DIRTY DONKEY - LIVE & KICKING 

a Mardi Gras Festival Event 

Preparations are well underway for our next DIRTY DONKEY on Friday 24^th February at Rogues, 16-18 Oxford Sq, Darlo. In the ElectricFilth dungeon, joining Sydney live electronic act the Stick Figures will be our regular Donkey DJs Sveta (playing a techno closing set), Doctor Jane and Mark Murphy. We also welcome the return of our ?new boys? Matt Vaughan and Ryzer to filth up the dungeon with a back to back set.

The predominant sound of the Main Room incorporates all kinds of mashed up, dark and dirty, grinding, electro-tekky beats which keep the dance floor pumped all night.

Upstairs in EclecticFunk we?ll also have live music. Anthony Storm aka Lil Lost Raver who performed at our July 05 DD returns with a whole lot of new stuff to sing for us. Also playing live will be the nemesisproject, a band about to launch their debut EP and destined for great things. DJs in EclecticFunk include Donkey favourites stAlka and Simon Mann with fresh talent Marquis and PurrJo Meow. EclecticFunk provides an alternative music space where the music policy is "anything goes" and includes house, breaks, funk, soul, jazz and hip hop.

We open our doors at 9.30pm and selected cocktails will be $7.50 for 2 hours till 11.30pm, so try to arrive early!

A percentage of profits from DIRTY DONKEY - Live & Kicking will be donated to PFLAG - Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays to assist them in raising funds for an educator to promote anti-homophobia policies in schools.

DIRTY DONKEY - Live & Kicking tickets are now available from our favourite outlets ? and we?ve added an extra one. Tix are $20 +bf from:

Reefer Records, Crown St, Darlinghurst

Spank Records, Bourke St, Darlinghurst

Machinemusik, Campbell St, Darlinghurst

Toolshed Head Office, 81 Oxford St, Darlinghurst

Karnal Leather, Bourke St, Darlinghurst

This is the fifth DIRTY DONKEY and it's just over 2 years since our first one in November 2003 at Candy's Apartment. It's been amazing every time we've put on a party and discovered more and more interesting  people who come along to dance and be part of the Donkey vibe. We are proud to be part of something which is inclusive of lots of communities, ideas, identities, and diverse ways of being. We put on the first one because we really wanted to get together and party with friends from different aspects of our lives - a bit like having a house party and inviting absolutely everyone you know and not worrying about whether they would get along - mostly they do and they can be some of the best times! We hoped to recreate that kind of a vibe in a nightclub as well as getting to pick excellent music - with a definite dark and dirty electro/techno feel for a pumping dancefloor and an alternative funked up space where DJs could play stuff they really loved...

We are keen to build a sense of community with our parties and want to say a big THANK YOU to the growing Donkey crew who help out and support the night in so many ways.. We are hoping to encourage a sense of cabaret and perfomance in the Eclectic Funk Cocktail Bar and happy to hear from artists and performers with creative ideas. This is our last party for 2005 and we've got lots of plans for a bigger and DIRTIER 2006!

So - if you couldn't come along to the last one..... or if you did and you wanna do it all again, the next DIRTY DONKEY is on Friday 2nd December @ Rogues!!! We've confirmed Donkey stalwart Mark Murphy alongside Doctor Jane; a return visit from Lanny K and Miss Yetti, and debuts downstairs from DJs Matt Vaughan & Ryzer -both talented guys sure to keep the ElectricFilth dungeon pumping! Downstairs the music is a sexy mix of dark, dirty electro, tech & grinding beats.

Upstairs we'll have fresh talent with DJ Mesma joining Donkey regulars stAlka, Simon Mann and Marquis to keep the funk fruity in the EclecticFunk cocktail bar where the music policy is "anything goes" and will journey through all kinds of house, breaks, hip hop and electro.  

Advance tix are $15 +bf, are on sale from our favourite outlets: Darlinghurst: Karnal Leather, Reefer Records, Spank Records, Toolshed. Newtown: Froot Store. Door $20 (subject to capacity).

Dirty Donkey ? Thank You & Photos Online Now!

What a MASSIVE night! A HUGE thank you to everyone who came along and made DIRTY DONKEY an absolutely rocking party. The crowd and the vibe were totally awesome with a great mix of people. Where to start? Firstly thank you to the wonderfully diverse and fabulously friendly crowd who partied with us till the last track ended! It was great to see so many different people come together and have a good time.

Thank you to our DJs and performers who really got the place going in both rooms. Downstairs the ElectricFilth room went off with Mark Murphy, Sveta, Lanny K & Miss Yetti unleashing excellent sets. And of course Doctor Jane had a ball too!

Brilliant sets upstairs in EclecticFunk from Marquis, Beaker, Simon Mann, stAlka & Matt Vaughan. PurrJo's stunning debut behind the decks with old jazz tunes was a perfect start to the evening, and stAlka and Matt carried on mash-up stylee upstairs till really late after the official sets finished. A big thank you to D-Vinyl for a fantastic show downstairs and Lil Lost Raver?s excellent live performance upstairs really topped the night off.

Last but not least, thank you to the wonderful helpers who pitched in to bump all our decor and gear in and out in record time - you all rock and we appreciate your help so much.

Check out Jo?s pix of the night here

If you didn?t make it along, we hope to see you (and everyone who came and had a great time) at the next DIRTY DONKEY which will be on Friday September 30^th, to kick off the Sleaze Ball weekend. We?ll send out more info as it comes to hand, so sign up to the mailing list so we can keep you updated.

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DIRTY DONKEY is moving to Rogues nightclub on Friday 29^th July, joining fellow underground nights Hellfire Club and Schmutzig at this unbelievable venue right in the heart of Oxford Street. This club is a hidden gem, with two great spaces, a throbbing downstairs dance space with massive sound and lighting systems and an upstairs cocktail bar which lends itself to chilling, chatting and enjoying tunes at a more laidback pace. At DIRTY DONKEY the upstairs lounge will provide comfortable seating areas, lots of visual d?cor and tunes that range from jazz, bebop, reggae and dub to house, hip hop and breaks. Downstairs the music will be VERY Dark, Dirty and Sexy. As always, we are committed to giving our DJs artistic freedom so we don't tell them what to play. We believe in giving DJs a chance to show what they can do.

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