The Presets have announced a DJ Tour in honour of their 20th anniversary in 2023, performing 20 dates across the nation.
Sydney electronic kings The Presets have announced a huge national DJ tour throughout July, August, and September in celebration of their 20th anniversary.
Kicking off in July in Mulgrave, the ’20 Years 20 Nights’ tour will take the duo across the East Coast with various stops in the likes of Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns, Torquay, and Sydney before jetting over to Darwin where they’ll finish the tour in September. Armed with a huge DJ set, they’ll be playing at small clubs and bars, reconnecting with the electric spirit that got them making music in the first place.
The Presets 20th Anniversary clubland tour 2023
- July 14 – Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave
- July 15 – Pier Bandroom, Frankston
- July 20 – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
- July 21 – Friday’s Riverside, Brisbane
- July 22 – Kings Beach Tavern, Caloundra
- July 28 – Burleigh Bazaar, Gold Coast
- July 29 – C.EX, Coffs Harbour
- August 4 – Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay
- August 5 – Drifters Wharf, Central Coast
- August 10 – Gilligan’s, Cairns
- August 11 – Kirwan Tavern (Outdoors), Townsville
- August 12 – Magnums Hotel, Airlie Beach
- August 18 – Beer Deluxe, Albury
- August 19 – Torquay Hotel, Torquay
- August 25 – UOW Uni Bar, Wollongong
- August 26 – Kambri Anu, Canberra
- August 30 – The Station, Perisher
- September 1 – Miranda Hotel, Sydney
- September 2 – Dee Why RSL, Sydney
- September 9 – Monsoons, Darwin
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In 2003 two young Sydneysiders started making beats together at their inner-city studio. They began by banging out DJ sets in small clubs, testing out tracks they’d made together at home alongside tunes that were inspiring them at the time.
In the 20 years since, The Presets’ live show has grown into an audio-visual behemoth that’s dominated festival main stages around the world, but a recent visit to a legendary Sydney nightclub where the duo cut their teeth inspired the guys to celebrate their anniversary by going back to where it all began.
“We’ve been lucky enough to play the biggest stages and festivals in the world over the past 20 years”, explains Kim Moyes, “but nothing compares to the buck-wild intensity of an intimate party. They are an entirely different beast and we can’t wait to unleash over these 20 nights.”
“DJing in small clubs is a whole different experience to performing our usual live show on the big stage with the lights and visuals and things like that”, adds Julian. “It is more freewheeling and immediate – we feed off the energy of the crowd, weaving our own tracks in with classic jams by our favourite artists. So it’s a 20 years celebration of not only our music, but also all the incredible tunes that inspire us. Plus we get a chance to throw in a few unreleased surprises too.”
Special guests will appear each night, handpicked by The Presets to create a series of one off events.
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