Stroud's Bashiest Clubnight
Friday 31st July, 8pm–1am
Strictly 18+
Less screw face. More bass face.
When summer hits Stroud, you know what time it is.
After years of road-blocking venues, packing out dancefloors and building a reputation as one of the town's most notorious underground parties, BAG A TINGS finally lands back at the SVA for a full tropical bass takeover.
Brought to you by local party heavyweights Ragga Shed and The Bass Bin, and hosted by Bristol underground veteran MC Bo, this is the club night where reggae, rave and sound system culture collides with modern UK bass music, Latin club energy and global underground dance sounds.
Expect a heavyweight journey through:
Bashment
Dancehall
UK Garage
UK Funky
Afrobeats
Baile Funk
Reggaeton
Kuduro
Batida
Grime
140
Tropical Bass
Latin Club Sounds
Bassline Rollers
From Kingston to Rio. From Luanda to London. From São Paulo to Bristol.
BAG A TINGS celebrates the sounds currently reshaping dancefloors across the UK underground.
Built on the foundations of Caribbean sound system culture, today's tropical club sounds fuse the percussive energy of Dancehall, Soca, Afrobeats, Baile Funk, Reggaeton and Kuduro with the heavyweight low-end pressure of UK bass music. The result is a new generation of club music designed for one thing: movement.
Deep rolling sub-bass. Dembow rhythms. Afro-diasporic percussion. UK Garage swing. Dancehall bounce. Tropical pressure.
This is music engineered for the dancefloor.
And like all proper sound system culture, bass comes first.
Expect the music to be delivered through a powerful soundsystem built to maximise the physical impact of every kick drum, bassline and syncopated rhythm. This isn't background music. It's a full-body experience.
HOSTED BY
MC BO (BRISTOL BO)
A veteran of the Bristol underground rave scene, MC Bo has spent more than a decade commanding dancefloors across the South West. Best known for his roots in Drum & Bass and Jungle culture, he has become a familiar voice throughout Bristol's nightlife circuit and a respected resident with Kronic Bass.
Known for his infectious energy, razor-sharp mic work and ability to lift a crowd at exactly the right moment, Bo has hosted countless heavyweight bass music events, bringing the kind of authentic soundsystem presence that turns a good dance into an unforgettable one.
Expect live mic pressure, crowd interaction and pure rave energy throughout the night.
THE LINE-UP
RINKLEE P
A vinyl dancehall specialist with crates packed full of Caribbean classics, soundsystem favourites and heavyweight dancehall pressure. Expect authentic selections, deep cuts and big tunes spanning the full spectrum of dancehall culture.
JESSIE RIOT
One of the most exciting selectors on the local scene right now, bringing high-energy UKG, speed garage and D&B pressure to the dancefloor. Fast-rising and impossible to ignore, Jessie Riot has been lighting up dancefloors across the region all summer long with bass-heavy selections and peak-time energy.
SAUCE (aka Selector Sauce / Laurence Kapoor)
A key figure in Gloucestershire's music scene and one of the county's leading promoters of reggae, rave and sound system culture, Sauce has spent years building and supporting grassroots sessions through DJing, promotion and community-led events.
Founder of SoundHouse, Ragga Shed and Barrio Sounds – and a long-time driving force behind sessions at Stroud Brewery – he's helped shape and sustain the local music landscape while championing independent culture at every level.
Behind the decks, Sauce delivers a bass-heavy blend of Bashment, Dancehall, UK Garage, Tropical Bass and global club sounds, drawing on deep soundsystem roots while keeping one eye firmly fixed on the dancefloor.
QUEEN V B2B LMSKN
A very special extended two-hour back-to-back session exploring Latin Bass, Baile Funk, Reggaeton, Grime, 140, Afrobeats, Batida, Kuduro and tropical club sounds from across the global underground.
Expect pure multi-genre madness as two heavyweight selectors go tune-for-tune, digging deep into their collections and trying to outdo each other with bigger basslines, wilder rhythms and dancefloor weapons from every corner of the underground.
No rules.
No limits.
Just banger after banger after banger.
Come and see who's got the biggest tunes.
From Angolan Batida and Kuduro to Brazilian Baile Funk, Dancehall, UK Funky, Afrobeats and Latin club sounds, these genres have become defining forces in contemporary underground culture, bringing infectious rhythms, global influences and pure dancefloor energy to a new generation of ravers.
No VIP areas.
No posing.
No standing around checking your phone.
Just a room full of people losing themselves in basslines, percussion and tropical heat.
Big-room dancehall anthems.
Bass-heavy bashy blaps.
High-energy dancehall winders.
Waistlines working overtime.
Caribbean heat.
Latin energy.
Global rhythms.
Underground bass.
The sound of the city comes to Stroud.
Whether you're a seasoned soundsystem veteran, a UKG devotee, a dancehall fanatic, an Afrobeats lover, a bass music obsessive or simply looking for the most energetic party in town, BAG A TINGS delivers the kind of night people talk about for weeks afterwards.