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Cowes Week Opening Party: Epic Dance Anthems with Dave Pearce
2nd August
Cowes Week party people…are you ready for this??
If you love the dance anthems from the 1990’s and 2000’s, then our amazing opening party event is going to have you buzzing!
Cowes Week opening night is traditionally one of the best nights of the whole week, and this year at the Lawn Bar, we’re making up for the poor offerings at other venues by bringing one of the UK’s biggest dance anthem DJs to headline the party! So grab your bucket hats and your smiley t-shirts from the wardrobe and come on down!
The legend that is DJ Dave Pearce will be here and will have you raving and misbehaving on the lawns as he plays an epic headline set of the best dance and club anthems from that incredible era.
Dave has been a driving force in the UK Dance Scene for many years and is known throughout the country for his uplifting, energetic “Big Room Anthemic Trance and Dance Anthems” sets, which feature many of the classics he helped break through his legendary Dance Anthems Radio 1 show and his Ibiza residencies.
Known by many as the “King of UK Trance Anthems”, Dave has sold over 1 million compilation CDs, achieving Gold Sales on albums for Ministry Of Sound, Universal and BMG, including ‘Transcendental Euphoria’, ‘Dave Pearce Dance Anthems’ and ‘Dave Pearce Trance Anthems’. Still at the top of his game, April 2024 saw Dave marking 6 years in the Top Ten Official UK Dance Album charts with his Number 1 Trance Anthems album making it the longest selling Dance album in the Top Ten ever.
2024 saw Dave headline shows in Ibiza legendary super-clubs “Amnesia” and “Eden” as well as countless main stage performances at UK Festivals and UK Club appearances. He also supported The Pet Shop Boys on their 2024 UK Arena Tour. So what an honour to have him here in Cowes to get the week off to a banger! If you love dance music, this is a not-to-be-missed ticketed Cowes Week party event!
Supporting our main act will be the Island’s own dance anthems supremo DJ Omar who’ll be warming up the decks for Dave between 8pm and 9.30pm. Omar will be joined by another old-skool legend, DJ Ian Hobbs, who’s mellow organic house music vibe will start to set the mood for what’s to come later and then close the night out after Dave has delivered the dance and trance bombs between 9.30pm and 11pm!
“Elements” After Party 11pm-1am
Continue the night at our exclusive after party event “Elements” inside Northwood House with its uber-cool Balearic club vibe brought to to you by DJ Maxx Traxx & Cove (Martin Davies).
Admission is by wrist-band only and strictly limited to 150 people, allowing you and your friends to carry on the party to 1am in association with Cafe Del Mar Spirits.
Wristbands are only £6 each in advance when you book your Dance Anthem Party tickets (£12 on the night).
The Epic Dance Anthems Opening Party is a fully licenced ticketed event with all event bars on the lawn open from 7pm for the duration of the evening. Great food on site will be provided by our guest caterers for the week, so you can eat and drink all evening if required.
This is an outdoor concert, with only limited garden furniture seating available on a first come first served basis situated on the peripheries of the main standing area. However sitting down will be the last thing on your mind at this event…its all about the dancing!
The all-weather Lawn Bar Club Marquee with lounge seating is available to book to enhance your experience, with exclusive access to it’s own event bar. Seating packages are available in groups/multiples of 4 people only with welcome drinks included. Direct stage viewing is limited from the marquee while seated, but a reserved viewing area (standing) is available exclusively for Club Marquee guests.
Tickets are exclusively available from our ticketing and marketing partner The Price is Wight in advance of the event.
Ticket prices:
Standard Lawn Entry Ticket (standing): £17.50 per person (Special Early Bird Price until 1st April £15.00)
Make a night of it..gather your party people and go VIP!
4 person VIP Club Marquee ticket (lounge seating & welcome drinks**): £209.00 (equivalent to £52.25 per person), including:
**includes choice of 2 of the following welcome drinks for the group collected from the Club Bar:
• Bottle of premium Prosecco (75cl)
• Bottle of Lawn Bar House wine up to RRP £25 (75cl)
• Pitcher of Pimm’s & Lemonade (3 pint standard pitcher)
• Pitcher of Pink & Stormy Mermaid Rum Cocktail (3 pint standard pitcher)
• Pitcher of Mermaid Pink Gin & Tonic with strawberries and fresh mint (3 pint standard pitcher)
• Pitcher of Premium Draught Lager or IPA (4 pint XL pitcher)
(All individual options RRP £24- £26)
Welcome snacks included (Rustic crisps & nibbles).
All weather lounge seating and priority club bar access included (£37.50/person)
Free overnight parking on the event field between 6pm and 9.30am the next day included for VIP ticket holders.
“Elements” After Party Wristband: £6 (£12 0n the night)
Car parking for the evening and overnight can be purchased from our Cowes Week Car parking page
Event timings:
6pm: Ward Avenue Field car park open (£3 per charge for the evening or £5 if left overnight until 9.30am).
6.30pm: Gates open- please enter via the Northwood House Rotunda main entrance. Bars and Food outlets open
6.30pm: DJ Ian Hobbs- mellow
8pm: DJ Omar
9.30pm-11pm: Headline set with DJ Dave Pearce
11pm-12am Ian Hobbs (winding down)
11pm-1.30am: “Elements” After Party open (inside Northwood House) with DJ Maxx Traxx & Martin Davies (restricted admission) £6
12.00am Lawn Bar closes
Other information:
• This is a ticketed event. The Lawn Bar will be open as normal on Saturday 2nd August prior to the concert between 12pm and 5.45pm (last orders 5.30pm for afternoon drinkers).
• Please bring a printed copy of your Price is Wight email confirmation with you (or a digital copy) as your ticket. You’ll need to present it at the Box Office with your name and be checked off against the database of ticket purchasers to gain admission. Please bring a photo driving licence or bank card to prove name/ identity if requested.
• Ticket purchasers are welcome to join us at the Lawn Bar for pre-drinks during the afternoon, but due to our requirements to reset the venue before the concert, leaving by 5.45pm and re-entering after 6.30pm will be required, sorry.
• Sorry no camping chairs or blankets are permitted for this concert due to space limitations, so please don’t bring them. There will be some garden seating to the lawn peripheries and areas where concert goers can sit on the grass, if they want to but not in front of the stage. The marquee package does contain a seating.
• Over 18’s only. A challenge 25 policy is in place for entry and alcohol purchases. Please bring a photo driving licence or passport to prove your age if requested.
• No food or drink can be brought on to the licenced premises for this event, sorry.
• Standard event security protocols apply. Bag and pocket searches by qualified SIA personnel should be expected upon entry where any permitted items will be removed from customers including food, drinks and illicit items which can be collected at the box office upon exit.
• The event has a zero tolerance drugs policy. Any drug related issues will become a police matter.
• Tickets are not refundable after purchase, although purchasers are welcome to find new owners if they are unable to attend for any reason.
• In the unlikely event the concert has to be cancelled in advance or during the event due circumstances beyond our control (failures by third party contractors and service providers, ferry cancellations, bad weather, force majeure, H&S issues, emergencies and other third party interventions) all tickets will be fully refunded in line with the Price is Wight’s refund policy within 7 days of the cancellation being made and officially notified on this web page.
• Please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions. The show will go on even in showery or rainy weather unless emergency protocols bring proceedings to a stop.
• Please leave the venue quietly at the end of the concert to minimise disturbance to our neighbours.
The concert event is a fundraising event organised by Northwood House Charitable Trust Company Ltd, with all profits going to the charity’s ongoing restoration programme.
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