James Bowers

Gay Club DJ, Producer & Presenter Playing everything from the deep and dirty to the fabulously trashy, James Bowers is Manchester’s latest London import.

Having played in over 15 of the best bars and clubs on the UK’s gay scene over the past decade, he’s entertained the likes of Pride queens, BBC Radio 1 nutcases and club kids with his distinctive mix of chart pop, dance, house and those all-important classic throwbacks. Honing his skills in a mixture of LGBT and commercial bars and clubs, as well as performing to crowds of over 1,500 clubbers for

the iconic Gatecrasher and Academy Music Group brands, James Bowers has held residencies up and down the UK - often warming his audiences up for guest performances from the likes of Greg James, Scott Mills, and Sara Cox. Every performer has their speciality though, and for James Bowers, it’s special events. His passion for bespoke playlist curation and crowd-reading makes him the regular go-to for the busiest nights of the year, and he’s no stranger to performing at Pride events - having taken to the Cruz 101 stage for Manchester Pride within his first year of hitting the scene, and having returned for three consecutive Pride events in Norwich. From This Is Electric - the UK’s dance powerstation - to Gaydio, the beat of gay UK, James regularly presents mix shows to hundreds of thousands of radio listeners across the country. Stateside, in the spiritual home of House Music, James can be heard on Chicago’s Nexus Radio - bringing his global audience to over a million people. He also leaves his 25,000 Twitter followers thirsty for more with his regular Hot Right Now podcasts - showcasing his unique blend of Bowers-approved mixes, along with special guests from some of the UK’s best clubbing brands. These have had 20,000 plays, racking up nearly 500,000 minutes listened - and that’s not counting iTunes.

23/07/2021

Aaaalright then babes! After 16 months of functioning in obscurity, I’m back! And it’s a big ‘un, too - I’ll be at Cruz 101 Manchester tonight making up for a missed Halloween 2020 with the fabulous Barb and Julie Noted! See you there 🧛‍♂️

09/06/2021

Honey I’m home! 🥳

Saturday nights are about to GO OFF! 🔥🌈🍻 EVERY Friday & Saturday join our brand new lineup of resident DJs Sam Londt, Kriss Herbert, James Bowers & DJ Craig Law!

Who's ready to be back under those lights until super late?! 💃

20/10/2020

🐝

Good evening everyone, today is a sad day for the entire hospitality industry across Manchester but the spirit of Manchester is to continue on and find a way forward & as a business at the heart of the community we are absolutely committed to doing that for you.

There will come a time when we return to normal, when we can get back to clubbing until 8AM, when we can return to dancing with our friends.

Until that time comes we encourage anyone who feels like they’re struggling to speak to a friend or contact a local charity like the LGBT Foundation (03453303030 // https://lgbt.foundation).

We will be announcing information about all future shows as soon as we can.

Thank you all for continuing to stick by us, we really cannot wait to welcome you all back.

21/08/2020

Look how cute she’s looking! Can’t wait to have a gay ol’ time here tomorrow night 😍

09/08/2020

New HRN mix! 🕺🏼 all of my current favs from Joel Corry & MNEK, House Gospel Choir, Eats Everything and Tituss Burgess with me in Hour 1 - and this month Peyruis takes over Hour 2, with a chunky slice of Disco House to celebrate his new track with Bingo Players, Scoop 🙌

Listen here:
Mixcloud: https://bit.ly/3krT5OE
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/1RgRM32
Nexus Radio App

05/07/2020

🚨 NEW MUSIC! 🚨 From Katy Perry! And Karen Harding! And MNEK! And Kelly Clarkson! And Becky Hill! And Billy Porter / Shapeshifters! And Daoi Freyr! Can you tell I'm excited?! 😉 We are being SPOILED with the tunes this month, and Amsterdam's Jake Tarry is on hand to spoil us even more in Hour 2 - with an hour of massive Club House bangers 🙌

Mixcloud: https://bit.ly/hrn-july
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/1RgRM32

As featured on Nexus Radio

New bangers with Karen Harding, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson & Shapeshifters with James Bowers in Hour 1 - plus an hour of upfront Club House with Amsterdam's Jake Tarry in Hour 2!

