Author: Paul Hamon
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Simply Techno launches Club Sessions at Electric Circus — door sales only, no presale, no headliner
riday August 28, 2026 | Doors 9pm | Electric Circus, 17 Crippen Pl, Adelaide | $15 before 11pm, $25 after | Door sales only — DM for guest list | Drink specials 9–11pm Adelaide, SA — Simply Techno steps up to Electric Circus for the launch of Club Sessions — a residents-and-guests format with no…
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Doof Techno and Front Room level up with Kaufmann’s Adelaide debut at Electric Circus
Friday October 2, 2026 | 10pm–5am | Electric Circus, 17 Crippen Pl, Adelaide | Tickets $25–$45 via Resident Advisor | 18+ | No phone policy on dancefloor Adelaide, SA — This is the one. Doof Techno and The Front Room join forces to bring Kaufmann to Adelaide for the first time — Electric Circus on…
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Hospital Records celebrates 30 years with Danny Byrd, Unglued and Hoax at Mala Mia
Friday October 2, 2026 | 9pm–3am | Mala Mia, 268 Morphett St, Adelaide | Earlybird $40 | First release $45 | Second release $55 | 18+ Adelaide, SA — Hospital Records is turning 30, and the global anniversary tour is coming to Adelaide. AirDNB and TMRW present Hospitality30 at Mala Mia on Friday, October 2…
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The Front Room brings Oliver Huntemann to TIA LIVE for a full Funktion-One techno takeover
Saturday September 5, 2026 | 9pm–4am | TIA LIVE, 128 Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets via Humanitix | Funktion-One sound install Adelaide, SA — The Front Room brings Hamburg techno heavyweight Oliver Huntemann to TIA LIVE for an exclusive two-hour set on Saturday, September 5. Full production: beefed-up visuals, lighting, and a Funktion-One sound system…
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Dance Floor Heretics publish a manifesto for presence over performance on the dancefloor
Dance Floor Heretics have published an essay on their blog titled We Still Come for the Feeling, and it’s worth reading in full. It’s not a lineup announcement or an event recap. It’s a statement about why rave culture matters — and why the things that made it matter in the first place are the…
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Ez Now returns to Ancient World for a Spring Mashup with eight selectors across the bass spectrum
Saturday September 5, 2026 | 8pm–late | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Free before 9pm, $15 after Adelaide, SA — Ez Now and Ancient World are back with the Spring Mashup — another night of proper bassweight in the basement on Hindley Street. Eight selectors, seven hours, free entry if you’re through the…
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AirDNB’s VIBE returns to Mala Mia for a ten-hour locals-only drum and bass day party
Saturday August 22, 2026 | 4pm–2am | Mala Mia, Morphett St, Adelaide | First release $25 (running low) | Final release $30 | Double pass $40 | 200 presale cap | 18+ Adelaide, SA — The first VIBE party earned the name. Now AirDNB is back at Mala Mia for VIBE Vol 2 — ten…
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Doof Techno brings Argentinian producer Koda to Ancient World for a night of dark minimal and psytech
Friday September 11, 2026 | 8pm–3am | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets from $23 + BF via Triniq | 18+ | No phones on dancefloor Adelaide, SA — Another sold-out show behind them, Doof Techno keeps the momentum rolling with Koda from Argentina headlining at Ancient World on Friday, September 11. Dark…
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We Are Family brings disco and house to the Adelaide Hills vines for a spring afternoon at Sidewood Estate
Saturday November 7, 2026 | 4pm–9pm | Sidewood Estate, 15 River Road, Hahndorf | Tickets via Sticky Tickets Adelaide Hills, SA — After a successful inaugural edition in March, We Are Family returns for the Spring Edit — an afternoon-into-evening session at Sidewood Estate in Hahndorf. Wood-fired pizza, Sidewood wines, and a soundtrack of uplifting…
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Reunion Adelaide kicks off festival season with a two-room Long Weekender at Atlantis
