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Sydney, Australia
Touch Bass
Australia & NZ's premier bass and drum & bass event, hitting its 10-year anniversary in 2026 with DnB heavyweights Dimension and A.M.C.
📅 When & how long
- Typical timing: Apr 2, 2027 (Apr) · ~1 day
💸 What it costs
- GA tickets: ~AUD 140 / ~USD 95 single-day GA (approx; tiered presale, prices not publicly itemized at research time) (estimate — verify before buying)
- Budget all-in (ticket + travel + stay) depends on where you start — your DNA Match calculates it from your home city.
① Weather reality
- Typical window: Apr — Early April (touring city stops: Auckland Apr 2, Perth Apr 3, Brisbane Apr 4, Sydney Apr 5, 2026)
- Desert swings hard: 95°F+ days, surprisingly cold nights — pack both sunscreen and a warm layer
- Dust is constant. Bandana or dust mask + sealable bags for electronics
- Hydrate aggressively — heat exhaustion ends more festival days than anything else
② The rules
Bag size, hydration-pack and prohibited-item policies for Touch Bass haven't been verified by us yet — check the official site before you pack. We never guess the rules.
③ Survival kit
- Hotel with late checkout beats the morning-after scramble shop ↗
- Day bag within venue size limits (most stages cap at ~12"×12") shop ↗
- Comfortable broken-in shoes — you'll do 20k steps a day on concrete shop ↗
- Earplugs (high-fidelity — your ears fund the next 30 years of festivals) shop ↗
- Portable charger (10k mAh minimum) + cable shop ↗
- Refillable water bottle or hydration pack (check the venue policy first) shop ↗
- Sunscreen + lip balm SPF shop ↗
- Pack of wet wipes — trust us shop ↗
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