Crap Music Rave Party (with DJ Tomás Ford)

Heading back to Darwin for his first blowout since the apocalypse, musical idiot Tomás Ford brings his hilarious immersive club night Crap Music Rave Party to the Darwin Railway Club on Friday September 16.

The pitch is simple: request any song from any era. As long as it’s crap, Tomás'll do his darndest to get it to go off as much as he can. That usually means he’ll throw the full force of his unhinged energy into selling it to the dance floor, showing off his terrible lip-synching skills, DIY Bunnings light shows, costumes raided from the party section of K-Mart and acting on every ill-considered impulse that crosses his mind. All while keeping the dance floor pumping with trashy non-classics and his animated video projections. The point is to keep you laughing and dancing all night.

Tomás loves playing your terrible requests. In case you need some ideas of what to ask him for, here’s some to get you started:

5ive, Gina G, the Vengaboys megamix, The Weather Girls, “Let It Go”, Rogue Traders, 2 Unlimited, Village People, Justin Bieber, Baha Men, No Mercy, remixes of Simply Red songs, Indecent Obsession, “Kiss From A Rose”, Aqua, the Flashdance soundtrack, N-Trance, The Wiggles, Ace Of Base, Ray Parker Jr, S2S, M2M, Human Nature, The Pushbike Song, Riverdance, Dannii Minogue, Crazy Frog, the Dawson’s Creek soundtrack, Boney M, Snap!, “Born To Be Alive”, the Harlem Shake, Stars On 54, Stars On 45, Chariots Of Fire, Cher singing ABBA, Meryl Streep singing ABBA, Alex Party, the Christmas Macarena, ATB, WHAM!, Kris Kross, the theme song from A Country Practice… let yourself dream big with your requests, because your dreams might just come true.

Tomás has sold out clubs around the world with his various ridiculous shows. When he’s not throwing down stupidtastic DJ gigs, he’s a queer cabaret-crooning megastar. He’s built his notoriety over two decades of misadventures, including a long reign as the go-to late night party master of the Edinburgh Fringe, a stint on the Big Day Out’s Lilypad, a surreal few months of nationally mega-viral fame in Malaysia and tons of music and video releases. His one-of-a-kind style has cemented him as part of the furniture at arts festivals, music venues and scout jamborees around the world. 

His parties at the Darwin Railway Club have always gone off like a frog in a sock. This one promises to be one not to miss, as Tomas has had a couple of years of hibernation to come up with a billion new bad ideas to make you chuckle and dance. Get together a group of your silliest mates, plan a sleep-in the next day and book your tickets now!