PLAYNICE CONFIDENTIAL 017 | MERVE

Welcome to PLAYNICE Confidential — a consistent Saturday night shaped by queer culture and a shared imagination. This is your space to connect, create, and dance with intention — playful, quietly defiant, and always inclusive.

This month, we’re thrilled to welcome Merve — one of Australia’s most renowned dance music auteurs. Her sets defy genre, weaving through underground basements to festival stages with a signature energy that pulls you in and takes you on a journey.

Originally from Naarm / Melbourne and now based in Berlin, Merve’s sonic palette draws from deep cultural roots and reimagines them for modern dancefloors. She’s performed at Panorama Bar, De School, Body Movements Festival, and Closer to home — at Strawberry Fields, Splendour In The Grass, and her legendary Boiler Room debut at Pitch Music & Arts Festival.

As founder of the party series "arcane" and resident of Manchester's queer collective High Hoops, Merve continues to build community through music — always pushing boundaries between performer and audience, light and dark. Her sets are a masterclass in curation, never predictable, always immersive.

We pay our respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and acknowledge their custodianship of these lands and waters. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people are welcome to attend free of charge — please email playniceconfidential@gmail.com for enquiries.

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