The Bakery Invites ~ Forts: Fastlove, Rhod Parry, Shauna, Wild Forts

The Bakery presents a ‘Forts’ takeover on Friday 25th Aprill, featuring a night of wonky house, techno and high energy prog headlined by Fastlove who will be making his Liverpool debut. Fastlove is the co-founder of High Hoops – one of the North Wests longest running queer parties, a regular fixture at Salfords famous The White Hotel, and an event and club series that has just celebrated it’s 10-year anniversary. Forts started as, and continues to be, a platform and event series that promotes and celebrates grassroot electronic music with the overall aim of linking up both the Liverpool & Manchester scene. With support on the night from previous Forts guests Shauna & Rhod Parry, alongside a hybrid DJ/Live set from Wild Forts. ~ Fastlove - Belfast-born and Manchester-based, Fastlove is one half of the driving force behind one of the North’s longest-running queer parties, High Hoops, and a resident DJ at Manchester’s Freak Queer Rave and Tranceform parties. As an advocate for diverse and inclusive dancefloors, he has brought artists such as DJ Sprinkles, Eris Drew, Bashkka, Prosumer, Powder, and many more to the party capital of the North over the last decade. A regular face at the Salford institution, The White Hotel, Fastlove is always ready to showcase his love for sexy rolling house music and high-energy prog & trance. ~ Rhod Parry has established himself as a respected DJ, producer, collector and presenter across both radio and club mediums. With recent sets at The White Hotel and a weekly show on Reform Radio alongside running the popular bi-weekly club night Open To Close at Eastern Bloc, Rhod Parry will be b2b with Kickin' Pigeon ~ Shauna, Liverpool based DJ/Producer, energetic style encompasses progressive house, techno, and trance. With releases on labels such as Gimme A Break, Queer House Party, and Interpolate gaining plays on Radio 1 and from artists such as Ross from Friends Shauna launched her label Working Classics, which showcases tracks from queer producers from across the dance music spectrum, as well as play high-profile sets for Boiler Room and Hideout festival. Shauna is a key part of SISU, a community providing a platform to educate, inspire, and support women and non-binary DJs and producers ~ Wild Forts - Curator of the Forts series, Wild Forts will be returning to The Bakery, this time to perform his signature sound through a hybrid Live/DJ set. With recent live sets at Eastern Bloc / The Bakery / Picadilly Central / The DBA / Kazimier Garden, expect high energy house and off kilter techno performed on a variety of instruments. ~ Artwork design is a handmade collage kindly gifted by the talented Local Hotel Parking with graphics work and font by Girl Face Design