Sunday October 4, 2026 | 9pm–4am | Atlantis, 163 Waymouth St, Adelaide | 500 tickets strictly limited | Tickets via Eventbrite Adelaide, SA — The October long weekend is the unofficial start of festival season in Adelaide, and Reunion Adelaide — the crew behind the Reunion Festival and Superclub — are marking it with a…
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tOAStjam launches a producers-only showcase basement with custom lighting rigs
Saturday June 27, 2026 | 8pm | Low Life Basement Bar, 131 Pirie St, Adelaide Adelaide, SA — Here’s the rule: every track you hear at tOASt and jam session #1 was made by the person playing it. Six local producers, 30–45 minute sets each, nothing but original productions. tOAStjam is putting Adelaide’s underground producers…
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DJ JoSH’s Golden Years celebrates a decade of Adelaide’s biggest nostalgia dance party at the Arkaba
Saturday July 4, 2026 | 7pm | Top of the Ark, Arkaba Hotel, 155 Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville | Tickets via Sticky Tickets Adelaide, SA — Three milestones, one night. DJ JoSH turns 60. The Golden Years turns 10. The Arkaba Hotel turns 60. And it’s all happening under one roof at Top of the…
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AirDNB and Eclipse bring turntablism royalty Craze and Krafty Kuts to Divide
Friday July 3, 2026 | 10pm–late | Divide, 149 Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets via Moshtix | Plus more TBA Adelaide, SA — AirDNB and Eclipse present two of the most technically gifted DJs on the planet on the same bill. Craze (USA) and Krafty Kuts (UK) take over Divide on Hindley Street on Friday,…
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Doof Techno goes locals-only for a mid-winter PsyTech and hypnotic techno session at Ancient World
Friday July 17, 2026 | 8pm–late | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets via Triniq | 18+ | No phones on dancefloor Adelaide, SA — Fresh off a sold-out first birthday with Haptic’s live cube set and Shaman Monster performance in May, Doof Techno strips it back for a locals-only mid-winter session at…
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Dance Floor Heretics and Faze One throw a free two-room Xmas in July party at Cosmos Club
Saturday July 25, 2026 | 8pm–2am | Cosmos Club, 109 Waymouth St, Adelaide | FREE entry (must register for ticket) | 2 rooms Adelaide, SA — Dance Floor Heretics and Faze One team up for Xmas in July — a free, two-room house and techno party at Cosmos Club on Waymouth Street. Ten DJs across…
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Inbound celebrates 28 years of drum and bass by returning to where it all began — the Crown and Sceptre
Sunday June 7, 2026 (Kings Birthday long weekend) | Doors 8:30pm–2am | The Crown & Sceptre Hotel, 308 King William St, Adelaide | Tickets $29.70 via Ticket Fairy | 18+ Adelaide, SA — Twenty-eight years. Inbound is one of the longest-running drum and bass crews in Australia, and for their 28th birthday they’re doing the…
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Mellow Monday returns to Marion Hotel’s Garden Room for a Kings Birthday long weekend wind-down
Monday June 8, 2026 (Kings Birthday public holiday) | 1pm–7pm | Marion Hotel Garden Room, 849 Marion Rd, Mitchell Park | $29 + $3 ticket fee | Tickets via dancefloorheretics.com Adelaide, SA — Dance Floor Heretics and Continuous Flow bring back Mellow Monday for a third instalment — six hours of magically mellow music in…
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When Someone Else Says It Better Than You Could
The crew at Dance Floor Heretics published something this week that stopped us in our tracks. Go read it. It’s about why their events feel like family reunions rather than nights out, and why the people on the dance floor keep showing up, not just for the music, but for each other. We’ve been running…
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Doof Techno turns one and brings Haptic’s live cube set and Shaman Monster to Ancient World
Friday May 22, 2026 | 8pm–3am | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets from $23 + BF via Triniq | 18+ | No phones on dancefloor Adelaide, SA — Doof Techno celebrates its first birthday at Ancient World on Friday, May 22 with a special guest who’s bringing something genuinely unusual to Hindley…
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Faze One launches Mindshift — a new progressive house and techno night at Nightshade
