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Doors open: 6.50pm (bar and reception open all day for drinks/coffee and snacks)
CLASS: 7pm - 8pm by Andrea Stewart & guests
PARTY: 8pm - 12am with live conga throughout
SHOWS @ 10.30pm
★★ Mamberas - Lady Broadway, by Katrin Lerner
★★ new show by Andrea Stewart’s student team
ENTRY: £10 till 8.30pm, £13 after
VENUE:
The London Irish Centre,
50-52 Camden Square,
London, NW1 9XB
Camden Town underground (Northern Line) – 10-12 min walk | 0.6 miles
Camden Road overground– 5 min walk | 0.3 miles
Buses to Murray Street bus stop: 29 (West End) and 253 (Euston) – 0.1 miles
Plenty of free street parking around Camden Square (after 6.30pm & on weekends)
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A bit more about our new home:
The London Irish Centre is a versatile, modern and welcoming venue situated on a tranquil, leafy corner of Camden Square only moments away from the buzzing Camden Centre, with loads of free secure parking around the square on the weekends. It’s been a hub of activity since 1954 and now home to ‘I LIKE IT LIKE THAT’s salsa musical journeys.
A quality surround sound and room capacity of up to 450 guests, the McNamara Suite is the center’s hidden gem, a beautiful large event space boasting 13ft high ceilings, no pillars, clear lines of sight, 450 sq meters of space with integrated wooden dancefloor area with possibility for expansion, as well as large windows, allowing lots of natural daylight for our Matinee socials. This stunning room is also fully air-conditioned and has state-of-the-art audio visual capabilities.
Finally, at the heart of the London Irish Centre is the Hub bar and reception area, providing the warm welcome you would expect from any Irish venue. Ideal to unwind and have a drink / coffee or even a snack. Being the London Irish Centre there is also the largest selection of Irish Whiskeys and of course, the best Guinness in town.
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2019 is bringing a new dawn, a new groove, in a new beautiful venue! We will be partying just moments from buzzing Camden town centre in the beautiful London Irish Centre in Camden Square.
We are moving to earlier evening hours from 7pm till 12am, with classes starting at 7pm till 8pm, followed by 4 hours of dancing under the finest salsa music courtesy of top international and national DJ talent.
More flavour, more mix and more international dj narratives for the UK decks, starting with top flavour on vinyl by the awesome DJ Polito, El Perucho straight from Italy and brilliant DJ Diego Rocha, Equador/UK. They will open the vinyl set of the year with a bang, burning the floor with top tunes & cracking flavour; salsa classica, dura, guarancha, son montuno, cha cha, romantica, gauguanco, mambo, all ‘flavours’ welcome under the djs’ narrative :-)
Premium salsa in premium surround sound in a LARGE hall with integrated wooden dance floor for your dancing pleasure. Relaxed, welcoming, quality venue, with no ID requirements (wink wink ;-)), a separate bar area for an awesome selection of drinks; spirits, the finest Guinness, as well as coffee and snacks.
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The music behind our DJs:
Polito El Perucho
was born in 1979 during the golden era of salsa and started his experiences in the latin scene as a steady clubber, until his fellow dancers widened his knowledge on latin music; since then, he began to collect rare vinyl discs focusing on peculiar orchestras, such as those playing Peruvian guaracha and underground guaguancó (just to mention a few genres), yet always keeping in mind to be a dancer, hence selecting danceable tunes that could meet the dancers’ taste whilst surprising them with hard-to-find ones.
Throughout his young career, he already acted as Resident DJ during major events such as Switzerland Salsa Festival, Mamboland, Lasalsavive Yearly Birthday Event, Tuscany Mambo Festival, Salsa On Tour Event in addition to numerous hosting at notable Clubs in Milan area such as the renowned temple of salsa Luna Rossa and at various social parties in Tuscany, Torino, Veneto, Switzerland, Lausanne and Bern.
Polito El Perucho is a member of the Dj Crew “Anita y su Fusion Combo” which organises successful venues throughout the North of Italy.
Diego Rocha
Dj Diego Rocha, originally from Equador, is a long-established salsa dj in the London latin scene, hosting his own events as well as being resident dj in some of the longest-running latin parties in London. Once again he will be revisiting the ILILT decks to remind us how flavour and swing is injected back into salsa with his fine vinyl gems; Listening to his set, you will be asking for more!