Charles "Danger" Byfield and Ron "DJ Indiana Jones" Miner, both regular DJs at Reggae Revolution at the Casba.

Jerrel Wiggins, 29, Allen Hart 32, and Terry Murray, 47, hanging at Casba during Reggae Revolution.

9:36 p.m.

Broad Ripple is dark and quiet. No one's on the sidewalk and the streetlights are out on the north side of the avenue. I pull onto Guilford and park easily; cops lean against their cruisers talking. It's warm compared to winter, but it ain't spring yet.

I haven't been in the Casba since I was underage -- don't worry, it was off-hours -- and not much has changed. The bar has doubled in size, but the faux-brick remains. The space above the bar used to be a Greek restaurant. The new owners renovated the room and turned it into a chic grill.

10:05 p.m.

DJ Indiana Jones (aka Ron Miner), Indianapolis' self-described "No. 1 party motivator," ambles in with turntables and cases of records. Miner, 37, started "Reggae Revolution" in the summer of 1997, and it's been a fixture in the city ever since. Charles "Danger" Byfield joined the following year and Mpozi Mshale Tolbert joined the DJ crew the year after that. (Tolbert, an Indianapolis Star photographer, died in 2006.) The event and Indianapolis' reggae community have been "growing and growing and growing," according to Miner. The DJ recommitted to performing regular sets at the Casba after being largely absent from 2004 to 2006. "I was livin' mostly in New York," working on the Rhymefest album and other projects, Miner says.

10:15 p.m.

Danger, a true Jamaican master of ceremonies, frequently interrupts the music with rapid-fire patter that I can't make heads or tails of. The bar is starting to fill up a bit, but the vibe is decidedly nonchalant. Tabu Fonville typifies the mood, standing in a corner with her guy. The 32-year-old moved here two years ago from Michigan City. "It's alright for what it is," she says of Indy's reggae scene.

Jerrel Wiggins, 29, and his friends are slightly more impressed. "This is the spot," Wiggins says.

It is Terry Murray's first time at "Reggae Revolution," but the 47-year old is sold on the event. Wiggins said both he and Allen Hart, 32, found the Casba by "word of mouth" and have been regulars the last few years.

10:55 p.m.

Miner predicted a full club by 11 o'clock, and the crowd is on the way to proving him right. It's a diverse group of people, mercifully light on trustafarian poseurs. Well, save for a couple of hippie noodle dancers holding bottles of Red Stripe.

Most bars can't sustain a weekly event for one year, let alone 10. "Reggae Revolution" has survived and thrived with a simple formula -- solid DJs and reasonable prices -- and the good sense to stick to it. Here's to hoping Danger and Indy don't fix "Reggae Revolution" for another 10 years.