Club Program

CLUB: Bypass presents Haus of Ralph

Bypass is back! Local party hero Deepa is curating a lineup of talented selectors in Club Freda’s that you wouldn’t want to miss. Featuring Brina, Shuko, and Haus of Ralph.

DJS:
Brina

Shuko

Haus of Ralph

ROOFTOP: PHO THE GIRLS
Pho The Girls head upstairs to the Abercrombie rooftop for a night of club-ready sounds — from house and techno to breaks, global club cuts and left-field party tracks, if it gets you moving it will get played.

We’re excited to welcome back our founder Maggie Tra, fresh from her AU/Asia tour, alongside our Pho The Girls selectors who are ready to soundtrack your Friday night.

Come for the tunes and stay for the community.

DJS:
Maggie Tra

Nadia Sandiego

DJ Thaen

Maria Piña

CLUB: PICK & MIX

Pick and mix is a showcase of emerging local talent and tried and tested deckside heroes curated by Sydney party girl Ari Kiko. For our second instalment we are very excited to invite heavy weights Grooveworks + Pistaccio into the mix. Abercrombie strongholds Ari Kiko and Mina Tonic (Danza) will also go head to head in an inaugural b2b that will take you to the moon and back.

DJS:
Ari Kiko
Pistaccio
Grooveworks

Mina Tonic

ROOFTOP:  Prop Records X Freda's

Prop is a record store with our bricks and mortar on Wangal Land (Ashfield). We are bringing a crew to Fredas' from our favourite local DJs and bands to SPENDING LOUD NIGHT with high energy and FRIENDSHIP.

DJS:
Prop DJs

DJ RMFC

DJ Solo Career

Greta Now

DJ Tørv

Prop DJs

CLUB: Central Rhythm System Vol. 2

Rounding out the long weekend at The Abercrombie with a heady mix of classic dance music and cutting edge house and techno, Central Rhythm System is a broad church, bringing the expansive music programming of iconic clubs like NYC's Danceteria and The Loft into the modern era. So come on a journey across time and space as our impeccable selectors offer up a smorgasbord of auditory delights the likes of which would leave Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan licking their lips.

DJS:
Francis Xavier

Reenie

Precious Metal (live)

Beltracci

Baba Boubou

ROOFTOP: COSMIC BOOGIE pres. Long Weekend Ascension

Cosmic Boogie is back to the Abercrombie rooftop! After August’s trip to the stratosphere, we’re touching back down for another night of boogie bliss.

Reach us as you ascend to the top of the stairs and be transported to a space outside of time -  where the harmonies of groove and rhythm work to foster deep connections.

Guiding this journey we have the always magnificent @tomstuddy, @sasha__soh , @tuggspeedman_ , @cricket.dj and @rururubio.dj

Cosmic Boogie acknowledges that this event and all of our work takes place on stolen land. We pay our deepest respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of this land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

DJS:

Cricket

Rubio

Sasha Soh

Tom Studdy

Tugg Speedman

Live and Let Dyke is the Abercrombies' premiere sapphic variety night. 💅 Serving up comedy, drag, and live music with heart, heat, and just the right amount of chaos. Featuring some of the most standout upcoming sapphic talent in Sydney, this is a queer spectacular you won’t want to miss. Come for the performances, and stick around for a boogie/mingle/kiss afterwards.

A celebration of community, camp, and unapologetic stupidity, let’s GO GIRLZ 

CLUB: The Late Shift

Step into Club FREDA’s at the Abercrombie where the real shift begins after hours. The meetings are on the floor, the music is your call, and showing up means showing out in style. The shift runs late, the energy runs deep. Time to punch in, it's not overtime, it's the only time.

DJS:
SillyBitchesDie

Fashionably Late

Couchmachanic B2B Alec

El Discotheque

Pix

ROOFTOP: There’s a gargoyle in the room upstairs

We gathered downstairs at The Abercrombie as we always do, in the half-light of the club where the bass behaves and the drinks do what they’re told. But… There was a noise. Not the good kind. Or maybe too good?

Someone said they saw shadows bending the wrong way on the staircase. Another heard a laugh?? Not like a human laugh, more like… something else. The upstairs room, it’s... changed. The air's thicker. The lights blink — maybe in some kind of code, I don't know. And there’s music leaking through, but it doesn’t sound like it’s coming from speakers. It sounds ancient. It sounds like the DJs are channeling something they didn’t mean to.

We think they’ve done it. We think they know. We think they’ve let it in. We think there’s a gargoyle upstairs on Friday the 10th of October from 10pm to 3am and it wants us to go up there!!

DJS:
Alex Diwa
Harry Court b2b Unprotected Success

ROOFTOP:PALETA 
Paleta makes its debut on the Abercrombie rooftop, hosted by Papi Chulo. Expect big beats, contagious energy, latin flavor, culture and community and some special performances.

