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📰 YORK PARTY NEWS BULLETIN 📰 All looking good for Saturday 6th June - our final York party before the summer break!Here’...
27/05/2026

📰 YORK PARTY NEWS BULLETIN 📰

All looking good for Saturday 6th June - our final York party before the summer break!

Here’s some exciting updates:

- Early birds have sold out, we are onto general admissions
- We’ve now added a discounted student tier, in celebration of the near-end semester (student ID required when we check your ticket at the ticket desk on the evening) 🫡

LEEDS FOLK - listen up 👋

We know many have been curious to try our York parties, but avoided thus far due to no trains running past 23:00 to get you home

Well, we announce our party bus! 🚌

This will be returning revellers back to Leeds bus station when the party finishes - we’ve added the bus ticket option to our event page (a ticket to the party will also need to be purchased)

All tickets can be found via the link in our bio 🔗

🕰️ 10 days and counting x

Leeds birthday party! 🎂 Our 3rd bday celebrations continue…Would only be right that we invited one of our faves…to one o...
24/05/2026

Leeds birthday party! 🎂

Our 3rd bday celebrations continue…

Would only be right that we invited one of our faves…to one of our fave places to play…for the first time! 🙏

DONSURF 🎶 ()

Now a real stalwart of the current day broken beat movement, former Leeds resident, marvellous record collector whose DJ sets are always memorable for having the best grooves and rhythms from across the musical spectrum!

We can’t wait to have Charlie back to play for us ❤️

🏠 All in everyone’s favourite club space - , the home of

Your ticket fee will go towards maintaining and developing the work of !!

Support comes in the form of LYF residents .mcr +

🎟️ Cheap tickets are on sale right now - already been moving even before we announced the line-up. Link in our bio x

🎨 fabulous birthday poster part 2 from our

Beginner’s Guide To Jazz Dance! 📕 Well, sort of…Here is LYF boss Harry’s take on some of his favourite tunes to play in ...
21/05/2026

Beginner’s Guide To Jazz Dance! 📕

Well, sort of…

Here is LYF boss Harry’s take on some of his favourite tunes to play in the jazz dance - from Latin, to straight up jazz, to broken beat and much more…

We’re looking forward to Saturday night in 2 days time at !! 😮

🎶 1. The Janet Lawson Quintet - So High

“Every time I read up on the history of jazz dance...most DJs mention this tune as a favourite. Classic structure of a jazz dance tune - jazzy backdrop, with a jazz vocal. Quintessential!”

🎶 2. Light Of The World - Time (Remix)

“I always drop this tune every year, and it gets a lovely reaction. One of those tunes that falls just within the jazz funk bracket, and you can get away with playing. Britfunk

Our 3rd birthday is here! 🎈 We start our celebrations with a big old bash at our home in York 🙏A full residents line-up ...
17/05/2026

Our 3rd birthday is here! 🎈

We start our celebrations with a big old bash at our home in York 🙏

A full residents line-up (it’s been a while) - which also sees the return of our LYF trailblazer, Jono!

Jono hasn’t played with us for a year now, and we are super pleased to have this York legend back playing with us again ☺️

Thank you to all the DJs, dancers, venues, staff, everyone else for keeping the flag flying - it’s an absolute pleasure running these parties…and we will be continuing…into our fourth year!

We hope you can come and celebrate with us one final time before the summer break hits 🫡

Expect jazz, disco, soul, hip hop, afrobeat, RnB, house, techno, garage, and more!

** ALSO - please see our new closing time of 3am, more dancing hours 🪩 **

🎟️ find the link in our bio - tickets have already been moving, super limited early birds…go quick and get the last ones

🎨 loving the birthday design for this poster…thank you

Our May listing for  is here! ❤️Thank you firstly to  of  for playing last week xPlease give a warm welcome to  and .nvs...
14/05/2026

Our May listing for is here! ❤️

Thank you firstly to of for playing last week x

Please give a warm welcome to and .nvssir - we are looking forward to your sets!

And regular safe pair of hands 🫡

Tunes start from 7pm - sit back, relax…we will handle the soundtrack!

12/05/2026

We’ve found footage of a young Paul Murphy 😎

And archive clips if you want to learn more about jazz dance!

