Listings

A living list of gigs, livestreams and one-off sessions from 2002 to today

24-26.07.26“Welcome to Carnivalism” Weekend Takeover

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Carnivalism, friends and special guests. 3 days of music outside – Free events don’t get better than this.

11.07.26Deep Excursions 7 with Dom Forbes and Al Fiasco

Venn Radio
15:00 – 16:00

04.07.26Radio Dionysus #7 with Al Fiasco – Matt Richards Guest Mix

Venn Radio

13.06.26Deep Excursions 6 with Dom Forbes

Venn Radio
15:00 – 16:00

06.06.26Radio Dionysus #6 with Al Fiasco – Dom Forbes Guest Mix

Venn Radio

29.05.26Carnivalism & BOA Music Festival

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

All night long, Carnivalism kick off the weekend.

23.05.26GFF – Matt Richards

Shindig Festival

09.05.26Deep Excursions 5 with Dom Forbes

Venn Radio
15:00 – 16:00

26.04.26Twitch GFF Shindig Countdown Showcase – Matt Richards

Live Stream on Twitch 18:00-19:00
Broadcast from @Globalfunkfam and @carnivalismdjs channels

11.04.26Deep Excursions 4 with Dom Forbes

Venn Radio
15:00 – 16:00

26.02.26Dom Forbes

Bunch of Grapes, Bradford on Avon
18:00 – 21:00

Dom spinning some Low-key tunes for fundraiser event

14.02.26Vinyl Gathering – Matt Richards

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

21.11.25Vinyl Gathering 1st Birthday

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

03.10.25Vinyl Gathering – Dom Forbes

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

26.07.25Carnivalism x Three Horseshoes

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon
14:00 – 19:00

Daytime Dancing in the sun

04.07.25Vinyl Gathering – Dom Forbes

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

30.05.25Carnivalism x Three Horseshoes – BOA Music Festival

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon
18:00 – Close

19.04.25Vinyl Gathering – Matt Richards

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

29.03.25Vinyl Gathering – Dom Forbes

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting.

21.03.25Winter Warmers Vol.3 – Matt Richards, Dom Forbes, Plus Guests

Twitch
7:00 – late

Back-to-mine sessions with guest DJs, live on Twitch

27.02.25Vinyl Gathering – Dom Forbes

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon
9:30 – 10:00

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting

21.02.25Winter Warmers Vol.2 – Matt Richards, Dom Forbes

Twitch
7:00 – 12:00

Back-to-mine sessions with guest DJs, live on Twitch

24.01.25Winter Warmers Vol.1 – Matt Richards, Dom Forbes, Louis Mars

Twitch
7:00 – 01:00

Back-to-mine sessions with guest DJs, live on Twitch

10.01.25Vinyl Gathering – Matt Richards

Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon
8:30 – 9:15

Decks in the pub! Local record collectors spinning music to open the mind and elevate the soul, in a friendly and sociable setting

28.12.24Lovelife Disco Festive Funk Up

8pm – 1am

Guest DJs, closing the night. Celebrate the season with a fun n funky night of Disco, Nu-Disco and infectious grooves brought to you by LOVE LIFE DISCO

12.10.24Private Party

With friends London E11
8pm – 1am

24.08.24Private Party

Somewhere near Norwich

13.07.24Carnivalism & Guests x Cross Guns

3pm – 10pm

A Balearic journey in an incredible location. Saturday 13 July 2024.

06.07.24Secret Festival – Matt Richards

12am – 4:30am

05.06.24Private Party – Matt Richards

Somewhere near Norwich

23.03.24WNBC.LONDON Low Yo Yo Disco

The White Hart, 96 Church Road, Crystal Palace, London, Greater London, SE19 2EZ
8pm – 1am

We continue with host Larry B at his monthly residency.

23.03.24WNBC.LONDON Low Yo Yo Radio

The Book and Record Bar
3pm – 5pm

Featuring host Larry B and special guests Dom Forbes and Matt Richards from Carnivalism, broadcasting live on WNBC.London from The Book and Record Bar to West Norwood and beyond!

16.03.24Hit & Run

Twitch Livestream

2022

03.12.22Carnivalism x Skate BOA Christmas Cracker

7pm – 12pm

Carnivalism are going Christmas Crackers for SkateBoA. A festive knees up to raise cash for the new Bradford on Avon Skatepark fund. Tickets £10 plus booking fee.

