Big LOVE to everyone who has been in touch, we are looking at doing a couple of gigs over summer 26/27 party season. Check out links below for info.

* SOUL OF SYDNEY 15TH BDAY – Sun Nov 22, – RSVP HERE (Pre-Sale Tix & Party Info)
* KENNY DOPE (NYC Hip Hop, House Icon) @ SOUL OF SYDNEY OPEN AIR – INFO HERE
* SOUL OF SYDNEY NYD JAM | Jan 1 2027 (Dropping Soon)

Check out more info below:

SOUL OF SYDNEY | 15th BIRTHDAY JAM | SUNDAY NOV 22, 2026

FACEBOOK EVENT | RSVP LINK BELOW
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Register for info dropping soon via email, Happening at a secret dance-floor

An Afternoon Feel-Good Funk, Soul, Disco, & Beyond

Music by SOUL OF SYDNEY DJ’s & friends + PHIL TOKE & more TBA.

Invite Only Vibes | Limited Capacity Party Space | Fully Licensed | Strictly for the Love

Doing it Strictly for the LOVE | Dancing in the Key Of LIfe

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Or check out our shows next year:

SOUL OF SYDNEY OPEN AIR FEAT. NEW YORK DJ & PRODUCER ICON

★ KENNY DOPE (MASTERS AT WORK / NYC )

An afternoon of FEEL-GOOD FUNK, SOUL, DISCO, HIP HOP, HOUSE & beyond.

DJ support from: SOUL OF SYDNEY DJs & friends + PHIL TOKE

2:00 PM | Sunday, February 28, 2027 | Greenwood Hotel Courtyard
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Join us for a very special SOUL OF SYDNEY afternoon as we welcome one of our biggest musical inspirations, New York DJ, producer and remixer KENNY DOPE of MASTERS AT WORK

This one is a little different for us, but it’s something we’ve wanted to make happen for a long time.

Kenny has been part of our music story for years, and we’ve had the pleasure of seeing him play before. We wanted to create an open-air afternoon, surrounded by familiar faces, our tribe and like-minded music heads. A rare chance to catch one of the world’s legendary DJs and producers in an open-air setting, with the freedom to play whatever he’s feeling from HIP HOP TO HOUSE, FUNK, SOUL, DISCO & everything in between.

ABOUT KENNY DOPE

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez has been digging, collecting, producing and DJing since the 1980s.

He is one half of the legendary production and DJ partnership Masters At Work, who helped shape a sound that brought together house, disco, Latin, jazz, soul influences, creating a musical language that continues to influence dancefloors around the world.

Away from Masters At Work, Kenny’s catalogue stretches across decades and countless musical worlds. He’s also known for The Bucketheads, including the classic The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind), as well as his work through Dope Wax, Nuyorican Soul, Kay-Dee Records, his legendary edits and his much-loved DJ mixes celebrating hip hop, disco, boogie and underground dance music.
DANCE IN THE KEY OF LIFE.

Come spend an afternoon with us as we celebrate the music, the people and the memories that keep us dancing.

An open-air dancefloor in the Greenwood Hotel courtyard.

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★♡♬♩♬ SOCIALS / PODCAST / SOUL TV / NEWSLETTER (Keep up with parties & scene info below)

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• Official hashtag | #SoulofSydney
• Merch – www.soulofsydney.org/store

Check out some previous events for a taste of the vibe:

CUSTOM MERCH:

ABOUT SOUL OF SYDNEY FAM, BLOG, PODCAST & EVENTS

SOUL OF SYDNEY: is a grassroots collective of DJ’s DANCERS & ARTISTS bonded by a love of FUNK’ & ‘SOUL MUSIC.

Originally launched in 2009 as a blog, it wasn’t long before the collective took a chance on a sunny Sunday afternoon to throw a one-off secret invite-only Sunday afternoon picnic over 12 years ago.

Setting up turntables & a renegade sound system in a park in inner-west Sydney with a simple idea to bring FEEL-GOOD FUNK & SOUL music in an atmosphere where people had the freedom to express themselves, where dancers connected with DJ’s and DJ’s had the freedom to play anything they were feeling.

Inspiration – Taking a heavy dose of inspiration from Hip Hop, Disco and house scenes, seminal DJs, parties & club nights from the 1970s, 80’s such as; David Mancuso’s The Loft (NYC), Larry Levan’s and Paradise Garage, Kool Herc’s Block Parties, Ron Hardy, Grandmaster Flash, and Frankie Knuckles as well as encouragement from current esteemed music events such as New York’s ‘Body and Soul’, LA’s ‘The Do Over’ and UK’s Southport Weekender. 

SOUL OF SYDNEY family felt the importance of returning to the roots of those musical scenes with anything they put their name to. The distinctive character of dance-floor expression, crowd participation, and an inclusive party environment have seen the events really take on their own energy.

A delicate approach to getting down where DJs, Dancers & Musicians & music heads can meet on dance floors to connect through music & celebrate music’s uniting power. With positive party vibes encouraged, you can anticipate all kinds of the dance floor: Check out some of the videos below for an idea of how we get down HERE).

10 years has been us throwing parties in all kinds of interesting spaces including; parks, laneways, carparks, beaches, skate parks, galleries, rooftops, warehouses, courtyards & various venues spaces around town.

10+ years on their open musical ideas have not changed, focused on highlighting ‘feel-good’ funk vibes in all their splendour, you can expect DJs to dig deep in their crates and pull out all kinds of gems from Afro-Beat, Latin-Funk, New York Disco, Roller Boogie, to early Chicago House joints & beyond.

Drawing on their musical ROOTS and INSPIRATIONS, you can expect to hear everything from the sounds of James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, De La Soul, J Dilla, Stevie Wonder, Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles blaring through the speakers, along with a heavy dose of rare hidden gems & classic joints intertwined for good measure.

Always moving forward with a smile the last few years have definitely been a blessing for SOUL OF SYDNEY since that first picnic back in 2011. They have been asked to bring their own unique brand of FUNK party as part of a host of some of the largest well-established festivals & tours including Sydney Festival, Vivid, Sydney Fringe, Vivid, Soulfest, Parramatta Lanes, the African Film Festival, City 2 Surf, Sydney Ridges Festival, Norman Jay, Roy Ayers, Gilles Peterson just to name a few.

Check out mixes, videos, and party videos + more at

SOUL OF SYDNEY: Doing it strictly for the LOVE | Dancing in the KEY OF LIFE | Feel-Good Funk & Old School Party Jams | Sydney’s Friendliest Dance-floor