Lisa Loud and Nancy Noise Play Edinburgh on Saturday, and the Door Shuts at 6pm

Two DJs who were part of the Ibiza crowd in the mid 1980s are headlining a daytime house party at People’s Leisure Club on Lothian Street this Saturday, 14 November. The party runs from 5pm to 10pm, and anyone planning a slow dinner first should know that Skiddle’s listing puts last entry at 6pm, which leaves an hour between the doors opening and the doors closing to latecomers.

Tickets are sold through Skiddle and the party is 18+, so bring photo ID. The listing doesn’t show prices at the moment, and the promoter, Spectrum Edinburgh, has been telling people that few tickets are left, so check the page before you head out.

Both Headliners Were There When Acid House Reached London

Skiddle’s organiser biography calls the pair “the queens of UK house”. It says Lisa Loud and Nancy Noise spent the mid 1980s in Ibiza, where they were influenced by the club Amnesia and met Trevor Fung, Ian St Paul and Paul Oakenfold, and that once they were back in London they played Oakenfold’s Future and Spectrum nights, which helped spread acid house across the UK.

The Edinburgh promoter shares a name with that old London night, but nothing on the listing says it’s the same organisation, so treat the link as a nod to the history. Expect house, tech house, acid house and funky house, which are the genres the listing gives.

The After-Party a Few Doors Along Is Free

When the daytime party finishes at 10pm, the night carries on at Paradise Palms, a few doors along at 41 Lothian Street. Local DJs Mark Harper and Alan Henderson play there until 1am, and Resident Advisor lists it at £0 and 18+.

• You don’t need a ticket for the Lisa Loud and Nancy Noise party to get in.
• Resident Advisor prints the postcode as EH6 6BU, which is wrong. Paradise Palms’ own site gives EH1 1HB.
• The kitchen serves until 10pm, and the menu is vegan and vegetarian food curated by Lucky Pig, so eat there before the DJs start if you came straight from the first party.

Both Venues Have Stairs and No Lift

People’s Leisure Club is a basement, reached by a carpeted stairwell of about 20 steps, and the Gilded Balloon access guide says there’s no lift and no enhanced accessible toilet. The box office can arrange a free companion ticket for a personal assistant, and it takes access questions on 0131 622 6552. At Paradise Palms the toilets are on another level, which the venue says can be hard for some wheelchair users, although it’ll set aside extra space if you ask on 0131 225 4186.

If you’ve got a ticket, get to Lothian Street by 5.30pm. If you haven’t, the after-party is free and starts at 10pm, a few steps from the venue where the headliners played.