You may or may not know that around 2 months ago,
the biggest beach club in all of Asia opened up right here in Bali.
It's called Atlas Beach Fest and opened up right down the road for me.
It boasts to be the first beach festival in the world, whatever that means,
it says it has the longest bar in all of Asia
and the longest pool slide in all of SE Asia.
But tonight, me and my friends are going there for different reasons than the pools.
We are gonna go see world renowned superstar DJ Steve Aoki.
And because of some Bali belly issues I've been having over the last few weeks,
I'm not gonna be drinking tonight, I'm gonna be absolutely sober,
so I thought "why not bring you guys along?".
I'll vlog it, probably on my phone, and I will give you my first impressions.
I'll go into the cost of everything at the end,
but before that, me and my girlfriend are about to head out and grab some dinner,
then we're going over some friends for some pre-drinks before heading to Atlas Beach Fest,
and that's where I'll see you next.
So we arrived in the rain, which was great,
because beach clubs don't have rooves.
At the first entrance, you come across security of airport-style metal detectors,
which are mainly for show and you'll get a quick packed down anyway.
The entrance walkway is pretty large,
and probably good for the classic Ig shot.
I also noticed these waterfall features that were pretty cool too.
We were warned about possible cake missiles and entered the actual beach club.
The dance floor and visuals were pretty decent, and I can't complain about the sound system either.
Sunset bar is supposed to be the longest continuous bar in SE Asia,
and it's about this long.
With your entrance voucher you get a free beer and we cashed in.
It tasted like juice, but I have to say it was pretty good.
Then we went to secure our spot in the dance floor.
We still had 45 minutes until Steve,
so I went for a wander and found the pool slide,
a secret garden and a roof deck.
The paths were lined with palm trees, which I thought was a pleasing aesthetic touch.
I found more daybeds and pools,
and it seemed that shisha was an option here.
The food looked decent and the VIP section was right next to the stage.
At this point, the dance floor was filling up as we're closing on Steve's set.
And it seems like Atlas doesn't have a back route to the stage,
because security had to part the crowd like the Red Sea
and then my man Steve passed right in front of me.
Steve demanded that we'd clap our hands,
and then announced his name for those who still might not know why the bought out tickets for this.
The crowd demanded Steve,
and he popped up from the abyss.
And then...
We partied.
What a f*cking wicked night that was.
I am not massively into like house music or tech house,
and most of the large-scale events here in Bali are usually house music,
so when someone like Steve Aoki comes along,
what a breath of fresh air, and such good music, such a good night.
So, what are my first impressions of Atlas Beach Fest?
I have to say, I really enjoyed it!
When somewhere says that they're gonna be the biggest of anything,
I get a little bit skeptical because I think they're gonna be trying too hard to stand out from the crowd,
but actually, it's done really nicely.
It is a little bit fancy, but I don't think it's over the top,
and I think the way they've designed the layout is perfect.
The pools look really nice overlooking the sea,
I wouldn't mind getting a daybed there someday and just chilling out in the sun.
There was plenty of barrooms, so the queues at the bar weren't getting too long,
and yeah, I just think it's worth a visit if you're gonna be in Bali.
This is especially if there's gonna be a big DJ or act-on that you want to see,
I would fully recommend paying the money to go.
There are a few cons I want to talk about.
One of them is the drinks service.
I didn't actually go up to buy a drink because I was sober all night,
but my friends did, and it seems to be that you go up and order in one place,
and you pick up your drink in a separate place.
And that doesn't really make for an efficient system of quickly going up and getting drinks.
Also, the bouncers let people stand on the stairs to the dance floor,
so trying to get in and out of the dance floor was so difficult,
trying not to push people downstairs, cause you have to push through the crowds.
And finally, one other con is that the dance floor is made out of little blue pool tiles,
which got really slippery in the rain when we first arrived,
and got really slippery again when Steve Aoki was throwing the cake into the crowd.
Let's talk costs. How much does it cost to go to Atlas Beach Fest?
Well, for a general entry for one day is 150k,
and you get a free drink with that, just like we did with our entry.
For us to go to Steve Aoki, it was 500k a ticket for the early release tickets,
and a day best start at 1.5 million during the week
and 2.5 million on the weekend,
and they can run you up anywhere as high as 20 million,
if you're looking for the VIP or backstage experience.
But yeah, overall a really great night, I would really recommend going to Atlas beach club.
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