anyone can dance w/Beirut Groove Collective

Now in its 16th year, Beirut Groove Collective (BGC) is a London-based collective of vinyl DJs and crate diggers behind a cult clubnight dedicated to obscure records and underground club cultures from the 1960s to the 1980s, spanning the South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region and beyond.

Rooted in Beirut’s formative decades as a cosmopolitan musical crossroads, the night draws on pioneering records and subcultures of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Founded in Beirut in 2009, the BGC is led by Ernesto Chahoud and Natalie Shooter. Their all-vinyl sets move through 80s Arabic pop, African funk, bellydance, Lebanese disco, Anatolian rock, Ethiopian and Sudanese jazz and psychedelia.