Retro Grooves

23/08/2025

Tomorrow evening...no work the next day, and the weather's going to be perfect!

🎶 RETRO GROOVES @ THE WASH HOUSE BAR 🎶

✨ Step back in time, spin forward in style! ✨

Join us for a night of vinyl-only vibes – from funk, soul & disco classics to rare grooves and timeless anthems. All played straight from the wax, the way it was meant to be heard.

📀 Expect:
• Funky beats & feel-good energy
• A soundtrack of pure nostalgia
• Vinyl DJs keeping the dancefloor alive

📍 The Wash House Bar
📅 [Insert Date Here]
🕘 From [Insert Time Here] – Late

💿 Dress retro, dance free, and lose yourself in the groove!

FREE ENTRY | GOOD VIBES ONLY

04/08/2025

Next up for us, the Wootton & Bashley Club big annual fundraiser for club renovations

Saturday 9th August

Retro Grooves/Solent Soul will be there from 4pm until 8pm, playing a whole host of retro records from all genres (as per the Milford-on-Sea Festival).

BBQ, Cocktails, Games, summer fun for everyone. And the weather forecast is looking great!

24/07/2025

TONIGHT!

Retro Grooves Vinyl Request Night

Esca Cafe Bar, 127B Barrack Road, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2AW

Fantastic Christchurch hidden secret, ESCA Cafe, offering wine, beer, cocktails & fantastic food are hosting Retro Grooves. We will be bringing along 1200 records for you to choose the soundtrack. All genres, late 50s to late 80s!

A fantastic way to spend a Thursday evening!

https://www.escacafebar.co.uk

20/07/2025

‘Has it been a fortnight?
….You thought right!’

If you supped the delights at The Wash House Bar during the Milford-on-Sea Festival, you would’ve experienced the veritable variety of ‘festival feel good’ vinyl from Retro Grooves.

Proper music, laughter, dancing feet, a sea of smiling faces & good times!

Retro Grooves commissioned Oscar Eccleston to capture some memorable moments on the Saturday. High res copies of these photos (without our logo) are for sale at £3.50 a pop. 100% of your money will be donated to the fantastic Oakhaven Hospice, Lymington.

See you next year! (Not ‘Arf!’)
John & S-j x

Images courtesy of Oscar Eccleston
https://www.oephoto.co.uk/portfolio

Find out more about Retro Grooves

We play at The Wash House the last Sunday of every month (apart from this August Bank Holiday which will be Sunday the 24th) Book your table now!

Don’t forget you can book us for your party!
https://www.retrogrooves.co.uk

You can find a list of our forthcoming gigs here:
https://www.retrogrooves.co.uk/grooves-for-hire/gigs-events/

Love your Soul & Motown, this is us as well, Solent Soul:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/solentsoul

And if you love your retro music, give one of our radio shows a listen!
https://www.mixcloud.com/retrogroovesdj/

19/07/2025

TONIGHT!!

Come along and join the us. Tomorrow Night 8pm onwards.
The fantastic Retro Grooves.
Hits from yesterday as the way you remember them. On Vinyl.

15/07/2025

Super cool new venue for us!

We are delighted to have partnered with Retro Grooves to bring you our first interactive vinyl evening - Retro Grooves bring the records - it's then down to our customers to pick the playlist! So why not head down and get your groove on!

12/07/2025

Next Saturday!
Great local venue with plenty of room to dance!
Have your requests at the ready

07/07/2025

’Thank You For The Music’, with love from Retro Grooves

‘Another One Bites the Dust’…Another year, another Festival and WOW it was a good one! We hope you enjoy the video and spot yourselves having fun. We saw a sea of smiling faces, community, friends, good times, love and a passion for retro music.
We would like to take this opportunity, (as we don’t get a huge amount of time to chat ‘on the day’), to say a HUGE THANK YOU….
…To The Wash House, the best bar in Milford on Sea, where we’ve worked virtually every month for the last 3 years, the fabulous owners, family and staff are SO hardworking, beyond compare, of which we are so very grateful.
…Thanks also to all our ‘friends & followers’, you do us proud. Turning out and turning up with your smiling & welcoming faces, enthusiasm, friendship, energy, memories, requests and records.
Without ALL of YOU, there simply wouldn’t be Retro Grooves!
With the worlds’ continuous chaos, local and abroad, wasn’t it so good to have a weekend of joy???!!!
‘Come Back And See Us, Make Us Smile’
We play at The Wash House the last Sunday of every month (apart from this August Bank Holiday which will be Sunday the 24th) Book your table now!
John & S-j x

Find out more about Retro Grooves

Don’t forget you can book us for your party!
https://www.retrogrooves.co.uk
You can find a list of our forthcoming gigs here:
https://www.retrogrooves.co.uk/grooves-for-hire/gigs-events/
Love your Soul & Motown, this is us as well, Solent Soul:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/solentsoul
And if you love your retro music, give one of our radio shows a listen!
https://www.mixcloud.com/retrogroovesdj/

02/07/2025

Last Saturday, we once again had the huge pleasure of playing for everyone at the Charity Oakhaven Hospice Family Fun Day.

Over 1,200 people attended during the course of the day, and the popular annual event has raised over £23,500, all of which will help to fund the hospice’s running costs.

The event had a circus theme & fantastic fun was had by all. We very much look forward to being involved again next year!

https://www.oakhavenhospice.co.uk/2025/06/30/circus-fun-in-the-sun-at-family-fun-day/

30/06/2025

IT’S THE VINYL COUNTDOWN!!!!’

Yes! The Milford on Sea festival is only 5 days away!

'This town ain’t big enough for the both of us! And it ain’t us who’s gonna leave……!’ Too true…!!! So come on around the corner from The Green, on the High Street to The Wash House - Milford on Sea’s best kept secret - where you will not only have a choice of specially selected ales, lagers, ciders, wines and spirits… many from local providers … but always guaranteed a very warm and friendly welcome!

And The Wash House proudly presents Retro Grooves - back by popular demand from ever loyal customers & followers - setting up again outside the bar so you can go ‘Dancing in the Streets’ to the sounds of 60s, 70s & 80s lovely vinyl!!

All you need to bring is yourselves, your dancing shoes and dig out your festival pint cup!!!!

17/06/2025

Hi, for those who might be interested, S-j & I dabble in a bit of radio and produce a weekly show called Cabin Fever. You can listen to the latest episode by clicking this link:

S-j & John with a selection of their own vinyl from a variety of genres. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did putting it together!