTA, to the far flung throws of LATIN AMERCIA, from the surf shores of HAWAII, to the casinos and strip joints of LAS VEGAS, from across the tracks of DETROIT to the far reaches of the GREATER ANTILLIES!
AfroGroove
Third Friday of the month
An internationally respected aficionado of Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Hip Hop, Highlife, Kwasa Kwasa and JuJu Music, Manello Funkikora, crosses continents with a crossfader. He spins records as if they were a backpacker’s holiday snaps strewn across a table, and yet somehow it all fits succinctly – joyful, soulful, utterly captivating – from Baaba Maal to Blackalicious, Salif Keita to Sizzla, K’Naan to Micheal Franti & Spearhead, Manu Dibango to Femi Kuti, Mariam Makeba to Bongo Maffin.
The Devil’s Music
Last Saturday of the month
A low slung night at the best juke joint in town, come down and get your teeth swimmin’ to swinging speakeasy tunes and American Roots debauchery, dress up sharp enough to draw blood and shake a leg!
Horseplay
Last Thursday of the month