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The search for the mysterious 'bongo boy' who had sober ravers in Manchester 'vibing all night'
28.02.2023 - 16:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sober ravers are on the hunt for a man they call ‘bongo boy’ who vibed with revellers in a Manchester club last weekend. Organisers ‘are on a mission’ to track him down as they have a proposition for him as a thank you for entertaining partygoers.
Stef Smith, who is the co-founder of Flamingo AF, the company behind the booze-free rave along with DryWave, posted a TikTok in the hopes that she can find the man who made everyone’s night.
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In the video, the man can be seen banging away at a bongo and she asks TikTok to ‘do its thing’ and help put her in contact with ‘bongo boy.’
People commented on the video, which currently has over 11.5k views, saying the 'bongo boy' looked like he was having the time of his life.
Jo commented, "he looks like he had an amazing night. Well done him."
Em said, "omg he looks so happy and cool who is he," while DJ Rochelle Hayden said, "Aww love that. Music connecting people."
Speaking to the MEN, Stef explained how everyone presumed ‘bongo boy’ was hired to perform at the rave at Vision Nightclub on Saturday.
“What happened was we had two rooms, so we had the DryWave room which Ben Riley, who runs Dry Wave, had famous artists in - such as Ewan McVicar and other famous DJs, then we had our Flamingo room,” Stef said.
“The Flamingo room was like a sunhouse vibe type room. The ‘bongo boy’ was in our room all night and we presumed he was a friend of Ben’s.
“We thought Ben had gotten the man playing bongos to come into our room and vibe with everyone,” Stef said, however it turns out this wasn’t the case.
“It wasn’t until the day after when we were debriefing the night, we asked Ben ‘Who was
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