July 10 & 11th 2020
Pontins Holiday Centre, Prestatyn
The legendary Tidy Weekender returns to celebrate the 25th birthday of the world’s biggest Hard House music brand. Featuring the very best DJs, entertainment and music across 2 days and 2 nights at the spiritual home of Tidy, Pontins Holiday Camp in Prestatyn, this is the ultimate summer holiday for the Harder Generation!
THURSDAY NIGHT
Disco
Damaged
FREE PARTY
Our Thursday night is an exclusive FREE party to anyone that books and pays for their ticket in full before December 1st 2019. The theme is a big 70’s Disco Party – expect Flares, Afros, Platform shoes and Polyester galore as we kick off the celebrations with a bit of Glam!
FRIDAY NIGHT
It’s time to celebrate Tidy’s 25th Birthday and party hard as we kick off your Weekender with a big beach based BANG. Expect Hawaiian Shirts, palm trees, Hula Girls, hairy coconuts, sandy cracks and giant crabs as we hit the beach in style, bring a towel or two it’s gonna be a hot one.
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TIDY’S BIG BIRTHDAY MASHUP
It’s about music as the main room is taken over by the finest Hard House & Hard Trance in celebration of Tidy’s main labels. Be prepared for euphoric tuff trance, emotional breakdowns and big bangin’ grooves from start to finish.
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BOUNCING BEACH BALL
Fun for all the chosen family… The bounce is back with a hop, skip, jump and a wiggle as we celebrate all things bouncy hard house. Expect big donks, off beat grooves and catchy stab hooks to make you feel like you are 21 again.
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A VERY UNTIDY FRIDAY
Things get funky and hard in room 3 as we lay down the tougher house sounds from the legendary Untidy label. From the big dirty basslines of the Untidy Dubs to Dutch grooves and twisted hoovers & horns.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Remembering the routes of Hard House and why we set Tidy Trax up back in 1995, The Pride of Prestatyn commemorates Tidy’s heart and heritage being born in the underground Gay club scene. Now, thanks to the likes of inspirational DJs like Tony De Vit the scene has become one, bringing the LGBT community and the straight scene together. We celebrates individuality and togetherness, as we go for full on rainbow themed extravanganza.
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THE PRIDE OF PRESTATYN
Celebrating the sounds of Hard house, the tracks that shaped the scene, from the magical 90’s through the naughties and right up to the present day as we head towards the 20’s. One arena, one party, one love. Expect rainbows, unicorns and all things sparkly.
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TIDY VS NUKLEUZ VINYL PARY
The two biggest labels from back in the day go head to head. Featuring the very best DJs from each brand who will be battling it out in this 100% vinyl only room. Classics & rare grooves from the golden era of pure vinyl.
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THE IDEAL 3RD ROOM
Tidy’s little brother IDEAL comes to the party with a mixture of all the very best Hard Dance Music. Fresh faced talent get to play alongside some of the Ideal faithful, expect this room to be rammed from start to finish.
SUNDAY MORNING
The After Party
HOSTED BY VICIOUS CIRCLE
Finish off your Weekender with an almighty thrap. For those suffering from Insomnia we invite you to crack on in room 2 as our friends Vicious Circle take you through until the wee small hours. Only for the head strong!
DAYTIME FUN
Tidy Boys Bosh Bingo
The Prestatyn Pride Love Parade
Shed Sessions Summer Picnic
Collectors CD & Record Fare
Fairground Attractions
Special Celebrity Guests
The Queen Vic Pub Sessions
Kite Flying Lesson with Amadeus *
Tidy 25 Book Launch & DJ Signing
This Weekender will see us place extra emphasis and effort into the day time activities to make sure you’re entertained 24 hours around the clock.
We understand that not everyone just wants to stay up all night and party all day, so we’re making sure there is plenty to do both indoors and outdoors.
* Weather pending (not enough wind for kite flying) this maybe swapped for Indoor Origami with Leigh Green.
VIP WEEKEND PASSES
CLASSIC WEEKEND PASSES
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Shock Records Label Profile
Tidy Weekender Memories…
Your Weekender Line Up Breakdown: part 1
Liam’s full story – Prestatyn memories…
WHAT WE GONNA DO RIGHT HERE IS GO BACK…
In 2020 Tidy celebrates it’s momentous 25th anniversary and for one special weekend only, we officially invite you to relive some of the best clubbing memories of your life at the original venue and setting that held some of the greatest parties ever thrown from across the brands illustrious and colourful history.
The Tidy 25 Weekender at Pontins Holiday Camp, Prestatyn, is the closest you will come to travelling back in time and experiencing the pure passion, excitement and euphoria from the early 2000’s, with us taking over the original venues, dancefloors and chalets that played host to those unforgettable parties; everything (including the Seagulls) is all still there, waiting for you.
With a repackaged and rebooted event program that now features a FREE Thursday night option and the main events taking place on the Friday & Saturday (with a late 6pm check out on the Sunday!), this is the perfect way to relive the glory days whilst fitting in with the modern life commitments and schedules of the Harder Generation.
With some special surprises and all the random nonsense that comes with a Tidy Weekender, we officially invite you to join us and celebrate the culture and scene that helped define an entire generation.
There’s one more Weekender in all of us…