Friday June 5, 2026 | 7pm–3am | Nightshade, 15 Solomon St, Adelaide | Tickets via Humanitix Adelaide, SA — Faze One presents Mindshift, a new night built around progressive house and techno at Nightshade on Solomon Street. Five DJs and an MC delivering a seamless musical journey from deep and melodic through to high-energy dancefloor…
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Hard House Nation launches in Adelaide with Dramatik and Pete Maxwell headlining at Cosmos Club
Saturday May 23, 2026 | 8pm–3am | Cosmos Club, 109 Waymouth St, Adelaide | Tickets from $20 + BF via Humanitix | 18+ Adelaide, SA — Adelaide is getting a dedicated hard house and hard trance night. Hard House Nation makes its debut at Cosmos Club on Waymouth Street on Saturday, May 23, with a…
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Drum and bass takes over a country pub in the Barossa — free Sunday arvo session at Eden Valley Hotel
Sunday May 17, 2026 | 12pm–5pm | Eden Valley Hotel, 11 Main Street, Eden Valley | Free entry | Family friendly | Bar open, lunch available Eden Valley, SA — This one’s different. Five hours of drum and bass in a country pub in the Barossa hills. DNB @ Eden Valley Hotel runs on Sunday,…
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Sub Frequency brings bass-heavy grooves to The Archer Hotel in North Adelaide
Friday May 15, 2026 | Doors 5:30pm, music 6pm–12am | The Archer Hotel, 60 O’Connell St, North Adelaide | $25 on the door | Earlybird via Eventbrite | 18+ Adelaide, SA — A new event lands in North Adelaide. Sub Frequency takes over The Archer Hotel on O’Connell Street for a Friday night of bass-driven…
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LRD Sessions returns to Little Red Door with a bigger lineup and the same limited-capacity energy
Friday May 15, 2026 | Doors 8pm | The Little Red Door, 182 Hindley St, Adelaide | $20 on the door | Limited capacity Adelaide, SA — LRD Sessions is back. The first edition in March packed Little Red Door out and proved there’s a real appetite for a locals-only drum and bass night in…
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Ez Now and Ancient World link up again for May-Hem — a night of proper bassweight on Hindley Street
Saturday May 9, 2026 | 8pm–late | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Free before 9pm, $15 after Adelaide, SA — Ez Now and Ancient World are back together for the next instalment of the Ez Now party series. May-Hem lands on Saturday, May 9 with seven hours of bass music spanning dubstep, garage,…
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Dance Floor Heretics launch eXPEDITIONS — two-hour sets, two rooms, ANZAC Day at Atlantis
Saturday April 25, 2026 (ANZAC Day) | 6pm–late | Atlantis, Light Square, Adelaide | 2 rooms | Tickets via dancefloorheretics.com Adelaide, SA — Dance Floor Heretics asked their community a simple question: more names on a lineup, or more time with each DJ? The answer was overwhelming — longer sets, deeper journeys. eXPEDITIONS is what…
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UK bass selector Dub Athlete brings low-end pressure to Ancient World for Dubvert
Saturday April 18, 2026 | 8pm–3am | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Free before 9pm, tiered pricing after | 18+ Adelaide, SA — Dubvert brings Brighton-based selector Dub Athlete to Ancient World on Saturday, April 18 for a night of subterranean bass, broken beats, and dubwise pressure through a heavyweight sound system. Local…
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Athzira and LunaRave bring full-power psytrance to the Gala Room this Friday
Friday April 17, 2026 | 8pm–3am | Gala Room at The Austral, 205 Rundle St, Adelaide | Final release $60 + BF | 18+ Adelaide, SA — Five days out. Earlybird and general release are both gone. James Corbett and Violet Eve are bringing Athzira (Guatemala), LunaRave (France), and their collaborative project AlcheMystik to the…
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OverTime is back next Saturday and free ticket claims close tonight
Saturday April 18, 2026 | 10pm–3am | Gala Room at The Austral, Rundle Street | Free (mailing list exclusive) | DJs Dav & Lissie b2b + MC Rudeboy FREE TICKET CLAIMS CLOSE TONIGHT Subscribe to the Anthems mailing list. Get a free ticket. One per subscriber. First in, first served. No tickets on sale. No…
