The Warehouse Project
Partiboi69 at The Warehouse Project in Sydney. Photo: @jordankmunns
The Horden Pavilion is one of my favourite places to go to a ‘rave’ as the kids say, I’ve seen several great artists over the years and when I heard that The Warehouse Project was returning in 2025 with one of my favourite artists at the moment, Partiboi69 I knew I had to go. I’ve seen him several times over the past couple of years, and his stock couldn’t be higher thanks to his viral TikTok videos in 2025.
The Warehouse Project in Sydney fell on Thursday, April 24, a bold move considering one of Australia’s most cherished days, Anzac Day, falls the day after. Partiboi69 was joined by several Europe’s biggest underground artists that I’ve always wanted to see, supported by vinyl DJ Hector Oaks, X-Coast, who returns to Sydney after a sold-out Lost Sundays set in 2024 and techno artist Miss Bashful, supported by Sydneysider Carla Martinez.
Due to timings, we did not arrive until around 10pm, so we just missed X-Coast. Everyone I spoke to was raving about how great the Serbian-born, Brooklyn-based act was, playing across several techno-inspired sounds. The venue was half full by this point, we had expected it to be much busier by that point. Was the weather a factor? Was the public holiday a factor? Who knows, but rest assured, the venue did slowly fill up to a solid crowd by the end of the night.
Photo: @jordankmunns
The first act we saw was a vinyl set by Hector Oaks, 90 minutes of power playing vinyl is potentially something the Horden Pavilion hasn’t seen for many years, maybe even decades. It was quite the spectacle for the heavily 20s-filled crowd. Hector Oaks really helped pick up the crowd and keep them going until it was time for the sensation that is Partiboi69 to hit the stage.
A man with a reputation of being on the microphone a lot during his sets, whether this is something you may or may not like, it’s part and parcel of the show. He played all his recent hits, including the ultra viral Pound Town, with the crowd lapping up everything he had to throw down, with everyone having their phones out and singing along until the very last second. Even if he did leave the crowd hanging by not playing, maybe his most famous song, K On My D + C.
In my opinion, The Warehouse Project were very bold to throw an event in Sydney on ANZAC Day Eve and in Melbourne on ANZAC Day. Despite the rain, everyone in Sydney enjoyed themselves and were well behaved, setting up an exciting time for the third edition next year. Had it fallen on another weekend, maybe we would have seen a busier venue, maybe if it wasn't raining, it would have been busier earlier, but these are thoughts that we will never know the answer to. As an event that has been running since 2006, Australian crowds are showing it the respect and love that has made it so popular overseas and potentially a long-running event in Australia.
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