New promoters Dark Horse Promotions are pleased to announce details of their first live event.

ALL proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Isle of Man Children’s Centre.

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

“Spreading their unique fusion of folk, hip-hop, afrobeat, and reggae, not just an acoustic act, they use live looping to create soundscapes full of beatbox, guitar, harmonica, percussion, didjerido, and just about anything else they can find! A ground breaking and totally genre-defying live act; Joe & Sekou have been in high demand the world over, performing at Glastonbury Festival, Electric Picnic in Ireland, and Lake of Stars in Malawi, Africa.

“Joe Driscoll is the man Cee-Lo Green labelled ‘The gangsta with an iron lung’ and seeing him live I know exactly what he means,” Barry tells us. “I first saw Joe Driscoll perform at the Green Man festival in the Chai Wallahs tent a few years ago. He absolutely blew me away and the crowd was instantly taken by his amazing looping and beatbox skills!”

Hear them on SoundCloud

Mr Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers

“From the Isle of Man, they have somewhat of a cult following in the surf rock scene! The island’s only instrumental surf rock band, fronted by three young men, has revived a style of music almost as old as their combined ages! Expect a mix of underground Surf Classics and original tracks; soon to be releasing their debut mini-LP on Ballagroove Records.”

Ballagroove DJs

“DJs Gyp and Toots have been DJing around the Island for 15 years, playing their mix of Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dub, Indie and World music. From obscure rarities to up front floor fillers, an eclectic mix is guaranteed.”

Isle of Man Children’s Centre

The Children’s Centre develops, manages, and pioneers a variety of community initiatives and services aimed at enabling children, young people, and families to realise their full potential.They are an independent Manx charity – undertaking their own projects and working with others – to put children, young people, and families first.

• Joe Driscoll’s website
• Mr Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers’ Facebook Page
• Ballagroove’s Facebook Page
• Dark Horse Promotions IoM Facebook Page
• Isle of Man Children’s Centre website

Ticket Bookings

NB Change of venue – this gig is now at Jabberwocky NOT Amber (change of management, cancelled gig – thanks ;-))

Ballagroove DJs will be supporting ace new local band Dusty Plankton at Jaberwocky in Douglas on Friday 24th February

Its FREE to get in, starts at 8pm, we are DJing from 8pm till 10pm, then the band are on, then top DJ action from Darren Millar into the early hours, did I mention its FREE

This is what they have to say :-), and, I quote…

“After a couple of months since our last gig, we thought it was time to climb out of the sea for another gig.

“Since we last left you Alan has been knitting jumpers, Tony has been running up and down hills and I have been mostly collecting stamps so we have been moderately busy.

“We are proud to announce that as well as being joined by the fabulous DeeDee (our very own Burlesque performer) we will be joined on the decks by Ballagroove head honcho and all round good guy Gypo, he will be spinning the warm up set with fellow tag team Dj of Funk and all things nice, Toots. following Dusty’s live set, we will be graced by our very own tour Dj, Darren Millar whose electronic funk filled grooves will see you to the end of play 🙂

“We will be kicking off at 8pm and Dusty Plankton will be on stage about 10pm, oh and its FREE entry too 🙂

“Soooo go tell it on the mountain that we are back, we have a few gigs and a few surprises and some great Dj’s joining us on our adventures this year. we hope you all could join us too.”