Event Listings This Month

Reggae Roast are back to celebrate their Album Launch Party, with this all day/night Soundsystem event.

Daytime we will be playing tunes all day in the Garden & in the evening we will go inside to crank up the levels with the legendary Reggae Roast Soundsystem in full effect.

The whole spectrum of Reggae & Dancehall music will be represented by the Reggae Roast Soundsystem family of Selectors, Dj’s & Mc’s plus some super special guests!

On top of all that the Fox & Firkin has recently undergone a massive revamp and the Garden in particular is looking amazing so expect Summer vibes, Great Music & Good people.

Plus we’ll have Rum Cocktails flowing & a fantastic selection of Caribbean Street Food on offer.

Earlybird (Guaranteed Entry) £5  – Only 50 Tickets Available

Advance Tickets (Guaranteed Entry) £10

Ticket & Album LP Bundle – £41 (including shipping)

Free from 12 (Midday) – 4pm
From 4pm – 7pm: £5
From 7 – 10pm: £10
After 10pm: £15

No Re-Entry Allowed

Strictly Good Vibes!

Supported using public funds by Arts Council England

Line-up

For this, much anticipated event The Deptford Dub Club features the original Moa Anbessa Soundsystem. They are a classic, late 70s, deep roots, collective. This session will feature foundation members Man Fi Bill and Wolfman. Back in the day, Moa Anbessa were such a significant Sound that they were name-checked in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”. Expect roots reggae at its very best, in traditional style and fashion, with a full and mighty rig, indoors, in the evening.

Moa Anbessa ceased regular operations in the very early 80s, despite their enormous popularity. So it’s a real coup to get them back, live and in the house; spinning 70s and early-80s Rasta reggae classics and plenty of exclusive dubplates. (NB. This is not the modern Italian Soundsystem with the same name, but the real deal. There’s a fuller band-biog. of the legends at the foot.)

Warm up selection will come from lion youths Duppy Sista Sound, from 6. Resident Soft Wax will be on the decks too. He’ll be joined by Doc Murdoch’s distinctive live vocal stylings – his vocal presence has become a feature of the D.D.C. Joining them will be a live brass section, including club stalwart Wicked Will on trumpet and a fresh talent, Humble B, on sax and more.

All afternoon we’ll be featuring Rocksteady in the fabulous garden at this convivial boozer. Yes sir, they’ll be warming up the big rastaman dub machine outside from lunchtime onwards until 6. The new awning guarantees your shelter outdoors.

We will be playing the best in foundation Jamaican roots music; from Ska, through Rocksteady and classic, vintage Reggae, to the present, throughout this extended event. All the selectors will be digging extra deep into their musical dub-baskets for this event. This session is bound to be really kicking; so put on your dancing shoes and celebrate the rhythm.
The Deptford Dub Club happens every month, on the penultimate Sunday and is FREE ’til 6 and then £3 until 12.

The original Moa Anbessa
Hailing from Battersea; Moa Anbessa first played out at the beginning of 1977. Its core members served their apprenticeships with the even more venerable Lord David Sound. The classic 70s Moa Anbessa System was founded by former members of Lord David’s and played against all of the other great Sounds of the era, as well as with more diverse out-fits, like The Slits.

Moa Anbessa quickly gained a reputation as one of the most prominent Rasta-oriented Sounds in Britain, gaining residencies at historic venues such as Club Norick, the Four Aces, Studio 200 and others – nuff said. Their affiliated record label issued tracks by Creation Steppers, Jah Thomas, Delton Screechie, Early B, Little John and King Everald, among others. Their performance will be a truly historical conclusion to our day of Reggae, Rocksteady and Ska.

Line-up 

The Great Malarkey

Bomo Swing

Powello Bros

Get your dancing shoes on! This is going to be a wild night of infectious rhythms from the upbeat gypsy dancefloor punk of festival whirling dervishes The Great Malarkey to the festival favorite’s Bomo Swing and the Funk n Soul, Swing, Reggae & Mashup Extravaganza Bass Heavy beats of the Powello Bros!

About the Artists

Movimientos bring their tropical and Latin vibes to the heart of South East London with a stacked line up for an all day carnival themed takeover outside in the daytime and going inside for the late night dancing.

Baque de Axé play live providing authentic Brazilian carnival sounds with tight percussive rhythms rooted in Afro-Brazilian culture. Whilst some of London’s finest selectors provide all manner of tropical, Afro-Latin & Caribbean flavours to get the dance floor on fire. French-Haitian producer Kensaye, Balamii Radio’s Arthi, and Colombian producer Alma de la Selva join Movimientos favourites Bushbby, Papaoul, Henry Bravo, Mattana, Amarall and Cal Jader for a carnival inspired session of good vibes all day and night.

———- Line Up ———–

Baque de Axé (live)

DJs

Kensaye

Arthi

Papaoul

Bushbby

Cal Jader

Henry Bravo

Mattana

Alma de la Selva

Amarall

———–Venue————

Getting there;

Closest train station: Ladywell (5 min walk) or Lewisham (15 min walk)

316 Lewisham High St, London SE13 6JZ

Times: 2pm – 3am

————Tickets———–

Free entry before 4:00pm

Early Bird £5

1st release £7

2nd release £10

Join us at the Fox for a night of good vibes and great music.

Line up:

Dizraeli

Project Hilts

AAA Badboy

Dizraeli

Poet, producer, firestarter. Songwriter-MC, multi-instrumentalist-raconteur… Dizraeli is a genre of his own. From building a frenzied underground following with his first band Bad Science (1999-2008), through to his debut solo album Engurland (City Shanties) dropping in 2009 and then on to tour the world and record the acclaimed Moving In The Dark with Dizraeli and The Small Gods, on the way collaborating with artists as diverse as Kae Tempest, Jam Baxter and Eliza Carthy in his explorations of the crossover between hiphop, folk, bass music and all between…and most recently releasing his solo masterpiece The Unmaster, nominated for Album of the Year by Gilles Peterson in the 2020 Worldwide Awards… Diz has always forged his own way.

His unswerving devotion to pushing the boundaries of lyricism and musical form has earned him a bona fide cult status among those who know, and the raw honesty and humour he brings to his writings on his own mental health, sexuality and the liberation of the human spirit has drawn people together of all shades and ages around his work.

Project Hilts

Project Hilts is an eight-piece collective from London/Leeds. Their sets are energetic and danceable whilst displaying virtuosic musicianship and challenging songwriting. The band consists of three vocalists, drums, percussion, two brass players and keys from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines who come together to marry Jazz Musicianship with styles and influences from early 00’s Grime, Latin, Soul and Hip Hop.

Since forming in early 2019 they’ve supported bands such as Submotion Orchestra, Tetes Des Pois and Too Many Zoos and have been hugely present in the Leeds Jazz scene, selling out their headline shows in May and December, as well as performing all over the UK in London, Sheffield and Liverpool.

AAA Badboy

Perhaps best known as one of the musical minds behind Boomtown but Kaptin aka AAA Badboy is a seasoned veteran with a killer selection that has no barriers.  He’s had various other aliases that have seen him have radio play on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra amongst others and has been packing out festival stages around the world for nearly 20 years, hence his most recent moniker, named after the much coveted Access All Areas pass.

“His kaleidascopic knowledge of music leaves me in awe. In 30 years of working on thousands of gigs and 10 , 000 artists, I never came across anyone with such a mixture of musical knowledge across so many genres” – Chris Tofu