We're heading back to Liberty Hall with some absolure heavy weights in tow.
Maximum Joy is back for it's third incarnation of peak joyous experiences.
We're heading back to The Factory for the wildest combination of some absolute real ones.
We're running into a New Year with the queen of techno and a perfect supporting cast.
We're descending on Oxford Art Factory with a line up of literal living legends.
We're going out late with an all star line up and Mary's Underground
We're heading to The Lansdowne twice this month, this time with an absolute all-star cast of Sydney's most loved deejays.
We're heading back to Tokyo Sing Song for a our second edition of Deep Bleep with the one and only Assembler Code (live).
A weekly excursion into all things that go bleep and blop in the night, with a heavy focus on live electronic music and Australia producers, thanks to our - ahem - friends at the Contemporary Arts Office in Canberra.
The sky is the limit. Literally.
After a daytime session up in the clouds, what better way to top it off than an afterparty in the club.
We’re laying out one of our tastiest spreads – the now-iconic Picnic Party – in the Sydney Opera House Studio for Vivid LIVE.
We're off to the Enmore Theatre for an expectionally great Friday with the one and only Skin On Skin and guests.
For this very special night at Tokyo Sing Song, it’s all about rhythm. With four deejays heavily invested in their off-kilter sounds that bring the energy of world grooves and underground dance music to deliver a d-floor experience that's as good for the body as it is for the head.
We're absolutely thrilled to presenting three stages at the The Marly for King Street Crawl.
Two European techno powerhouses touch down at Tokyo Sing Song, supported by Sydney's Tangela
Get your fit, your friends and, your ticket to one of the finest - and most significant - dances Picnic’s had the honour of presenting to you. Running from 3pm – 3am taking over the whole of the factory theatre with full sound and lighting installations. This one's for you Sydney.
The second installment of Transitions: A night of movement through sound at Tokyo Sing Song.
From lush and dubby sounds to hypnotic synths to bass music, our first Tranisitons party saw four DJs take us on a journey across the electronic music spectrum.
Four primo Sydney selectors under one roof bringing big rave energy to Dance! Dance! Dance! at Tokyo Sing Song.
Three epic back to back sets with some Sydney favorites for Dance! Dance! Dance!
We headed down the stairs to our underground dance haven, Tokyo Sing Song, for another night of Dance! Dance! Dance! with an(other) all-star cast, AHJU, Lewba + Slamb and Clutch 4 Love.
All six of these DJs are diggers. All six of these DJs are world class. And all six of these DJs know how to make people dance. The perfect line up for Dance! Dance! Dance!
Reptant, Shedbug, Niku and Narae made minds melt at Tokyo Sing Song at the Alien x Picnic Party
Vanessa Worm brought her spaced-out, experimental dance music to Tokyo Sing Song for a live show.
We couldn't go past a Saturday night at Tokyo Sing Song with Picnic favourites Caravan b2b Grand Jete, Body Corp, Ciara and Deepa.
Since the dance restarted we’ve been going full pelt to bring you as many reasons to get out of the house and onto the floor as we can. Now we’re going mega, inviting one of Australia’s most beloved party starters to the UNSW Roundhouse for a day of pure disco elation.
We capped off a bumper Easter weekend with Melbourne disco lords Wax'o Paradiso down by the water.
We teamed up with Buzz Speaker Hire and Icebergs Dining Room and Bar to do a test live stream. It was the real deal.
We had a one weekend stand with dancing and it was the sweetest sensation.
Simon Caldwell and Kato went going all night long for our first night back on the dance floor.
Beats In Space don Tim Sweeney took the Harry's House Party series into double digits in style.
Dark, strange and dangerously good electronics from one of the the most celebrated selectors of the past decade.
Picnic's most ambitious outing comes back for a second year with a full festival-sized lineup at The Factory Theatre.
The Sydney debut of a well-loved Italian production duo at Sydney live music icon The Lansdowne.
Celebrating a huge milestone for one of our most cherished Melbourne acts, the Butter Sessions boys.
A meeting of the minds resulted in a rawcus night of Los Angeles party perfection at The Lansdowne with A Club Called Rhonda.
Taking us skyward this Vivid was a pair of Australia’s leading lights… Dan (Cut Copy DJ’s) and Harvey Sutherland.
The German techno overlord returns to Picnic to perform live in The Studio as part of Vivid LIVE.
To celebrate 11 years in the game, we went big in an awesome revived Oxford St mini-super-club with Panorama Bar legend Prosumer.
Late Nite Tuff Guy for your dancing pleasure at Harry's House Party #8.
Up there with the biggest Picnic double headers of all time, this one was also a full 10/10 for dance floor smiles.
The return of Japan's underground star Powder was one of our most hotly anticipated events ever.
The biggest lineup Picnic ever put together delivering dozens of unforgettable performances from international and local stars alike.
We got a dose of some straight-up classic house music from a couple of American greats, Mood II Swing.
A milestone celebration across multiple stages at Manning Bar featuring some of Picnic's favourite DJs and live bands.
Back when years ended with a bang rather than a sigh of relief, we nabbed DC legends Beautiful Swimmers and Norway's Telephones for a Bondi NYE extravaganza.
Straight up quality from a superb house DJ on Sydney's best sounding club sound system.
