the 52nd Southport Weekender will be the last

Southport Weekender 2015

Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May 2015
Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SH, England MAP
£195 per person, secured with £70pp deposit

Daily capacity: 6,500

Last updated: Fri 20th Mar 2015

The 52nd Southport Weekender which takes place at Butlins Minehead Resort, from Friday 8th until Sunday 10th May 2015 will in fact be the last Weekender.

Organisers of the event which has run for 28 years have made the following statement:

"It is with heartfelt sadness that we are writing to you today to inform you that Weekender 52, exactly 7 weeks today at the superlative Butlins Resort in Minehead will in fact be the last.

This is a decision undertaken by ourselves, due to numerous factors too deep to go into and most certainly not brought upon us by the wonderful staff at Butlins, quite the contrary, both our teams have worked tirelessly for 6 years now to make what we, press and more importantly you the customers all thought was the best Weekender in our 28 year history at Weekender 50 last May.

We have always strived and done our best to bring you way beyond the seemingly possible and unexpected with yet another fantastic line up for Weekender 52, but sadly times have caught up and with rising costs and expectations we just cannot continue beyond this year

Sadly all things eventually run their course and we feel that we have no choice but to finally rest the great old warhorse that is the Southport Weekender with dignity and a massive celebration in 7 weeks time.

Please do not think this decision has been taken lightly, its been absolutely gut wrenching for weeks now. For 28 years its been our lives, so many friends have been made over this time, sadly some no longer with us, a lot of the partners and friends you are with now you would not have met had it not been for the Southport Weekender. Its sad, very sad of course but lets celebrate the good times and at least in 7 weeks we have that opportunity to do so.

Thankfully for those of you who have not secured your places yet, or were undecided we still have just over 1500 places left, which really is not a lot when you consider that 7000 people will be celebrating the very last Southport Weekender, at least with with this early announcement, it gives you one last chance to be a part of this historic occasion before its too late.

The Butlins site is looking unbelievable and we can confidently say that even with the line up as is and we are still working on more additions to an already fabulous live artist line-up the possibility is you will never see such an amazing selection of soulful artists and DJs under one roof for one weekend again

It's going to be truly emotional and not just an event not to be missed, but also a movement that has spanned 3 decades now."

This year's line-up features Jarrod Lawson, Swindle, and Shaun Escoffery, plus Masters at Work (Louie Vega & Kenny Dope Gonzalez) as The Sunday Powerhouse Finale, Henrik Schwarz, Deetron, Nightmares on Wax, Louie Vega, David Morales, David Rodigan, Trevor Nelson, Kerri Chandler, Dimitri From Paris, Sandy Rivera, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Miguel Migs, Osunlade, DJ Spen, Reverend P, Groove Assassin, Neil Pierce & Ziggy Funk, Bontan, Simon Schooly, Mr Thing, Ryan Peake, Natasha Kitty Kat Probert, Luis Radio, Sam Divine, Noah Ball, Paul Stuart, souldynamic, Lil Stevie, Mark Stone, Rob Oxley & Pete Wharrier, Afro.Co, Gavin Kendrick, Lalah Hathaway, Peven Everett, Jocelyn Brown, Tony Remy & Reel People Music Sound System featuring Tony Momrelle & Portia Monique, The Rebirth, Michael Watford, Jonny Miller, Master D, Steve Harrington, Steve Rogers, Kev Beadle, Bob Jeffries, Andy Davies, Steve Wren, Bigger, Shortee Blitz, Steve Butler, Nick Blow, Ben Brophy, Gran Reserva, Joey Negro, DJ Nature, Grant Nelson, Lefto, Rainer Truby, Djeff Afrozila, Andrew Ashong, Late Nite Tuff Guy, Floating Points, Tony Humphries, Black Coffee, Culoe de Song, DJ EZ, Seven Davis Jnr, Mistajam, The Reflex, Mr Mendel, Sadar Bahar, Kyodai, Rich Medina (Hip Hop set), and Ron Trent.

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The Weekender tickets are available for a £70 per person deposit. There are several types of apartment available, from 2 double or twin, 3, 4, 5 and 6 person rooms, plus self catering in 4, 6, 7 and 8 person rooms. Self catering with extra lounge & kitchen area's or non self catering apartments, with separate bedrooms, tv, tea and coffee making facilities & bathroom for 2 nights and 3 days are available. Tickets are priced at £195pp room only, £215pp self catering, and add £25pp for the after parties.

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