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AFRO-STYLING CLASS: 4pm - 5pm by Andrea Stewart & Iris de Brito
SOCIAL: 5pm - 9pm (bar and reception open all day)
ENTRY: £8 till 6pm | £10 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, 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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Our first Vinyl Matinee for 2019 is opening our ‘re-visiting the classics’ concept, where we bring back the awesome dj talent that has graced our decks in the past and we long to enjoy once again!
Our 2019 Matinee decks will open with one of the top dj masters around, Willy from Netherlands, who we had the honour to bring to our London decks back in 2015, for our ILILT vol.5 party! He dropped a very fine set, packed the floor and house ..and we loved every minute!..so we are now looking forward to having him drop that needle once again!
4 hours of uninterrupted top tunes between Dj Willy and our host Erick the Saint will guarantee continuous dancing under the finest salsa music in a relaxed Sunday afternoon setting, at our new beautiful home, the London Irish Centre.
Premium salsa in premium surround sound in a LARGE hall with integrated wooden dance floor for your dancing pleasure. Relaxed, welcoming, quality venue, with a separate bar area for an awesome selection of drinks; spirits, the finest Guinness, as well as coffee and snacks.
We are rewarding ‘early bird’ dancers with discounted £8 entry till 6pm (£10 after)
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The music behind our DJs:
Willy
DJ Willy, real name Humphrey Willemzorg, is originally from Suriname in South America, but has been living in Amsterdam, Netherlands for a while now. His passion from music originated from his roots in Suriname, where music and dancing are a part of life.
He is known as one of the most popular Salsa & Latin DJ’s worldwide at the moment, with gigs at the most popular congresses and Festivals in Europe & Asia!
Willy is a soulful guy that always has a smile on his face and with his great knowledge for and passion of Latin music, he will have you dancing all night long!
From 1994 on DJ Willy became popular at many Latin parties in and outside Amsterdam. He has DJ’d during big concerts from some of Latin music’s top artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Grupo Niche, Jose Alberto, Manolito y su Trabuco, Adalberto Alvarez and many more.
DJ Willy’s international career took off in the first half of the year 2000 when, while visiting a salsa festival in Barcelona, he was given the opportunity to play a 45 minute set. The dance floor was on fire and since then he’s been playing his tracks in most cities of Europe such as Brussels, Paris, London, Berlin, Sofia, Bucharest, Budapest, Athens, zurich Rovinj, Zagreb, Milan, Vienna, and outside Europe in places such as Dubai, Bangalore and Cape Town!
His career as a DJ has been running for more than 35 years now and he still takes great pleasure to spin for the party crowd.
Erick the Saint
Erick Lopez known as DJ Erick The Saint, has established himself as one of the top Salsa DJs in the UK. Brought up in the Dominican Republic he was enthused from an early age into Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and other latin music styles, a passion he brought with him when he crossed the Atlantic.
He started collecting music since his teens and DJ-ed in house parties before moving to bars and larger events in the Dominican Republic. Since moving to the UK in 2001, he immediately took on the London Salsa scene, Dj-ing in popular Latin venues and becoming a favourite resident DJ; a privilege he is honoured to continue today for many UK events (Salsa on Sundays, El Grande, Salsateca, Ola Latina).
Erick has over 17 years Dj-ing under his belt, travelling around the UK and Europe to play in well-established venues and festivals as well as close to two decades of collecting music.
In the last 4 years he has also moved on to hosting his own salsa and latin urban nights. He is the soul and creator of ‘I like it like that, salsa dura on vinyl’.