Godskitchen
Godskitchen came out of the early 90s rave scene. Chris Griffin and Tyrone Matthews put on their first night at Junction in Cambridge, ran weekly in Northampton from May 1996, then moved to Planet in Coventry, which they filled every Friday.
Birmingham became home. First Sanctuary in Digbeth, then their own club, CODE, which opened in 2000 and became AIR in 2003. Fridays were trance, and big with it. Saturdays were US house and garage with Babooshka, and Sundays were hard dance with Polysexual.
In 2001 they launched Global Gathering at Long Marston Airfield, with around 25,000 at the first one. By 2005 it was a full camping weekender for 45,000, and the brand went worldwide, with events in Miami, Las Vegas, Australia and Croatia.
Godskitchen called it a day in 2016 with Last Dance nights in Sydney, Melbourne and Birmingham, then came back in 2025 for a 25th birthday party at Amnesia in Ibiza.
Timeline
- 1996 Weekly nights in Northampton, then Planet in Coventry
- 2000 CODE opens in Birmingham
- 2001 First Global Gathering at Long Marston, around 25,000 people
- 2003 CODE becomes AIR
- 2005 Global Gathering becomes a camping weekender for 45,000
- 2016 Last Dance nights in Sydney, Melbourne and Birmingham
- 2025 25th birthday at Amnesia, Ibiza
Upcoming Godskitchen nights
Nothing listed right now. We add new nights twice a day, so check back soon.