Southport Weekender, one of the World’s best loved indoor music festivals, is celebrating 20 glorious years with a staggering 39 events to date! Back to rock the North West of England this coming May, Southport Weekender celebrates it's 40TH BIRTHDAY!.. Selling out the first week of January, a massive 4 months in advance, thousands are being turned away due to such high demand for tickets. An achievement in itself and a testament to it’s onoing success and ever increasing popularity...  40 EVENTS!.. 20 YEARS!.. Sporting an outstanding line-up, Southport Weekender 40 looks set to be THE party of 2007 and what a weekend it's going to be!..

So what makes Southport Weekender so special?..
Attracting 5000+ smiley party folk from all over the globe every May & November, Southport is dubbed as the World’s friendliest party where punters and DJ’s alike congregate for some serious dancefloor action. Founded by hedonist, Alex Lowes alongside cohort Dave Gardner, since it’s beginnings in 1987 at a caravan park in Berwick–Upon-Tweed as a soul music weekender for a few hundred people, Southport, now 20 years old, stands as the most musically diverse dance music weekender in the UK party calendar.  Regularly attracting an intimate friendly crowd of dedicated dancers and discerning music lovers, Southport features four amazing purpose built arenas featuring state of the art lavish production and quality sound, each covering all genres of the most exciting soulful music from around the globe including house, hip hop, soul, r&b, jazz, broken beat, techno, drum &  bass, rare groove, soul, classics and more. Constantly looking forward, Southport pride themselves on billing the Crème De La Crème of DJ’s, Live acts and PA’s, breaking cutting edge new acts as well as welcoming big name favourites old and new. With a finger on the pulse and an ear to the ground, Southport welcomes interaction and suggestions from it’s dedicated party-goers, who have all contributed their ideas for line-ups through www.southportweekender.co.uk which now receives an amazing 4 million hits per month!

Since it’s inception, the event has welcomed an awe inspiring array of world class DJ guests to it’s arenas including: Aaron Ross, Angel Moraes, Blaze, Bob Sinclar, Brian Tappert, Bugz in the Attic, Carl Cox, Danny Rampling, Danny Tenaglia, David Morales, Deep Dish, Dimitri From Paris, DJ Spinna, Erick Morillo, Fabio, Franck Roger, Francois K, Frankie Knuckles, Goldie, Harry 'Choo Choo' Romero, Jay-J, Joe Claussell, Joey Negro, Jon Cutler, Karizma, King Britt, LTJ Bukem, Martin Solveig, Masters At Work, Matty Heilbronn, Miguel Mig, Mr Scruff, Osunlade, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Phil Asher, Roger Sanchez, Roni Size, Sandy Rivera, Simon Dunmore, Tedd Patterson, Theo Parrish, Tim Westwood, Timmy Regisford, Todd Terry and Tony Humphries among others..

With live acts and PA’s including: A Tribe Called Quest, Adeva, Alexander O'Neil, Arnold Jarvis, Bah Samba, Barbara Tucker, Beverley Knight, Billie, Byron Stingily, Carleen Anderson, Ce Ce Rogers, Craig David, Dajae, Damage, Drizabone, Duanne Harden, Fatback Band, Galliano, Gangstarr, Gwen McCrae,  Incognito, India,  India Arie, Innercity, James Taylor Quartet, Jazzmataz featuring Guru, Jocelyn Brown, Jody Watley, Joyce Simms, Judy Cheeks, Julie McNight, Kathy Brown, Kathy Sledge, Kele Le Roc, Kenny Thomas, Kim English, Lemar, Linda Clifford, Loleatta Holloway, Loose Ends, Lynden David Hall, Marc Ronson, Mark Morrison, Marlena Shaw, Mica Paris, Michael Watford, M-People, Nathan Haynes, Nu Colours, Omar, Peven Everett, Phyllis Hyman, Reel People, Robert Owens, Ron Carroll, Roy Ayers, Shaun Benson, Shaun Escoffery, Shola Ama,  Sounds of Blackness, Sybil, Ten City, Terry Callier, Ultra Nate, Will Downing and Wookie to name only a few!

