Get a glimpse inside Sydney’s (literally) underground rave community.

As Sydney partygoers attempt to find alternative means to let off steam in the wake of the heavy-handed lockouts and alcohol restrictions imposed at the beginning this year, the city’s emerging bunker rave community has gone from strength to strength. Although such gatherings are nothing new within the history of Sydney’s party scene, the frequency of these events has undergone a significant increase over the last twelve months.

Bunker parties are held within disused underground tunnels that were predominantly constructed to protect the city from invasion during the first World War. These subterranean shindigs provide revellers with the opportunity to dance well into the morning, beyond the 1:30am lockout imposed across metropolitan areas of the city. Such events are usually quite small, due to the tight and enclosed spaces in which they are held. The fact that these parties are held below ground also helps keep them sheltered from the increasingly iron-fisted New South Wales police force; although as the documentary demonstrates, they are not immune to closure.

The second episode of Sceno’s Subcultural Safari showcases the diversity of Sydney’s bunker party community, a bunch of colourful characters similar to those explored in the first episode. The first instalment in the series profiled the wildly unhinged bush doof scene, which you can watch here.

Sceno’s Subcultural Safari is presented by Sydney’s FBi Radio. You can watch the episode two in full above.