DJ’s

Darren Sykes

Darren’s for vinyl started very early in life after his auntie bought him an LP for Christmas, he must have been ‘nice’ that year. He was fascinated with the whole concept and at around 10 years of age the collecting bug began.
This quickly became a lifetimes work and obsession.

His musical journey has and still does cover many genres. Soul,Funk music from the 60’s,70’s right through to the current day. Born and bred a proud Yorkshireman, he attended a lot of events and gigs in the late 70’s and 80’s.
Moving to Manchester in the 90’s was a game changer and opened up many doors of opportunity. Read more …

Pete Burgess

One of the trio behind the legendary Manchester institution The Greatstone, Budgie just like his partners in crime Paul Havekin and Tony Jackson is a sucker for black plastic – no they’re not a BDSM troupe, but possibly just as hardcore when it comes to collecting soul records!

Pat Bleasdale

We’re so happy to bring you the Tuff Love Soul Club matriarch and another of our masters, Pat Bleasdale. Those who saw Pat tear the place apart at the first Liverpool Weekender will testify that it would have been a travesty if we hadn’t got her back for this… Read more …

Jan Hjalmarsson

The Gentleman of Soul. Jan Hjalmarsson bleeds Hammarby Football Club and soul music. We met Janne at the Stockholm Soul Weekender and have subsequently been glued to his Mixcloud channel. A lover of ‘quality soul music’, Janne will fit right in with us! Read more …

Pete Shirley

Ladies and gentleman we’re so happy to bring you, the holder of the inaugural Liverpool Soul Weekender ‘Yellow Jersey’, the effervescent, the charming, the debonaire… killer of dance floors and a man seemingly unaware of the restraints of time – one third of the Family Circle crew, residing in Stockholm but 100% British Beefcake… Mr Pete Shirley. Read more …

Julian Reca

The Coolest Mutherfunker On The Planet. Cooler than a polar bears’ toe nails. Cooler than the other side of the pillow. A man who looks like the love child of Escobar and El Chapo but carries the firepower of the DEA… Argentina’s finest via Barcelona, Julian Reca is coming to Liverpool. Lock up your daughters and prepare to dance! Read more …

James Pogson

Pogo… An enigma wrapped in a mystery, clad in a get-up sharper than Al Sharpton wielding a Samurai Sword.  Some call him the best Scunthorpian all-rounder since Ian Botham, some call him ‘The Boogie Monster’… We call him Pogo and he’s coming to rain Fantasy Love on the Liverpool Soul Weekender in the form of rare soul diamonds – In our opinion, Pogo is THE TRUTH when it comes to rare soul collectors & DJ’s worldwide.  Read more …

Steve Edgar

Steve Edgar aka Soul Hawk humbly claims to be simply ‘a soul music collector’ however, we think the term Steve coins can be elaborated upon much further. Currently residing ‘North of The Wall’ with the ‘wildlings’ and ‘Children of The Forrest’ is a man whose love for collecting soul  music has educated many and created a legacy that will continue to do so for years to come. Read more …

Val Challoner

Val first got into Soul music whilst attending youth clubs in the early 70’s. He broadened his horizon’s further after discovering an underground scene called ‘Northern Soul’ in around 1975 and travelled the country to listen to it. He has never really thought of himself as a DJ but more (like so many on the scene) as a collector and lover of the music. After collecting records for a good few years he got asked to play them out. He has DJ’d at various clubs and allnighters in the uk and a couple in Europe and still travels far and wide as a punter. Read more …

Eduardo Domingo

Movin On’s hombre principal Edu Domingo is excited to return to Liverpool Soul Weekender for a second year in a row, this time behind the decks. And boy, are we mad excited to have him play for us..

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