Having just completed a huge run of shows around Australia with the Caribou live band, Caibou’s Dan Snaith isn’t ready to leave Australia just yet. He’s announced a run of pop-up DJ sets, with free four-hour shows in Melbourne, Torquay, Sydney and Bryon Bay this weekend.
The Torquay gig will be at the Torquay Hotel on Thursday 9 January while in Melbourne you can catch him at Fed Square on Friday 10 January.
“You don’t need to sign up, just show up,” says Dan. “I’m playing long sets because I’ve got so much music I want to play for you.”
In Australia for the first time since 2022, Caribou’s live tour kicked off with a set at Lost Paradise, followed by headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide. and Fremantle.
The tour is in support of Caribou’s latest album Honey. The follow-up to his Grammy-nominated Our Love (2014) and Suddenly (2020), Honey brings Snaith’s two musical identities—Caribou and Daphni— closer together than ever before.
On Honey, Snaith fuses their strengths into a record that grabs you and moves you like Daphni before it uplifts you like Caribou. Huge dancefloor tracks surprise in a way only Snaith’s productions can, with a freshness that defines an artist who is too excited by music-making to ever truly settle into any one sound.
Caribou’s live performances are renowned worldwide, having played festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, and Primavera Sound, as well as iconic clubs such as Fabric, Panorama, and Warehouse Project. Described as a “stellar addition to the discography” by CLASH, Honey was featured as an album of the week on Double J and received praise from Pitchfork, The Line Of Best Fit, The Guardian, Stereogum, and many more.
Don’t miss your chance to catch Dan behind the decks for free this weekend!
CARIBOU (DJ) AUSTRALIAN FREE POP-UPS
- Thursday 9 Jan – Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC w Eddie Example (8 pm – 1 am)
- Friday 10 Jan – Fed Square, Melbourne, VIC (7 pm – 11 pm)
- Saturday 11 Jan – Manning Open-Air, Sydney Uni, NSW w Harry Hayes (6 pm – midnight)
- Sunday 12 Jan – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW w Bradley Zero, DJ Moxies & Jono Ma (5 pm – midnight)
