Smithers

With a wild selection of leftfield disco and joyous house (always peppered with a few pop bangers), Smithers is most at home in offbeat queer parties working with a team of queens to make a dance floor really feel their freedom. Being acquainted with dance floors around the world, he’s spun in San Francisco, New York, Barcelona, London, Lisbon and Berlin.

In Sydney, he’s had long stints at The Imperial, The Bank, The Green Park and Beresford Sundays. He’s been part of the roster of DJs for Heaps Gay since their very first party, played for Poof Doof in Sydney and Melbourne, thrown down sweaty RnB hits at Girlthing and Birdcage, and was a resident DJ in the early Tokyo Sing Song in its early years when it was the only Sydney bar that you could find a bearded queen.

His festival creds include Glastonbury 2013, Splendour 2018, an annual residency at Gaytimes festival (2016-2020) and the very first Camp Queen stage of Australia’s Secret Garden Festival. He’s supported the likes of Alison Wonderland and Stanton Warriors in the overground, and Jennifer Cardini and Horsemeat Disco’s Severino in the underground.