It’s important to have work/life balance.
Sometimes it’s nice to break up the monotony of family, art gallery, meal-prep, and casual pub-filled weekends with a bender-worthy BYO party.
Because, let’s be real, you can post as many photos as you want in your Burberry scarf Nicole, but we all saw you passed out at the bus stop waiting for the nightrider last Friday. And you loved it.
MIDNIGHTS are here, which means that REDDS have found the best events on either side of midnight for you to be in the cut. In the first of this series, they’ve pulled together the best upcoming BYO parties in and around the Sydney area.
So, no need to skull the vodka Red Bull as Uber awaits you outside, salvage your 3.78 star rating and pack the goods to go.
Back to Berlin
When: Friday 3 August, 2018
Where: Undisclosed warehouse (TBA to ticket holders on event day)
Tickets: $50-$60, purchase here.
Lighting, lasers and techno; that’s Blueprint. Back by popular demand with a new series, Blueprint are bringing two weeks worth of warehouse parties to Sydney with Aussie and international lineups. In store for this weekend are: Cassette, Robbie Lowe, Jake Hough, Ben Nott, Jimmy Galvin and Rory Vevers.
Mantra Collective Live Stream at Zanerobe
When: Friday August 10, 2018
Where: Zanerobe HQ – 14 Mentmore Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018
Tickets: Free, RSVP here.
Zanerobe and Mantra Collective team up for a Japanese themed live-stream party. With booze provided, the option to BYO, free entry and sets from Whitecat, aboutjack, Telly, Mike Watts and Thilini, August 10 will mark a night not to miss.
Phil Smart: 30 Years of Dance
When: Saturday 11 August, 2018
Where: Undisclosed Inner West warehouse (TBA to ticket holders on event day)
Tickets: $30-$35, purchase here.
This secret inner west dance party pays homage to one of Australia’s greatest in dance, light and sound: Phil Smart. Your ears will be met by some seriously deep basslines from a man who’s endured the birth of Australian rave to huge global recognition. The 8-hour session will showcase the prolific DJ’s antipodean vibes through a stellar sound system thanks to the lads at Ricardo’s, so all you need to do is bring your bevvies and boogie energy.
Gateway Collective Annual Warehouse Party
When: Saturday 18 August, 2018
Where: Undisclosed warehouse (TBA to ticket holders on event day)
Tickets: $35, purchase here.
Any tagline like “stay off the street and keep to the shadows on arrival” makes the way for a good night. With Sydney’s own Slamb, James Pepper, Ashton Gribble and Hamish Robertson amongst the local lineup, the inner west is set to get tasty.
Mantra Collective Warehouse 14
When: Saturday 1 September, 2018
Where: Undisclosed warehouse (TBA to ticket holders on event day)
Tickets: $30-$50, purchase here.
If you’re into a well-produced rager, this one’s for you. Mantra Collective’s 14th warehouse edition will host a roster of groove DJs to soundtrack the night. This clearly isn’t their first rodeo – after sold out warehouse parties, boat parties, vinyl-only club nights and a weekly FBi radio show, the Mantra boys know their shit.
Knee Deep In Sydney | The Warehouse Collective
When: Saturday 24 November, 2018
Where: Australian Technology Park
Tickets: $89-$95, purchase here.
In a series of large scale music events, the first instalment by The Warehouse Collective presents the return of “Knee Deep In Sydney” to bring together a blockbuster house and techno lineup.
Festival Of The Sun
When: 13 – 15 December, 2018
Where: Port Macquarie Breakwall Tourist Park
Tickets: $239-$249, purchase here.
This one isn’t a warehouse, but gone are the days of spending your whole week’s paycheque on 2 beer cans at a music festival, because this three-day festival is BYO. Pro tip – stock up on MIDNIGHTS. Kwame and Vera Blue, we’re coming for you.
Cover image by REDDS FX.
