18-02-2025
DJ Paulette & LF System to headline club night raising funds for mental health
An event series raising funds for music industry mental health will be coming to one of Manchester's newest clubs this spring.
Amber's on Oxford Road, a new multi-room club with a strict 'no phone' policy, will host the monthly series, whose finale in May will be headlined by local house music legend DJ Paulette.
Taking over hosting duties on the other two dates are international DJ Turno, and Scottish duo LF System whose breakout single 'Afraid to Feel' spent eight weeks at number one in 2022.
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Known as 'the Drop', the series is a collaboration between Skiddle and music/mental health enterprise Headstock. Proceeds from each event will support a number of music mental health charities.
As well as this, organisers say they hope to showcase how dance music can 'stimulate feelings of joy and connection through shared experiences'.
Headstock founder Atheer al-Salim said: "We believe passionately in the power of music and shared experience to positively impact our mental and emotional well-being.
"The Drop is the embodiment of this belief."
DJ Paulette added in a statement: "Music and dancing is a simple but beautiful way to bring people together.
"To connect and unify while moving our bodies, lifting our spirits and freeing our minds. See you on the dancefloor."
Described as an 'evening rave experience', the events will run from 18:30 to 23:00 on three Thursdays from March to May. The headline sets will be supported by emerging local talent - and programming is to be supported by Warehouse Project.
Selected charities for The Drop | Spring Season are:
- Thursday 27th March – Turno (Music Minds Matter)
- Thursday 24th April – LF SYSTEM (Nordoff & Robbins)
- Thursday 15th May – DJ Paulette (Nordoff & Robbins)
Early bird tickets for all three events go on sale at 9am GMT on Tuesday 18th February from as little as £7 (£5 for students & Blue Light Members). Tickets will be available via Skiddle here.
