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Snow Machine Queenstown, New Zealand

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It’s the southern hemisphere’s biggest winter party.

Snow Machine Festival is like après, but all day. It’s like a music festival, but on the top of a mountain. It’s like a week of skiing and snowboarding in one of New Zealand’s premiere snow destinations, but with sick tunes and parties included.

The Remarkables are a mountain range which extend to and elevation of 2,319m high, and tower over nearby Queenstown, the home of adventure in New Zealand.

Ladyhawke, Bag Raiders, Zahn Walker, Angus and Julia Stone and The Rubens are just a few that are suiting up to play this year’s festival, which is set out over a number of stages.

The festival’s main stage is in Queenstown, but DJ sets play on the mountain's après stages in what is surely the world’s most epic DJ booth, plus there's a daytime winery stage which looks pretty lit too.

Last year a world record was set for the largest slope run by a bunch of people in swimsuits, a phenomenon dubbed ‘The Polar Bare’.

There’s even a night ski with DJs to greet you when you reach the bottom.

Slopes by day, boogs by night.

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Snow Machine is a four-day festival which runs from September 4 until September 7. Tickets are $399 which includes the festival ticket only, but packages which include lift passes and accommodation are also available.