The Big Ten Inch ~ Red-Hot Rhythm & Blues, Screamin' Soul, Wild Rockabilly, Ska, Skiffle & 60s Beat in London, Oxford and Birmingham

Thank you! If you didn’t manage to get an advance ticket in time we’ve saved 50 for the door (first come first served, doors open at 8pm).

We can’t reserve any I’m afraid, and our guest list is already full. There will also be some availability after 1am (at £10 on the door).

TICKET HOLDERS: Please don’t get stuck queueing outside at midnight. We recommend arriving by 10pm if at all possible. First 50 people through the door get some complimentary Hurricane Punch!

See you New Year’s Eve. Don’t forget to come dressed up – there are prizes for the best outfit. The king and queen of mardi gras will be crowned downstairs at 11pm!

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This New Year’s Eve the BIG TEN INCH and the DISCO SHED take you to the birthplace of jazz, rhythm & blues, marching bands, Mardi Gras and black magic for a New Orleans New Year.

Performing live onstage, The Congo Faith Healers are like nothing you have heard or experienced before.

Combining down and dirty swamp infested gypsy blues with wild, savage guitar playing, voodoo vocals, latin american drum and trumpet grooves with rockabilly swing double bass and hooks that you’ll be singing for days, they have one of the most intense and utterly compelling live shows around.

Elsewhere in the basement we’ll be recreating the wild nightlife of Bourbon Street and the infamous French Quarter, with rollicking blues, brass and Louisiana boogie-woogie from The Big Ten Inch residents Count Skylarkin, Count Sizzle and onetime tour DJ for The Clash, Scratchy. Erstwhile Ordinary Boy Samuel Preston makes a rare appearance behind the decks to spin New Orleans funk, Louisiana soul and 60s beat. Then some imported Caribbean black magic as The Specials legend Jerry Dammers adds his spellbinding collection of crazy mambo, calypso, cumbia, ska, reggae and juju 45’s to the mix later on.

On the ground floor The Disco Shed heads for Honey Island Swamp with Peepshow Paddy, Miss Splinters and some very special guests. DJ Wrongtom needs little introduction – his work with artists as diverse as Root Manuva and Hard Fi have seen him become one of the most in-demand producers, remixers and DJs around. Digga Please? (aka DJ Shepdog & Kombine) gave Disco Shed one of their favourite ever festival hours when they played for them at The Big Chill in 2010. Funk, disco, 80’s pop, hip-hop and rave are all likely to feature as the pair delve into their vast collections of (strictly) 7″ records. Be warned, getting naked is occasionally part of the ‘fun’! Finally, we’re very excited to finally be able to announce the south coast’s finest – DJ Format – as our ground floor shedliner. Mix-tape maestro, producer extraordinaire, one-time Jurassic 5 tour bus driver (true!) and one of the best DJs around.

Dress code: New Orleans Mardi Gras; voodoo, jesters, masquerade, purple, green and gold. Prizes for the best costumes – the King and Queen of Mardi Gras will be crowned at 11pm!

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THE BIG SHED INCH: New Orleans New Year
New Year’s Eve at The Book Club
100 – 106 Leonard Street, Shoreditch EC2A 4RH
8pm-4am
£15 earlybird (limited!) tickets / £20 advance / £20 door / £10 after 1am – available from The Book Club
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