Mix it Up discos

31/08/2022

**Saturday 17 September** ..is the date for the next Mix it Up discos at Builders Arms New Barnet. Come!
Thanks to everyone who came and made the last one so fun and friendly ❤
Among the artists played were: Prince, T***s and the Maytals, The Soup Dragons, Faithless, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Warrant, Ry Cooder and DJ Fresh.

12/05/2022

Mix it Up discos is back at Builders Arms New Barnet
Saturday 21st May 7:30pm-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the (hopefully) sunny beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random). Classic rock, reggae, funky disco and whatever else you feel like requesting- and we feel like playing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Here's some Superstylin' from the last one.
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx

28/04/2022

**Saturday 21 May** ..is the date for the next Mix it Up discos at Builders Arms New Barnet. Come!
Thanks to everyone who came along, making the last one so fun and friendly ❤
Among the artists played were: Groove Armada, David Bowie, Eileen Barton, DJ Luck/MC Neat, Rolling Stones, Dandy Warhols, Michael Jackson, Wanda Jackson, Shuggie Otis, T***s and the Maytals, De La Soul, Cameo, The Source ft. Candi Staton and Lynryd Skynyrd.
If anyone has pictures that are less blurry than mine, please share them with me. x

23/04/2022

***TONIGHT!!***
Mix it Up Disco is back this Saturday 23 at Builders Arms New Barnet and everybody is welcome. As ever, its free to get in and we’ll be in the cosy party room at the back of the beer garden. I'll play a mix of musical styles from requests on the night and whatever might seem like a good idea at the time. I've currently got Shuggie Otis, David Bowie, Sly and The Family Stone, Dreadzone feat Soom T, Amy Winehouse, Dennis Alcapone, The Smiths, The Doobie Brothers and James Brown himself among the might-well-plays. 7.30pm onwards.
Come! 😊

19/04/2022

Mix it Up Disco is back this Saturday 23 at The Builders Arms in New and everybody is welcome. As ever, its free to get in and we’ll be in the cosy party room at the back of the beer garden. I'll play a mix of musical styles from requests on the night and whatever might seem like a good idea at the time. I've currently got Shuggie Otis, David Bowie, Sly and The Family Stone, Dreadzone feat Soom T, Amy Winehouse, Dennis Alcapone, The Smiths, The Doobie Brothers and James Brown himself among the might-well-plays. 7.30pm onwards.
Come! 😊

11/04/2022

Mix it Up discos is back at The Builders Arms Barnet
Saturday 23rd April 7:30pm-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random). Classic rock, reggae, funky disco and whatever else you feel like requesting- and we feel like playing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Check out the St Patricks Day craic in the video below
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx

15/03/2022

Mix it Up Disco is back this Saturday 19 at The Builders Arms in New and everybody is welcome. As ever, its free to get in and we’ll be in the cosy party room at the back of the beer garden. I'll play a mix of musical styles from requests on the night and whatever might seem like a good idea at the time. I've currently got Kool and The Gang, The Ukranians, Dua Lipa, Delroy Wilson, The Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, Lipps Inc, The Dubliners, Blondie and Johnny Cash among the might-well-plays. 7.30pm onwards.
Come! 😊

03/03/2022

Mix it Up Disco is back at The Builders Arms New Barnet
Saturday 19th March 7:30pm-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random). Classic rock, reggae, funky disco and whatever else you feel like requesting - and we feel like playing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx

17/01/2022

Mix it Up Disco at The Builders Arms New Barnet
Saturday 29th January 7:30pm-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random). Classic rock, reggae, funk and whatever else you feel like requesting - and we feel like playing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx

16/03/2020

I am sorry indeed, friends.
In the end I am forced to cancel my DJing stint that was scheduled for this Friday.
Please 'Like' the page to hear about future sessions, on the other side of this pandemic: https://www.facebook.com/mixitupdiscos/
:(

Free disco.
Playing as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.

16/02/2020

***THIS IS NOW CANCELLED****
I am sorry indeed, friends. In the end I am forced to cancel my DJing stint that was scheduled for this Friday. Please 'Like' the page to hear about future sessions, on the other side of this pandemic: https://www.facebook.com/mixitupdiscos/
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Mix it Up Disco at The Builders Arms New Barnet
Friday 20 March 8-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random). Classic rock, reggae, funk and whetever else we feel like playing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx
PS - This replaces the previously advertised date because Duncan Sean Wheeler's fabulous ukelele band are now playing on the 13th March

07/02/2020

***TONIGHT!!***

02/02/2020

Dry January is over - so its definitely time for:
Mix it Up Disco at The Builders Arms New Barnet
Friday 7 February 8-11.30pm. Free in.
Come and be welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random), Classic Rock, reggae, funk and whatever else we feel like hearing on the night - in as eclectic a mix as we can get away with.
Hope to see you there, friends.
Jx

21/01/2020

***New 2020 dates announced***
Mix it Up Disco at The Builders Arms New Barnet
Friday 7 February 8-11.30pm
Friday 13 March 8-11.30pm
Everybody is welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect great people, great beer and great tunes (apparently selected at random),
Hope to see you there.
Jx