DJS:
Gemma Ylana

Maria Piña

Papi Chulo

CLUB: All Fours presents Bennet (DE)
All Fours is back by popular demand with another standout artist: Bennet. Berlin via Hannover selector Bennet touches down in Sydney for their debut Australian tour, bringing their trademark blend of trance-laced house, slick breaks, and early rave heat to the Club Freda’s booth. A core member of queer/feminist crew soft spot and co-founder of Buttercup, Bennet’s sets are as emotionally charged as they are technically sharp — think peak-time euphoria with political edge. Expect deep grooves, bright moments, and a crowd locked in from start to finish.

DJS:
Jonny Hawkins
Bennet (DE)
Meat Raffle

ROOFTOP: FANAA PRESENTS
A showcase of Australian SWANA artists at the cutting-edge of underground electronic sound.

DJS:
Anahita
Minimale Fatale
Fanaa

CLUB: TECHNO MAFIA

Techno Mafia brings the community together for a night of high-energy rhythm, deep cuts, and pure dancefloor focus. From rolling grooves to peak-time stompers, expect a solid crew of local selectors pushing sound system culture with heart. No egos — just good tunes and better dancing.

DJS:
Jody 6
Barbuto
8 Track
Primitive
Rola
Dis-Funkshen
JX.Curren

ROOFTOP: Another Day In Paradise invites OP BOOMBOX (live)

The ADIP team are back in the building – this time inviting underground house duo OP BOOMBOX up from Wollongong for a special live set. Just last year, the brothers Orion & Phoenix released their debut 12” on Swedish imprint Serenity Now, headed by the notorious Doc Jay - which was snapped up quickly by other respectable diggers alike. We are pleased to be bringing them up the Princess Mtwy, with all their gear and ideas and shining some light on some coastal underground sounds in a live setting.

Supported by local record enthusiasts Cricket and Mimi J, this ain’t one to miss!

DJS:
OP Boombox (live)
Cricket
Mimi J
ADIP Deejays

CLUB: Bunny and Friends

Get ready for a lush evening of funk, groove, vinyl warmth & community as Bunny & Friends roll out another stacked lineup: Wiata; Karmel Jäger b2b Jane Decks (all‑vinyl); Fortue, Kaspa, Jagwa & Morpho (vinyl set); MTHR.LDE b2b Fishing Dad; Fig Jaam Collective; and Shanghai Bby.

After their last Bunny & Friends at Club Freda’s — where local selectors and first-time collaborators lit up the floor with deep cuts and playful blends — the crew are back with even more warmth, spontaneity and back-to-back magic. Expect rich textures, feel-good energy, and the kind of night where the records speak for themselves.

DJS:
Wiata

Karmel Jäger b2b Jane Decks (vinyl set)

Fortue, Kaspa, Jagwa and Morpho (vinyl set)

MTHR.LDE b2b Fishing Dad

Fig Jaam collective

Shanghai Bby

ROOFTOP: Mothball Record & Danza present: ITALOWEEN

This Halloween we're taking the haunted vibes to the next level with ITALOWEEN, an unforgettable night of Italo classics, eerie electronic obscurities, and spine-tingling disco grooves that will keep you moving ‘til the witching hour.

Costumes mandatory, dancing shoes essential.

DJS:

Hysteric (Mothball Record)

Mina Tonic (Danza)

DJ Salami (Freda’s) 

Sprawling with obtuse basslines, sharp digital peaks and asymmetrical drum machines, Vegyn’s music doesn’t walk a straight line so much as trip over itself beautifully.

The London-born producer, artist, DJ and label head returns to Australia and New Zealand this October for a rare run of headline shows, supported by NYC producer amr*.

Across everything he touches - from surreal club sets to production work for Travis Scott, JPEGMafia and Frank Ocean - Joseph Thornalley makes music that’s hard to pin down and harder to forget. His productions are jagged and abstract, built from negative space, ambient haze and rhythms that never quite resolve. There’s hip hop in the DNA, but it never plays by the rules, always veering towards something stranger, softer, rawer.

Through his label PLZ Make It Ruins, Vegyn has built an entire world. His 2019 debut Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds felt like a manifesto; the 71-track Text While Driving If You Want To Meet God! followed as a chaotic, genre-agnostic statement of intent. Since then, he’s ventured further leftfield, releasing The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth under the alias Headache, followed by the 2024 masterpiece The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intention, and the unexpected arrival of Blue Moon Safari - an output that feels made more for himself than for any audience. Dreamlike, disjointed and deeply personal.

As a DJ, Vegyn shifts between industrial breaks, ambient drift and warped club memories. This October, he returns to Sydney for a special club show at The Abercrombie - a rare chance to slip through the cracks and step inside his world.