The club was originally founded by Conan Corrigan, who moved to London as a cash-strapped Liverpudlian looking for work in the early 90’s. In early summer 1994 and with limited funds, Conan opened Strawberry Sundae at Maximus, Leicester Square. After only a few events, moved to Sub Club, a low ceiling venue below the famous ‘Cats’ musical on Drury Lane, opening at midnight on Saturday night and ru
nning through till midday on Sunday. The club proved extremely popular with late night revellers, looking for a relaxed, unpretentious and affordable after party and very quickly outgrew its original home. Vauxhall’s Goding Street arches was the club’s next destination in May 1995. Corrigan hired buses to take his queue from Drury Lane to Vauxhall on the opening night to keep the club’s following. The club continued to grow and again reached well over capacity after only a few weeks. In December 1995, the club moved into two enormous railway arches opposite the MI5 building on Albert Embankment. The hedonistic atmosphere and relaxed door policy, coupled with cutting edge, up-front house music put Cloud 9 and Strawberry Sundae firmly on London’s clubbing landscape for many years. Up to 2000 people would attend weekly, queuing long before opening time and staying right through till closing time at 6am when they would hear the club’s signature closing track, Tall Paul’s ‘Rock da House’ — a tune that is still the club’s anthem today. In 1997, the three room complex ‘Coliseum’ (also in Vauxhall) was a big change for the club. Strawberry Sundae added a garage room and an old skool room and again, regularly met capacity. In the summer season 1999, while still maintaining weekly events in London, Strawberry Sundae held nights at the world famous Ibiza venue ‘Es Paradis Terrenal’. On Millennium eve, the club held a one-off event in Streatham, headlined by The Rhythm Masters. The club then moved north of the river to The Rocket, Holloway in early 2000. This proved unpopular with regulars and the club was forced to close. Except for a few, exclusive nights held in the Stables Market in Camden in 2004, this legendary club night remained closed to its followers for the next 21 years. Resident DJ’s –
Drew
Luis Paris
Chris ‘Ruff Stuff’ Hamilton
Pete Haslam
Skol
Watford Gary
Debbie Marie (Martin)
Ada James
Kev Grant
Rob Parish
Duncan Disorderly
Jay King
Dan the Dealer
Dan Madams
Chris Martin
Notable DJ’s -
Tall Paul
Slipmatt
Ratpack
Darren Pearce
Graham Gold
Pete Wardman
Rhythm Masters
DJ Rap
Kenny Ken
Smokin’ Jo
Fat Tony
Howard Marks (Mr. Nice)
Jon ‘00’ Fleming
Matt Jam Lamont
Karl Tuff Enuff Brown and many, many more …….. The original crew have reunited some 20 plus years later. The message is simple….. We are , we are all about the music and recreating the unforgettable vibe with you. If you have always wanted to experience the true sound of UK club culture from the 90’s then look no further! On December 11th 2021, we hosted our first official relaunch club night to a sell-out crowd of 1200 at 26 Leake Street, London. This was followed up by our Valentine’s Day event on 12th February 2022, where the original vibe was bang on once again. Attended by more and more of our original crowd, and equally as many coming too see what the hype was, and leaving very happy. The 28th May 2022 was our 28th birthday. So we thew a party. And it was epic. Truly epic. The vibe continues, and we go again with event number four. Like a rolling stone we moved on to somewhere new and on the 10th September 2022 we threw another headlining event at EGG LDN. Where better!! Two world class names combining to ensure that no stone is left unturned to bring the Strawberry Sundae collective the very best in kick arse house music once again. Our next instalment is booked for the 20th May 2023 2pm till 11pm Egg London with Red Jerry of the legendary Hooj Choons. Come and join us and truly see what the vibe is really about.
