For awards nights
The therapy no one asked for.
R&B and soul from the last award to carriages. A specialist DJ and an MC who get a room of a thousand in black tie singing.
- Everyone sings
- Nobody dragged up
- Four sessions
- One invoice
The problem
Your guests paid for the after-party. Most of them won't dance.
£4,350+
a table at a London awards in 2026, with the after-party written into the ticket. Building Awards and PR Week Awards, 2026.
59%
of Britons are uncomfortable dancing in front of colleagues at a work party. YouGov, Dec 2025.
7%
start the dancing. 33% join once others do. Same YouGov survey.
Most DJs play to the 7%. This is built for everyone else.
84%
would rather watch people having fun than people dancing well. YouGov, Dec 2025.
24%
of UK workers have felt pressure to drink at work events. IPPR, Oct 2025.
37%
left a night early last quarter because the alcohol-free options were poor. KAM for Lucky Saint, Jul 2025.
So the floor's empty, the room splits into cliques at the bar, and the people drinking less head home first. Singing fixes that. Nobody has to dance, and nobody has to be drunk to join in.
Why now
Awards are booming. So are the songs.
57%
more awards ceremony enquiries, and 50% more value per event, first half of 2026 on 2025. VenueScanner, UK, Jul 2026.
25%
more people listening to Kisstory R&B than a year ago. 90s and 00s stations up nearly half. RAJAR Q2 2026.
Faster
Groups that sing together bond faster than groups that don't. University of Oxford, 2015.
The night
From the last award to carriages.
Four sessions, about half an hour each. Here's a night where the last award goes at half ten.
22.30, Check-In. Soul and Motown
The MC calls tonight's winners onto the floor for the first record. Everyone else follows the trophies.
23.05, The Battle. Two sides, loudest wins
The MC splits the room down the middle. Your sponsor's name goes on it, on the mic.
23.40, Group Therapy. The guilty pleasures
Your head judge knows every word. They'll deny it in the morning.
00.15, Discharged. Garage to finish
Rewinds are earned, not given.
01.00, Carriages
Lunch awards too. The same four, from the last award to about nine.
The music
Records the whole room knows the words to.
- Motown
- Soul
- 90s and 2000s R&B
- Garage, on top
- Not included,
No Sweet Caroline. - Not included,
No YMCA. - Not included,
No Mr Brightside. - Not included,
No ABBA.
Guilty pleasures are welcome. Wedding cheese isn't.
Compared honestly
What else you could book. Including me.
| A DJ you book yourself | The venue's or producer's DJ | A function band | A big-name act | Bingo or karaoke | This | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plays to your room | Depends | Depends | No | No | No | Yes |
| Brings in the ones who don't dance | No | No | Some | For one set | Yes | Yes |
| The music comes first | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Lasts till carriages | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Fits round your run sheet | Depends | Yes | Some | No | Yes | Yes |
| A sponsor can put their name on it | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nothing for you to organise | No | Yes | Some | No | Some | Yes |
| The cheapest | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
How I see it, not a survey. I lose on price, and it's year one.
Why book me
Same reason you'd use a recruiter when you've got HR.
Specialists, not a roster
One genre, done properly
Arenas and festivals
The DJ and MC, between them
An MC who works the room
Not a comedian with a mic
A format, not just a booking
Four sessions, built round you
Booked direct
I know the DJs worth booking
Covered if someone's ill
Same standard, no extra cost
Ten years selling software, so I've been the guest at plenty of these. I'm not a DJ, before you ask. You get the names once you've booked.
For your sponsor pack
An after-party you can sell.
Most sponsor packs we looked at stop at the drinks reception. This gives you one more line to sell, and what you charge for it is yours.
Their name on the night
"The [Sponsor] After-Party"
The showdown, on the mic
Their name on The Battle
A ready-made page
For your sponsor deck, from me
I don't promise what a sponsor will pay. That's your market, and you know it better than me.
What I promise, and what I won't
Straight, both ways.
I promise
- The whole room in, not just the dancers.
- A run sheet built round yours, signed off a week before.
- If a performer can't make it, one of the same standard.
- If I can't deliver at all, a new date or every penny back.
What you won't get
- A promise that everyone dances. Nobody can. Nobody gets dragged up either.
- Screens, apps or games kit. It's a DJ, an MC and the room.
How it works
Three steps. One invoice.
Step 1, Tell me your date
At least eight weeks out. Earlier if it's a big night.
Step 2, One invoice
Paid before anyone's booked. No surprises after.
Step 3, We turn up early
Your venue's sound, a table and a socket. That's all I need.
- For next year
- A short clip of the after-party, for selling next year's tables. Nobody's face in it unless you say so.
- Upgrades
- A live act, or a full film of your night. Ask.
- Where
- London and the South East. Further, ask.
- Cancel
- Any time. The booking terms say what's due.
- A company party
- Same night. Ask.
Or call 07930 274299. It comes straight to me. Entertaining your own clients instead? That's the Residency.