Get Involved blog

After three years of fun, Get Involved is winding down its monthly parties on Little Portland Street – ending with a suitably lovely party this Friday 19th December.

Get Involved has been an absolute joy to put on thanks, mainly, to the lovely guys and gals who work behind the scenes at The Social, but also because so many of you have come down to shake a tambourine and a tail feather of a Thursday evening with me. Thank you.

So, all that’s left for me to do now is to say thanks to all my guest DJs over the years – with an extra big special thank you to Becky “Grandmaster” Nolan, Leo the Amateur/Rave/Wizard, Paul Pensom, Mayor McCa and Dean Chalkley.

I’d also like to deliver a massive WHOOP to all the artists that have kindly created bespoke artwork for the night over the years. I’m both delighted and humbled to know that artwork created for the night has now appeared in FOUR different books - that you can buy in shops and everything. Amazing! Big shout to David and Jodie at Peskimo for creating the smiley maracas logo and for creating Hobson, the maraca and tambourine wielding monster that adorned a poster they created for Get Involved and who now exists as a KidRobot toy. Oh yeah!

The Get Involved website will remain up and running, as I regularly select music from my dusty old record collection for anyone to get involved with / download / read about etc – and do look out for Get Involved appearances at nights such as Dean Chalkley’s splendid SHAKE! at The Boogaloo, and at festivals such as Secret Garden Party Festival, Glastonbury and Bestival…

PLEASE come and get involved this Friday at our last party at The Social - at which we’ll be dishing out free schwag including instruments, badges, screenprinted posters and a rather lovely compilation CD - while stocks last!

Come along now, everyone… Get Involved!

This Saturday I’ll be babysitting Dean Chalkley’s fantastic SHAKE! night up at The Boogaloo. There’ll be a whole heap of rock’n'roll, twisted soul, boogaloo and psyche to keep toes tapping and hips twisting all night long.

I’ll be joined behind the decks by Harry and Mikyla from The She Set and together we’ll conspire to drop the hottest tracks (mainly on wax) from the 50s and 60s.

Wear a smile and don’t forget your dancing shoes. It’s gonna rock!

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Everything that needs to be said about tonight’s Get Involved session is on the wonderful poster above – created for us by the lovely Rose Stallard. If the text is a bit small, I’ll paraphrase for you: Special guest DJs Leo the Amateur and Disgracie are joining Gav behind the decks to deliver a selection of tunes that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, your mouth grin, your feet dance and your brain wonder, “what, in the name of all that is brilliant, is this wondrous melody?”

Oh, one thing to note: there’s an album launch party at The Social early doors so Get Involved shenanigans begin around 8.30pm (rather than 7pm) tonight. Got a bag of maracas and tambourines to dish out too. Come and get involved!

Yes, the Get Involved DJs (Gerry’s Joint too) are hitting up Glastonbury Festival again this year… We’ve got a three-hour set lined up before Richard “Beyond The Wizards Sleeve” Norris takes over the controls for his Friday night headline slot at The Stonebridge Bar in The Park area. To say we’re excited is a massive understatement. Come rain or shine, we’ll have a good time! Remember: 11pm, Friday night - get to The Stonebridge Bar in The Park!

Bring some maracas. Bring a tambourine. Bring some friends to hug. Come and Get Involved!

Poster by Lucy Vigrass

Gav’s celebrating his birthday down at Get Involved tonight at The Social… A selection of Get Involved DJs will be presiding over the birthday shenanigans, including every boy’s favourite: Grandmaster Nolan, every girl’s favourite: Dean Chalkley – and every girl-boy’s favourite: Gilbey. The usual riotous blend of rhythm’n'blues, rock’n'roll, country and soul will be spun as maracas and tambourines are dished out so y’all can get involved in the musical mayhem!

It’s Gerry’s Joint tonight up at The Boogaloo in Highgate. We play rock’n'roll, rhythm’n'blues, greasy doo wop, sixties soul and anything else we fancy to get the place jumping. It’s a lot of fun so come and shake a tail feather with us!. I’ll be behind the decks with Leo and our special guest, Boogaloo Bill who will sharing his knowledge of early Twisted Wheel style soul club tunes.

Dancing shoes essential!

Gerry’s Joint
Saturday 17 May
9pm–1.30am
@ The Boogaloo
312 Archway Road
London N4
Nearest tube: Highgate

For guestlist action, email gav@itsbiggerthan.com before 7pm tonight with first and surnames