14/06/2020

I actually had THE BEST TIME back at Cruz 101 Manchester last night 😭😍 so fortunate to get to work with this amazing bunch of talented entertainers, and a privilege to be part of this wonderful venue’s 28th Birthday. 🥰🏳️‍🌈

12/06/2020

Ironing my sparkles as we speak! ✨

We are SO EXCITED for tomorrow! All 3 stages are ready, the drone intro is complete & the drag shows look amazing! DON'T MISS IT! 🥳🏳‍🌈🎈 Cruz 101's 28th Birthday LIVE Stream from 8PM on our page!

Music by James Bowers • Sam Londt Hosted by Cheddar Gorgeous • Christopher Dresden Styles • Miss Cara
Performances by Anna Phylactic • Barb • Val • Violet • Charli

8PM TOMORROW - UNMISSABLE!

07/06/2020

Pass the poppers, we're off to Chromatica! ⚔️ June's mix is now on Apple Podcasts & Mixcloud - with three helpings to Lady Gaga(!), an exclusive remix from me, and bangers from Love Regenerator (Calvin Harris) & Armand Van Helden, plus an hour of upfront dance weapons from Stonebridge.

APPLE PODCASTS: http://apple.co/1RgRM32
MIXCLOUD (with tracklist): https://bit.ly/2Bxhwbh

16/05/2020

with the Eagle Bar Manchester bunch tonight! So good to be wearing me nice knickers again 🥰

04/05/2020

Quarantine Greetings! 👋 Hope everyone and their loved ones are well - here's some brand new music (including a couple of new mixes from me!) to keep us all going through lockdown until we can dance together again 🕺🏼

MIXCLOUD: https://bit.ly/2xzestM
iTUNES: http://apple.co/1RgRM32

Brand new music from Dua Lipa, Little Mix & Megan thee Stallion with James Bowers in Hour 1 - plus an hour of upfront dance bangers with Stonebridge in Hour 2!

25/04/2020

NEW DUA LIPA ✨‍ - https://mailchi.mp/2accb50f9d49/lm-bus-jb-693034

05/04/2020

Quarantine gettin' ya down? This month's HRN will sort you right out - with my new remix of Little Mix, plus Doja Cat, Gaga & Jax Jones with me in Hour 1, and another hour of upfront dance bangers with Stonebridge in Hour 2! 🙌

LISTEN:
MIXCLOUD: https://bit.ly/2JEPRGi
iTUNES: http://apple.co/1RgRM32

New music from Doja Cat, Lady Gaga, Little Mix & Mabel in Hour 1 with James Bowers - plus an hour of upfront club anthems with Stonebridge in Hour 2.

31/03/2020

NEW LITTLE MIX ✨‍ - Break Up Song (James Bowers Mixes) https://mailchi.mp/d61176a4f7c1/lm-bus-jb

10/03/2020

Loved being a slutty disco unicorn for Cruz 101 Manchester’s Unicorn Extravaganza! I think Johnny wins the award for gayest pic ever taken of me 😂🦄

23/02/2020

Huns! Fab night off-duty at Cruz 101 Manchester for one more night in Babylon 👯

22/02/2020

February's mixshow is now up! Brand new Pussycat Dolls, Becky Hill, Jax Jones & Alicia Keys in Hour 1 - Stonebridge providing the upfront club bangers in Hour 2.

