NZs biggest ever outdoor drum n bass event - Updated - Full Info

Nelsons PHAT Club bring you the New Years Eve 48 hour party of the year, at a brand new site.

Gates opening early from 6pm this Thursday nite if u want to chose your camping spot & get yourself ready for 50 non-stop hours of the very best in Phat sounds....

Tickets will be available at Everyman Records in Nelson up until 5pm on New Years Eve....

Remember to come prepared for heat, cold, wet & dry & drive carefully up the Takaka Hill & Canaan Road... 2 buses & a mini bus will be running trips from outside the Phat Club on Bridge St, central Nelson from 8am on Friday (cost $20 one way), returning as they can during the day with the last run around 6pm....

No dogs, gate sales, eftpos, glass or alcohol please & no pass outs during the party....

Once you're in you're in for the swim!....

The Bad Company boys tell us they're very excited about playing on top of a mountain inside one of the Lord of the Rings locations & everythings on track for a WICKED New Year... see u on the dancefloor...

Canaan Downs, top of Takaka Hill

The original GATHERING site & Lord of the Rings Film Set (Chetwood Forest)
Pristine beech forest (but we had to sacrifice the bar as the landowner will not approve an alcohol licence)

Please bring wet weather gear & be prepared for the cold

This is the most scenic party site on the planet at the top of a mountain range... & it's going to rock!

Directions

From Nelson head west at Richmond thru Motueka & up the Takaka Hill, turn right at the top & follow the Canaan Road towards Harwoods Hole (please drive carefully...the potholes can be deep & nasty)

PHAT 05 : International Drum n Bass Camp

Canaan Downs, Nelson, Aotearoa, NZ
PHAT 05 is Outdoors : CANAAN DOWNS (Gathering site) : New Years Eve : 2 nights : All-Ages : 50 hrs music

BAD COMPANY UK (MALDINI & VEGAS), PENDULUM (AUST), DIGITAL UK, SALMONELLA DUB, CONCORD DAWN, THE BLACK SEEDS, SHAPESHIFTER, NATHAN HAINES, TIMMY SCHUMACHER, CORNERSTONE ROOTS, AGENT ALVIN, MC RIZLA, DUNSTA, ALION, MC KYLA, ALITA 1, MELT, FICTION, CULPRIT, OPIUO, MOKSHA, SANDMAN, ROGUE, RENEGADE SOUNDSYSTEM, RAS SELECTOR, WICKED DRAW, ROAST CREW, GENETIK, FUNKNSLOCUTS, THE KURNEL MC, SOLID STATE
VJs: SELENIOUS, VIDIOT (Nelson) COAGULATOR (Melbourne), ETHER (Chch)

Gates open : 8.30am Friday 31 Dec, music starts noon & runs continuously for 50 hours until 2pm Sunday 2 January

NB:due to the bigger site available, we will allow access for camping from 6pm on Thursday 30 December, to take the pressure off the State Highway over the hill on the Friday, toilets/water & some food will be available from the Thursday evening

Transport : fly to Nelson, shuttles operate from the airport to the city,
we'll arrange limited bus transport from outside the Phat Club (137 Bridge St, central Nelson) to the site at the following times :
Frid 31 Dec depart Nelson : 8am, 1pm, 6pm
Returning Sun 2 Jan : 10am, 3pm, 8pm ($20 each way)

NB : we'll have 3 buses running up to the site on Friday 31 Dec, & the above times are approximations depending on traffic congestion on Takaka Hill, therefore they'll depart & return throughout the day whenever they can......from 8am in the morning til 6pm at night....please wait outside the Phat Club in Bridge St

NB in order to get this site we had to make the party alcohol free so NO Phat bar (sorry), Food Stalls (Fuel Stop, Swinging Sultan, Babu Crepes), Coffee (Joes Bus + Ben & Rachael Kart), Gizmos party supplies, free water, toilets & security available on site

Plenty of awesome CAMPING spots available on site (FREE but no power to sites),

NO EFTPOS & absolutely NO GATE SALES, also NO PASS OUTS during the party except for emergencies, the access road is just too difficult!

TICKETS

Everyman Records : 249 Hardy St, Nelson, NZ
credit card bookings : INTERNATIONAL tel (+64) 3 5483083, from NZ tel 03 5483083;
Cosmic Corner : 237 High St, CHRISTCHURCH
Cosmic Corner : 215 Cuba St, WELLINGTON
Cosmic Corner : 355 George St, DUNEDIN
Cosmic Corner : 5-7 High St, AUCKLAND
Gizmos : 137a Bridge St, Nelson
The Swinging Sultan : 172 High St, Motueka
The Phat Club : 137 Bridge St, Nelson
tickets : $125 (+ $2 booking fee)

All enquiries : phatclub@ts.co.nz

PHAT 05 Program

Day 1 : New Years Eve
noon : Roast Crew (Nelson)
5pm : Alita1 (Wellington)
7pm : Solid State (Chch)
8pm : Dunsta (Wellington)
10pm : AGENT ALVIN (Wellington)
midnight : BAD COMPANY UK Maldini + Vegas (UK)
2am : ALION + MC KYLA (Nelson & Wellington)
3am : PENDULUM (Perth, Australia)
5am : Fiction, Culprit, Opiuo (Auckland & Wellington)
8am : Sandman (Dunedin)

Day 2 : Jan 1st 2005
10am : Rogue (Dunedin) + The Kurnel MC (Nelson)
1pm : Renegade Soundsystem (Dunedin)
3pm : Ras Selector (Nelson)
4.30pm : Wicked Draw (Nelson)
6pm : Moksha (Nelson)
8pm : NATHAN HAINES & DAN CLARK (Auckland)
9pm : THE BLACK SEEDS (Wellington)
10.30pm : SALMONELLA DUB (Christchurch, Wgtn, Melbourne)
midnight : SHAPESHIFTER (Melbourne, Chch)
1am : CONCORD DAWN + MC RIZLA (Auckland & Wellington)
3am : DIGITAL UK (UK)
5am : TIMMY SCHUMACHER (Auckland) & MC KYLA (Wgtn)
7am : FUNKNSLOCUTS & The Kurnel MC
8am : Melt (Christchurch)
10am : GENEtik (Nelson)
noon : CORNERSTONE ROOTS (Raglan)

Featuring bad company uk (maldini & vegas), pendulum (australia), digital uk, mc yt uk, salmonella dub, concord dawn + mc rizla, shapeshifter, the black seeds, nathan haines, timmy schumacher, cornerstone roots, agent alvin, moksha, dunstar, disasteradio, alion, mc kyla, alita 1, databass, sandman, rogue, ras selector, wicked draw, grant smithies, melt & genetik

Gates open at 8.30am on Friday 31 Dec, music starts 2pm & runs continuously until 2pm on Sunday 2 January

Tickets available from Monday 13 Sept (early bird $75) full price $125 at Everyman Records Nelson (tel 03 5483083 credit card bookings), Swinging Sultan Motueka, Invisible Takaka, Cosmic Corner Chch, Wgtn & Dunedin

No gate sales, no glass, no BYO alcohol, no dogs, no fires, no eftpos

Camping, food, water, coffee, party toys etc available on site. all enquiries to phatclub@ts.co.nz

Ticket enquiries to Everyman Records 03 5483083