Buckle on your bandoleers and gather your hordes of hairy outlaws; or marshal the troops, trim your sails, summon the Home Guard or park your star ship: the madcap tournament that is Rumpus is here.

Dashing Captains and outrageous Bandits, for one night, across seven rooms and eight hectic hours Rumpus aims to energise, intrigue and tantalise. So don your best dress uniform, shrug on your Sou’wester and ride into the world where DJs deliver drop-dead divine beats, acrobats perform fantastic feats and feints of Circus and roving artists roam.

Whether you’re a Hero of the Handle-bar with military bearing or a Patron of the Pancho Villa and a devilish desperado, you will cease your squabbles, and forget your feuds distracted by the wonders that are Rumpus; circus, live bands, DJs, art and performances that you’ve grown to love from Europe’s top indoor festival experience.

Dress code suggestions:

Captains Courageous and Cowardly, Kinky Kirk-alikes, Blackhearted Bandidos, Parade-ground Pompadours, Laser-gun Lotharios, Beat-busting Bandoliers, Juggling Janeways, Scintillating seafarers, Rabid Robber Raccoons,Hedonistic Home Guards, Punked up Pistoleros, Beat-busting Blackbeards, Lucious Hussars, Magical Masked Marauders, Zeitgeist Zorros. Synergistic Sky-Captains

Rumpus: Captains vs Bandits from Rumpus Party on Vimeo.

Main room

Shamus O’Blivion – you’ll be toe-tapping, whirling and gyrating to this frenzied high energy celtic mayhem. EL MARIACHI PINCHE GRINGO – Dance, stomp, and sing with these marvellous, musical mariachi songsters. DJ JAMIE MOON – get ready to shake and boogie! DJ LOKI – you will dance till you drop, then you’ll get up and dance some more! CHARLIE STIRZAKER – whirling you on into the night, lifting and lightening.

Room 2

WONDERLAND is back to take over the second room, step into their alternative universe of special, leave your pistols at the door, hang up your ceremonial sabre, holster your laser-gun and open your minds. Happy, uplifting vibes all night long, wonderland style! Plus glitter, games, gifts and giggles! Fat Sam – Coming at us with a mix of electro swing, glitchyness and silly classics – a grand slam from Fat Sam! King Of Hearts – Big bassy beats and mixed-up mashups from Wonderland’s King Of Hearts Sly Fox: – All of that fine ass, booty shaking house music Queen of Hearts – Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts, tickling you with all manner of old skool Hip Hop, RnB, bass music and funk.

Get ready to bump, bump, bump…