Friday Night Sounds: Jun Wan

After a busy day of Scrub Club and workshops, dance on at Friday Night Sounds!

Experience Jun Wan's genre-bending sets, guaranteed to make you dance. A driving force behind local club subculture and a prominent tastemaker, Jun Wan brings two decades of dedication to the world of electronic music.

Watch as we transform Ngumpi Kinyingarra Oyster House into an outdoor dance party with a live laser light show. 

Get in early for live oyster-shucking demonstrations and free tastings, courtesy of local restaurant Thermidor.

Live oyster shucking and tasting and music starts from 6pm.

Find out more about the range of events on offer at Ngumpi Kinyingarra Oyster House during New Annual, including Friday Night Sounds: Kobie Dee, The Shuck Off, Talks & Ideas, and Waterfront Poetry Salon. 

Looking for an aperitif? Whet your appetites at Thermidor for their Shell & Spritz Aperitif Hour from 5.00pm to 6.00pm! 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jun Wan

Jun Wan is a selector and artist hailing from Muloobinba (Newcastle NSW). Jun Wan's influences include music across the globe, his Indigenous heritage and years of crate digging which creates a diverse sound and reflects his deep connection with humanity within his sets. For two decades he’s been playing shows and running parties featuring likes of The Hacker, Jensen Interceptor, CC:DISCO, Andy Garvey, Paula Tape, Spekki Webu, Lauren Hansom, Mike Who, Folamour, Objekt and Assembler Code - many in conjunction with Palace, which has been a dance-music staple in Newcastle for years. His style traverses the terrain between genres and decades presenting a fusion of the influences acquired through his years of dedication to the world of electronic music.

 

Presented by Newcastle Art Gallery and New Annual. 

Project supporters include University of Newcastle, the NSW Government through Create NSW, and Thermidor. 

The pavilion for Ngumpi Kinyingarra Oyster House has been designed by students at the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment facilitated by Associate Professor Sam Spurr and Senior Lecturer Anna Tweeddale: Alistair Eglington, Chalyse Fowler, Ivie Wong Hueyyi, Joshua Medbury, Keiran Buckley, Peter Ellis, Rachel Florey, Tahlia Phillips, Tom Licata. 

Megan Cope is represented by Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane.