Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät are also appearing in a movie and you can watch the trailer here. Movie trailer and the movie is out on 27th April.

And here’s some photos from their last night.

Star Pad Club East London’s club night run by people with learning disabilities

Venue: Trinity Centre, East Avenue, East Ham, London E12 6SG

Tickets £3.00 and cares go free

Date: May 3rd  2012

Time: 7-10pm

How to get there: Buses 238 101 147 325 171 104 Nearest underground station East Ham

Information: Tel Richard 07951 256979 Email starpadclub@hotmail.co.uk or  find us on Facebook https://ww.facebook.com/StarPad

We’ll be announcing more soon but we’ve just heard the event has been awarded an ‘I-Like’ by the Arts Editor from The I and Independent newspapers – one of only 22 events to get this – so we’re over the moon.

More news on the project soon but you can get your tickets here:

Paul

Next week we celebrate the 30th Rock House. On Tuesday the 17th April we will be bring the ROCK to the Westhill Hall in Brighton for the 30th time!!! I think that now makes us an adult?

We have some extra special performances on the night, including the return of Nukeboy and their hypnotic blend of loops, keyboards and vocals, and also a rare headline performance from Rock House favourites The Fuzzbomb Band! Not only that but the night will be a celebration of our new collaboration and partnership with Carousel - the award winning learning disability arts organisation who trains and supports many of the musicians that perform at the Rock House each month. We’re very proud to be working with them and are very excited about what the future holds for the Rock House and all the amazing music produced there!

One band that Carousel has supported since their very beginning is Beat Express, they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band this year and one of their goals is to play their first gig abroad. They have an amazing opportunity to perform at the finals of the International Song Competition held in Cork, Ireland in June 2012!
They will have the opportunity to perform with a live orchestra on the stage at Cork City Hall. It will be a fantastic experience for the band to play overseas and a chance to tell lots of new people about all the great things we do here in Brighton!

They say a huge thanks goes to the DJ’s on the night who were DJ Bowers and Capital FM DJ Garry Spence, they also say a big thank you to The Arches for hosting the night.

Click Here To View Photo’s From Club LATE (10/04/12)

Here’s a small article about the night:

LATE for me was more than a club night, it was a moment. To anyone who did not know what LATE was all about, on entering the Arches on the evening of Tuesday 10th of April, coming into the main room they would have thought its a busy club night with a great atmosphere and a very enthusiastic crowd, though it was this it was also so much more than that.

It was a moment because, this was the first proper club night of its type ever held in Scotland. A genuinely inclusive club night welcoming people with learning difficulties though open to all. For four hours on Tuesday 10th the divide between ‘able’ and ‘disabled’ was all but gone, people with and without disabilities danced, drank and enjoyed themselves in a way I have never seen before.

DJ’s playing on the night were with and without a learning disability. I do not think anyone who was not already aware noticed and if they did not thats because it really did not matter. Labels only applied to the genre of the music and not to who was playing it.

For me LATE marked a fundamental shift in our society, a decade after the closure of large institutions such as Lennox Castle Hospital where male and females were purposely segregated. Where a night out for people with a learning disability meant a few cans of cola for two hours in a brightly lit community hall.

It was a moment because 300 people with and without a learning disability had a proper night out in one of Europe’s top night clubs. Not so long ago this would have been unthinkable, now the question is why has this not happened in Scotland until now. Though as they say, better LATE than never!

Dougie Graham

(Media Co-ordinator at C-Change)

‘Me and Others’ are performing live at the Urban Cafe on 3rd May. There will be an open mic on the night if you fancy taking to the stage yourself too.

….We don’t normally have a party in April but………

The Wild Bunch Committee & DJs are throwing a thank you party….. for some of the Elfrida Society staff who helped us become…..one of the most successful clubs for people with learning disabilities EVER!

·       So come and party with us on Wednesday April 25^th 2012 at Electrowerkz from 7 – 11pm

·      15 Wild Bunch DJs will rock the dance-floor in two different rooms

·       Trailer Trash Orchestra will perform live

·       And there’s a dedicated chill out space and a cafe to chat in with your friends

·       It’s still only a fiver to get in!

·       All the details are on the flyer below or check www.wildbunchclub.com

It’s going to be a big one, don’t miss it!

A new inclusive night for people with learning difficulties in Glasgow launching 10th April at The Arches.

For more information contact Dates N Mates on 0141 427 2957

Or email info@dates-n-mates.co.uk

http://www.ldtonline.co.uk/2012/03/learning-disability-expert-jim-mansell-dies/

Prof Mansell was a hugely respected and influential in improving the lives of people with learning disabilities. He’ll be sadly missed and we send all our love to his family. A truly great man.

Paul Richards