SYDNEY DANCING
What Sydney lacks in quality clubs it makes up for with regular parties and festivals. Check out our Australian Festivals guide and keep your ears out for the below:
Picnic (check website for upcoming parties)
Picnic is the best party in town. For the last couple of years they’ve set the stage for legends from around the world to do their thing. Darshan Jesrani, Derrick May, The Revenge, Bottin, Hey Convict!, DJ Spun, Maurice Fulton and shit loads more have thrown down jams just for them! Join them at Sydney’s Festival Beck’s Bar on January 15th for their biggest par-tay yet, featuring the infamous DJ Harvey and his buddie DJ Garth!
Mad Racket, Marrickville Bowling Club, 91 Sydenham Road, Marrickville +61 2 9557 1185
Pioneers of great house music in Sydney, a few times a year at the infamous Marrickville bowling club, if your serious about music you need to check this out.
Sneaky Sundays, Hugo’s Lounge, 33 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, +61 3 9332 1227
Around ten years ago a little idea in a little club was born. The idea was simple; really good music, really good people, all the time. And so Sneaky Sundays was born… Sneaky Sundays goes strong to this day and every single given Sunday with it’s most excellent DJ’s and guests. Get there at 3pm on sunny afternoon for the half price cocktails and pizzas until 6pm.
Slow Blow, Good God, 55 Liverpool St, Sydney
The new generation of disco. George and Pari (Softwar) hold a monthly night of serious disco for not serious juniors, just lovely kids having a lovely time.
Club AL, Good God, 55 Liverpool St, Sydney
Every Thursday Levins plays an eclectic but bang on mixture of well… whatever the hell he feels like. If you want more of an idea bout the kind o eclecticism, in Levins’ own words – “don’t be ALarmed when he drops a smattering of songs from the ALleys of ALbury to the ALps of ALabama.”
Halfway Crooks, Phoenix Bar, Exchange Hotel, 34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst +61 2 9331 1936
Another night from Levins and his rap DJ superstar friends Franco and Toni Toni Lee. This night is pure RAP, for people who love RAP, hosted by people who also love RAP. It get’s obnoxious and fun, leave your party pooping hat at the door and get loose.
PIZZA, Level 3, 383 Bourke St, Surry Hills +61 2 95526333
Nicky Night Time, Kato, Valerie Yum and Lux Life have come up with the ultimate recipie to clog your party arteries with good times. They’ve taken some old shit, some new shit and generous helpings of good shit topped off with a layer of cheese to create a slice that’s twice as nice. So come up to the number one spot THE STANDARD [top level of Kinselas] and bite off more than you can chew.
Hip Hop Wednesdays at The Flinders, 63 Flinders St, Surry Hills +61 2 9356 3622
The Jams are back. DJ KATO. The drinks are cheap. Entry is free. So watchu gonna do?
AND ALSO…
Friday nights at the Flinders: Cleric + Angel + Guests every Friday at the Flinders
Now or Never at the Abercrombie, The Abercrombie Hotel, Cnr of Abercrombie St & Broadway
It does what is says on the packet (the flyer above), good music with Charlie Chux and homies.
Spice Cellar, 58 Elizabeth St Sydney 2000, 02 9362 3552
SPICE, what for years was a legendary Sydney after hours, spending time at a few different venues around town (the bourbon, home terrace, kings x hotel) has now moved into its very own home, the old wine bank in the city, it’s a basement in Martin Place, opening late, going later, this is a proper club, deep music, dark lights, good times.
AGWA Yacht Club, Starship Sydney, King Street Wharf 2
This is where you will expect to see the latest in proper house, deep tech and any version of now house, last year was one of the best days with Damian Lazarus and Art Department, this year it’s Jamie Jones and Lee Foss. Get loose!
Adult Disco, Civic Underground, 388 Pitt Street, Sydney +61 2 8080 7000
The guys behind Future Classic, responsible for touring some of the greatest DJs Australia has seen in recent years do this night every Saturday. Solid.
Chinese Laundry, 111 Sussex Street Sydney +61 2 8295 9999
One of the only clubs that has hung in there and still kept its cool, always playing host to great international guests and pushing underground electronic music. Two small dark rooms and a banging sound-system, this is a venue made for clubbing.
ARQ, 6 Flinders Street, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst +61 2 9380 8700
Gay club right in the heart of Oxford Street. The place to go should you feel the need to get sleazy and stay out late.
