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WHAT A YEAR.
Bournemouth Pier. O2 Academy. After Dark.
Some ridiculous parties with some very good people.
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2026.
THAT WAS FUN.
From Franky Wah at O2 Academy Bournemouth to another summer of sunsets on the pier.
Durante. Tinlicker. Eli & Fur. Romain Garcia. Marsh. Rezident.
And a lot of very good music in between.
DURANTE
We opened the summer with Durante. Exactly the kind of music that terrace was built for.
TINLICKER
Tinlicker on Bournemouth Pier. We'd been waiting a long time for this one.
ELI & FUR
They were so good the year before, we had to bring them back. Sunset on the pier did the rest.
ROMAIN GARCIA
Romain Garcia. Live. On Bournemouth Pier. A very special one.
MARSH
Sunshine. Packed terrace. Two hours of Marsh. We'll take that.
REZIDENT
One final sunset with Rezident to close the summer.
FRANKY WAH
A different room. Same HSWRK crowd. Franky Wah at O2 Academy Bournemouth.
THE SOUTH COAST'S
BIGGEST TERRACE PARTY
Bournemouth Pier. Open air, sea on both sides, headliners at sunset, and a crowd that gets it. That's Pier Pressure.
We've spent years getting this right. From the first record of the warm-up to the final track at midnight, we build the entire day from the dancefloor backwards.
About HSWRK →
THE PIER CLOSES AT 10.
WE DON'T.
Pier Pressure finishes at 10pm.
We head to Aruba Beach Club and carry on until 3.
After Dark is the late-night side of HSWRK.
Smaller room.
Heavier music.
A chance to book some of the artists we follow ourselves and take things somewhere a little different.
2026 AFTER DARK
Some very good reasons we stayed out late.
JOHN MONKMAN
Tinlicker on the pier.
John Monkman After Dark.
That made sense.
PROFF
Romain Garcia live on the pier.
PROFF afterwards.
A very good day for progressive music.
PAUL THOMAS
Part of our UV takeover after Marsh.
Exactly the kind of records we want to hear at midnight.
TRILUCID
Marsh on the pier.
Trilucid into the early hours.
That worked rather nicely.
CARINA LAWRENCE
We'd been following Carina for a while.
She closed our final After Dark of the summer.
We knew she'd get it.
AVANTIME
After Dark session alongside John Monkman and Usual Suspects.
BRAXTON
Anjunadeep sounds moving into the early hours at Aruba Beach Club.
LIZE
Late-night progressive selections on the beach club floor.
LLOYD BARWOOD
Part of our UV takeover after Marsh on the pier.
SAM LUCK
Taking over the decks After Dark following Eli & Fur on the pier.
THE PIER IS HOME.
IT ISN'T THE WHOLE STORY.
This year we took HSWRK back inside for Franky Wah at O2 Academy Bournemouth.
Different room.
Same crowd.
Same attention to the music.
THE DAY
The warm-up matters. The headliner matters. The last record matters.
WATCH IT BACK
Full sets, live streams and films from HSWRK parties.
James Herkes: Pier Pressure Closing Set
Franky Wah: Live from O2 Academy
Pier Pressure with Franky Wah
YOU HAD TO BE THERE.
Luckily, we took pictures.
The pier. The O2. After Dark. The artists. The crowd. The bits we remember and the bits the cameras caught.
BE FIRST.
2027 isn't ready to announce yet. When it is, the Box Office hears first.