The phreakiest, the phunkiest, the one and only, Mike Dunn played our Harry's House Party #6.
We got in on the Peggy Gou mania before it got really manic, and ended up sharing an intimate gig with her and two TOTAL legends: Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston.
Pure disco elation from one of the genre's best loved purveyors on her debut Aussie visit.
A fittingly huge all-star cast for another mega Picnic birthday.
Big Lewie joins us in the warehouse once again with some star Picnic players.
The fourth edition of Harry's House Party welcomed New York City house music legends to the mansion, Mood II Swing.
The revival of the century: Dream 2 Science land in Sydney 26 years after their iconic record and crush it at Jam Gallery.
The wild 8-piece birthers of body music, No Zu, drove Jam Gallery completely crazy on this heater of a night.
Young Marco is a dude after our own heart: he brings quality music, strong party seses and an awesome sense of humour to the gig.
This was a night of New York City techno for the heads.
One of the dudes behind Vancouver's dreamy Mood Hut label serenaded us with a night of perfect house from fair Canada.
Without question one of the most smiley gigs we've ever hosted, thanks to one of the smiliest guys in electronic music, Soichi Terada.
Teaming up with our pals at Astral People, we booked in a mammoth all-nighter at the Civic with world-conquering house head Palms Trax.
We were blessed with the presence of an electronic music icon playing both in solo mode and with his sensational band Cobblestone Jazz. What. A. Treat.
Pure New York City heat from one of the guys who made disco edits cool, throwing down in a very FUN warehouse.
Artists don't come much more authentic than Maurice Fulton, and he blew us all away in the Chippo Hotel's awesome little basement.
A monster lineup for the ages: Cut Copy, Sleep D AND Juno Mars all on the one bill! This was a real one.
Live acid house from California in an awesome warehouse space. It's a recipe for just plain good.
One for the heads: a night with three of the most creative selectors in the underground dance world.
Seven years of Picnic, 15 of Sydney's best DJs, a few hundred beautiful dancers, all under one iconic Sydney venue roof.
A couple of guys who have been making big waves in the house music world through their gorgeous disco-licked productions are back for round two.
A stunning triple-header over two rooms of the Oxford Art Factory brought the Boston summer sun thanks to Soul Clap and Nick Monaco, and some dark London intensity courtesy of FunkinEven.
Picnic hosted the Australian debut of New York super-duo Mister Saturday Night!
DJs don't come much better than Angus Gruzman AKA Dreems, and with his debut album he proved that producers don't come much better either.
Detroit techno royalty descended upon Sydney with Underground Resistance's killer four-piece live band fronted by UR founder Mike Banks.
Russian shredder on the rise Philipp Gorbachev brought his keytar along to our next FUN warehouse gig for a mega FUN night.
We opened our FUN account in a wicked warehouse location with big-smile duo Benny Fester and Chris Preacha.
Having Berlin techno royalty in the house for our sixth birthday had us jumping for joy, and it paved the way for a very special Opera House night years later.
Between celebrating a new year and marking the closure of one of our favourite venues, this was a pretty darn big party.
Yeah, we partied with the guy who invented techno, and not for the first time either. Doing it in Sydney icon The Basement made it extra special.
The second coming of KiNK had the whole planet excited, and with good reason—there's simply no more energetic or engaging live electronic artist on earth.
We presented the debut Australian performance of Pillow Talk live at Oxford Art Factory!
DJ Sprinkles showcasing a true masterclass of dancefloor melancholia with support from Sydney's very best DJs.
Picnic dancefloor favourite Genius Of Time played live for us at The Civic.
Purveyors of love, joy and the power of Pachanga, the Pachanga Boys and Ivan Smagghe get our long weekend started right.
We had the pleasure of hosting Mano Le Tough at the Abercrombie on his first tour of Australia!
We hoster one of the Australia's most legendary DJs, Late Night Tuff Guy, on the most stunning harbour venue, The Island.
Horse Meat Disco returned to Picnic for the fourth time for another insane night of overjoyed dancing and disco music.
French house extraordinaire Brawther made his Picnic debut at One22.
Picnic headed underground to The Spice Cellar with a seriously exciting live show from Bulgaria's KiNK.
Two rooms and six hours of the quality sounds that Picnic has become renowned for at our 4th Birthday!
Picnic and CO-OP are teamed up for one monumental party with mister Gerd Janson behind the wheels of steel.
We called in the big guns for our 2012 Sdyney Festival show - Andrew Weatherall and Neville Watson.
After two long years of yearning, the big man, Mike Simonetti, came back to blow our minds all over again.
Picnic started up a DJ agency and we threw a One Night Stand to celebrate with some of Sydney's finest.
We teamed up with Adult Disco to bring you one of NYC's finest, My Cousin Roy.
An Easter Sunday special with Melbourne's deep groove master Tornado Wallace.
Justin Vandervolgen took us to another level at our favourite dancetaria, GoodGod Small Club.
Parties don't get much better than this... DJ Harvey and DJ Garth, together, for this year's Sydney Festival.
We put together something extra special for a Sydney Festival post party, The Revenge and Brennan Green, together at The Civic!
We celebrated the start of 2011 with two of our favourites, Eric Duncan (Rub & Tug) and Lovefingers!