MCV charity night for the very best Motown and Soul

Local soul band Motor City Vipers will be hosting their eighth annual charity soul night at The Brewery Tap on Saturday to help raise funds and awareness for the fantastic work done at Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough.

Playing the very best of Motown and Northern Soul classics, The Vipers’ live repertoire is a veritable who’s who of 60s and 70s soulful floor-fillers – from The Temptations, Wilson Pickett, The Four Tops and Dobie Gray, to The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and Otis Redding; and promises to have you dancing your pants off all night long!

In addition to the not-tobe-missed sound of an 8-piece live soul band, the event also includes support from the region’s top soul DJs and Brewery Tap regulars, Julz and Paul D, mixing the tunes into the early hours.

“We’re looking forward to yet another amazing night of soulful shenanigans and hoping it will be another sell-out show for this great cause.” said Vipers frontman, Alec Chapman.

Motor City Vipers were formed in the Spring of 2009 andhavegainedthemselvesan enviable reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting live soul bands – having played on the same bill as The Blockheads, Neville Staple (The Specials), Kiki Dee, The Commitments, Diane Shaw and Geno Washington, as well as playing at festivals and events up and down the country. The evening will include a raffle and auction. Tickets are priced at £10 each and available from band members, DJs, or by credit/debit card from the BreweryTap on 01733 358500.

Another date for the diary: The Deeping Stage, in Market Deeping, will be holding its 12th annual Bands Day, outdoors at the on Easter Sunday, April 21. The line up is 3pm- 5pm Let’s Funk; 5pm 7pm Hold the Sky; 7pm - 9pm Stepping out; and 9pm - 11pm Leon.