A great soul scene exists in Australia and if you should ever be lucky enough to go there there is something on in most of the big cities on a regular basis, they also have a National Northern Soul Weekender around November each year with different cities taking a turn to organise the event, all details can be found on the web sites or by contacting any of the people mentioned.
JOHNNY "REDPANTS" WARREN FROM BRISBANE AT "THE WEB", EDINBURGH 2007
If you ever fancy a good holiday in the sun with loads of good music then get over to Italy, they have a good soul scene with All-Nighters and some regular weekends as well, Rimini being one of the most popular, check out the websites.
Below is some of the Soul Crew we met at an All-Nighter in Bologna, Carlo Campaiola is at the front in the red jumper
Northern Soul in Sweden has been on the go for many years and I was lucky enough to be invited by Christian Ostlund in Gothenburg to be able to Dj at an All-Nighter there a few years ago, I was taken back by the knowledge and the sounds that some of these guys have over there and they always attract some of the UKs top Dj's