17-year-long-running cult club night with obscure & underground soul-fuelled records from the SWANA region and around the world.

The Beirut Groove Collective is a London-based collective of vinyl DJs, crate diggers, music obsessives and artists. For over 15 years, the BGC has thrown its cult clubnight, the BGC All-Nighter, in Beirut and now London, showcasing obscure and underground clubbing records from the 1960s to early 1980s from the Middle East, Africa and around the world. The clubnight has built an international reputation for its distinctive sound, attracting leading DJs, turntablists, crate diggers and record collectors. Expect an eclectic mix of Lebanese ‘60s Garage and Beat, Bellydance Psych, Arabic Disco, Latin Tarab, Armenian estradayin, Ethiopian and Sudanese Jazz, Rare Soul and Funk, Psychedelia and much more.

The New York Times included BGC clubnights in its list of the “Top 15” parties around the world, with features in The Guardian, Monocle, ARTE, BBC, Time Out London and Vice.

Starting as an underground funk and soul party in the living room of Beirut community space Zico House, the party evolved into its strictly-vinyl format, showcasing pioneering records and diverse music scenes from Beirut and the wider region. Over the years, the collective helped shape Lebanon’s alternative clubbing culture, throwing parties in basement clubs, abandoned beachside villas and warehouse spaces. In 2021, BGC brought its clubnights to London, with monthly residencies across the city and guest appearances at festivals, clubs and community spaces worldwide.

Line-up:
Ernesto Chahoud
Natalie Shooter
& Guests