Valentine <3 'Safe Rave'

Valentine , a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Alternative to the usual cheesy soppy disco's.

For lovers of Bass music! This is a Dubstep, DnB romance

Valentines 'Safe Rave' line-up = Patchwerk, Skairpigg, Bentex and Swar.a.

Try to come dressed in Red to make it more fun. Not compulsory though, just turn up and have a dance.

Sponsored Swim Update

Sponsored Swim Chart Update, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

They are about a quarter of the way there to completing the swim challenge.

Well done so far, and good luck

Jamjar - Construction Part1

Jamjar - Recipe / Construction, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Work starts on the new music space the Jamjar

Jamjar - Recipe / Construction, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The shelving has been built to house a selection of instruments.

Jamjar - Recipe / Construction, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The Jamjar logo has been cut out, which will eventually have a light installed behind it.

Jamjar - Recipe / Construction, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Jamjar logo from other side of window so far.

AWOL 'Safe Rave'

AWOL 'Safe Rave', a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

AWOL army themed 'Safe Rave.'

Line-up: Resident DJ's;
Patchwerk
Skairpigg
Bentex + MC Swar.A

Plus Leaving do for Jake.

Baby People - Soul Food Tour 2012

Baby People - Soul Food Tour 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Local acoustic duo and the second act of the night on the Soul Food Tour

Sponsored Swim

Sponsored Swim Jan 2013, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Ben Gregory and Jenny Walker are swimming 2816 lengths which is 44 miles, or the same as swimming the English channel.

The challenge is to complete all the lengths before the 25th of March.

Raising money for The Drop Inn charity.

Thank you for the support.

Free 4 All (event) - node56

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

This second youth event in Alfreton saw 75 young people turn out on the friday night.

It was set up and ran by the young people who attended the 6 weeks of workshops.

It was a great success and enjoyed by all. Well done to all the young people who put this event on.

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Shookz on stage helping 'Prffesor Leighton' (one of the youth DJ's that took part and completed the DJ workshops)

This DJ set contained a variety of new music which got everyone up and dancing.

Brilliant response for the first DJ of the night.

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The second act of the night was 'The Equipt' and acoustic act that had been working with Jasper over 6 weeks.

Everyone gathered around to support this amazing acoustic duo.

Free 4 All (Promo) - node56

The 2nd node56 under 18's event is on the 14th December ... After the first successful event known as BE THERE (a 'safe rave' style event), node56 (The Drop Inn's new sister company) ran a series of workshops in Alfreton with a group of young people. These young people designed the flyer, promoted the event, organised the entertainment and learnt how to DJ ready to perform on the night which will be the 14th December. We are really looking forward to see how the young people have go on with the workshops and see the response of Alfretons first Young person ran event at the Polygon Youth Centre.

Belper Winter Food Festival 2012

Belper Winter Food Festival, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The Drop Inn and Sound-Hub teamed up with The Black Swan to run a stage of entertainment on the market place for the Belper Food Festival 2012.

John Nelson kindly supplied us with a trailer for the stage.

There was some brilliant acts on all day again ...

Looking forward to future events like this, it promotes some heart warming community spirit!

One Bomb (+18's fundraiser party)

First of all ... a huge thank you to all who helped put this massive event on, thats all the artists who performed, all the people who set the stage and themed the venue, all the volunteers on the night especially the door and bar staff, and all the sound and lighting engineers, special thanks to Urban projections who did the VJ (visuals) for the night, and another special thank you to Dave Walker who arranged for barclays to sponsor the event by match funding what we raised up to £750.

 
Urban Projections vs One Bomb - Warehouse Party from Urban Projections on Vimeo.

We raised £1100 off the bar and entry prices, so when match funded by Barclays it will total £1850 which is incredible for a nights entertainment.

ONE BOMB were absolutely incredible!! So were the visuals that accompanied the music done by URBAN PROJECTIONS. We also had a live Ska / reggae band called HOT RYBENA and other dj's such as P.V (Patchwerk) and DAVE ANGLE!

Finally a big thank you to all who attended, we hope everyone had as much fun as us, this party was EPIC! the biggest we've done all year and we look forward to doing some more in the future.