Mixcloud: http://bit.ly/38Qf0ZB
iTunes: http://apple.co/1RgRM32
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2SNtIuJ

14/02/2020

Happy Valentine’s Day 😘
I’d like to thank portrait mode for making me look particularly foetal this evening

14/02/2020

Anyone wanting to wish me a Happy Valentine’s Day, please form an orderly queue at Cruz 101 Manchester from 11pm. Gifts can be given to security or left for me in the cloakroom x

13/01/2020

SUGABABES ✨‍ - https://mailchi.mp/abbc8c27fb53/hwm-642669

12/01/2020

Hands up if you miss the Sugababes 🙋‍♂️

http://bit.ly/2t2Nusi

Listen to SUGABABES (James Bowers' Poppers O'Clock Megamix) by James Bowers

11/01/2020

Happy New Year! First show of 2020 is up - 2 hours of uninterrupted club bangers from moi! 😘

MIXCLOUD: http://bit.ly/37Y8Upi
iTUNES: http://apple.co/1RgRM32
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2StWnTm

Happy New Year! We bring in 2020 in style, with brand new Dua Lipa, Katy Perry & Joel Corry with James in Hour 1 - followed by an hour of non-stop upfront club music with Grammy-nominated Stonebridge in Hour 2.

03/01/2020

Had SUCH a fab time DJing New Year’s Eve at Cruz 101 Manchester! I wanna do it all over again! Which is handy really... cos I’m back tonight 🤪

22/12/2019

Who's ready for New Year's Eve then?! 🕺🏼😈

http://bit.ly/2Q7QWt7

The clock's ticking ever closer to Midnight on December 31st & that means one thing, it's time for the biggest & best party of the year... NEW YEAR'S EVE 2020 at CRUZ 101! 🕛🍾🎉 Count down to the big night itself with this roundup of all the biggest Cruz 101 tracks of 2019!

11/12/2019

Got my *vile* Xmas jumper ready to go! 😉

On Friday it's time to dig out those Ugly Christmas Jumpers ☃🎅 We're partying with G-A-Y Manchester! Pop Princess James Bowers plays the best mix of Chart, R&B + Commercial House! 💃

£2 Entry before 1AM // £2.50 Drinks // £1 Shots 🥂

Get £1 VODKA & MIXER ➡➡ Cruz101.com/App

10/12/2019

Had an absolute BAUBLE at Cruz 101 Manchester on Saturday night!! I’ll be back this Friday for the ‘Ugly Christmas Jumper Party’... I’ve got mine ready 👀

📸: Johnny Blackburn Photography

07/12/2019

Back at Cruz 101 Manchester tonight with baubles & bangers til 7am! 👯‍♂️🎄

03/12/2019

Whew! Fab being back at Eagle Bar Manchester after too long away! I’m back for Sunday service on 29th Dec (AFTER XMAS?!) Or you can catch me at Cruz 101 Manchester on Saturday night!

01/12/2019

Great to be back at Eagle Bar Manchester tonight after too long away! 🖤 can’t wait for World AIDS Day there tomorrow 💖

23/11/2019

I just can’t DJ at Cruz 101 Manchester and *not* mount the surroundings of our new DJ booth 👀

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Videos

LOVE that Paul Morrell played my remix of Sanctify in the main room of XXL last night! 🐻🤩

Fabulous waking up to this lerrrrvly video from DJ Mark Jason, of all the homosexuals dancing to the first play of my remix of Señorita last night at LONDON PRIDE at G-A-Y @ Heaven! 😍🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride huns x

ANOTHER Peak time Saturday night play for my remix of Thank u, next at G-A-Y @ Heaven last night! 😍

YAS 👏🏻 BITCH! 👏🏻 SO GOOD to see my Ariana remix getting played to a packed room at G-A-Y @ HEAVEN, back home in London! 🥰

Absolutely LOVED hearing the beauts at Cruz 101 Manchester on Saturday night singing along to my new mix of Electricity by Silk City & Dua Lipa! 😍 I’ll be sending it out to everyone on my mailing list very soon so if you’re not already on it, you can sign up here: http://eepurl.com/dkoxzn 😘

YASS! Another video of G-A-Y @ Heaven London going nuts for my God Is A Woman bootleg! 🙌🌈🤩

Nothing better than waking up to a video of your new #ArianaGrande bootleg being played in the country’s biggest gay club! 🤩🌈🙌

