THE last few Thursday nights have been hot dates in the calendar for a selection of local DJs participating in the 2nd Juice DJ Competition.

The first contest, held last year, was won by DJ Chris Massey, who is now promoting his own night, Mirrorball, at The Office bar on Friday nights.

Now Juice are giving another set of new DJs the chance to show their mixing skills and last night 16 hopefuls stepped up to the decks, with only ten spaces up for grabs in the semi final next week.

They battle it out again in the semi finals next Thursday, and a select few will then proceed to the final on March 6, when the winner will be presented with an award by Rock FM DJ Freejack.

Bar Juice, Thursday, 9.30 pm until 2pm, free until 10.30, £2 after.