“One of the world’s wildest, sexiest, bravest and most outlandish celebrations, the Mardi Gras Party, returns with arms stretched wider than ever before.

In 2014, bring the party you love with you wherever you go – from the moment you prepare for the magical night ahead, right through the parade festivities and to the iconic party.

With a diverse array of the hottest Australian and international DJs spinning across a sprawling landscape of fabulous party spaces, along with spectacular shows and awe-inspiring performances it’s famous for, Mardi Gras Party 2014 is yours for the taking.

 

The legendary post parade MARDI GRAS PARTY 2014 features DJ’s ADAM LOVE + ALEX TAYLOR + ASTRIX LITTLE + DAN MURPHY + DAN SLATER + DERRICK CARTER (USA) + DOM DE SOUSA + KAM SHAFAATI + KATE MONROE + KIM ANN FOXMAN (USA) + KITTY GLITTER + LEOMEO (FR)  + MATT VAUGHAN + SHALYN GRAY + SVETA + YO! M.A.F.I.A (more to be announced)

 

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbbpfQa0yI&feature=youtu.be  TIX: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=MARDIGRA14 EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/422775647849700/ 

SITE: http://www.mardigras.org.au/events/the-party/

 

MARDI GRAS PARTY – PUMPING, SWEATY, MAGIC, MESSY, DEBAUCHED, STICKY, LAVISH, LOUD & PROUD.

THIS IS NOT JUST ANY PARTY, THIS IS THE PARTY! “


DJ MATT VAUGHAN MARDI GRAS PODCAST

DJ Matt Vaughan is the brainchild and resident DJ behind one of Sydney's most revered queer parties, Loose Ends, which has now been running for 18 years and thrives on a sense of musical adventurousness and truly inclusive queer partying.

Matt has also been playing all over Sydney and beyond for the last 20 years, from underground all-nighters, to fashion and art events. From big-time main rooms to micro loungerooms. He's played pretty much any queer party in Australia you can think of, and had several stints playing the dancefloors of NYC and San Francisco.

His musical interests have very few bounds and his magic power is marrying the silly and serious, light and dark in a way that has sparked countless moments of dancefloor alchemy and even more glorious connections between dancers. Which is what it's all about.

Find out more about Loose Ends here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/looseendsphoenix/

BOOKINGS: nickspurwaydj@gmail.com

MUSIC: @dramainthesauna
DJ: @nick__spurway / SWEATY (w/ Sophie Forrest)
PARTY: @furcoatsydney
RADIO: @radioelectronicajena

Nick Spurway builds his sets under the ethos of “less chin stroking, more dancing”, having no trouble flipping between thumping techno, high energy disco and pumping, swingy house within the hour. Nick established his reputation as a killer DJ in his early twenties, playing for numerous parties in Eora/sydney along Oxford Street and deep in Marrickville warehouse party territory, cutting between pitch perfect, vinyl-only opening sets and late-night banging closers.

Across the last ten years, Nick has shared his sound at straight techno nights and day-long queer festivals, from tiny basement parties to 10,000 festival goers. He’s been invited to play for some of the best local and national institutions including Something Else, Loose Ends, Dark Mofo, Midsumma, SASH and the infamous Pavlova Bar parties, playing up to six hours at a time. Being continually booked at a wide range of events has helped Nick create and refine his sets; tying together his long established love of the “holy trinity” of house, disco and funk, with techno, ambient, breakbeat, dance-punk and new wave thrown in for good measure. 

By the time he moved interstate to Naarm/melbourne, Nick had teamed up with fellow DJ, producer and activist Sophie Forrest, forming the duo SWEATY, culminating in a triumphant and well-received closing set at Midsumma Carnival 2022 and co-founded Fur Coat, a "gender-bender discotheque for queers and their peers", with Sophie, Matt Jay and SVEN, throwing parties in the inner west of Sydney with a final, 8-hour party before the pandemic hit, for Sydney Mardi Gras 2020. Both these collaborations continue to the present day. When he's not throwing his own parties, Nick is seen playing alongside some of the very best of local and international talent, such as Simon Caldwell, Move D, Bicep, JNETT, Ayebatonye, Stereogamous, Efdemin, Jane Fitz, Lorna Clarkson, Art Simone, CC:DISCO! and Gavilán Rayna Russom, to name a few.

With spectacular timing, Nick moved himself south to Melbourne in 2020, before lockdowns sent everyone inside for almost two years. Undeterred by this and with no clubs to play at, Nick expanded his talents elsewhere: elevating his music production with one to one mentoring from production legend Red Rack’em as part of his groundbreaking ‘How I Program’ music production community in 2020; hosting and producing a monthly radio show ‘Radio Electronica Australia’, since 2021, and releasing his first original track in 2022.

He kept his DJ chops fresh with live streams from his living room and guest-appearances on fellow DJ’s radio shows. Instead of dropping these pandemic-era habits when clubs re-opened, Nick continues to participate in all of the above, with his popular radio show celebrating four years on the air, in February 2025, with no signs of slowing down.

When Nick began to release his first tracks, he decided to separate the DJ from the producer and a new project was created: Drama in the Sauna. His first completed track, a remix of ‘Gradient’ by Eora/sydney artist Lagoon, was released in 2021, followed by his debut EP on Blur Records in 2022, entitled ‘Hot Water Laundry Service’. In December 2023, Nick released his second EP, 'Rushall', in time for summer, with self-produced tracks 'tongue twister' and 'It's Funny' dropped in 2024 and 'Can't Sleep', produced with frequent collaborator Future Self, released on Self Control Records in January 2025.

After five years down south, Nick moved back to Eora/Sydney in early 2025, reconnecting and establishing his love for the city that made his DJing, bringing with him producing, collaborations and radio, to begin a new phase of his career as it approaches its 20th anniversary.

DJ Baby Bear - Bio

Bear entertains crowds across the spectrum of genres, playing deep & soulful house, tech house, techno and progressive, always with strong classic house influences. His techno is dark and melodic while his house tends to the classic sounds of his 1990s introduction to the genre. 

Baby Bear is a resident at leading Sydney underground club Extra Dirty, Bear Bar, Kings X Hotel, Eagle Sydney, ARQ Sydney and I Remember House.

Over a 20 year career, Bear has been a regular at the biggest parties in the country, including the Sydney Mardi Gras after party,  Sleaze Ball, Harbour Party, Tropical Fruits New Year and Leather Pride's Inquisition.

Follow him on 

https://linktr.ee/djbabybear
Insta @dj_babybear
facebook http://www.facebook.com/DJBabyBear
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djbabybear

DJ MATT VAUGHAN MARDI GRAS PODCAST

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