THE LIVE ACTS : SPW 40
ANGIE STONE - LIVE IN CONCERT – EXCLUSIVE UK/SOUTHPORT APPEARANCE
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - LIVE IN CONCERT
INCOGNITO - LIVE IN CONCERT
ROY AYERS WITH BAH SAMBA -  LIVE IN CONCERT
BEN WESTBEECH - LIVE IN CONCERT
MARC DE CLIVE LOWE - LIVE IN CONCERT
JOY DENALANE - LIVE IN CONCERT
ARNOLD JARVIS - LIVE PA
 
As you can see we've really pushed the boat out on the Live concert side of things and we hope you agree it's a line up of pure quality artists more than befitting the 40th Birthday celebrations. We also hope you'll agree that they cross the board and appeal to everyone's musical tastes of which there are many.

 There is still the possibility of other PA's being added of course.

THE DJ LINE-UP : SPW 40
the fantastic DJ line-up in no particular order:

LOUIE VEGA, KENNY DOPE, KERRI CHANDLER, GILLES PETERSON, TREVOR NELSON, DJ JAZZY JEFF, DJ SPEN, QUENTIN HARRIS, JAZZANOVA, FRANKIE FELICIANO, RON TRENT, DANNY KRIVIT, JAZZIE B (SOUL 2 SOUL), MOODYMANN, TERRY HUNTER, STEVE SUTHERLAND, DIXON, MARC MAC (4 HERO), IG CULTURE, BOBBY & STEVE, NORMAN JAY, RONNIE HEREL, SNOWBOY, KEV BEADLE, SHORTEE BLITZ, DR BOB JONES, BENJI B, SIMON “SCHOOLBOY’ PHILLIPS, DJ, SWERVE, DIGGZ, ANDY DAVIES, STEVE BUTLER, BIGGER, RICHARD SEARLING, COLIN PATTERSON, MAX REES, BILLY DAVIDSON, TERRY JONES, MIKE STEPHENSON, STEVE WREN, GARY DENNIS, BOB JEFFERIES, SIMON MANSEL, JONATHAN, SCOTT BRADFORD


THE ARENAS:

THE POWERHOUSE
The largest of the Arena’s with a 2000 capacity and an awe inspiring production, featuring the very best in House Music with a world class DJ line up.

THE BACARDI B LIVE ROOM
The hugely popular and forward thinking Bacardi B Live room with classic cocktails and a great eclectic mix of music ranging from Jazz to Broken Beats, Drum n Bass, Hip Hop and Deep House with DJ’s:

THE ALIZE FUNKBASE
The second largest of the Southport Arena’s featuring the cream of the UK’s RnB DJs bringing you the best Urban Music in RnB, Soul, Hip Hop and club Classics.

THE CONNOISSEURS’ CORNER
A quality selection of Soulful music ranging from choice soul cuts, Jazz Funk, Rare Groove, Nu Soul and a hefty portion of Classics.


We'll be back with more important news on things happening at the big 40th soon including the extended Sunday finale till 7pm. Also make sure you smile whenever you see the MTV crew around as we're pleased to announce they'll be joining us to film a special 1 hour show for MTV Dance and other MTV channels. Also more details soon on how you can assist 1Xtra who are also commissioning a show to be broadcast where they'd like some input from Southport family, both regular attendees and ‘Southport virgins' who they want to contact to contribute.

TICKETS £140.00 PER PERSON INCLUDES SELF CATERING ACCOMODATION FOR 2 NIGHTS AND 3 DAYS
THE EVENT HAS SOLD OUT, FOR ENQURIES RE CANCELLATIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE NO. BELOW

Southport Weekender office :: 0870 990 1987 or online at www.southportweekender.co.uk  
info@southportweekender.co.uk

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