03.12.22Padel Social Club @ Babington House

Babington House
1pm – 5pm

Matt Richards plays a musical background in the grounds to mark the official end of Padel Social Club’s season.

20.08.22Carnivalism x Cross Guns

3pm – 10pm

A Balearic journey in an incredible location. Saturday August 2022.

09.07.22Secret Festival – Matt Richards

12am – 4:30am

2021

10.21WNBC.LONDON Low Yo Yo Radio

The Book and Record Bar
12am – 3pm

Featuring host Larry B and special guests Dom Forbes and Matt Richards from Carnivalism, broadcasting live on WNBC.London from The Book and Record Bar to West Norwood and beyond!

02.05.21Rule of 6 Garden Party

Twitch Livestream

13.02.21Lockdown Love In

Twitch Livestream

2020

12.12.20Noel-A Carnivalism Christmas Party

Twitch Livestream

07.11.20Isolation Celebration

Twitch Livestream

29.08.20Lets Dance! Bank Holiday Virtual Disco

Twitch Livestream

23.05.20Spring Bank Holiday Lockdown Disco

Twitch Livestream

08.05.20Bank Holiday Dance Off

Twitch Livestream
2pm-11pm

2015

5-7.06.15Low Life Present Wildlife Festival

Pizza Bus

Matt & Larry play B2B on the Pizza Bus

2014

14.09.14Electronic 17 @ Wildcard Brewery

Electronic 17 at Wildcard Brewery
Unit 7,Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street, E17 9HQ
1pm to 10pm

Kat Richmond, Pej-Esotericsoul, The Massivehead Soundsystem feat. Airport Convention, Spiritmoves (live) and Mally, Gon7o (live), TBX, Matt Richards, Gas Gas Gas

2012

27.05.12Engagement Party

The White Horse,153 Hoxton Street, N1 6PJ,London

2010

26.11.10Carnivalism_Movember Party

Friday, 26th November, White Swan, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, SW1v 2SA
7-1am, free entry

27.03.10Soulshot – Saturday Night Shakedown

Saturday, 27 March, Gramaphone Bar, 60-62 Commercial Street, Spitafields, E1 6LT
19:30 ’til late, free entry

13.03.10Free Thinking Minds

Saturday 13th March, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry.

Matt joins Al Mackenzie and Adam Jones.

13.02.10Free Thinking Minds

Saturday 13th February, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry.

Dom & Matt team up with Al Mackenzie and Johnny Freeman.

10.01.10Free Thinking Minds

Saturday 10th January, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry.

A new year and another session of eclectic delights.

2009

18.12.09Monkey Tennis

Friday 18th December,Bay Vinyl,6 Inverness St, Camden Town,NW1 7HJ
20:00-02:00

Your residents Larry and Matt are very pleased to bring the heat with a mixture of disco and house music to make you boogie down. This month we are very pleased to invite the Matt Richards (Carnivalism) to join us.

12.12.09Free Thinking Minds

Saturday 12th December, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry.

Al had so much with Matt at the last one he’s asked him to return for this pre-Yuletide gathering. Come on, have a beer and a boogie. you know you want to!

19.11.09Soulshot Winter Warmer

Thursday 19th November, Gramaphone Bar, 60-62 Commercial Street, Spitafields, E1 6LT
19:30 ’til late , free entry.

Coxy is joined by the Carnivalism Crew (Dom and Matt) & the other half of Monkey Tennis (Larry).
We’ll be mixing up a smouldering, sexy mix of edit disco, nu-disco and soulful house.

14.11.09Free Thinking Minds

Saturday 14th November, The Britannia Pub, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT
21:00-02:00, free entry.

Matt joins Al Mackenzie (D:ream) at the launch of his new night at this East London Boozer over looking Victoria Park. Expect a Variety to musical influences from Reggae to Deep House.

28.03.09Carnivalism Dates Soulshot

Saturday 28th March, 20:00-03:00, free before 11, £5 afterwards

The legendary Salmon and Compass is closing its doors for the last time. To pay our respects, our good friends at Soulshot have invited us to join them at a final party on Saturday 28th March. Playing the best in edit and classic disco, basement soul and jacking house in true Soulshot style. It would be great as always to see you as this venue deserves a full house for the years of service to London’s dancers and party people!

