DJ DrummieDave

29/08/2025

IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE READ AND SHARE TO SPREAD THE WORD.

Due to the heavy rain forecast for tomorrow we have sadly decided to cancel tomorrow’s event.

This was a hard decision to make but made in the best interests of safety and comfort for all involved, due to this being an outdoor music and family event with a live band, electrical equipment and no real way of ample provision for shelter on the amphitheatre bank.

We are so sorry if you were planning to attend and have made plans or travelled.

We really hope to raise money for the friends - so if you are still able to contribute any amount you can spare, both us and the volunteers would be most grateful!

Wishing you all a great weekend, Dave, Jono and the Tropica crew
We'll miss you x

13/06/2025

More than 50% of advance tickets now sold - don't sleep on this, if we sell out in advance there will be none on the door.

18/04/2025

https://www.fatsoma.com/e/bdcn8tsy/%C3%ADtropica-live-w-york-latinos

Happy Easter folks!
Tomorrow night work up an appetite for that Sunday morning chocolate binge with a dance with ¡Tropica!'s first live global music event of the year, featuring our favourite local Latin band York Latinos. Enjoy authentic Cuban music with a host of tunes, some familiar, some less so and lap up the DJs filling the gaps with a global smorgasbord of sounds. Live is a great space for live music with a club atmosphere and terrific sound system – we're working it 7 – 11 Saturday 19th April. See you there!
Advance tickets - £9 - on sale until 4pm Saturday, more on the door.
https://www.fatsoma.com/e/bdcn8tsy/%C3%ADtropica-live-w-york-latinos

18/02/2025

DJ set from the DBC3 gig last Saturday night.

Some tunes, mostly recent, played out after the DBC3 gig.

24/12/2024

Warming up the fabulous Musicport crowd on the first evening of this year's festival. What a wonderful weekend with amazing live performances kicking off all around the Mesqualito DJ Hub where the floor was often chocka and the music flowed from 10am to 2am the next day. With a fine blend of musically eclectic DJs delighting the crowds across the entire weekend accompanied by excellent visuals The Hub is most definitely the Beating Heart Of The Festival!
https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioTropica/drummiedaves-afro-latin-dance-party-musicport-festival-friday-25th-october-2024/

Features (in play order);
The Lions, Combo Lulo , El Hijo de la Cumbia, Bill Withers & Studio Rio, Inês Loubet, Roman Andrén, Los De Abajo, Gnonnas Pedro, Africando, New Regency Orchestra, Orchestra Mambo International, Orchestra Afro-Negro, W***y Chirino, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, The Mantecas.

Missed it in '24?
Earlybird tickets are now on sale for October 2025, give yourself a Christmas treat! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/musicportfestivallimited/1441226

Warming up the fabulous Musicport crowd on the first evening of this year's festival. What a wonderful weekend with amazing live performances kicking off all around the Mesqualito DJ Hub where the floor was often chocka and the music flowed from 10am to 2am the next day. With a fine blend of musical...

19/10/2024

Next weekend!

🌍🔊The epicentre of the festival. Named in memory of our great friend and long term Musicport collaborator Mr Tooley (AKA Pablo Mesqualito), Hub Mesqualito is very much the beating heart of Musicport; pumping vibrant, eclectic beats and good vibes - the very lifeblood of the event - through the arterial network of Whitby's victorian Pavillion complex. 🌊🌍

🎧As you take your first step into the building and your chest is met by that first punch from the subwoofers, you know you've arrived at Musicport and you can guarantee that from morning until night the hub will play host to a stunning array of world-class DJs waiting to welcome you home and fill your soul with that sweet, sweet music such as Monobrow, Dj su-Ki, DJ Sir Rob, Maseko, Liz Collier, Skank Marvin, Rose, Mark Thompson, Sister Silver, DJ DrummieDave, Miss Fabulous, DJ Jazzy Jez, Oliver (Another; Country $$$$) and Mick B!

Tune the rhythm of your body to the rhythm of the records and dance your heart to ecstasy!💙

🎫www.musicportfestival.com🎟
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11/09/2024

Hi there ¡Tropica! Friends!
This Saturday will be our final night at Rise@Bluebird for 2024. For a number of reasons, Jono and I are taking a break from putting on events for the remainder of the year. So please join us this Saturday for our final fling, admission to DJ nights is, as usual, free and we'll be playing great global sounds from 7 – 11 in the delightful bar at Bluebird Bakery, Acomb.
We'll be back in 2025 with a series of events at Rise@Bluebird which, of course, we'll let you know about via our Facebook & Instagram pages, so watch out for those.
Until then I'll be travelling to Whitby to join ¡Tropica! DJs Sister Silver, Ms Fabulous and Mark Thompson for the weekend of the 25th October and the very lovely Festival!
See you Saturday or see you soon!
DD xx

30/08/2024

10/08/2024

¡TROPICA! - Live Special / w Cumbia Royale at Rise, York on 10th Aug 2024. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout

21/06/2024

Very much looking forward to hanging out with this fine bunch in the big washing machine next month.

10/06/2024

A look back at this last weekend: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/5m3ydf7Mi8DYLVJf/