Complete
Confirmed events are indicated by a ♫Date | Valid | Event | Comments | |
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Jan | 04 | ♫ | Andy Anderson and his Zodiac Roadshow | £1 Didoz |
04 | ♫ | The New Super Experience Roller Disco | every Thursday Ballroom | |
11 | ♫ | DJ Tony Brennan | Didoz | |
11 | ♫ | Roller Disco Guest DJ's | Ballroom | |
18 | ♫ | Mick Rutter's Anniversary Celebration | Mick's been here for just one year, now he's giving away bubbly and beer £1 Didoz | |
25 | ♫ | Boogie The Night Away | £1 Didoz | |
27 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Crown Heights Affair |
£3 Ballroom 7.30pm | |
Feb | 01 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special | Free bubbly for every girl and free beer for every guy £1 Didoz |
3 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Roy Ayers |
Admission £3.50 7.30pm | |
10 | ♫ | First European Appearance of American Roller Disco | Starring Vincerelli, Pat The Cat, Iron Man, Amy Sattel and Paul Wershals £1.50 inc Skate Hire Ballroom | |
15 | ♫ | American Roller Disco | Starring Vincerelli, Pat The Cat, Iron Man, Amy Sattel and Paul Wershals £1.50 inc Skate Hire Ballroom | |
17 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Herbie Hancock |
Piano tuner came in on the 6th Feb at 12am
Tickets £3.50 Ballroom Herbie came on at 10pm and played a 2 hour set. The longest ever played at the California. |
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22 | ♫ | American Roller Disco | Starring Vincerelli, Pat The Cat, Iron Man, Amy Sattel and Paul Wershals £1.50 inc Skate Hire Ballroom | |
27 | ♫ | Amateur Boxing | 26 senior, junior and schoolboy rounds | |
Mar | 2 | ♫ | Roller Disco | |
3 | ♫ | Roller Marathon | ||
8 | Man Man | |||
08 | ♫ | Every Thursday! Come to Didoz, still the Top Club in the Area for Atmosphere and sound | Disco and Bistro £1 | |
10 | GG Watson | |||
15 | ♫ | Roller Disco | ||
17 | ♫ | Saturday Night skating | Ballroom | |
29 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights Didoz | |
31 | ♫ | Saturday Night skating Ballroom | ||
Apr | 3 | ♫ | Outlaw Promotions The Tom Robinson Band |
Support band may have been Straits. (Info sent in by Phil. Tks.) £2 Ballroom |
4 | ♫ | Dunstable College Rag Ball | TCOJ Band and Disco in Didoz | |
5 | Manu Dibango | |||
5 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights Didoz | |
12 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason Didoz | |
20 | ♫ | Roller Disco | Every Friday for Adults Only £1.50 Ballroom | |
21 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions The Players Association | plus DJ's Brother Louie & Kev Steed £3 Ballroom | |
26 | ♫ | Miracle Records/Penthouse/Radio Luxembourg Tony Prince and the Gorgeous Penthouse Girls | plus DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
26 | ♫ | Roller Disco Tony Prince and the Gorgeous Penthouse Girls | plus DJ Brother Louie Ballroom | |
May | 3 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz |
5 | ♫ | Inner Circle | £450 @ 65% gross over £1700 | |
10 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
12 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Brass Construction Gonzalez |
plus DJ's Brother Louie & Kev Steed £2.50 Ballroom (£1750) | |
17 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
18 | ♫ | Weekend Skating | 8-11pm 70p Ballroom | |
19 | ♫ | Weekend Skating | 8-11pm 70p Ballroom | |
24 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
24 | ♫ | Roller Disco | Ballroom | |
26 | ♫ | California Skate Park now open for summer | 50p session Ballroom | |
27 | ♫ | California Skate Park now open for summer | 50p session Ballroom | |
31 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds, Great Atmosphere | Free bubbly for hen nights. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
31 | ♫ | Roller Disco | Ballroom | |
Jun | 2 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Steel Pulse | £2.50p Ballroom |
4 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Doctor Feelgood | £2.50/£2.25 Ballroom | |
