You would have to travel far and wide to find a place where the name Brandon Block is not known.

Brandon has carried a legendary status tag ever since being the first resident on the Space terrace, with Alex P in Ibiza. In 1991

He was one of the first DJ’s to play in Dubai from 1999 until now and he had been 3 times every year ever until 2010, as well as various clubs in Marbella, Mallorca, Hong Kong for the 1997 handover plus others. He travels annually to Koh Samui in Thailand, playing at Black Moon, Full Moon plus other clubs. also played in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, South America, Australia, Russia, Europe, Greek Islands

Brandon’s success and infectious personality has lead to a stream of fantastic opportunities throughout the entire music industry. The highlights of this included hosting one of the highest rated radios shows on Kiss FM (plus spin off compilations albums!).

He’s had his own show on MTV, and a No.3 charting hit under his Blockster moniker with ‘You Should Be Dancing’Brandon has also made numerous other TV appearances including Celebrity Fear Factor, Celebrity Extreme Detox, ‘Trust Me I’m a Holiday Rep’ Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need, and more recently Celebrity Big brother in 2018…

As well as Djing every weekend he presents a radio show with old friend and fellow Producer Ricky Morrison each Friday evening from 7-9 on Mi-Soul Radio…He has recently created with the help of Ricky Morrison, Bobby Laviniere and Ronnie Heral a project called Good 4 tha Soul (G4TS)an 8 deck four Dj experience which is at Butlins venues on their newly revived Soul Weekends.

Since 2010 he has been on a journey of self-discovery and personal development, he’s qualified in various life coaching models, worked project worker, a mental health worker for the NHS as well as undertaken various qualifications including City&Guilds in Health and Social Care, NVQ, Goal Mapping, Smart Recovery Facilitator Train the Trainer, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, REBT….

The music and nightlife industry has long had a complex relationship with alcohol and substances, but something is shifting. A growing number of artists and people participating in nightlife are choosing sobriety, challenging the assumption that you need to be intoxicated to belong in spaces built around altered states.

This candid panel brings together voices who have navigated the very real tensions of working in an industry where drink and drug culture are baked into the social fabric -from backstage riders to after-parties, from networking at the bar to the unspoken pressure to participate.

We’ll explore the shifting attitudes taking root across the industry, the practical tools that have helped our panellists protect their sobriety without sacrificing their careers, and the unexpected gifts that clarity brings to creativity and relationships -alongside the challenges that don’t simply disappear when you put down the drink.

An honest, open conversation for anyone who is sober curious, newly sober, long-term sober, or simply trying to understand what it means to thrive in nightlife on your own terms.