Chapter 1 of 10An invite-only night of house music and art by KiaraOpen from midnight
The fair only opens for the list.You're on the list.
- Where
- Surat
- When
- 25 December 2026
- Door
- Invitation only
- Why
- A little magic. A beautiful commotion.
No. 2Your invitation
The Carousel
This ride has your name on it.
RUMPUS! is one night of house music and art, built by Kiara for the people who were part of her story in Surat. You are one of them.
No queue, no name to drop. Come to dance, to stare, to be stared at. Leave your rules at the door.
Your invitation is waiting for an answer.
Pass a star
Your invitation carries one star. Pass it to one person who should ride with you. First name only.
Say yes first. Then the star is yours to pass.
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- YOUR HOUR
- FIND YOU
- RAISED ON
No. 3Your reading
The Fortune Teller
Sit down. Show me your hands.
Give her three sounds and a material, or let the wheel choose. It turns on the beat and stops where you belong. Then she reads your palm.
IPick three sounds
IIPick a material
No. 4The night
The Hall of Mirrors
Four rooms. One night.
- I
Hall of Eyes
A corridor of light that watches you arrive. Every eye follows. Stare back; they like it.
- II
The Fortune Teller
Three sounds, one material, one card with your name in it. It is rarely wrong about how you dance.
- III
The Floor
Afro house, baile funk, disco funk, groovy house. Kiara on the decks until the lights give up.
- IV
The Afterglow
The morning after: the photographs and the full recording of the set, sent only to the people who were there.
No. 5The venue · Locked
The Locked Wagon
The address is inside, and the wagon stays locked. Push it if you like. Not announced. Revealed 22 December to those who said yes.
- Venue
- Street
- City
- Surat
- Unlocks
- 22 December 2026 · 00:00 IST
Say yes to be told
No. 6On stage
The Big Top
Kiara is bringing it home.
Kiara played her first show in Surat in October 2017. Since then, years of clubs and festivals, one dance floor after another.
RUMPUS! is her bringing all of it home, to the people who were there at the start. Ten cities follow; Surat goes first.
On the big screen Live at The Grid
No. 6The warm-up
Rumpus FM
Start before you arrive.
Four stations for the hours before the door. The whole tent moves on every kick of whatever you choose.
No. 7Before you come
The Ferris Wheel
The small print.
- Dress
Come as your loudest self
Chrome, sequins, velvet, neon. If it catches the light, it is correct.
- Doors
On your invitation
The time is written there, and only there.
- Phones
Down on the floor
We take the photographs. You take the night. The Afterglow brings you the rest.
- The list
The list is the list
It does not grow at the gate. If you hold a star, pass it before the night.