The North Lancs Soul Festival 10th Anniversary 2016

Festival Programme

Friday 20th May - Welcome Party

ALL DAY WELCOME PARTY from 2pm - Admission by £5 Eticket Only

NLSF Temple of Soul @ Smokey O?Connor?s, Morecambe Street, Morecambe

Smokey?s offers a triple roomed treat: an extremely comfortable Lounge, intimate Collectors Soul room and classic Northern in the Ballroom with sprung wooden dance floor.

Get your Friday ticket for just £2 (saving 60% on normal price of £5) when you purchase a Saturday Evening Event ticket for £8 - giving you a whole soulful weekend for just a tenner!

Friday Only Tickets on sale on 29th February 2016

No Admissions after 11.00pm

YOU?RE WELCOME, STOP ON BY

2pm to 2am

Lower Temple @ Smokey O?Connor?s, Morecambe Street, Morecambe

The cream of 70?s Crossover Soul meets contemporary dance floor fillers. Quality tuneage coving the 70?s and 80?s through to the sound of soul 2016, this is a must for modern soul lovers!

FROM THE BACK OF THE BOX

8pm to 2am

Central Temple @ Smokey O?Connor?s, Morecambe Street, Morecambe

Collectors Soul - with some of the biggest and best collections of soul music in town, here?s an opportunity for the collectors to spin some of their lesser played rare soul choons for your listening pleasure. Not to be missed.

BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE

8pm to 2am

Higher Temple @ Smokey O?Connor?s, Morecambe Street, Morecambe

The cream of Northern Soul from the 60?s & 70?s PLUS Motown?s finest moments. What better way to start a gathering of like minded people than to celebrate some of the finest soul music ever recorded!

Saturday Afternoon 21st May ? Celebration Saturday

A FREE afternoon offering a choice of not ONE, but TWO, TOP venues delivering quality Soul, Reggae, Ska and Motown to suit all tastes.

GONNA BE A BIG THING

12pm to 6pm

Outdoor Event Area @ The Platform, Morecambe Promenade

A champagne cocktail of contemporary soul music, shaken NOT stirred into a mix of sensational soul sounds from the past five decades. Weather permitting; we?ll be ?Dancing In The Street!? Sunshine Soul beaming out across Morecambe Bay!

Free

LET?S WADE IN THE WATER

12pm to 6pm

Ground Floor and Outdoor @ The Boardwalk, Morecambe Promenade

A celebration of everything Mod and scooter-related paying tribute to Morecambe's seaside heritage as one of the top stop off points for the cream of the 1960's music scene. Local DJ's and collectors bringing back memories of the Central Pier Northern nights and the Scooter Rally Weekends of the 80's and 90's. Music wise, expect Mod related sounds mixed with 60?s R?n?B Northern Soul, Tamla, reggae, ska and bluebeat all being spun on original vinyl - Scooter's welcome!

Free

Saturday Evening 21st May ? UK SOUL CLUB SATURDAY

Choose from 4 soul nights in One resort!

Entry to each session is by venue specific £8 ETicket and subject to each venue?s capacity.

*Guests purchasing a ticket for Saturday evening can also purchase a ticket for Friday for just £2 (saving 60% on normal price of £5) - giving you a whole soulful weekend for just a tenner!

IT?S A FAMILY AFFAIR

8pm to 2am

@ The Platform, Morecambe Promenade

Bringing the Soul Family together...So Soulful 70?s meets Mastercuts, Darlington Soul, Soulsorts + guests to bring you modern soul flavas and rare grooves from the past five decades. Today?s contemporary soul complimenting the very finest quality releases from the past that attract applause wherever and whenever they get spun. Top DJ?s, big collections and collectors with a willingness to push the boundaries just a little further mean this will be a little bit special!

