New years eve

[Daryll]

For all of you doing a NYE gig to night , all the best..
Mines a short one 11:00pm until 1:00am....

See you all next year

Daryll

[Excalibur]

Mine's longer, 8-1.30, but I have a room and full English in the morning, so all good.

[DJ Jules]

Mines supposed to be 8pm to 12:30am, but the venue doesn't close until 2am and I've just been asked to start 30mins later so I can kind of see where this is going...

Unfortunately I have an hours drive home too at the end

This is probably going to be the last Xmas where I take bookings through agencies or other DJ's. I've lost count of the number of room and timing changes I've had throughout December.

Julian

[Imagine]

Seeing some of the reports coming in on the Book of Faces at the moment, I'm glad I'm at home with a beer.
I'm hearing from people at the moment with just 4 people in their venues (and it's not just pubs). I know it's still a bit early doors, but doesn't bode well for a good night

To those that are out....may your dance floors be busy and have a Merry New Year

[Daryll]

The best thing about tonight.............

less than 1/4 mile away....

[mbp]

Hope everyone has a good night....and a trouble free one.

Decided to stay a home this year as getting too long in the tooth for idiots and fools that seem to come out on New Years Eve!

At home, with partner and ;lots of chilled bottles of nice Cava!

Had a quick peek at the Book of Faeces and seen a few venues without a disco!.....what's goin on at the moment!!

[DJ Jules]

Mines supposed to be 8pm to 12:30am, but the venue doesn't close until 2am and I've just been asked to start 30mins later so I can kind of see where this is going...

Thankfully this didn't go where I thought it would. I ended up starting at 8:50 (the venue wanted to keep their own PA on while people ate - I'm guessing they've been burned in the past by dumb ass DJ's who think that "background" music should be played at full volume). The numbers dropped rapidly following midnight so I packed up at 12:30 and they closed the bar at 1:00am instead of 2:00am.

I also had to "have a word" with the bar staff who put the big screen tele on at 23:50 (despite me warning them not to). Luckily they managed to turn it off with a little over a minute to go. I didn't really want a repeat of previous years with multiple midnights

Still possibly one of the oddest gigs I've done this year though. The venue is a fairly sizable Microbrewery/Restaurant that sold tickets in advance and managed to pack the place nicely (170 diners, 80 drinkers). The down sides were that a) they didn't finish serving until 22:00 (it was supposed to be last food out at 21:00) so I had to keep it pretty low and chilled for the majority of the evening, b) they had no way to turn the lights off (I'm not sure why I bothered with mine) and c) there was absolutely no space for dancing! I had plenty of people dancing at their tables though (either seated or standing) and some very strong support in the sing-a-longs so all in all it wasn't a bad night.

At least I had people, and none of them were rude

Julian

[Corabar Steve]

All of ours were venue booked gigs with largely older audiences.

All happy.

[DJWilson]

Local boozer was shut by 9PM last night. Not sure if they bothered opened at all.

The last two years it has been dead in there.