Queen of Soca Alison Hinds, the Square One band, Little Rick, Max Pringle and others are set to take centre stage at St. George?s Cricket Club on Saturday night.

Local promoters Treble Clef are promising a fun-filled family night suitable for everyone, although parents are reminded that it is an adult evening and people will be drinking and smoking.

Organisers said, aside from the good music, patrons can expect numerous food stalls, huge bars, tented enclosures and seating.

Treble Clef Productions promoter David Frost said in the past they had worked with several bands in the Caribbean and they decided to hold an event after Crop Over rather than before so that Bermudians will have access to the latest music.

?It wasn?t hard to say we have an opening and can you fill it,? said Mr. Frost.

?We were able to put the artists together just before Crop Over and these artists are coming up less than three weeks after Crop Over so everything they are coming with is going to be brand new.

?In Bermuda, the music that we normally get would not be available until May, so they are getting it right away.?

Mr. Frost said Treble Clef decided that there was a void and people had been asking for a Soca show.

?We went ahead and pursued their wishes,? he said.

Treble Clef promotions manager Dionne Wade said the cost factors involved in bringing in any show were astronomical.

?But what we had noted was that nobody had anything, no concerts, just the Beanie Man and the Sizzler, which is for the younger crowd,? she said.

?We have done it and we have the formula, it just came down to a location. There was nothing happening in St. George?s this year, so we decided that we?d like to do something at that end of the Island.

?We looked at Tiger Bay and we got it, but as time went on and Mr. Frost was at St. George?s Cricket Club, they asked if we had ever thought of having it there. And that?s when it started.

?Cup Match was in the western end this year, but the party will be in the East End at the other Cup Match field.?

Ms Wade said when they put on a concert it is completely different from when other promoters do it.

?You tend to walk into a venue and it?s either a playing field or tarmac and there is a stage,? she said.

?But when you come to Treble Clef you are walking into an atmosphere, we have beautiful tents with the peaks and flags, which are decorated and lit.

?We are encouraging people to come out early. We have lots of Bermudian food, Caribbean food, like jerk chicken and escaviche fish, so it?s all going to be there and plenty of beverages.

?When you arrive at 6.30 p.m. you will feel that you have arrived somewhere not waiting for something ? it has already started.

?We want people to come out eat, dance, drink and eat again.

?We have all our security in place, but usually it is a very mature crowd.

?For those who didn?t go to Crop Over, here is an opportunity to get a little taste of what they could have seen.

?Bermuda has a large following of West Indians and they come out in full force.?

Ms Wade said Spanish Town were doing the sound and stage set up.

?We are using all local people to do the sounds and we?re really excited about it,? she said. ?We thought by going to St. George?s Cricket Club, we would be supporting the community.?

Mr. Frost said there is seating at the Club for senior citizens, supervised St. Brendan?s patients and the handicapped to come on down.

?The field is huge and we can put people in different areas where they are comfortable,? he said. ?So we have the bleachers, the VIP lounge at the Club for dignitaries, they can still be in the concert, but somewhere a little more private and like I said the Club is working very well with us so that we can make an annual event out of this.

?What we intend to do at St. George?s, we wouldn?t even be able to start it at Tiger Bay. The time we put in two 30-foot bars and six food stalls, containers along the side, a stage in ? you are looking at maybe 1,000 people.

?And if we get 4,000 people down there where are we going to put them?

?Then we don?t have a problem of jet-skis coming along side the wall and we won?t have people up on the roadside congesting traffic.?

St. George?s Cricket Club president Neil Paynter said parking will be at Mullett Bay Park, Tiger Bay Park and possibly Rock Hill.

?If you look at it, when the Soca show was at Tiger Bay, you really didn?t have any parking at all,? said Mr. Paynter.

?Now with it being at the Club, we can utilise Tiger Bay and Penno?s Wharf for parking.

?We have a large grassy field where people can sit or lay off and relax.

?We are looking for to this. In the past we have had small concerts and it probably the biggest that we?ve had for some time.?

Mr. Frost said hopefully Minister of Transport Ewart Brown will look at putting on the fast ferry to bring people from Dockyard to St. George?s.

?We have the mini buses in St. George?s who are prepared to transport people from the Square to the Club,? said Mr. Frost.

?I think that we have a lot of local entities that are coming together. It should be nice.?

On the entertainment side Ms Wade said Little Rick has been described as a wind up toy.

?He?s the one that gets you going and waving with your flag,? she said.

?You?ll be sweating and he will whip you into shape.

?No high heel shoes, don?t be cute, put on those sneakers or come barefoot and be ready to boogie.?

Ms Wade added that they were not allowing any big bags or coolers into the Soca Show.

She also encouraged people to have designated drivers for those that really wanted to have a good time.

St. John Ambulance will also be on hand.

The tickets are $50 and are being sold at 27th Century Boutique, Caesar?s Pharmacy, Freddie?s Bar and some of the food outlets may have tickets for their customers.