Back In The Room

Back In The Room is at Social on Friday 27 November, with doors open from 8:00 PM. It's a club night built around deep house and garage played on vinyl, and the line-up brings together five of the original DJs from the ROOM nights: Alfonzo, Bliss, Dustin, Paddy, and Shep.

To get why that matters, you have to go back to ROOM, the George Street venue opened in 1991 by nightlife legend Dave Mays. It was one of the first nightclubs in the country to be granted a late licence, and it drew clubbers from across the north of England who stayed well into the early hours dancing to house, garage, acid jazz and more. When it closed in the early 2000s, it left a gap in the city's nightlife that hasn't quite been filled since. Back In The Room is designed to do exactly that, bringing back the original DJs playing on original vinyl, and drawing on the legacy of nights like Select, Origin, Recoil, Scuba and Quench.

So the night is a tribute to that era, with the same DJs who were there when ROOM was running. They'll be working from vinyl throughout, keeping the deep house and garage sound that defined those nights. It's a strictly 18+ event, so you'll need to bring ID if you're on the younger end of that.

Tickets are £5, £8, or £10 in advance, depending on when you get them, and doors open at 8:00 PM at Social on Friday 27 November.