Over the years, Dirty Disco has roamed from legendary venues like MiNT Club to disused car garages in the red light district.
Out of action for a year, finally organisers are ready to reveal details of their much anticipated 15th birthday party.
Promising a 12 hour non-stop summer special, it'll roll into the newly-refurbished MINT Warehouse on Saturday 21st August, taking over three rooms with house and techno vibes from friends old and new.
With big hitting favorites like Shonky, Bushwacka!, Robert James, Greg Lord already confirmed, plus some surprise headliners still in their back pocket.
They'll be joined by local selectors doing back-to-back sets, like Annie Errez B2b Reeshy, Ste Roberts B2b Nadsat, Matt Long B2b2 Gav Paul.
Dirty Disco has always had a proudly independent spirit and unwavering devotion to anarchistic fun and a soundtrack provided by a mix of cutting-edge new acts and enduring pioneers.
For all these reasons it holds a special place in the hearts of many clubbers from Leeds, the North and beyond, and no doubt shaped the city's underground scene over the past 15 years - as well as many lifelong clubbing friendships.
The memories, the madness and the music will all be in hot supply, and the venue is suitably special. MiNT Warehouse has been refitted recently and now boasts a new, bespoke Funktion One Evo 7 sound system.
Musically all bases are covered. There will be a Dirty Disco debut for tech house titan Bushwacka!, whose live streams in lockdown have been incredible, as well as a first set for Apollonia man and French house hero Shonky at MiNT since its refurb.
Add in WHP resident Greg Lord, all in the original Dirty Disco residents and some very special friends from over the years and you have a sure-fire recipe for a historic birthday get down.
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
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Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
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Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
Yorkshire-set Christmas film by Leeds director starring Richard E. Grant set to hit UK cinemas next month
Clementine Hall
A brand-new Christmas film is hitting cinemas nationwide next month - and it’s a proper Leeds success story.
Jack Spring directed his first feature film at just 19 years old and has spent the last decade carving out a career in independent film, as well as co-founding Leeds-based production company Shush Films.
His first movie, Destination: Dewsbury, was shot just down the road in - you guessed it - Dewsbury. And after moving to Leeds from Grimsby, Jack became determined to build his business from the city, putting down roots and growing his production company here.
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Now, after years of working on independent projects, Jack has taken his biggest leap yet with a brand-new Christmas film, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint.
Set in Yorkshire, Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint follows Aubrey Flint, a reclusive model soldier painter with a lifelong hatred of Christmas, who is sentenced to community service at Willow Lodge - a retirement home on the brink of closure.
Roped into helping with a chaotic production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Aubrey clashes with its interesting set of residents...
And the cast is about as star-studded as it gets, featuring Richard E. Grant, John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Adjoa Andoh, Sophia Di Martino, Adrian Rawlins and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
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The heartwarming festive comedy will hit cinemas nationwide on Friday 6 November - a huge milestone for a Leeds-based director and production company, taking a homegrown Yorkshire story to audiences across the country.
You just can't beat a proper wholesome British Christmas film, so you can best believe we'll be watching in the cinema, popcorn in hand.
Georgina Pellant -
4th June 2021 
