Tiny Dancer Music Festival with DJ Lenny Pearce hits Albion Hotel Parramatta
Bring out the glow sticks … and the colouring-in books. Gen X and their offspring are about to hit the dance floor thanks to DJs remixing nursery rhymes with ’90s party anthems for a festival to ‘unite families’.
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The Wheels on the Bus never sounded so techno.
But that track, along with other classic nursery rhymes, are set to amplify the Albion Hotel at Parramatta on November 10 when DJs Lenny Pearce and Tommy Rodrigues spin the decks for an afternoon “rave“ that will have parents reminiscing about the ’90s while toddler techno will get their youngsters on the dance floor.
Organisers hope the western Sydney event will mirror the success of the Tiny Dancer Festival at Selina’s Coogee in July when 750 flocked to the event.
Pearce – a former Justice Crew member who is the twin of Purple Wiggle John – started remixing nursery rhymes for his 21-month-old daughter and has taken the new genre to the masses.
His Wheels on the Bus remix has reached more than 16 million people around the world.
Lenny also remix the new album, The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence, which is bound to get a spin at Parramatta.
Rodrigues, aka DJ Thomas Knight, has curated the festivals to bring families together.
“I love it so much because it’s actually uniting parents and their children together to create memories, and it’s a great atmosphere, and just to watch them dance and celebrate a love of music,’’ the DJ of 28 years said.
“Our generation of people, we come from the rave culture and what we wanted to do was bring what we grew up with and introduce them to the music we used to listen to.’’
His 11-year-old daughter Olivia, aka Ollipop, has embraced the music of her dad’s generation and plays at teen events during school holidays.
Guests can expect tracks from Alex K and the Vengaboys to be on the playlist at the Albion.
“Dance music has always got me,’’ Rodrigues said.
“It’s always been fun and entertaining, and I think I’ve shared many memories with friends on the dance floor to that music so it always holds a special memory and a spot in my heart for it.’’
He praised the Coogee event as “brilliant”.
“At 11 o’clock we opened doors and people rushed straight in,’’ he said.
“The kids ran to the art and craft area, and a lot of people were dancing. We also had Dorothy from the Wiggles perform.
“The people in the western suburbs know how to travel and we can try to bring the party to them instead of them trying to go to the city or anything like that.’’
Tiny Dancer Music Festival will be held at the Albion from 11am to 2pm. Tickets start from $29.25.
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