Naturally, the jazz dance scene of today does not make a mark during its peak of the 1980s…

We always do our bit to keep jazz dance alive with our annual party (our 3rd!!!) in association with and 🏠

Of course, the beauty of jazz dance is you can get stuck in and let loose, or appreciate the music in your own way!

And what a moment to welcome the guy who largely kicked it all off - 🙏

All happening on Saturday 23rd May:

Our party is expected to sell out, tickets have been moving fast over the weekend, so do get one sooner rather than later…via the link in our bio 🎟️

Want to learn more about the scene and Paul’s career? We will be hosting a free talk event at the venue from 17:30 on the day - over half the tickets have gone, free registration required through our bio also ❤️

🎥 (our thanks to all the videographers)

Video 1: a young Paul Murphy discussing the music of jazz dance
Video 2: rare footage from the venue Electric Ballroom, the place to be for jazz dance during the 80s…and where Paul held a significant residency
Video 3: a piece of Leeds…and the iconic dancer Lloyd (yes, that Lloyd who is the main doorman at !!)
Video 4: footage of one of the most celebrated jazz dance groups, IDJ

Our next party is in Leeds for our annual jazz dance party at  - as part of  👞 Always one of our favourite parties in th...
28/04/2026

Our next party is in Leeds for our annual jazz dance party at - as part of 👞

Always one of our favourite parties in the calendar - wonderful dancers, top vibes, dancey jazz sounds all night

We have the absolute legend headlining the evening - a kingpin of the jazz dance scene in its heyday of the 1980s, and a rare DJ outing in Leeds for the main man 👑

Support comes from head honcho and / resident

This is not one to miss - we are just under 4 weeks away, early bird tickets are nearly sold out, link in our bio to purchase a ticket 🎟️

+++ we will be hosting Paul for a chat about his career beforehand from 17:30 on the day…tickets super limited and free registration is required!

🎨 thanks for the updated poster ❤️

The sun is shining, the weekend is here and we’re so ready for a boogie tomorrow! 🌞 To get us in the mood we have three ...
24/04/2026

The sun is shining, the weekend is here and we’re so ready for a boogie tomorrow! 🌞

To get us in the mood we have three more song picks from one of our fabulous guest DJs, 🪩

Originally from Scotland, now based in Sheffield, Linga Sound is a DJ and selector focused on deep funk, global disco, warm sounds and percussive grooves from around the world. They are a resident and producer at Kitchen Radio Sheffield, hosting the monthly show Sound Service Station which showcases the best in nu jazz sounds, and have DJed at parties across the city, including Apricot Ballroom, Love to Dance, Footprints Jazz Club and Funky Drummer 🎛️💘

They have chosen three lovely tracks for us:

🎧 Becoming a Bird - Hee Sisters (한 마리 새가 되어 by  희자매)

“Irresistibly funky bassline; a perfect warm up or late night get down.”

🎧Battle Ready - Black Market Brass ft. Obi Original

“This came out of Minnesota last year and manages to sound extremely fresh and simultaneously like it must have been an Afrobeat staple in the 1970s.”

🎧Mlonje: Voices Joined - Nubiyan Twist ft. Zawose Queens

“The recent Nubiyan Twist album is so good, perfect for the dancefloor. This track with Tanzanian duo Zawose Queens is my current fave for getting people moving.”

🎟️ A few General Admission tickets remain for tomorrow - get em before they go!

Just 3 nights to go until we return to The Light Studio in York! Introducing one of our lovely guest DJs - 🌷Formed by a ...
22/04/2026

Just 3 nights to go until we return to The Light Studio in York! Introducing one of our lovely guest DJs - 🌷

Formed by a workshop, Leeds born and Manchester based Karcie brings broken beats and high energy sounds with vocals you can’t help but groove to! 🪩

Karcie has picked three of her favourite tunes for us ahead of Saturday night:

🎧Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys

“Picked this up on vinyl the other week for a STEAL at 99p and love a little singable one for the dance floor with punchy beats we all know and love”

🎧Scrap The Book -  Crazy P

“Discoey and an electronic fusion of Crazy P’s works make them perfect for the mix of steady rhythmic dance and an artist I I’ve revisited time and time again”

🎧Heavy On The Bacon - Fouk

“Steady with a gorgeous collection of funky disco jazzy structure, I love this tune!”

A handful of general admission tickets remain for Saturday night - link in bio! 🎟️

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