😍 the lovely and fabulous E-Go just sent me this video of him playing my remix of Ariana Grande last night at London’s brand new Circa The Club! And over on Twitter, more videos of plays at Dublin Pride! 🤗 🌈

#Shemergency! I’ve been working on a club mix of #LittleMix & Cheat Codes #OnlyYou and I’ve been tinkering so long that I can’t decide if it’s Poppers O’Clock or just horrendous. Maybe something just for Cruz 101 Manchester? 🙈😂

My remix of No Tears Left To Cry is now being played out in Poland! YAAAS! Also had this sent to me from G-A-Y @ Heaven London over the Bank Holiday. MORE YAAAAS! 🤩🤪 (You can hear the DJ mixing Anne-Marie’s 2002 in the monitor speaker) 🤫

Say “hello” to Smegan Cox 💋

THIS IS SO COOL! Never dreamed that something I’d made would end up being played in the MAIN ROOM of G-A-Y @ Heaven on a Saturday night!! 😍 Literally the biggest gay club in the country - where do I go from here?! 🙌🏳️‍🌈💜 #ArianaGrande #NoTearsLeftToCry

Dua Lipa - IDGAF (James Bowers Remix)

I’ll be on air from 8pm tonight on This is Electric with tonnes of new music, including THIS exclusive remix of Dua Lipa’s IDGAF from yours truly! 👯‍♂️ DOWNLOAD LINK: http://bit.ly/2EBLdpj #DuaLipa #IDGAF

Just in time for the weekend! 🤙 Here’s my Poppers O’Clock remix of Tove Lo’s Disco Tits 🙊 DM me for a Download Link! 🤪 #Remix #ToveLo #DiscoTits #NewMusic

James Bowers - May Day!

Emergency! Emergency! Did somebody say Bear Weekend?! This PAYDAY Bank Holiday, I'll be spinning for the Great British Bear Bash 20: Operation Rescue - at Cruz 101 Manchester (Saturday night) and the finale at Eagle Bar Manchester (Sunday night). One of my favourite crowds, so come say hi! 🙌

This Weekend on Hot Right Now

Busy getting trolleyed at the weekend? No sweat! My new Hot Right Now show, as heard on This is Electric (🇬🇧) and Nexus Radio (🇺🇸) over the weekend, is available to stream/download - and this time, we're joined by Club XXL London's Paul Morrell! 🙋🏼‍♂️ LISTEN: http://bit.ly/2nSWNW2 iTUNES: http://apple.co/1RgRM32 TUNES FROM: Clean Bandit / Zara Larsson // Robin Hustin The Chainsmokers / Coldplay // RON REESER Katy Perry / Skip Marley // Oliver Heldens Jax Jones / RAYE / Nightcrawlers // Discosid Mashups Martin Jensen // M-22 Just Us Music // James Bluck Bakermat Riton / Kah-Lo / Mr Eazi / Davido TCTS / Sage The Gemini / Kelis Jaded Freejak / Martay M'kenzy Alex Mills // Walden Jamiroquai // Tough Love Blondie // StoneBridge Tori Amos / ARMAND VAN HELDEN / Erick Decks / Zara Larsson // Discosid Ultra Naté // Andrey Keyton // Ramis Nelly // Craig Knight // DJ Craig Holden 🙌 PLUS: an hour of non-stop Saturday Night bangers from Paul Morrell! 🙌

On Day 4... Major Lazer gets remixed by one of my favourite breakthrough acts of 2015, Blinkie! 😊 keep an eye out at midday (GMT!) tomorrow, when I'll be dropping the full podcast in time for New Year's eve 📣🎊

On day 2... LunchMoney Lewis!

Have a good Christmas period? 😃 next up it's NYE 2016 and to help you celebrate, at midday on Thursday, I'll be dropping my brand new Hot Right Now podcast! On the first day... It'sAriana Grandee remixed by7th Heaven Remix & Productionn! 😉