Whether you’ve been hibernating in fleecy cocoons of comfy-ness or whipping up your own heat with dark and devilish pursuits this Rumpus will suit all creatures, both soft and sinful.
So, if you’re an air-headed fairy or an impure imp; a velvety vixen or a raunch-ranger; a grime gargoyle or a soft strumpet; downy delight or a sultan of sleaze: gather your garments of snooze and slumber, polish your perversions, fluff up your muff, sequester your squalor, shine up your gossamer gaiters, embrace your effluence and prepare to dance, trance and prance through the night.
We have 7 rooms of wonder and wow to tease, tantalise, stimulate and satisfy. The bounciest bands, the most delectable DJs and the strange and curious creatures of acrobatic and aerial prowess that inhabit the land that is Rumpus!
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Scandal Monger, Dirty Rotten Bastard, Silky Slut, Princess Powder-puff, Soft Slattern, Pillow Pixie, Airy Fairy Fluffy-toes, Squalid Squire, Soiled Siren, Downy Delight, Filthy Flesh-pot, Snuggle-Buggle Bear, Dust bunny, Velvety vixen
Line up
❤️ Room 1 – Main Room
The Scribes – you’ll find yourself bouncing to block rocking beats that are a booming backdrop for the MCs quickfire flows with this inimitable crew. Mixing live instrumentation with traditional hip hop sampling, expect everything from mosh pit rave bangers to more contemplative moods.
Gypsy Hill – imbibe the intoxicating mix of live and electronic Balkan beats and stomping ska, lyrical swing and savage surf rock. You won’t know if you’re coming or going but you’ll definitely be dancing.
Penny Metal – gyrate and grin to the anarchic and eclectic beats weaving through this mischievous musical
DJ Kobayashi – your dancing feet will stomp around the whole wide world with this traveller in sound
DJ Ocelus – dance to the best of the festival but indoors, party-starter and prince of the prance.
💛 Room 2 – Hosted By Moodswings
The Mood Swings family journey to the south to bring warmth, comfort and pure filth to Rumpus with their bizarre boudoir full of trinkets, beds, rinsing basslines and outlandish characters around every corner.
Madame Electrifie – Get your dance on with this fusion of all things vintage with dirty driving bass, spun for you by DJ Little Jo’s alter-ego
Seritone – An example of a Bassline transmitter, an audio messenger that is vibrated between nerve cells. Once received by the target it is common for said nerve cells to excite.
Jenova Collective – Dropping all things vintage & everything that’s not! Expect Bass House, DnB, 140 nonsense & future beats all tied together with the subtle flavouring of a seedy speakeasy!
Extra Spectrum – Pumping out a vast range of sub heavy crunch and high energy musical infusions, Extra Spectrum collides a blast from the past with the new age of electronic wobbles.
Shamen – Equipped with his dirtiest selection of drum and bass bangers, expect amen infested neurofunk filth from this dirty skankin’ demon.
By ‘Eck – Our finest eclectic selecta bringing a stupidly vast array of soulful, energetic & bonkers bass music. You won’t be able to put your knees down once the tropical nonsense begins.
Key_Lo – Always floating amongst a broad range of styles but typically you’ll find him joining the dots between House, Techno, Breakbeat & Acid.
Ezee – A true pioneer of the Yorkshire sound system crews, Ezee will get those feet itching with his delightful taste of electro soul & glitch funk stonkers.
💚 Room 3
DJ Jobo
Op Sa! – whirl and stomp with these fiery, tipsy gypsy Balkan beats bandsters.
Boom Dogs – you’ll be stomping and skanking with the stankiest, funkiest, slap-bassiest, nastiest filthiest funk-rock band in town
DJs Jon Bongly and Fred Balkayou – happy music make feel nice. You’ll be energised and enthused by this perky and playful pair.
🩵 Room 4 – Balkan Roast Room
The Forro Family – Join in with this talented troupe workshopping slow and sensual, Brazilian-flavoured partner-dancing.
Kamao Quartet – You’ll find this magical menagerie of manouche toe-tapping yet soul soothing
Alice Phelps Jazz and Friends – groove to the chilled notes of these talented smooth operators with New Orleans inspired blues tunes accompanied by some of the finest musicians in town. Expect some crunchy vocal harmonies, elaborate clarinet solos and a loose but grooving rhythm section.
Lounge Cat Ideals – Rowdy, raucous, riotous and refined!
Kazoo Orchestra – Free your inner child with the manic joy of the Rumpus Kazoo Orchestra
Old Jelly Rollers – Strut and swank New Orleans-style with these jazzy chaps.
💜 Room 5 – Courtyard
DJ the Alchemist brings you a gaggle of glorious DJs to keep you happily hopping and jauntily jigging the whole night through in our creatively chilled indoor outdoor space. Come dance with Ian Duzmore, Graham Eden, Rosebud Lix and the inimitable James Pb.
Deadbeat Cirqus – Marvel at the jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics from this twisted duo.
💙 Room 6 – The Wonderland Cafe
The epitome of civilized sophistication. Tea and cakes with these magical and charitable Wonderland creatures.
🩷 Room 7 – Cinerave
VJ Harper Sink into the softness and flirt with the filth of these mad visuals and fresh beats
