Speak Up & Dance

15/09/2026

The Dance Floor

A place to feel free from daily stresses and worries, connect with others, feel part of a community, lose inhibitions, remind yourself of happy times and get your body moving.

A place for love.

A place to belong.

For us, it’s also a place for people to check in with each other and get the conversation started about m mental health (the highs and lows) and raise funds for Talk Club.

We’ll be popping up on the dance floors of several grassroots venues over the next few months, and we’d love to see you (all dates coming soon).

NEXT UP:

26|09|26
18:00-22:00
The Love Inn, Bristol

Room TW2 presents Last Bus Home.

See you on the dance floor.

SU&D🧡

12/09/2026

Rick’s been behind the decks since 1989, starting out buying house and acid house from Manchester’s Eastern Bloc Records. After winning a UK-wide DJ competition in 1994, gigs followed at Golden, Room 101 and Manchester’s legendary Dry Bar. Later, as one half of Andantino, he became a resident at Fushi. More recently he’s been playing out again, including appearances at Shindig Festival, alongside helping run charity DJ events locally. A lifelong music collector, Rick is rooted in house but never restricted by it, with sets driven by groove rather than genre - moving through deep house, disco, nu-disco and whatever else feels right. His philosophy is simple: find great records, read the room and keep people dancing.

During the night we’ll be selling raffle tickets to raise funds for Talk Club with the chance to win 2 adult Shindig Festival tickets worth £390.

See you on the dance floor 🧡

10/09/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness, break the stigma and share vital mental health resources, with World Su***de Prevention Day observed globally today.

This year’s theme is ‘Changing the Narrative on Su***de’, encouraging open conversations and a shift from a culture of silence to one of support.

This is why we chose to fundraise for Talk Club, a UK men’s mental health charity helping men improve their mental fitness through free peer-to-peer talking, exercise and activity groups, therapy and a check-in app.

While we focus on creating great nights where people come together, have fun, listen to music and get their groove on, the reason we exist is because we lost a good friend to su***de. Stuart Shone was in the peak age group for male su***de (50–54) in the UK, and the majority of his social network didn’t see it coming.

That’s why what we’re doing matters.

If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. Talk Club: talkclub.org. Samaritans: 116 123 (free, 24/7)

Big love, SU&D🧡

09/09/2026

26|9|26

Join us and Room TW2 DJs for Last Bus Home – a FREE ENTRY night at Bristol’s grass roots music venue, The Love Inn, and…

⭐️ WIN A PAIR OF ADULT SHINDIG FESTIVAL TICKETS WORTH £390 ON THE NIGHT! ⭐️

Shindig Festival has kindly donated this amazing raffle prize to help us raise funds for our charity partner Talk Club, which supports men aged 18+ to reach a better state of mental fitness, with the aim of preventing su***de.

One lucky winner will get to experience one of the South West’s best-loved independent festivals for the price of a raffle ticket.

From 6pm-10pm, DJs Angel Mel, Simon Lloyd, Rick Smith and Ben Daley will be delivering uplifting house tunes guaranteed to get you dancing.

See you on the dance floor.

SU&D 🧡

07/09/2026

Hey Folks! We are incredibly excited to announce the final acts for DeRailed in October, and it’s a cause very close to us..

We have the fabulous Speak Up & Dance crew heading over to Tetbury, with DJs Simon Lloyd and Graham S!

Speak Up & Dance is a Bristol based club-night born out of love, loss and a shared passion for house music and the power of the dance floor.

SU&D raises funds for Talk Club - they give men aged 18 - 80+ the chance to talk before it's too late, and we here at DeRailed cannot be prouder to support this.

More details to come but make sure you have a look at their website below to see what they are all about.

https://www.speakupanddance.com

Tickets are available now at https://tetburygoodsshed.co.uk/events/derailed-daytime-house-music-event-oct-2026/

Speak Up & Dance is a Bristol based club-night born out of love, loss and a shared passion for house music and the power of the dance floor. We exist in memory of our friend, Stuart Shone, and every night we run raises funds for our charity partner, Talk Club - they give men aged 18 - 80+ the chance...

05/09/2026

We're honoured to be joining Room TW2 DJs for Last Bus Home – an ‘early start, early finish’ FREE ENTRY night at Bristol’s independent music venue, The Love Inn.