14.02.09Carnivalism @ the White Swan

Saturday, 14 February 2009, 21:00-00:00
Nearest working tubes that weekend are St James’ Park and Victoria, or Vauxhall mainline train

We’re getting the band back together. Who’s up for some parties in 2009?
To start things off in a small way, Dom & Matt will be playing in a happily disorganised manner at a pub in Pimlico on Saturday 14th February. So put your Valentine aside for the night and come and give us some lovin’.

Welcome back!

2005

28.05.05Frigate, Another Lets Have a Boat Party!

Saturday 28th May 2005, Viscountess, Festival Pier
Boarding 8:30pm, Mooring 3:00am

The Frigate is back for some messing about on the River Thames, it’s another boat party and it’s another bank holiday weekend spectacular. We’ll be playing deep & dirty house, twisted beats and soulful disco classics, so you can dance around, feed the birds and shout at the bridges like South Bank nutters. ALL ABOARD!

Tickets £13 plus booking fee

2004

25.09.04Scram @ the Progress Bar Frigate After Party

Saturday 25th September, 21:00-02:00
162 Tufnell Park Road, N7

For dirtier dancing until 2am. One free drink for all boat party ticket holders and drink offers for all.

25.09.04Frigate, Another Lets Have a Boat Party!

Saturday 25th September, The good ship Abercorn, Festival Pier
Boarding 1.45pm, Mooring 7:00pm

Ahoy Oi! The Frigate is back on the waters again so dig out those dancing deck shoes. Andy and Claire buenodisco and Matt & Dom (Carnivalism) provide the soundtrack to Fridate’s second tour of the Thames.
Expect sounds to be of the finest quality house and soulful disco variety so you can dance around and scream underneath bridges all afternoon.

Tickets £15 in advance.

20.08.04Fling Presents the Big One

Friday 20th August, Parker Place Bar, Parker Street.
Open ’til 2:00am, free entry

Matt Cox | Lee Pearce | Matt Richards (Carnivalism/Scram)

Fling is one year old and to celebrate we are having a great big birthday party where we stay up late, get drunk, chat a little and dance a lot.

There will be lots of disco from Mr Cox, lots of funky chunky stuff from Mr Pearce and lots of dirty gritty tings from Mr Richards.

01.05.04Frigate, Lets Have a Boat Party!

Saturday 1st May, The Golden Jubilee, Temple Pier
Boarding 8.45pm, Mooring 2:00am

May Day! May Day! Bank Hoilday weekend spectacular from the people that bring you Carnivalism  and Buenodiscoclub to all you able seamen…Five hours of messing about on the River Thames with a whole load of deep & dirty house, twisted beats and bagsful of soulful disco classics. Guest DJ – GIRO (Illegalnature)

Tickets £12 in advance

All aboard!

31.01.04Scram @ the Progress Bar

Saturday 31st January, 20:00-02:00
162 Tufnell Park Road, N7

Matt Richards monthly residency continues into 2004 with more fun & frolics.

2003

20.12.03Scram @ the Progress Bar

Saturday 20th December, 20:00-02:00
162 Tufnell Park Road, N7

Pull a festive cracker with Matt Richards as he kicks off the season’s festivities at his new residency.  Last month saw dancing on chairs, tables and anything else that supported drunken feet!

18.10.03Scram @ the Progress Bar

Saturday 18th October, 20:00-02:00
162 Tufnell Park Road, N7

Seem ages since our anniversary party that ended up as a 2 day road block.  Come reminisce in this classy little number of a boozer, food, pool, decent cocktails and (of course) Matt & Dom providing your their finest.

24.08.03Carnivalism’s 1st Birthday – Nottinghill Carnival

Sunday 24th August, 14:00 – late, North Pole, 13-15 North Pole Road, W12

Matt & Dom host an all day-er at the Carnival itself. With a wealth of special guests. We’ll be bringing all our old favorites as well as our shiny new ones.

