Every Friday and Saturday one of our rotation of excellent Dj’s play a mix of dance, soul, hip hop, jazz and funk. Contact us if you would like more information.
EVENTS PROGRAMME
DJC
LE JAZZ
MARGARET SCRATCHER
CRUMP
MARCH 2018
Thursday 1st
THE FUNK JAM
Cambridge’s only funk jam! Come and play, listen and dance to live funk, jazz and soul!
Run by Shake Your Tail Feather on the first Thursday of the month – free entry, awesome players and super friendly vibe.
Live music from 9:30pm to 12:30am. Happy hour from 9 – 10pm and students get 25% off everything at La Raza and Ta Bouche by asking for the Remix card at the bar.
Want to play? We run a sign up sheet for musicians and aim to get everyone up at least once, but not necessarily in sign up order and we put together groups that will keep the vibe funky* and upbeat for musicians, listeners and dancers.
Come on down and get funky with us!
Follow us for more details: www.facebook.com/camfunkjam
Friday 2nd
VENEZUELAN TAKEOVER
A carnival theme night in collaboration with with Arepas station.
Venezuelan street-food style arepas served from the kitchen from 7pm- 10pm/
DJ playing until 2am.
Happy Hour 9pm – 10pm.
Saturday 3rd
Le Jazz
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play. That alone has to be worth coming.
He’ll cover as many styles as possible in one evening, with the dance-floor always the number one priority. Expect something different to the rest of the music in the city.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
Friday 9th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like hip hop, disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
DJ 10pm – 2am
Saturday 10th
DJ CRUMP
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
£4 entry 10pm – 12am, £5 12am-2am
Thursday 15th
Early Night Club
The Early Night Club is a Cambridge club night with a difference – it’s clubbing for those of us who need our sleep. Our DJ’s start playing at around 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm) and finish at 11.30pm (or sometimes midnight if we’re feeling really crazy).
We play great music that you will have heard of, serve fantastic cocktails and tapas and everyone is friendly and up for it – and let’s just say we’re all old enough to remember leg warmers the first time round. It’s about as much fun as you can squeeze into four hours and is always a night to remember.
For tickets please visit earlynightclub
Friday 16th
THE JAM CLUB
The Jam Club are a talented bunch of musicians with a shared love of funk, soul and rock and roll. After running the infamous Cambridge Funk Jam over the last 6 years as the house band, The Jam Club have decided to hold their own night at their favourite Cambridge venue, La Raza.
The guys will be laying down some of the filthiest and funkiest grooves around town. With a mixture of great instrumentals and rare and not so rare covers. Expect music from Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, The Meters, James Brown, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye and Steely Dan, to name just a few of their influences. Let’s get the weekend started.
Saturday 17th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like hip hop, disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Friday 23rd
KONTROVERSI
Kontroversi is an electrofunk duo based in Cambridge UK. They are Mr Margaret Scratcher (Mark Sutton) on keyboards, synthesizers drum machines , and Lionclub (Leonardo Robarts) on guitar, synthesizers and lead vocals.
Having known each other for many years through the music scene, they recently decided to collaborate to produce their own unique sound which they have dubbed ‘Cadillac Funk’.
Imagine Prince, Parliament, New Order and Jamiroquai taking a road trip across the galaxy in a ’59 Cadillac and you’re halfway there..
Saturday 24th
DJ C
DJ C brings his own blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Afro-House & R&B to La Raza.
Heavily influenced by the sounds of New York City, expect an eclectic selection of beats, breaks & classic vocals alongside the a mix of modern jams.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Wednesday 28th
INNA LIGHTS
Inna Lights perform stripped down acoustic covers and original material.
Friday 30th
SWAGGER
Matt Start and Owen Chambers front the band with an impressive display of musical versatility. Both excellent singers, they compliment each other’s voices with vocal harmonies, percussion and by trading places on the piano. Owen also brings a few additional layers to the performance – modern synth sounds, acoustic guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Matt and Owen’s energy and vocal flexibility allows Swagger to offer a much broader repertoire than most ensembles whilst still doing justice to the originals. Joe Taylor (Drums and Backing Vocals) and Tiago Coimbra (Bass) provide a solid funk groove and ensure that the blues-rocking of Vess Popov (Guitar) comes back down to earth eventually.
