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At this rave the headliners are 5 and the bar serves apple juice

Australian DJ Lenny Pearce, a former boy-band star who reinvented himself remixing nursery rhymes on TikTok, has turned the rave into a family affair. His 'Toddler Techno' tour packs venues — a recent Baltimore show sold over 1,000 tickets, and he sold out Colorado's Red Rocks to more than 8,000 — with an audience almost entirely under five. Expect glow sticks on a light-up Elsa dress, fog machines, inflatable ducks in headphones, and a bar serving adult drinks next to apple juice and edible glitter. Sets run just an hour, volumes are checked for tiny ears, and every show ends the same way: time to go to sleep.

The upbeat factorThe bass drops, the house specialty is apple juice, and everyone is home by eight
✓ Verified · NPR · 2026-10-04 · USA
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