EVENT DETAILS

When: 7 - 9pm Sat 26th June

Where: Ludlow Castle Square

What: An evening of talks and music, live and live streamed in about the art of filling a dance floor and getting hands in the air, then and now, followed by a live link up with DJ Green Lantern in New York.

Tickets: Free online

Facebook: Like it here on Facebook and be part of the banter

Refreshments will be served and there will be an interval.

Speakers:

The event will include the following speakers Live in the venue (L), Live on a video call (V) or pre-filmed (F)

  • Nick Corston - STEAM Co. and Ludlow Fringe 21 Patron (L)

  • Phil Morris - Retired local mobile DJ (F)

  • DJ Green Lantern - Live on Twitch from New York

For more information about each speaker see below

Event overview

It wasn't just last night when the DJ Saved somebody's life but certainly most parties weddings and other gatherings.

There's a very special skill to getting a party started and keeping it going is and that is the art of DJing.

In 1977 Nick Corston was shown how to DJ by his neighbour at the Queen's Silver Jubilee street party being held in his street.

At university he built his first DJ mixer and ran the Wildstyle soundsystem/ nightclub for fellow students for 3 years before going to London to DJ at parties and a few clubs there and around the world.

This evening of short talks will hear from some of the world's biggest DJ names and also the DJ who showed Nick what to do over 40 years ago.

It will be followed with a silent disco in Castle Square, where Ludlows’ mighty Town Hall. The Mayfair Waltzers and The Starline once stood, all nightclubs in their own right for the Shropshire lads and lasses in the community of this country town.

The #ARToDJING evening of talks is part of a programme of #ARTCONNECTS21 events co-curated by Nick Corston with Ludlow Fringe to showcase the power of art and creativity to inspire children in their learning, power the economy and connect communities.

STEAM Co.

Nick co-founded the non-profit community enterprise STEAM Co. to help connect our kids with their art and our communities with their schools.

This evening of talks, films and other artistic contributions will appeal to all creative carers - people and organisations who care about children, creativity and all our futures.

To that end Nick will launch a £2m fund to put 22 STEAM Co. Drop Trucks and STEAMsters on the road across the UK for their #Festival22 of Creativity.

It will be live and live streamed globally and we really want you to bring your stories as well as share them on social media in advance with the the tag #ARTofDADS #LudlowFringe21.

#ARTCONNECTS21 AT #LUDLOWFRINGE21

STEAM Co. are delighted that our co-founder Nick Corston has been asked to be #Patron21 for the world renown Ludlow Fringe Festival and be co-curating a programme of live and live streamed #ARTCONNECTS21 events to celebrate, showcase and remind us how our art connects us, whatever it is.

We want everyone to be a part of these events, to bring and share their stories.

Click the image below to see the section from the Ludlow Fringe Programme about this #ArtConnects21 programme