Join the Speak Up & Dance crew as Angel Mel, Simon Lloyd, Rick Smith and host Ben Daley take to the decks with uplifting house tunes guaranteed to get you dancing.

WIN A PAIR OF ADULT SHINDIG FESTIVAL TICKETS WORTH £390 ON THE NIGHT!!

Our friends at Shindig Festival have kindly donated this amazing raffle prize to help us raise funds for Talk Club – giving one lucky winner the chance to experience one of the South West’s best-loved independent festivals for the price of a raffle ticket.

We’ll also be raising funds on the night through donations and sales of our fabulous ‘Stay Cool, Look Cool’ fans (card and cash).

See you on the dance floor (6pm-10pm).

SU&D 🧡

02/09/2026

ABOUT LAST FRIDAY

Huge thanks to Beautiful People and The Jam Jar for hosting us on Friday night.

It was brilliant to bring Speak Up & Dance to another venue and a new crowd. Huge gratitude to everyone who joined us on the dance floor and made a donation via Headfirst.

Our DJs, Simon Lloyd and DJ Emma, generously donated the majority of their fees from the night, with every penny going to Talk Club and their hugely valuable work supporting men towards better mental fitness.

COMING UP NEXT
26 | 9 | 26�6–10pm

Room TW2 Presents Last Bus Home — SU&D takeover at The Love Inn.

We’ll be sharing more details about the night soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

SU&D🧡

28/08/2026

We welcome back HB & JOHNSON to the series.

We now have our own website page where you can donate to Talk Club.

www.speakupanddance.com/music-for-walking

If this resonates, you can donate as little as £1 towards Talk Club - all funds go directly to the charity.

From the boys:

We’re delighted to bring you another mix for the fabulous Speak Up and Dance offshoot.

This starts off with some hip-hop, blends into some downtempo beats then brings you up (just a little) for the closing section.

We hope you enjoy this as much as we did putting it together for you.

Tune in, turn on and walk out. Enjoy!

HB & JOHNSON – Bio

Jim HB and Andy Johnson are DJs and producers from Shropshire, West Midlands. They have been DJing together on/off for more than 20 years, originally playing gigs and running their own nights in and around Wolverhampton but more recently playing at venues and festivals in Telford, Shrewsbury, and surrounding areas.

The guys also host a monthly show on Vocal Booth Radio; The Funky Vibes Mixtape, playing a mix of funky, soulful, disco, and deep house music.

You can find out more about HB & JOHNSON, see their gig list, and listen to their mixes and productions, by visiting their website: hbandjohnson.co.uk

Tracklist

The Streets - Never Went To Church (Guillemots Remix)
Public Enemy - Give It Up (Instrumental)
Cypress Hill - When The Ship Goes Down (Instrumental)
Nas - I Can
Ben Jamin - Buret
JezeBell - Burning Bush
Moby - Lie Down In Darkness (Ben Hoo's Dorian Vibe)
Imagination - Just an Illusion (Todd Terje Dub)
Green Grid - Warlocks
The Secret Garden - Weekend Away
Sault - Wildfires (SuckaSide's ASkillz Drums Mix)
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Live In Me (V4YS Rework)
Late Nite Tuff Guy - I'm Goin' Outta My Head

https://soundcloud.com/simon-lloyd/music-for-walking-hb-johnson-2

We welcome back HB & JOHNSON to the series. We now have our own website page where you can donate to Talk Club. www.speakupanddance.com/music-for-walking If this resonates, you can donate as little

26/08/2026

NEXT UP:

After their foot stomping, crowd pleasing, lift the roof off sets at the SU&D Shimmy Discotheque takeover at this year’s Shindig Festival, Simon Lloyd and DJ Emma will be joining forces once again, this time to delight the ears of Bristol.

Invited by hosts of the night Beautiful People, they will be joining DJs Emski and Trilogy to bring only the best house tunes to The Jam Jar.

📆 Friday 29 August, 21:00-02:00 (Free Entry 21:00-22:00)

📍 The Jam Jar, Little Ann St, St Jude's, Bristol BS2 9EB

🎟️ Buy your tickets and add a donation to Talk Club here at Headfirst https://hdfst.uk/e159480

See you on the dance floor.

SU&D🧡