£10 including a £2 Special Advanced Ticket for Friday?s All Day Welcome Party @ Smokey O?Connor?s

Single Event Tickets £8 advance

£10 OTD if available

COMING HOME BABY

8pm to 2am

@ Morecambe Winter Gardens, Morecambe Promenade

?Coming Home Baby? is a top class Motown & Northern Soul night with Morecambe?s own Seaside Soul Club joining forces with the Blackpool Soul Club + guests to spin the platters that matter. Put on your dancing shoes and get ?Out On The Floor? to Northern SOUL classics remembering the Twisted Wheel, Golden Torch, Blackpool Mecca, Wigan Casino PLUS Seventies Soul, TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) and the Magic of Motown.

£10 including a £2 Special Advanced Ticket for Friday?s All Day Welcome Party @ Smokey O?Connor?s

Single Event Tickets £8 advance

£10 OTD if available

SOULFUL DANCE FLOOR FILLERS

8pm to 2am

First Floor @ The Boardwalk Morecambe Promenade

The Soulful Dance Of Lytham, Soulful Dance Society y2K AND 21ST Century Soul - combine to invade The Boardwalk aided and abetted by the country?s top Soulful House DJ?s who will crank it up till even the floor is bouncing! The Louie Vega / DJ Spen / Richard Earnshaw / Kenny Carpenter / Masters At Work / Opolopo / Frankie Knuckles / Marc Evans / Dawn Tallman & Monique Bingham remix re-edit ? a musical paradise for dancefloor lovers.

£10 including a £2 Special Advanced Ticket for Friday?s All Day Welcome Party @ Smokey O?Connor?s

Single Event Tickets £8 advance

£10 OTD if available

WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

8pm to 2am

First Floor Concert Room @ Smokey O?Connor?s, Morecambe Street, Morecambe

To help celebrate our 10th Festival, we?re stretching the musical boundaries even further and in 2016 for the first time, we?re adding a stunning blend of Reggae, Ska and Mod music mixed in with original R'n'B and Popcorn to keep that dance floor throbbing from beginning to end!

£10 including a £2 Special Advanced Ticket for Friday?s All Day Welcome Party @ Smokey O?Connor?s

Single Event Tickets £8 advance

£10 OTD if available

Sunday 22nd May ? Sunday Special

SUNDAY SOULFUL REFLECTIONS ? a tribute to Sean O?Connor

11am to 5pm

Rotunda Bar and Terrace @ The Midland Hotel, Morecambe Promenade

Remembering Sean O?Connor, one of the co-founders of the NLSF who sadly left us last year, this session at the iconic Midland Hotel will feature music that Sean would have been happy to play on his Starpoint radio show ?Soul Reflections?. Join us to celebrate the wonderful music we shared with Sean.

Free Admission

FAREWELL SUNDAY SESSION

5pm to 8pm

Ground Floor @ The Boardwalk, Morecambe Promenade

Ending the weekend on a soulful high, our DJ?s will concoct a cocktail of amazing across the board Soul music to keep you on the dancefloor!

Free Admission

KISS MY LOVE GOODBYE

8pm to 1am

Ground Floor @ The Boardwalk, Morecambe Promenade

Classic Northern Soul & Motown, delivering an amazing night of nostalgia. Fantastic music combined with fantastic people and fantastic memories - it doesn?t get any better than this. What a superb finale to a wonderful weekend!

Free Admission

I JUST CAN?T SAY GOODBYE

8pm to 1am

1st Floor @ The Boardwalk, Morecambe Promenade

The NLSF recognises all genres of Soul music and since year one in 2007, 70?s & 80?s Crossover Soul has grown in popularity alongside contemporary dance floor fillers. Here?s our last session of the weekend - a must for Modern Soul lovers!

Admission by Festival Wristband subject to room capacity

Thanks for joining us and sharing this wonderful world of Soul Music. Make a note in your diary to book your tickets for the 11th North Lancs Soul Festival 2017! See you next year...

Friday 19th to Sunday 21st May 2017

www.northlancssoulfestival.co.uk