Artful Dodger « UK Legends DJ Night »

Artful Dodger lands at Soul Mama Stratford on 10 October 2026 for a deep dive into UK garage. Emerging from Southampton’s late‑90s remix culture, the act helped carry 2‑step from underground rooms to the charts, fusing shuffling drums, house grooves and R&B hooks. Their catalogue still shapes the sound of the dancefloor, and this date zeroes in on that swing, those basslines and the vocal melodies that made the genre click.

On the decks, expect a DJ set built around their own anthems alongside the wider UKG canon: Re-Rewind, Movin’ Too Fast, Please Don’t Turn Me On, and cuts that connect garage with house and a touch of hip-hop. The selection favours tight blends, vocal chops and warm low end, more about momentum than nostalgia.

Released in 2000, the album It’s All About the Stragglers marked the moment garage crossed over; today, Artful Dodger still channels that energy in the booth, keeping the lineage alive for a new crowd. See them at Soul Mama Stratford, 40 Celebration Avenue, London E20 1DB, United Kingdom.