silent disco under the stars, swell festival 2024 💫
✨ Saturday, 7th September 2024
✨ 7 – 9 pm, Currumbin Beach (across from Wallace Nicoll Park)
✨ Online booking required – click here to get your tickets
The crew from Lights Out And Dance and Best Silent Disco are thrilled to present Silent Disco Under the Stars, SWELL Special for our third year as part of the SWELL Sculpture Fringe Festival.
Dancing on the lands of the Yugambeh peoples, we recognise and respect their continuing connections to the lands and waters, and in doing so commit to extending that respect to caring for country during our event.
This isn’t just any beach party; it’s the Gold Coast’s ONLY beach dance party, which is a family-friendly drug, alcohol free event.
Thanks to our pals at SWELL Sculpture Festival and Active and Healthy Gold Coast, we’re beyond proud to bring this unique experience to you and the whole Gold Coast community. 🏖️🎶
With more 400 people expected to join us on our beachside dance floor on the shores of Currumbin Beach, for an extraordinary night of dancing magic, here’s everything you need to know ✨🌟
BEHAVIOUR
We have a strict No Dickheads policy!
We are so fortunate to be allowed to provide the only beach dance party on the Gold Coast, and we do not want to risk future events due to bad behaviour.
This is a family-friendly event for everyone and as such we ask that everyone be mindful of those around them, from our groovy groms through to our groovy grans & pops. Be kind, respectful, joyful, and courteous. If you see someone who needs a hand, helpful is always great too!
Unruly behaviour will not be tolerated, and our security will remove anyone who negatively impacts this event immediately.
EMERGENCY
If there’s an emergency, music on the green and blue channels will stop. Switch to the RED channel immediately for instructions.
WATER
Attendees are NOT permitted to enter the water at any point during the event.
Surf lifesavers do not patrol beaches after hours and our security guards are not permitted to enter the water to attempt any rescue of anyone breaching this rule.
SCULPTURES
We are privileged to host this unique event and be part of the SWELL Sculpture Fringe Festival, dancing amidst the artists’ incredible works on display. To ensure these artworks remain respected and protected, we ask ALL attendees to adhere to the following guidelines:
- No climbing on the installations.
- Do not place bags or belongings against or on any of the artworks.
- Refrain from sitting on or touching the sculptures, unless they are specifically designated as interactive.
Thank you for helping us preserve the beauty and integrity of these artistic creations.
STRICTLY ALCOHOL & DRUG FREE
This event is a strictly drug, alcohol and dickhead free event, ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all ages.
CHECK-IN
Arrive by 6:30 PM to have your tickets scanned and headsets issued. We’ll be ready to party at 7:00 PM.
PAPERLESS EVENT
Don’t worry about printing tickets, just have the QR code in your email saved to your photos and we can scan on arrival. We will also have a guest list of all bookings.
YOUR HEADSETS
Check out our instructional video on how to use the headsets. Whilst we will provide instructions on changing channels when you are issued your headset, it would be great if you got familiar prior to the event.
Headsets must not be taken into the water. People seen taking headsets into the water will be responsible for their replacement cost.
DANCE AREA
We will have our dance marked out with cube lights. Please ensure that you stay within this area and do not take our headsets away from the event, or into the water.
CHILDREN
The event crew are just that, event crew. All children must be accompanied by an adult General Admission ticketholder. Please do not drop children off and leave them unattended. Police will be notified of any unattended minors.
GLITTER AND FACE PAINT – SORRY, IT’S A NO GO!
Face paint and glitter is unfortunately not allowed, sorry!
Whilst we would love to see faces adorned with delightful face painting, it plays absolute havoc with our headsets. Anyone with face paint and/or glitter in their hair will NOT receive their headsets.
CLOTHING
Expect sand between your toes, or in your shoes! Wear comfy clothing as our DJ’s are going to get you dancing up a hot and sweaty storm! and bring a jacket for when things cool down.
LOCATION
You’ll find us along the beachfront, across the road from Wallace Nicoll Park. Please head straight to the beach side, where we will have a trestle table set up with headsets. (Image below) Click here for directions via google map.
TOILETS
Toilets are located directly across the road in the park and in the SWELL Festival area of Wallace Nicoll Park. Please leave your headset with event crew and you will be given these on your return! Don’t forget to watch out for vehicle traffic when crossing the road 🚘 🚌
PARKING
SWELL Sculpture Festival is a highly popular event and parking is limited; consider using public transport. Options include Currumbin Alley, Palm Beach Parklands, and nearby streets.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Park and catch the Translink Bus, there is a bus stop directly at our event location – use the Translink Journey Planner. https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/journey-planner
MUSIC
There will be three music channels on offer, Red, Green and Blue. If you don’t like a song, simply change the channel!
Our THREE event DJ’s will battle it out for their channel popularity as they deliver live tunes from all genres and decades straight to your ears on their separate channels to keep everyone dancing for the two hours.
WHAT TO BRING / PERSONAL BELONGINGS
Water – you’ll be dancing up a sweat for two solid hours!
Also, good vibes, a picnic rug, or a camp chair. Keep chairs to the edge of the dance space, please.
We do not offer storage for personal belongings, so you will be responsible for your belongings.
Reminder – do not place or lean belongings against any artwork installations!
PHOTOS
Our crew will be capturing the magic of the event via video and photos, so if you see them, make sure you bust out the flashiest, most animated and epic daggy dance moves you can do!
SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS & HANDLES
If you capture any of the magic we’d love you to share it with us also by tagging us in your socials, which allows us to share on our platforms also.
HANDLES 👉🏻 @lightsoutanddance @bestsilentdisco @activehealthygoldcoast @swellsculpture
HASHTAGS 👉🏻 #silentdiscounderthestars #lightsoutanddance #bestsilentdisco #activehealthy #swell2024 #swellsculpturefestival2024
WHAT TO BRING / PERSONAL BELONGINGS
Water is a must. We plan on keeping you dancing non-stop for a solid 2 hours, so please stay hydrated. Please note our dancing space is a strictly NO GLASS into the dance space. Any glass bottles spotted will be removed by event staff.
We do not offer storage for personal belongings, so you will be responsible for your belongings.
Reminder – do not place or lean belongings against any artwork installations!
FIRE-TWIRLING
Fire-twirling is not permitted within the event dance space.☄️ 🔥
We owe a massive shout-out to Active and Healthy Gold Coast for being our rock-solid supporters and helping us spread the joy and fun of dance across our incredible community! The team from A&H support multiple event and fitness providers support to deliver events like this to our community, head to their pages now and give them a follow to stay up to date with everything else available.
