The Cookin’ Catfish Club 11 – Sold Out 11/02/23

Kent’s sharpest night out, 11th edition! 🥳 The Cookin’ Catfish story continues. Now in our new home – The Masonic Hall, Gundulph Rd. (Down the side of The Crown public house) Just off of Rochester High St. ME1 1QD. With it’s wooden dancefloor & adjacent large bar area with very reasonably prices, we know you’re gonna dig partying right by …

Dreamsville 11 – 1/07/22 – 3/07/22

As many of you will know, in 2019 we unexpected lost a great friend, Nigel Fricker. He was always the life and soul of the party and loved Dreamsville. We want to dedicate this year’s Dreamsville to his memory and we will donate all profits to Headway Brain injury association (headway.org.uk) in his honour. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS: Details subject to …

Rhythm A Go Go – Guest DJ Lee Miller – 26/02/22

Rhythm A Go Go, Carlisle – With guest DJ Lee Miller – 26/02/22

The Cookin’ Catfish Club 10 – Sold Out

Kent’s sharpest night out, 10th edition! 4 and a half years on, we’ve made it to the big One-oh Again, in our perfectly seedy basement home, The Billabong Club. Part of The Royal Function Rooms, Rochester. ME1 1XH Ferocious rhythm & blues, soaring club soul. Latin, jazz, ska, beat, garage & more. The greatest underground club sounds of the 1950s …

The Cookin’ Catfish Club – Summer Special

Kent’s sharpest night out, 9th edition. A Summer Scorcher! In our perfectly seedy basement home, The Billabong Club. Part of The Royal Function Rooms, Rochester. ME1 1XH Ferocious rhythm & blues, soaring club soul. Latin, jazz, ska, reggae, beat, garage & more. The greatest underground club sounds of the 1950s & 1960s spun on original vinyl, infront of the sharpest …

The Cookin’ Catfish Club 8

Kent’s sharpest night out, 8th edition. In our perfectly seedy basement home, The Billabong Club. Part of The Royal Function Rooms, Rochester. ME1 1XH Ferocious rhythm & blues, soaring club soul. Latin, jazz, ska, beat, garage & more. The greatest underground club sounds of the 1950s & 1960s spun on original vinyl, infront of the sharpest dancers anywhere in the …

Wang Dang Doodle

Back from our extended COVID induced break, we present to you a full day of Wang Dang Doodling! Special guests that will be gracing our decks on the day are Rachel Yarwood, Ciro, Geoff Twitchen, Ian Hurford plus it’ll be an opportunity to hear some live, in the actual flesh musical madness, from CWDS faves Dave & Lee Grimshaw and …

The Cookin’ Catfish Club 7

Kent’s sharpest night out, 7th edition. Back in the snakepit, our perfectly seedy basement home, The Billabong Club. Part of The Royal Function Rooms, Rochester. ME1 1XH Ferocious rhythm & blues, soaring club soul. Latin, jazz, ska, beat, garage & more. The greatest underground club sounds of the 1950s & 1960s spun on original vinyl, infront of the sharpest dancers …

The Cookin’ Catfish Club 6

***Update June 28th*** Well, the inevitable has happened and the Cookin’ Catfish club scheduled for Sat July 17th has to be postponed. That’s the bad news. The good news is this event will now take place on Saturday August 14th and due to our usual venue, The Billabong already being taken, we will be moving upstairs to the main ballroom …

Guest Interviews

Danny Coates – That Riviera Touch, South Shields & Get Smarter Mod Club, Gosforth

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Danny Coates – Promoter Of That Riviera Touch, South Shields – North East Mod Weekender & Get Smarter, Gosforth, Newcastle. Continuing my chat with Newcastle Mod & DJ Danny Coates regarding his recollections and his redolent memories of his participation in the UK Mod scene for over 40 years, here is part two of his transcript. Here in Danny’s own …