Entry £5
Performance 10pm
Happy Hour 9pm – 10pm
Saturday 31st
Le Jazz
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play. That alone has to be worth coming.
He’ll cover as many styles as possible in one evening, with the dance-floor always the number one priority. Expect something different to the rest of the music in the city.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
APRIL 2018
Sunday 1st
Margaret Scratcher
If you like hip hop, disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Wednesday 4th
OWEN CHAMBERS
Thursday 5th
THE FUNK JAM
Cambridge’s only funk jam! Come and play, listen and dance to live funk, jazz and soul!
Run by Shake Your Tail Feather on the first Thursday of the month – free entry, awesome players and super friendly vibe.
Live music from 9:30pm to 12:30am. Happy hour from 9 – 10pm and students get 25% off everything at La Raza and Ta Bouche by asking for the Remix card at the bar.
Want to play? We run a sign up sheet for musicians and aim to get everyone up at least once, but not necessarily in sign up order and we put together groups that will keep the vibe funky* and upbeat for musicians, listeners and dancers.
Come on down and get funky with us!
Follow us for more details: www.facebook.com/camfunkjam
Saturday 7th
Margaret Scratcher
If you like hip hop, disco, funk, and German Oompah – you’ll like this!
Expect a journey from deep soul, though to floorfilling party favourites via heavy funk, motown, and disco, and anything else that takes his fancy.
Old classics, new edits, good times.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Thursday 12th
Dopamine Jackson
If you like a chilled-out summer vibe then Dopamine Jackson are perfect for you – a laid-back groove machine of happy vibes and catchy melodies. Dopamine Jackson are a fusion of professional musicians with a common goal of creating infectious grooves to raise your vibrations and move your bodies.
10pm start
Friday 13th
Le Jazz & Crump back-to-back
Le Jazz:
After about 10 years, Pete Moore or “Lejazz” or “Pete De Vit” is still playing records at La Raza. Raised on a diet of Jungle from the age of 13 onto Jazz, Funk, Soul, Dancehall, Techno, House and anything else with an off centre vibe, Pete guarantees you will dance, cry, get angry, stop being angry and start making love whenever you hear him play.
Crump:
Heavily influenced by legendary “anything goes” parties such as The Do Over, The Rub and The Electric Chair, Crump specialises in open format creativity, utilising dancefloor dynamite from the 1950’s to the present day.
Expect a kaleidoscopic blend of Soul, Funk, Disco, Pop / Rock classics, R&B, Reggae, US Garage, Moombahton and brass band bangers
Entry £4 10pm – 12am, £5 12am – 2am
Saturday 14th
DJ C
DJ C brings his own blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Afro-House & R&B to La Raza.
Heavily influenced by the sounds of New York City, expect an eclectic selection of beats, breaks & classic vocals alongside the a mix of modern jams.
Entry £4 10pm – 12am , £5 12am-2am
Wednesday 18th
INNA LIGHTS
Inna Lights perform stripped down acoustic covers and original material.
Thursday 19th
Sweet Crisis
Sweet Crisis are a contemporary Rock band from Cambridge, and best describe their music as “Soulful and Catchy Rock”!
Their musical influences are vast and include artists such as The Rolling Sones, Kings of Leon, Free, Stereophonics, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.
Performance: 10pm
Friday 20th
THE FUNK JAM
Cambridge’s only funk jam! Come and play, listen and dance to live funk, jazz and soul!
Run by Shake Your Tail Feather on the first Thursday of the month – free entry, awesome players and super friendly vibe.
Live music from 9:30pm to 12:30am. Happy hour from 9 – 10pm and students get 25% off everything at La Raza and Ta Bouche by asking for the Remix card at the bar.
Want to play? We run a sign up sheet for musicians and aim to get everyone up at least once, but not necessarily in sign up order and we put together groups that will keep the vibe funky* and upbeat for musicians, listeners and dancers.
Come on down and get funky with us!
Follow us for more details: www.facebook.com/camfunkjam
MAY 2018
This May it’s a slightly more relaxed affair than usual in La Raza…
You can expect our usual line up of DJs, but with a more laid back offering of the funk, motown, soul & disco we all love.
Keep any eye out for any additional drinks promotions popping up over the next 6 weeks too!