DJ Junior, Departure Lounge (4th Birthday), The Caves, 20 July

A month doesn't seem to pass now without a births, deaths and marriages announcement from the clubbing community; this time it's Departure Lounge celebrating their fourth birthday in style with DJ Junior. In the four years that Departure Lounge has been running, they've secured three instant sell-out Hogmanay Specials (with hopefully a fourth to come at the end of 2007), and a gamut of wide-ranging talent, from zero dB to Belleruche to the Joe Acheson Quartet. The club tells us that there is an extensive list of guests lined up to play their trusty turntables, and unlike the stale atmospheres of any other kind of departure lounge, the place will be jumping with the best jazz/latin/afro/funk bands the global scene has to offer. Departure Lounge (Four Corners' sister club) are bringing in DJ Junior for the event: the Philadelphian legend is known for his part in boosting the careers of the likes of The Roots, Jill Scott, and Eryka Badu, while continuing his weekly Eavesdrop Radio Show with Lil' Dave. Junior's Jamaican heritage set him up early in life; fed on a diet of reggae and socca by his parents, his tastes expanded as he delved further into music, earning him the title of Philly's 'premiere purveyor' of indie hip-hop, house, rare grooves, broken beat and afrobeat. On the same bill is a live set from The Elephants, the afro-latin group compiled by Salsa Celtica's Toby Shippey. Astroboy and Jiminez will support on the decks, with live percusssion from Cammy. [Struan Otter]