Congratulations once again to the Friction and Lexington boys for putting on another stellar gig. The lineup was tight and perfect for a Saturday filled with funk, groove and fun.

The venue took a little while to warm up, with a few clouds stealing our sunshine, and with punters trickling in steadily from about 3pm. I arrived a little too late to catch Goldfinger play first-up, but he did a brilliant job as the MC throughout the day. His grin alone was damn contagious.

D’Opus & Roshambo set the mood with some phat beats, throwing their kicking party tune Million Dollar Bill and one of my favourites People of the Globe out fairly early on (I think.. forgive me, I lost my notes!). I’ve seen people lose their shit to Million Dollar Bill (especially), so the crowd must still have been warming up at that stage, but it certainly got people dancing.

After a short filler from Just 1, the Bamboos graced us with their talents and brought the sunshine with them. This lot are a very talented bunch, with special accolades to Katie Auldist. She was incredibly good. Their sounds were soulful, funky, cruisey and perfect for kicking back with a few drinks and catching up with friends, or shakin’ it on the car park dance floor for those who’d warmed up already.

Good Buddha stepped up the funk with their big tunes Moving On and towards the end had me literally bouncing at the back of the car park with their Bouncin’ tune, followed by Kicking and Screaming. The party vibe started to really beef up from here on in.

Michael O’Rourke brought some old classics to the floor with Remember Me (the ‘geng-ge-ge-geng-geng’ tune). Monkey Magic was in there, and You Sexy Thing or some other Full Monty song.

Next up were Sampology & Tom Thum, who I was hanging to see. The fellas were mind-blowing with a live beatbox and live DJ/MPC show. A couple of minutes of Tom Thum beatboxing and I’d realised I’d seen him before somewhere – the guy is a legend! How the hell someone got blessed with good looks, good vocal chords, beatboxing skills and massive lungs and/or insane breathing techniques that prevent him from keeling over during a lengthy performance – I don’t know. He brought some awesome sounds with a harmonica and kazoo – and debuted with a newfound way to play the kazoo and beatbox at the same time, which gave the crowd a laugh. It was too bad the stage was a little tight on space – I hear he was going to bust out some b-boy moves, too. Sampology had lightening fast fingers on the MPC, recording live samples and bashing out each beat, and treated us to some playing-behind-his-back action. The tag-teaming between each of them playing beats and scratching was phenomenal. Some highlights which also got the crowd screaming were: Addicted to Base, Mortal Kombat Theme Song, Pump Up the Volume, The Beautiful People (I think), and a mad mash up of samples from Jamie Oliver, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more to make a chilli-beef cook-up show. I seriously hope these guys return again soon – they sure got skills.

P Money opened with a remix of the Not Many Scribe track, introducing himself appropriately as the production master of Scribe, and bounced us into an awesome hip hop/house set and kept us all very entertained. His new track Everything is a booty-shaker, which I’m sure the males at the gig particularly enjoyed, as lots of ladies got into it.

Tittsworth brought a banging multi-genre’d set, with grinding Baltimore/club his main style. His turntable, mix, mash and scratch skills were masterful. The guy works hard up there and still makes time to interact with the crowd.

Adam Freeland played a good mix of breaks and electro and was well into it, as was the crowd. He started off with a big tease, dropping the We Want Your Soul acapella early in the set, then dropping it at the end in a mix with Chemical Brothers Saturate. He kept the big tunes thumping and the car park dancefloor full throughout. Sadly, his set came to an end. But in an awesome gesture, he announced to the crowd that he was disappointed the set couldn’t go for longer. I’m glad we gave him a good time, too.

The Hump Day Project played the closing set, and kept most people on the floor for a while longer. They played Kings of Leon’s Sex on Fire early on, then I can only really recall Steve Lind on the mic a lot. But fun, funky, party tunes were played until their set was cut short due to the 11pm restrictions.

Thanks Friction, Lexington and Trinity for putting on an excellent party, yet again. Thanks for providing free water and sunscreen, excellent bar staff, an intimate setting and most of all, a place that will be sadly missed as a party venue. R.I.P. Trinity Block Party. Many a good times have been had there.