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QZB and Charli Brix headline Adelaide’s biggest Easter Sunday drum and bass event at Mala Mia
April 5, 2026 (Easter Sunday) | 4pm–2am | Mala Mia, 268 Morphett St, Adelaide | Tickets from $39 | 18+ | WILD Sound System Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Three of Adelaide’s most dedicated drum and bass collectives — AirDNB, The Manager’s Office (TMO) and Wickid Lickwid — have joined forces for a…
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Wickid Thursdayz returns to Ancient World with monthly open decks for Adelaide’s underground DJs
April 2, 2026 | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Free before 9pm, $10 after | Open format, all genres Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Wickid Thursdayz is back. Adelaide’s monthly open decks night returns to Ancient World on Thursday, April 2, 2026 — a DJs’ playground for anyone who wants to…
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Wines & Good Times takes over the 2KW rooftop for a Good Friday disco session
April 3, 2026 (Good Friday) | 2pm ’til late | 2KW Bar & Restaurant (rooftop), Adelaide | Free spritz 2–3pm | Tickets via Eventbrite Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Wines & Good Times brings its sun-to-stars disco formula to the rooftop at 2KW Bar & Restaurant for Good Times, Great Friday on Friday,…
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counterpart: Adelaide’s Dubstep Revival Architect
Chris — known to Adelaide’s bass music community as counterpart — is the self-taught DJ and event organiser who introduced dubstep to South Australian dancefloors, co-founded Australia’s first dedicated dubstep weekly, and has spent the better part of two decades building, losing, and rebuilding Adelaide’s underground bass scene from the ground up. His story begins…
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Sauce celebrates 25 years of Dispatch Recordings with Ant TC1 at Little Red Door
April 25, 2026 (ANZAC Day) | 9pm–2am | The Little Red Door & Winston, 182B Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets from $33 | 18+ Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Sauce brings Ant TC1 to Adelaide for 25 Years of Dispatch Recordings, a late-night ANZAC Day session at The Little Red Door & Winston…
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Doof Techno closes out its Summer Series with an all-local Homegrown finale at Ancient World
March 27, 2026 | 9pm–3am | Ancient World, 116A Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets $20 + BF | 18+ Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Doof Techno wraps up its four-part Summer Series with Episode 4: Homegrown, a celebration of local talent at Ancient World on Hindley Street. Six selectors, six hours of bush…
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Adelaide’s top three techno promoters join forces for Tales of Techno with CJ Bolland and Thomas Schumacher
March 28, 2026 | 8pm–5am | TIA LIVE, 128 Hindley St, Adelaide | Tickets on sale now via Humanitix | 18+ Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Three of Adelaide’s leading techno promoters — The Front Room, Simply Techno, and Dance Floor Heretics — have joined forces for Tales of Techno, a one-off nine-hour…
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Felix Da Housecat and Grooverider hit Glenelg for A Day At The Beach
March 22, 2026 | 4pm–11pm | The Grand Bar, 44 Jetty Rd, Glenelg | Tickets from $45 | 18+ | Capacity: 400 Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — AirDNB and The Front Room are teaming up for A Day At The Beach, a two-stage day party on the Glenelg foreshore featuring international headliners Felix…
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Simply Techno takes over the Austral Laneway for a residents-only Fringe finale
March 20, 2026 | 6pm–12am | Austral Laneway, 205 Rundle Street, Adelaide | Free entry Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Simply Techno closes out the final Friday of Adelaide Fringe with a residents-only laneway takeover at The Austral on Friday, March 20, 2026. Six hours of uninterrupted techno from the crew’s core selectors,…
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CANCELLED: Origin II — Whole-venue rave takeover announced for Easter Sunday at The Gov
