Don Letts (DJ Set) | Social | Hull

Name: Don Letts (DJ Set) | Social | Hull
Start: 2025-03-28T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Social

Schedule

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Social | Kingston Upon Hull, EN

The iconic DJ, musician and filmmaker Don Letts brings sweet reggae sounds to Social.
He came to notoriety in the late '70s as the DJ who single-handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae. Don continues to DJ nationally and internationally playing strictly old and new-school dub reggae.
His set is in the spirit of his time as DJ at London’s legendary Roxy Club back in ’77.
DJ sets include Glastonbury – Bestival – Lovebox – The Big Chill – Stussy 25th Anniversary – Adidas –- Doctor Martins – Latitude – The Rough Trade 25th Anniversary – Lee Perry’s Meltdown –Rizzla -Island Records 50th anniversary – Massive Attack’s Meltdown – Vintage At Goodwood – Womad and Festival No.6 to name a few.
Don’s days as a DJ started accidentally when he was asked to play at The Roxy Club (the UK’s first live punk rock venue) back in 1977. This was so early in the scene there were no UK punk records to play as none had been made yet. So in between the fast and furious live punk sets Don played what he liked – some serious reggae. Lucky for him the punks liked it to and this mix gave rise to the ‘punky-reggae party’. When the Roxy closed Don was the go to man when it came to nice-ing up the place with some heavyweight bass. He was the original Clash DJ for many of their live gigs up and down the country. Entering the eighties Don deserted the decks to pursue his film career.