One of the final requests Susan Kneale made to her son was to raise money for the charity caring for her.

Now Will Kneale is preparing to fulfil that wish by donating all the profits from an event his mum had encouraged him to revive to charity.

The Peel DJ and promoter is relaunching Tronik this Saturday, almost three years after its last electronic music night was held on the Isle of Man.

All profits from the event will go to Hospice following the recent death of his mum Susan, who had suffered from various illnesses over the years before her health deteriorated in recent months.

Will described his mum as ‘giving, thoughtful and witty’ and said the care she received from Hospice ‘meant the world’ to his family.

It was while she was receiving that care that Susan asked him to use the upcoming Tronik event to help the charity.

Will said: ‘My mum asked me to raise some money for them whilst she was laying on the hospice bed, given the event was already set up and running at the time, it coincided quite fittingly.’

He said the support provided by Hospice gave his family valuable peace of mind during an incredibly difficult period.

There is another poignancy to Tronik’s return, as Susan had been among those encouraging her son to revive the event.

Tronik had previously been a popular fixture in the island’s electronic music scene, but Will stepped away from it before leaving the island to travel.

Its last event was held in December 2023 and, at the time, he had no plans to bring it back.

‘I had given up on it before I went travelling and had no intentions of reviving it,’ he said.

‘Then life kind of just flipped after Dimensions Festival 2025. I couldn’t get it out of my head to come back to it, and I missed home.’

Conversations with his mum helped convince him that returning to Tronik was the right decision.

‘She is the one who told me to get Tronik back up and running again because, in her words, “I was good at it and I love it”,’ he said.

‘It just became apparent that I had to lean back into it.’

Saturday’s comeback in Peel will feature a varied line-up of electronic artists, with Will aiming to bring together different styles and levels of experience while maintaining a ‘driving groove’ throughout the night.

But he said Susan would not have wanted the occasion to become an event centred around her memory.

Instead, he believes she would have been pleased to know it was helping the charity which cared for her.

‘She was very selfless, but deep down she would love it knowing it’s raising money for a good cause,’ he said.

Saturday could also mark the beginning of a new chapter for Tronik.

Will hopes to bring DJs from further afield to the island in 2027, while his longer-term ambition is to stage a Tronik festival on the island in 2028.

You can choose to make a direct donation to Hospice through the link.