A SPECIAL event titled 'Groove Junction' is coming to Rude Giant later this month, raising money for two charities. 

Producer DJ Emma, from Salisbury, is putting on the event on Friday, May 17, and it will feature some of Salisbury's best homegrown talent. 

It will be free to attend but organisers will be raising money for Headway UK, the brain injury association, and the Ben Kinsella Trust, which campaigns against knife crime. 
 

In a post on Instagram, Emma explained why those two charities had been chosen.

"Two of our performers both suffered severe acquired brain injuries that nearly cost them their lives when they were in their late teens", she said. 

"Ash was just 18 when she suffered a life-changing brain injury that left her in a coma for months and left her with severe speech and mobility issues. But Ash never lost her zest for life and now is a passionate DJ with a love of music, especially disco and performed her first festival set last year at Standon Calling Festival.

"Dave aka MC 3-Bee was the victim of a knife attack at the age of 19 - before his attack, he was a passionate MC and had written vast amounts of lyrics (mostly in his maths lessons at school)

"Even though his brain injury has caused Dave to have severe short-term memory issues and left him wheelchair-bound - his lyrics stayed with him and his love for music and MC’ing is still as strong as ever."

Emma added: "Knife crime is our country’s most pressing and serious problem. The Ben Kinsella Trust campaigns to raise awareness of the issues and put knife crime on the agenda of policymakers. 1088 young people have been murdered with a knife or sharp object in the last 15 years."

The night will be headlined by DJ Emma's daughter Sophia Violet who is one quarter of Girls Don’t Sync, an all female DJ group. 

As well as a set from local female DJ duo, Keltz. Made up by Aimee Hancock and Megan Solomons. The event will be compèred by Zeph Miles. 

For more information or to buy tickets, click here.