5 | ♫ | Ladies, satisfy your curiosity! Martin Russell, Black and White, Rhinestone Cowboy, Solitaire and Danny O'Dell | DJ Al Burnett £3.25inc Chicken Supper Didoz | |
7 | ♫ | Roller Disco | Ballroom | |
7 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
8 | ♫ | Weekend Skating | 8-11pm 70p Ballroom | |
9 | ♫ | Weekend Skating | 8-11pm 70p Ballroom | |
14 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
15 | ♫ | Hunks of Funk McFadden and Whitehead with Robbie Vincent and Froggy and his Roadshow | Plus DJ Brother Louie £1.50/£2 Didoz | |
20 | ♫ | Heatwave | in Didoz | |
21 | ♫ | Roller Disco Spiro Gyra |
Ballroom | |
21 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
23 | ♫ | Brass Construction | Admission £2.50 | |
28 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1 Didoz | |
30 | ♫ | Ilka Promotions Third World | Ballroom £2,250 60% over 1500 people | |
Jul | 12 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1.00 Didoz |
17 | ♫ | International Erotica Exclusively for Gentlemen! Top Line Acts | £4 Didoz | |
19 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1.00 Didoz | |
26 | ♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason £1.00 Didoz | |
28 | ♫ | Grover Washington Jr | We understand that this was the last act booked into the California by Ilka Promotions. IT WAS NOT.... the last night of the California despite what it says on the T-Shirt. | |
Aug | Mondays♫ | Roller Skating | 8-11 Over 20's Night Ballroom | |
Wednesdays♫ | Roller Skating | 8-11 Skate owners only Ballroom | ||
Thursdays♫ | Roller Disco With Guest DJs | £1 Ballroom | ||
♫ | Thursday Night Special Super Sounds | Great Atmosphere & Free bubbly for hen parties. DJ Clive Mason Didoz | ||
Fridays♫ | Roller Skating | 8-11 General skating Ballroom | ||
♫ | Satisfying Soul With DJ Gerry Bates | Didoz | ||
Saturdays♫ | Dance The Night Away With Guest DJ's | Didoz | ||
Sundays♫ | Roller Skating | 3-5.30 Family skating 7-9.30 General skating Ballroom |
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24 | ♫ | Six Hours Of Satisfying Soul With DJ Tony Paul | Didoz | |
Sep | Fridays♫ | Satisfying Soul | Didoz | |
Saturdays♫ | Dance The Night Away With Guest DJ's | Didoz | ||
4 | ♫ | Erotica Night For Gentlemen!!!! Ten International Acts | £4 Didoz | |
5 | ♫ | Ladies Party Night The Scarlet Pimernel & Lord Gordon(male strippers), Olga James(comedienne), Alan Wallis(vocalist), Mark Christian(drag) | £3.50/£4inl chicken supper Didoz | |
28 | ♫ | Friday Funk Fortress DJ Chris Brown from 'Frenchies' with Brother Louie and Robble Burns | £1.50/£2 Didoz | |
Oct | Thursdays♫ | Great Star Prizes to be won | £1 Didoz | |
Fridays♫ | The Funky Friday Fortress DJ's Brother Louie and Robbie Burns | £1.50 Didoz | ||
Saturdays♫ | The Liveliest Disco In Town Resident DJ and Guests | £1.50 Didoz | ||
12 | ♫ | DJ Steve Walsh from Purley All-Dayer and Invicta Radio with Robbie Burns | £1.50 Didoz | |
15 | ♫ | Swingles Every Monday in Didoz | 60p Didoz | |
Nov | 8 | ♫ | Thursday Night Is Party Night | Free bubbly for hen parties £1 Didoz |
9 | ♫ | Robbie Vincent | £2 Didoz | |
24 | ♫ | Adrian Juste from Radio One | £2 Didoz | |
Dec | 3 | ♫ | National Disco Dancing Championships | |
7 | ♫ | DJ Tom Holland from 'Lacey Lady' with Brother Louie & Robbie Burns | £1.50/£2 Didoz | |
13 | ♫ | Great Christmas Warm-Up Disco | Didoz | |
14 | ♫ | DJ Chris Brown from 'Frenchies' | Didoz | |
15 | ♫ | Christmas Special Half price Pernod all night | Didoz | |
20 | ♫ | Festive Farewell Programme Simon Bates from Radio One | £2 Didoz | |
21 | ♫ | Santa's Soul Night | Admission £1.50 | |
22 | ♫ | Christmas Celebration Disco | Admission £2 | |
24 | ♫ | Christmas Eve Party | Admission £1.50 | |
27 | ♫ | Hangover Road Show | Admission Free | |
28 | ♫ | Final Funky Friday | Admission 50p | |
29 | ♫ | Superdisco | Admission £1.50p | |
30 | ♫ | Simon Bates | Admission £2 | |
31 | ♫ | Grand Finale
Farewell disco with Robbie Vincent plus Brother Louie, Robby Burns, Tony Paul, Gerry Bates |
Admission £3.00 8.00pm 'till 2.00am ticket gives access to the ballroom and Didoz |
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