SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR 2013

What's that DRAPHT you can feel blowing across the (FRANK) OCEAN, over the WAVVES of Lake Burley Griffin and into THE NATIONAL Captial? Why, it's the return of the incomparable SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR!

In this, its fifth year, of course you'll see the return of the famous SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR… but we've delved deeper into the world OF MONSTERS AND MEN (and BOYS & BEARS) than ever before to bring you a true POLYPHONIC SPREE: it's A SPLENDOUR MINI FESTIVAL (from 8pm)! Featuring COLD WAR (KIDS) defectors STRANGEWYS + the JUNGLE GIANTS of Canberra: #GRLPWR, JK ROLLIN', RADAR, BAMBII, ARCHITECT DJS, NEONBOMBS and PELVIC.

Come midnight, STRANGEWAYS DJS will drop a SERIES OF MINI-SETS from the top SPLENDOUR HEADLINERS… that's HALF AN HOUR OF (PORTUGAL) THE MAN himself, FRANK OCEAN - plus the best of the rest: PASSION PIT, JAMES BLAKE, PRESETS, FLUME (and whatsonot…).

So don't be a (CHET) FAKER and practise the ART OF SLEEPING: (YOLANDA) BE COOL and use your FLIGHT FACILITIES to FLUME up to the TRANSIT BAR on 3 AUGUST! YOU AM I will have fun together, dancing to EVERYTHING EVERYTHING you've ever heard on TV or ON THE RADIO in a BABYSHAMBOLIC PASSION PIT! Watch out for in flying LITTLE GREEN CARS, though: MATT CORBY is gonna be AIRBOURNE and on the THE GROWL and we hear he's a real DAUGHTER FIDLAR! (ladies… watch your DEAP VALLY … he's VIOLENT (SOHO): last time he had a TWINSY he drew (SURFER) BLOOD and gave PVT to all the VILLAGERS).

But where's the (FAT FREDDY'S) DROP?? With YEEZUS off studying ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, come 2:00am, $TRNGWY$ will drop the vowels, the mollys and an (ALISON) WONDERLAND of future bass bombs. Wade into the UNKNOWN (MORTAL ORCHESTRA)!

See you all before 10pm for $10 ENTRY, or $15 after 10 (unless you're a MUMFORD with SONS, in which case there's a family discount).

ovoxo
$TRNGWY$

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR 2012

SATURDAY 4 AUGUST // TRANSIT BAR

Last year's SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR bore witness to some of the longest queues and most dazed and confused mornings-after Canberra has ever seen. It left the STRANGEWAYS DJS wondering: CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER? (Because legally, we can't get any louder). So this year, we're going GOOD, BETTER, BEST… OF SPLENDOUR!

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR will not only deliver the best the 2012 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS LINEUP has to offer: with your help we'll also create a 1HR MIDNIGHT MEGAMIX of the greatest music EVER PLAYED at SPLENDOUR to celebrate the blossoming of the festival's HOT, FORBIDDEN TWEEN-AGE FRUIT. And of course, we're also bringing:

A SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR! The incomparable local talent of RADAR and ARCHITECT DJs! And the awesome audio-visual spectacle that is the STRANGEWAYS DJS, under a canopy of STARS.

Not since the LAST DINOSAURS will you experience such EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY. There's some BIG SCARY GOSSIP going round that it MIIKE SNOW. Then again, it miike not. Either way, a LANA DEL REY of sunshine is coming into your world on SATURDAY 4 AUG! We heard KANYE doesn't care about (JACK) WHITE people, but he might just show up for a SMASHING (PUMPKINS) BLOC PARTY. If you put on your best AFGHAN WIGS and end up AT THE DRIVE IN, you'll not only be missing SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR – your FRIENDS will declare SHIHAD and shoot DZ DEATHRAYS at you!

Alternatively, if you bring your (MUD)HONEY down to the Transit Bar, you can (AZEALIA) BANK on a (ALISON) WONDERLAND of FUN with some BEAUTIFUL GIRLS! You might even have a DIRTY THREE-some – just remember to put double GLOVES on your FLUME before you DJANGO DJANGO (you know what we're talking about).

So come down to Transit Bar on SATURDAY 4 AUGUST and do a 360 ALLEY-OOP with your LADYHAWKE!

(And with all the luxurious synthetic grass, we promise you won't join the BLEEDING KNEES CLUB… you know… you won’t graze your knees on it… OK)

$10 // $7 if you 'check in' to the event or Transit Bar on Facebook on the night!

Post your all-time favourite SPLENDOUR SONGS on the event wall and they might just find their way into the mix!

STRANGEWAYS
xxo

Splendour In The Bar: Kanye West Sideshow Edition

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR: KANYE WEST SIDESHOW EDITION!
AUGUST 6 // TRANSIT BAR // FREE!

Yo BYRON BAY, I'm really happy for Y'all, and I'mma let you finish, But the STRANGEWAYS DJS are gonna do the best SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR of ALL TIME! OF ALL TIME!

That's right - The third annual SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR is here! And we hear your feedback from previous years so this year we are bringing:

A SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR! A FULL HOUR of NON-STOP KANYE WEST FROM MIDNIGHT to 1AM! A 2 HOUR SPLENDOUR ARTISTS MEGAMIX! Plus the awesome audio-visual spectacle that is The STRANGEWAYS DJS, ARCHITECT AND EDDIE SHAGZ! CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER?

Now watch as we include (almost) every SPLENDOUR ARTIST in a ridiculously long-winded press release!

Feed your (JANE'S) ADDICTION without getting THE HIVES as we PULP the fruits of the SPLENDOUR LINEUP to bring you the (BLUE) JUICE!
You'd need your own personal THEIVERY CORPORATION (or even have to CUT OFF YOUR HANDS and sell them) to afford SPLENDOUR TICKETS. But you'll never be one of the HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY at SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR - it's FREE!

OH MERCY - you won't even need to use FLIGHT FACILITIES to get there!

Don't chill your ELBOWs in the ESKIMO (JOE)-like COLD(PLAY) DRAPHT of the SPLENDOUR CAMPSITE. You may become a GHOUL or fade away to a (DJ) SHADOW. So come to SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR instead - it will be as warm as THE MIDDLE EAST in the cozy confines of the TRANSIT BAR!

Need to suddenly PNAU? Don't PANIC(S)! You won't be tempted to YELLE and have FITZ AND (THE) TANTRUMS because of THE HERD waiting for toilets, or embarass yourself by using THE GRATES outside - there's plenty of toilets at TRANSIT! You won't even have to AJAX all your dirty clothes afterwards!

We are MODEST (MOUSE) DJS who FOSTER (THE PEOPLE) a FRIENDLY (FIRES), HOLIDAY(S)-like atmosphere of GROUPLOVE that even CHILDREN (COLLIDE) would enjoy! You won't meet your (LIVING) END from WILD BEASTS and GUINEAFOWL with MUSCLES and WARPAINT at SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR, we can guarantee it!

So come, shake your D-CUP and have a (ASTON) SHUFFLE on the dancefloor! it will be LIGHT YEARS better than the real thing!