Mexican Night Of The Dead Ball

31st October 2025

Eco Park, Porthtowan

The Rambunctious Social Club is hosting a Mexican Night of the Dead Ball, offering a unique cultural experience. This event invites attendees to engage with the traditions of Mictlán through a lively atmosphere filled with mariachi, cumbia, and punk influences. It promises a vibrant celebration of Mexican heritage, encapsulating the spirit of community and joy.


Taking place at Mount Pleasant Eco Park's new venue, Skylarking, this event represents a creative opportunity to explore themes of life, death, and renewal through an immersive experience. Attendees are encouraged to dress up and participate in various activities, featuring extravagant set designs and interactive performances.


The event will showcase live music on the Templor Jaguar stage, featuring artists such as Akola Tambo, known for their traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms, and Las Chanchas, who will deliver energetic tropical cumbia straight from the Amazon. Additionally, the Rambunctious Social Club DJs, including DJ Hodguez, DJ Griff, and special guest DJ Dave Sir Vinyl, will contribute to the festive atmosphere. This celebration serves as not just a party but a festival in a night, highlighting the rich cultural tapestry of Mexican festivities.

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What the organisers say

Halloween just got an upgrade! Coming to CORNWALL to TROPICAL PRESSURE HQ and the new venue SKYLARKING at Mount Pleasant Eco park for the first time! The Rambunctious Social club’s fabulous and famous Mexican night of the dead ball!


Put any Halloween plans aside, this is where you need to be! 

The Rambunctious Social Club summons the spirit of Mictlán with a riot of mariachi, cumbia, and pure punk soul. This isn’t nostalgia — it’s resurrection. A dance with the dead, a celebration of the wild, laughing heart of Mexico.


A dizzying spectacle of DJ dancefloor mayhem, live bands and Mexican magic will take over and transform Skylarking at the Eco park. A very special chance for YOU to dress up and celebrate with the dead in a creatively curious mix of lavish set-design, immersive, interactive experience and dynamic performance.


For the first time in Cornwall and at TROPICAL PRESSURE FESTIVAL HQ - Mount Pleasant Eco park's new venue SKYLARKING, this is the event of the year, a festival in a night, a fiesta of colour!

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Rambunctious is ran by Tropical Pressure decor manager and La Cornucopia creator Lee Hodges, so expect some exquisite decor and immersive fun!


Live music on the Templor Jaguar stage - 

AKOLA TAMBO - a blaze of traditional Afro-Colombian beats that will take you on a journey to reconnect to the root
LAS CHANCHAS - Tropical Cumbia from the Amazon! Chicha electricity!


Rambunctious Social Club Dj’s -
DJ Hodguez (Lee Hodges)
DJ Griff
Special guest - DJ Dave Sir Vinyl

Tickets - £20 in adv. plus booking fee
Early Birds - £16. plus booking fee
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Tickets

Line Up

Kola Tambo

Las Chanchas

DJ Hodguez (Lee Hodges)
DJ Griff

Map

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Written by

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