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Celebrating who we are and the Music that has shaped us

"Is there room in our hearts for the leftovers of our musical pasts? Charity Shop DJ is bringing back to life the memories locked in vinyl"

John Humphrys, BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme

Click here to see Charity Shop DJ on BBC East Midlands Today

the charity shop DJ lounge presents

The Derby Record Holders

An exhibition celebrating who we are and the music that makes us

June 13th - July 12th 2009

Derby Museum Community Gallery

Visit the Derby Record Holders  here

use it up! wear it out!

Find Yourself in the Derby Record Holders Gallery

If you’ve been with us in charity shops, QUAD , the BBC , Community Centres, Bemrose School, the Churchside Walk Coffee Club, the Forum of Faiths, Derby Museum, the Assembly Rooms Tea Dance, Derby Constabulary... chances are you're in the Derby Record Holders Gallery .

Find yourself in the Gallery now!

Search our website  and visit the Charity Shop DJ Lounge at Derby Museum and Art Gallery!

13 June - 12 July 2009

Charity Shop DJ Lounge Party

Bar One, Derby DE1 1JD Tel: 01332 590580

Download pdf file (front) here

Come to our Surprise Party!

Kicking off at 6pm. Finishing late. An evening of eclectica and surprises.

Featuring

Adam and Perry (DJ set) - The Algerian Astronaut (DJ set) - DJ Dr Matt - Jonathan Wallis (Derby Museum DJ set) - Jim Hall (spoken word) - Bemrose School versus the Golden Age Club (DJ set) - Mistah Toe - Divisional Commander Andy Hough, Derby Police (DJ set) - Heloise Davies (harp set) - No Parking Collective (all new short film commission) - DJ Spike - Lester Simpson and Mick Peat BBC Folkwaves (DJ set) - The Fox Family (DJ set) - And Charity Shop DJ feat special guests The Kaleidoscope Choir and the Belly Dance Flames

4 June 2009     6pm - late

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                                                                                                              Download pdf flyer (back) here

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Derby Record Holders

The Exhibition

Between January and May 2009 community groups and individuals across Derby were invited to take part in a series of workshops in which people were encouraged to share their musical tastes with one another.

Stills photography and film footage were produced which will be shown in The Charity Shop DJ Lounge exhibition in Derby Museum, alongside previously unseen objects and ephemera from the Museum collection. 

The photographs and footage will also form a key part of a major new World Record Holders project.

By communicating these choices with each other, it is hoped that people of different ages and backgrounds across the city will understand something new about one another in a spirit of equality and respect.

Visit the Charity Shop DJ Lounge. Derby Museum and Art Gallery 13 June - 12 July 2009. 

More in the TV Lounge

Charity Shop DJ has teamed up with Dr Matt Connell of Nottingham Trent University to help bridge the generation gap through a shared love of music.

Talking About Old Records is an intergenerational music project bringing teenagers and pensioners together through a range of intergenerational DJ workshops, intergenerational music workshops, and performances. Read more

Read about Talking about Old Records in The Guardian here

Charity Shop DJ Goes Down Under

The International Sessions at WOMADelaide 2009

6 - 8 March 2009

The Charity Shop DJ Picture Show

First seen at the Boris Baggs Gallery, Paddington, the Charity Shop DJ Picture Show is a visual and audio celebration of our musical heritage.

Visit the show here

We Want You!

Be Part of our Gallery Now!

Send us your image with your favourite piece of music - and tell us why you love it!

Send your image and story to gallery@charityshopdj.com

the charity shop DJ lounge presents

The Derby Record Holders

An exhibition celebrating who we are and the music that makes us

June 13th - July 12th 2009

Derby Museum Community Gallery