Sunday Sessions August Long Weekend w Simon Sheppard

Sunday August 4th Sunday Sessions w/ Framework Music & Return of the Jaded DJs: SIMON SHEPPARD RICK LAPLANTE ANDREI YAN Timeslots: OPEN DECKS from 8pm to 10pm 8 - 10pm = Open Decks 10 - 11pm = Yan 11 - midnight = Andrei 12 - 1:15am = Rick Laplante 1:15am - close = Simon Sheppard FREE COVER from 8 - 10pm, $7 from 10pm - 12am, $10 after midnight | 19+ w/ ID | Mercury Lounge - 56 Byward Market Square ========================== INFO ABOUT OPEN DECKS: Sunday Sessions has always been a grassroots underground dance community event, so to help warm up the night we're hosting: OPEN DECKS! HOW IT WORKS: For most every locals and residents nights at Sunday Sessions, we will have 3 x 40min time slots (8:00-8:40pm, 8:40 - 9:20pm, 9:20-10:00pm), designated as "Open Decks" for Ottawa Underground Dance Community dj's. DJ's are selected by a RANDOM DRAW. DJ's who wish to participate need to arrive at Mercury Lounge for 7:50pm. We'll invite all DJ's present at 7:50 to come up and throw their name in the hat for a random draw. Whoever's name is picked first gets their first choice of the 3 available time slots listed above, 2nd gets 2nd choice and 3rd name picked gets what is left. Any DJ's who have been previously for Open Decks and DIDN'T get picked, will get an additional ballot so we can give everyone a chance to play (ie, 2nd visit without playing gives 2 ballots, 3rd visit without playing gets 3 ballots, etc. Reset back to 1 ballot after they've played). Whether your name gets drawn or it doesn't, we still encourage you to come out to the next Open Decks and throw your name in the hat again. We love to see that enthusiasm and look forward to seeing you often and getting to know you better. REQUIREMENTS: We must still respect the musical style of the event, and the flow of the evening, so this is NOT OPEN FORMAT. This opportunity is for *underground house music* DJ's - sorry, no hardcore, techno, EDM or commercial dance, trance, dubstep, jungle etc. Any genre that falls under the "house music umbrella" is acceptable: deep house, funky, Chicago, jackin' house, progressive house, tech house, etc. NO OUTSIDE EQUIPMENT please. We're keeping it simple and DJ's must play off USB's (or CD's, if anyone still uses those), using the CDJ2000nxs and DJM2000Nxs mixer already set up in Mercury Lounge. No laptops. controllers, etc.