Easter Sunday 5 April 2026 | 3:00pm–1:30am | The Gov (whole venue takeover) | Limited capacity Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Origin II: CHOSEN has been announced for Easter Sunday, 5 April 2026, delivering a whole-venue takeover of The Gov for an extended day-to-night session running 3:00pm to 1:30am. Presented by Gareth Lott,…
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Patch: Adelaide’s Drum & Bass Standard-Bearer
Julian “Jules” Dangov — known to Adelaide’s electronic music community simply as Patch — is one of Australia’s most respected drum and bass DJs, a four-time South Australian Dance Music Award winner, and the driving force behind the city’s long-running Sauce Music Events and Rollerz radio programme. Based in Highbury, South Australia, Patch has been…
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DJ S4T: Adelaide’s Underground Double Threat
In a scene that often rewards specialisation, Susie Dangov — better known as DJ S4T — has carved out something rare: genuine credibility across two of electronic music’s most demanding genres. Operating out of Adelaide’s Kaurna country for over a decade, she’s become one of the city’s most essential underground figures, equally at home behind…
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Dance Floor Heretics: The Crew That Refuses to Let Adelaide’s Rave Spirit Die
Adelaide’s rave heritage runs deeper than most Australians realise. Through the 90s, this city was ground zero for underground dance music in Australia. Enchanted Forest pulled thousands into secret bush locations. Clubs like Heaven, Cargo, and Planet kept floors packed every night of the week. Dance Floor Heretics grew out of that era, and the…
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Adelaide Massive: The Quiet Force Holding Adelaide’s Bass Scene Together
Every music scene needs a heartbeat — somewhere the information flows, the community gathers, and the culture gets documented. For Adelaide’s drum and bass underground, that heartbeat has been Adelaide Massive since 2003. Run by the tireless DJ Khem, Adelaide Massive isn’t a promoter, a venue, or a ticket seller. It’s something rarer and more…
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Bassline Market & Simply Techno present EastBlock Grooves at The Austral Laneway for Adelaide Fringe
March 13, 2026 | 6pm–12am | The Austral, Bent Street Laneway, Rundle Street | Free entry Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Two of Adelaide’s most respected underground electronic music collectives are joining forces for a landmark one-night-only event during Fringe season. Bassline Market and Simply Techno will present EastBlock Grooves on Friday, March…
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SAUCE presents ICONS Vol 5 with UK drum & bass pioneer Ray Keith at Gala Room (The Austral)
Friday 20 February 2026 | Doors 10:00pm | Gala Room @ The Austral (Austral Hotel), Rundle Street, Adelaide | 18+ Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — SAUCE returns with the next chapter of its ICONS series, bringing UK drum & bass heavyweight Ray Keith (Dread Recordings / UK) to Adelaide for a one-night takeover…
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Mellow Monday Live takes over Hotel Royal’s private loft + balcony for Adelaide Cup Day
March 9, 2026 | 2–6pm | Hotel Royal, Torrensville | Tickets strictly limited to 50 Adelaide, SA — [For immediate release] — Dance Floor Heretics and Nathan Bof Hughes announce Mellow Monday Live, a one-off Adelaide Cup Day session bringing four hours of laid-back techno with a splash of house to the Hotel Royal Torrensville.…
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I’ve been craving the old days again.
Not because everything was better (it wasn’t), but because finding out what was on was dead easy. You’d grab The Core or Onion on release day and flick straight to the events page. That list mattered. It was the difference between a big weekend and staying home because you “didn’t hear about anything.” It wasn’t…
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Dance Floor Heretics
Adelaide’s underground collective keeping the spirit of authentic rave culture alive. The Genesis: From Continuous Flow to Cultural Movement Dance Floor Heretics isn’t just another streetwear brand or event promoter — it’s a cultural bridge connecting the sweat-soaked warehouse parties of 1990s Adelaide to today’s underground techno scene. Founded by rave veterans Paul Hamon and…