What happened to the link to purchase?

20th Feb is still going ahead – It’s just became a “sample” night.

From a few conversations regarding this new club night… It is clear that a lot of students seem hesitant and think it a bad idea, yet never tried a Silent Disco. So with this in mind. This event is (For one night only) a Free entry event.

£0 on the door (Yup. FREE) – Limited to first 100 folks to wanna nosey. First come first served.

The 3 choices of music on offer this night will be as follows…

Channel 1 – Sing along anthems
Channel 2 – Cameron’s Dance Beat’s
Channel 3 – Anything is possible…

So come try it out. You might surprise yourself and enjoy it a lot more than you thought possible!

20th Feb is Happening!

20th Feb we are coming back to Silent Disco party – This time though the cost is slightly different.

£5 (plus fees) if booking online

£7 on the door.

The 3 choices of music on offer this night will be as follows…

Channel 1 – Sing along anthems
Channel 2 – Cameron’s Dance Beat’s
Channel 3 – ???

Eventbrite Link

Wait, what’s ??? Well, the 3rd channel is in your hands. Head to canned_beats on instagram and tell us what you would like to have played. Most popular music genre given will be the one played.

First event completed!

With the first event in the books – A few lessons learned and one minor issue to resolve. I just wanted to provide a few updates on the next event.

Firstly – Thanks to everyone who took a chance on the night. Hope you all had fun! (feedback has been mostly positive!)

Second – It’s hard to justify a price for a night out at £10 per head. I know especially in the current economy that whilst it doesn’t appear expensive that it might be out of range of most people. So for one night only – I’m currently thinking of ways to implement a lesser charge for the next event. There’s a few reasons.

1. Most people feedback that they don’t know what a Silent Disco is.
2. Most people in the SU are indeed Students and well – if they were given the option of free entry versus paid entry – Free entry wins every time lol. BUT this isn’t a Union organised night, and as such bills still need to be paid. Also – Headsets ain’t free. Getting a second DJ isn’t free. Hiring the room isn’t free. So I can’t just go “Free entry” and expect to be able to also pay the folk who DJ on the night.

So with that in mind. Next event could be £8 for general entry, £6 if you are a student. Just need to work out the best practice for advanced entry which might take a while so this event will most likely be charged at the door on the night instead of it being a ticketed event.

First event coming up!

Want to be part of the first Silent Disco event being set up and happening in the Students’ Union’s Wee Bar? Want to pay in advance just to be sure you secure your place? Click the link below. If this event sells out? Then keep your eyes peeled here for information about the next upcoming event.

The 3 choices of music on offer this night will be as follows…

Channel 1 – Guilty Pleasures
Channel 2 – Cameron’s Dance Pleasures
Channel 3 – Laid back beats

If you’re wanting to get a headset in advance and ensure a spot? – You can order via the link below!

Eventbrite Link

What is a Silent Disco?

In essence, a Silent disco is normally found in a tent at a festival. If you ever walked into one without headphones, What will you be greeted with? People with headsets on who will be shuffling, dancing, and sometimes singing along to their favourite song – Because the music they are listening to is coming from the headphones provided at the event. This means that the room is otherwise quiet enough to have a pleasent chat – so no shouting at each other. And the volume of music is not there to cause sore throats at the end of the night… Unless you were singing all night long!

How it works is that each controller instead of going through a speaker system is going through a transmitter. This transmitter will send out what is being played via an FM signal through a preset channel.

The headsets can change channels just by the press of a button. This allows you to jump between the 3 preset channels and listen in to each channel. So, say for example Channel 1 isn’t playing a song you like? Change the channel and discover what Channel 2 or 3 might have instead! You’re not restricted to 1 channel all night long. And if you find a groovy beat or an absolute banger of a tune you can always tell your friends to join in!

The noise level coming from the headsets can also be controlled by a flick switch – Too quiet? – Flick it up a few times. Too loud?, flick it the opposite way a few times, until you find the audio level you are happy with.

If you have any questions, queries or even just want to suggest a music format for the next time round – By all means, Leave a message on our Instagram page – We’d love to hear from you.

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