Throw off the shackles of dry January and succumb to the voodoo and hoodoo of the most fantastical February Rumpus!
Power up your pixellated party pants and get ready for mega mmo mischief as Pixies vs Pixels bursts into the seven rooms of live music, DJs, VJs, performers, walkabout and acrobats that make up the music, magic, mystery and mayhem of Rumpus!
Our last event sold out in seconds! That’s way faster than Glastonbury!
Elves! Jump off your shelves! Will you level up to Pro or are you a Noob Nymph seeking Sonic delights. Go AFK and score a Rumpus Critical Hit on the dancefloor with your wailing Banshee moves. Mario has donned his glitter pants and Tinkerbell’s fairy dust is liberally sprinkled. Whether you’re an 8 bit Brownie or a carefree Kirby, engage marathon mode and dance till your stamina bar runs out! Just take a tip from Kratos and never pick a fight with a Sprite!
★☆Dress Code Suggestions★☆
Bootilicious Banshees, Marvellous Marios, Foxy Faeries, Luscious Links, Pert Pixies, Naughty Nymphs, Magnificent Modems, Brash Brownies, Elegant Elves, Zen Zeldas, Sumptuous Samus, Sultry Sprites, Kinky Keyboards
Line up
❤️ Room 1 – Main Room
Crinkle Cuts – Fresh with a capital PH, blasting tantric funk, smooth reggae and new-wave latin ska woven together with good vibes for an eccentric, exotic and eargasmic live performance.
Balkanoes – a goulash of Balkan brass and fiddle with klezmer flavours to create hot, soulful party music to get you dancing through the night
Frd Blk (aka Fred Balkayou) from G-Funk, Vintage Groove, World and Afro Electro Beat and more. FRD BLK will share the desk with his partner in crime Zoo.é akapada as part of their new project “Melted Sound SyStM
Zoo.é akapada – come onboard for a sonic trip thru DnB, Funky vintage tunes and Bass Classics.
Penny Metal – boldly playing music no-one else dares!
💛 Room 2 – WONDERLAND TAKEOVER
Hosted by the Tropical Tea Party
Hiphoppapotamus ★ Indian Man ★ Waggles ★ Feline ★ Mook
Blasting out tropical infused dance music, with King of Bongo, Mook, on percussion, in a tropical hideout of vibrant colour, the Tropical Tea Party are landing at Rumpus for the first time, armed with limbo sticks, magical pineapples and a bag of bottomless good vibes!
The mighty Hiphoppapotamus, of high-energy, sunshine-drenched Jungle, breaks and house, has summoned the famalam: Waggles on the afro/latin/global beats; Indian Man with his bhangra-garage; and Feline with his reggae/dubwise/jungle selections and freestyle lyrical firepower!
Come find them… and FEEL WELL TROPICAL!!
💚 Room 3 – Beats & Bass Ballroom
Heleness – tripping from blistering, punchy breakbeats, tribally techno, hypnotic tech house, sleazily grinding electro, to more mellow deep house and tropical Afro and Balearic beats.
Caz Coronel – All of the beats all of that good badness to take you dancing through to daytime
Scribes – Block rocking, head nodding, floor filling party hip hop heroes
🩵 Room 4 – STUDIO 53
Calling all delicious candy-floss divas and dervishes to the dance floor of 1970s New York’s most delectable den of juicy grooves and flawless moves. Funkier, fruitier and more fun than those rumours you’ve heard, Studio 53 won’t let you stop until you drop. Featuring the most daring DJs and hosted by the dirtiest darlings – welcome to your new home.
Featuring:
X-Ray Ted – DJ/Producer of the sleaziest party funk, from Bristol
Beat-A-Max – Rumpus favourite and fashionable socialite
My Mate Luke – Of London’s Cheeky Soundsystem
Mango Jackson – Fruity sounds to make your ears taste good
💜 Room 5 – Courtyard
Hosted by Rumpus Regular DJ The Alchemist in the funkiest indoor outside space. Tunes to groove, rave and bounce to from a tube train carriage DJ booth. Find the formidable face painting and discover the delight that is dress up corner.
💙 Room 6 – The Wonderland Cafe
Those gifted and giving charitable Creatures from Wonderland will be creating a corner of rest and recuperation with teas and cakes and calming conversations up on the first floor
🩷 Room 7 – Cinerave
VJ Harper – Vibrant visuals to feast your eyes while the beats move your feets to feats of great dancing