Here is an approximate line up for the day

14:00 Dom & Matt – Carnivalism
14:00 – Buenodiscoclub
16:00 Nick – A taste of Trinidad
16:45 Marcus Price – Dragon/ Embassy
17:30 Horacio – Takeaway (Geneva)
18:15 Dom – Carnivalism
20:15 Matt – Carnivalism
22:15 All Pile On

Special birthday presents will be given out during the day you lucky people!

01.08.03Buenodiscoclub – Bar Solo

This could be a cheeky one.  Dave Took and Anthony Jones play house and bleeps, joined by matt and dom (carnivalism).

Friday 1st August.  8pm – 1am free entry
Colour (underneath bar solo), Inverness street, Camden NW1.

14.07.03Buenodiscoclub – Dogstar

Dom joins Andy & Claire at their anything goes session at The Dogstar in Brixton.

Monday 14th July,  8:00pm-1:00am

05.07.03Carnivalism – Play

What is soon becoming a regular home for proceedings, we bring you further fun and frolics in Old St.  Expect the usual, unusual and more downright dirtiness.  We warmly welcome Marcus Price as Special guest who will be funkin’ you up from the outset.  Marcus frequents the likes of Dragon, Charterhouse & Embassy with his fusion on funk, soul and hip-hop.

Saturday 5th July, 9:00pm-4:00am
Play 58 Old St, EC1
For free entry on guestlist mail guestlist@carnivalism.onyx-sites.io with your names.

25.05.03Buenodiscoclub

Returning the favor to Andy & Claire, Matt & Dom  provide support for their last event at the Lincoln Lounge before moving onto pastures new.   Bank Holiday Sunday mischief guaranteed with no school in the morning!

Free entry
Sunday 25th May,  18:00 onwards
Lincoln Lounge, York Way, N1
tube: Kings Cross, it’s 2 minutes from station

03.05.03Carnivalism – Play

After such a great night in March, Carnivalism once more assumes the party position at Play.  This month we introduce special Guests Andy & Claire ( Buenodisco Club).  Morris Dancers more than welcome.

Saturday 3rd May, 9:00pm-4:00am
Play 58 Old St, EC1
For free entry on guestlist mail guestlist@carnivalism.onyx-sites.io with your names.

02.05.03Zig Zag

How about this for a pre Carnivalism warm up?  Matt joins Jo Sue (crazy Larry’s) at Notting Hill’s Zig Zag.

Free entry. Cocktails & grub
1st & 3rd Friday of the month 7.30 to 12.00
Zig Zag All Saints Road, W11

04.04.03Zig Zag

Matt joins Jo Sue (crazy Larry’s) for a new regular bi-weekly at Notting Hill’s Zig Zag.

Free entry. Cocktails & grub
1st & 3rd Friday of the month 7.30 to 12.00
Zig Zag All Saints Road, W11

07.03.03Carnivalism – Play

Carnivalism goes East for a Spring warm up at Play EC1.  We bring you the deepest house and the funkiest beats in the field with a twist of the old skool too.

Free entry on guestlist
Friday 7th March, 9:00pm-Way past bedtime
Play 58 Old St, EC1

23.02.03Buenodiscoclub

If anyone fancies a nice gentle close to the weekend, a few beers in a cosy bar, chilled out tunes, funky beats, you should come to see Dom join Andy & Claire at the buenodiscoclub

Free entry, Sunday 23rd Feb, 4pm-10:30pm
Lincoln Lounge,York Way, N1
tube: Kings Cross, it’s 2 minutes from station

07.02.03Carnivalism – Sub Logic

In love with music?

Come and continue the affair as the Carnivalism duo get you in the valentine’s mood with sexy house, latino beats and much more teasing and pleasing!

Five of your English Pounds
Friday 7th February, 9:00pm-3:00am
Sub Logic 5-6 Argyll St. W1

2002

28.12.02Carnivalism – Down

Carnivalism’s Matt Richards & Dom Forbes bring you a festive episode of musical delights.

3 English Pounds entry
Saturday 28th December, 8:00pm-2:00am
”down” at the bar & dining house

Merry Christmas to one and all.

25.08.02Carnivalism – Bar West 12

Join us for a post carnival mash up of chunky tunes, deep house, funky beats and whatever the hell else takes our fancy….

£3 on the door
Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August, 8:00pm-1:00am
W12 Bar, Askew Road, W12