15/12/2019

YES my friends
The Mix it Up disco MiXmas Special is upon us!
Friday 20th December 8-11.30pm - The Builders Arms New Barnet
Everybody welcome in the cosy party room out in the beer garden.
Expect tunes (apparently selected at random), beers, cars big as bars and rivers of gold.
Hope to see you there.
Jx

08/12/2019

The next Mix it Up Disco at The Builders Arms New Barnet is the MiXmas Special on 20th December.
Stick it in your festive diary, friends. x

01/12/2019

***Friday 6 December***
Mix it Up disco at Builders Arms New Barnet
> Great pub
> Great, warm, cosy party room out in the beer garden
> Great people
> Great beers*
> Great music**
> Come for a drink
> Come for a dance
> Come and be welcome
John. x

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* other drinks also available
**...apparently selected at random

20/11/2019

There is no Mix it Up disco this Friday. The next one will now be on 6th December.

08/11/2019

I'll be playing some tunes TONIGHT - out in the (heated) music cabin, in the beer garden of The Builders Arms New Barnet.
Come and be welcome.
Expect eclectic selections - and I'm happy to hear requests too. Sounds of unity!
Free in.
Lovely, new beers available :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRq_Tte6ao

31/10/2019

Want to escape the trick-or-treaters this tonight? Come to The Builders Arms, New !!
I'll be playing tunes out in the (heated) music cabin, in the beer garden.
Come and be welcome.
Expect eclectic selections - and I'm happy to hear requests too.
No ifs or buts, do or die, I will play something by the only politician 100% trusted to bring the Party on 31 Ocotber. I'd rather be dead in a ditch than have Halloween without the erstwhile leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcboS6GoRk

26/10/2019

Want to escape the trick-or-treaters this Halloween? Come to The Builders Arms New Barnet !!
I'll be playing some tunes out in the music cabin, in the beer garden.
Come and be welcome.
Expect eclectic selections - and I'm happy to hear requests too.
It was 50 years ago today(ish) that The Beatles 'Abbey Road' was released, so I'll deffo be playing a little of that, along with other sounds of unity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cYwDMibGo

13/10/2019

New, October and November dates announced for Mix it Up discos at the Builders Arms New Barnet
Lovely pub, great tunes, good people, delicious drinks.
Come and get involved :-)
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11/10/2019

Greetings music lovers. I'm not doing a disco tonight. So the next one will be Friday 18th. Would love to see you there. x

04/10/2019

Disco! Disco! Disco!
Tonight! Tonight! Tonight!
In Builders Arms New Barnet. Free.
Expect a wide spectrum of great musical selections and liquid libations.
Come! Come! Come! It'll be ace!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkytJLoxGmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3nFwle7EzQ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au0OUrhn-x8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU4bf3rMqPQ

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28/09/2019

Next Friday, friends! 4th October. Just look what a great space we are partying in Builders Arms New Barnet!
How great it would be to fill this lovely space with you lovely people!!!
I tell you, it would make me super-happy to see you there. If you're not already busy, why not start your weekend with:
Great sounds of unity (expect an eclectic selection from Doris Day through to drum'n'bass via classic rock, pop, reggae, soul and whatever else people might want to hear)?
Great beer.
Great company
Free in.
Reach!
:-)
As ever, I am very grateful to any and all friends sharing this post

24/09/2019

There's no disco this Friday at The Builders Arms because of a private party.
But we will be back with a box full of musical goodness on Friday 4th October which includes Aretha Franklin, Deep Purple, Mungos Hifi, One Republic, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Cramps, The Smiths, Lee 'Scratch' Perry,The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash and, of couse, Mrs Mills

Free in! Come, Come, Come - It'll be ACE!
Put it in your diary now!

19/09/2019

DJing The Builders Arms, New Barnet once again this Friday. Free admission, and music as eclectic as I can get away with.
Among the goodies in my bag this week, I've got:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Fleetwood Mac
The Skatalites and
The James Brown Band

As well as music, beer will be available :-)

Come! Come! Come! It'll be ACE!!

10/09/2019

I am dead excited to be starting my new, weekly, Friday night, DJing residency this coming Friday (13th) - at the newly refurbished Builders Arms New Barnet
***Mix it Up! disco***
Free in. Come along. Everybody is welcome.

My favourite tunes that I played at the last one were:
The Smiths - Ask (recommended by Duncan Sean Wheeler Dicky Moore and pretty much everybody else)
Modeste Hughes - Fomba (recommended by Chris Graham)
Ed Solo - B**go B**g (recommended by Connor Schwartz)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (recommended by Sharon Solway)
The Silencerz - Don Logan (recommended by Anita Craddock Simon Levy Katie Golden and all people of good taste).
This time around I've got Mikey Dread, Doris Day, James Brown, Bobbie Gentry, The Clash and ZZ Top among the goodies in my box.
Come along!
It'll be ACE!

07/09/2019

Free, Friday night disco in the Builders Arms.
Playing as eclectic a mix as we can get away with. Expect classic rock, reggae, funk and whatever else we feel like playing. :-)