Motown Day Party: Fleet

Fleet are taking over Bunker in Reading on Saturday 15 May for a Motown day party, and it's exactly what it sounds like. It's a day spent with the Motown sound running through it, starting in the afternoon rather than late at night, so you're dancing while it's still light out.

Motown is the focus here, and that's what Fleet will be working with throughout the day. It's a sound that's hard to pin down to one thing — the polished pop of the early years, the heavier basslines that came later, the songs that work as well on a quiet afternoon as they do on a packed dancefloor. Fleet'll be drawing from that, keeping the Motown feel going from the start.

Because it's a day party, the timing is a bit different from your usual night out. It kicks off at 15:00, so it's a Saturday afternoon thing rather than a midnight one. That puts it in a different bracket entirely — something you can roll into with a few friends and stay for as long as you fancy, without having to worry about getting home in the early hours.

It's at Bunker, in Reading, on Saturday 15 May, starting at 15:00. Tickets start from £10.