{"id":836742,"date":"2026-08-01T00:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/836742\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T00:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:42:20","slug":"underground-rave-crew-to-take-over-mac-02-for-3000-person-techno-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/836742\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground rave crew to take over Mac 02 for 3,000 person techno event"},"content":{"rendered":"

After years of holding underground raves in unconventional locations, Psy-On-Events is turning their attention to hosting its biggest licensed event yet, claiming it will be Hobart\u2019s biggest indoor electronic music event.<\/p>\n

PSYON, a hardcore and industrial techno event, will take over Mac 02 on Hobart\u2019s waterfront on September 5, with a capacity of 3,000 people.<\/p>\n

Four European DJs \u2013 DNNS, Phat Otiz, Gehlektek and Vido \u2013 will travel to Hobart for the event, with organiser Oliver Pybus saying it will be their only Australian performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not playing anywhere else in Australia,\u201d Pybus told Pulse.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mac 02 will host what its organisers are billing as the city\u2019s biggest indoor electronic music event<\/p>\n

Pybus said the event was expected to attract at least 1,000 attendees, with capacity for up to 3,000 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can have this 3,000 people there, then that is hectically good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Organiser Oliver Pybus said the event would tick every legal box<\/p>\n

The event marks a shift for Psy-On-Events, which has previously held a number of unauthorised gatherings across Hobart.<\/p>\n

The group previously held an event in Bidencopes Lane that attracted hundreds of people before police shut it down following a public complaint.<\/p>\n

The crew also ran an event inside the Hobart Rivulet tunnels that was shut down by police.<\/p>\n

Following those incidents, Hobart City Council approved a controlled trial allowing raves at the Town Hall Underground, saying it wanted to provide young people with a safe, regulated space rather than push events into unauthorised settings.<\/p>\n

\"\"The group ave previously held an events in laneways and tunnels<\/p>\n

Pybus said PSYON would be fully licensed and restricted to people aged 18 and over.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the rule books have been ticked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, that\u2019s a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the group initially explored holding the event at Centrepoint car park but moved to Mac 02 after that option was not approved.<\/p>\n

\"\"A previous rave in Bidencopes Lane was shut down by police<\/p>\n

The event will feature a central DJ booth, moving lighting rig and surround sound system.<\/p>\n

Pybus said Tasmania\u2019s rave culture set it apart from the mainland.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got a better culture, I think, of how raves and parties used to be more than mainstream,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pybus will run the event alongside his partner Madeline Goldsmith and his father with production support from PMLS.<\/p>\n

He said underground events would continue alongside larger shows.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available through the Psy-On-Events Instagram page, Facebook event page or Try Booking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of holding underground raves in unconventional locations, Psy-On-Events is turning their attention to hosting its biggest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-836742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}