Introducing the Already Here verified badge/tick from The Solent Metropolitan!
This is awarded to cultural activities that are so immersive that you feel you want to be nowhere else. FOMO free zone.
Our first 2 awards go to
- the Latin/Salsa/Bachata/Kizomba weekly classes and monthly nights across the Solent: Tracies Latin Club Southampton, Latin Interactive Southampton, Salsa Solent, Portsmouth and so on. Here, the music is the foundation. Open to newcomers, while the commitment everyone has to go beyond novelty, learning the art over time, through successive classes, aspiring to the skills of those who have been coming longer. Friendships and community developed, wholesome enjoyment built over time. Multi-generational. Wonders for mental health. This is an example of the new movement in socialising, we feel, rather than high expectation confined to one-off nights out at convential establishments.
- UnMade Radio, Portsmouth. This station really feels like it has its heart in Portsmouth and Southsea, with a sincere commitment to the scene right here. While at the same time, growing its presence on the world stage of radio, enabling its artists and DJs to grow recognition to be sought after elsewhere. But never feels solely an "academy", a vehicle for people to move on to something. It's genuine community centric outlet. We salute you. Portsmouth has a long a history of electronica and outlets: from pirate stations: Deltaforce radio on 107 and Red Apple radio in the 1990s, to various events in the Pyramids and small but perfectly formed club nights in the small annexed nightclub area.
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