Summer is approaching, and in excellent news for dance music enthusiasts, Sydney’s cultural calendar is about to get a whole lot sweatier. Renowned music curators Finely Tuned (the team behind Lost Paradise and Lost Sundays) have just unveiled a brand-new event series, and it’s on track to bring a whole heap of fun to the Harbour City this summer.
Enter The Works: six warehouse-scale events taking over Carriageworks across summer 2025/26, bringing some of the planet’s biggest electronic music acts to one of Sydney’s most progressive creative spaces.
Benefitting from the influx of international DJs hitting Aussie shores for Lost Paradise and other summer festivals (including Victoria’s Beyond The Valley), the lineup is top-tier. Over four weeks, more than 20 local and international acts will roll through, with headliners spanning festival heavyweights, underground heroes and fun, forward-thinking taste-makers who are just starting to make their name.
The beloved British electronic duo Underworld will launch the series on December 29, bringing their genre-defining live show to the industrial inner city setting (and yes, you can expect 'Born Slippy'). They’ll be joined by Ross From Friends’ new club-pop project Bubble Love, plus homegrown favourites Roza Terenzi and Reenie.
From there, the energy won’t let up. I Hate Models will unleash raw, frenetic chaos on Carriageworks on January 2, flanked by techno maximalist VTSS and rising Scottish DJ Sim0ne. The following night, German melodic maestro Ben Böhmer will bring his euphoric audiovisual show to Sydney, joined by Melbourne powerhouse Pretty Girl and a special b2b from PARIS and Juno Mamba. Marc Rebille will take over on January 4, alongside NYC’s A-Trak, Sydney-based Young Franco and Madame Reve.
Things will keep building from there: Chris Stussy will headline on January 10 with a high-energy house-heavy lineup, before Grammy-nominated duo CamelPhat close out the series on January 16, joined by Samantha Loveridge and Sydney-based selector OLIIV.
If you’ve been craving an underground-style dance night with world-class production and international star power, mark your cals. Presale tickets will drop at 10am on Tuesday, September 30, and general sale from 10am Wednesday October 1. You can sign up for presale access here.
Exact event times are yet to be released, check the Carriageworks website for more details closer to the date.
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