{"id":422,"date":"2026-03-28T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/?post_type=project&#038;p=422"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:11:52","slug":"society-events","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/projects\/society-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Society Events (2009-2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike first ever business was promoting LGBT clubnights in Cleethorpes and Lincoln (2009-2011). Great fun to run, but the word &#8216;busienss&#8217; should be used loosely as the night didn&#8217;t make much.\u00a0The real payment Mike gained got from it was learning how to run a business. Marketing, budgeting and sales skills that are impossible to teach in a classroom.\u00a0Being able to persuade 150 people to turn up to a club a windswept Tuesday night in Cleethorpes really honed his marketing skills.\u00a0The night&#8217;s reputation also lead Mike onto a successful DJ career and playing in clubs like Fuel Hull (2009-2011) and his long standing NG1 Residency (2011-2019) where he made well over 400 appearances. <strong>See the press below from the Grimsby Telegraph, Lincoln Echo and Gay Times.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-471\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societylincoln.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societylincoln.jpg 709w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societylincoln-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SocietyCleethorpesArticle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SocietyCleethorpesArticle.jpg 561w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SocietyCleethorpesArticle-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleethorpes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleethorpes.jpg 558w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleethorpes-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleefirstarticle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleefirstarticle.jpg 733w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societycleefirstarticle-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticleNEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticleNEW.jpg 520w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticleNEW-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticle.jpg 437w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/societyarticle-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469\" src=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/socieygaytimes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/socieygaytimes.jpg 651w, https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/socieygaytimes-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike first ever business was promoting LGBT clubnights in Cleethorpes and Lincoln (2009-2011). Great fun to run, but the word &#8216;busienss&#8217; should be used loosely as the night didn&#8217;t make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":470,"template":"","class_list":["post-422","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikesmithproperty.co.uk\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}