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Get prepared to immerse yourself in Splore's day performance extravaganza. Once again Linz Living Lounge will be home to a luxurious mix of dance, cabaret, music and interactive performance. Friday night at Splore will start with a bang as Vibracorp's Fluxus Funhouse sets the scene for the weekend.

Those bold to enter will find themselves on a twenty minute interactive ride through a world of whacky whimsicality- with them as the main attraction.The night will come to a climax as Splore favourite Doc Westie returns to the festival to cause more chaos. 'Doc westies bogan circus' is a home grown celebration of Aotearoa's hoonish history. It is a tiki tour of Bogan remixes and circus performance that will feature the Amazing Bing Jugglers, The Country Cougars and their youth tamer, the slack-rope walkers, bogan burlesque and trapeze artists swinging from the light fittings.

New to Splore 2012 is The Perky & Fiddle Show. Rhythmic, sexy and illegal, The Perky and Fiddle show carries viewers away and exposes a side of gnome life that only a few people ever get to see. But watch carefully, they are masters of disguise and you may miss them? Caught half way between a beat and a gent, and bursting at the seams with debonair charm, the singing sensation Sal Valentine can pack a dance floor anytime, anywhere and backing him at every date is Auckland's number band 'The Babyshakes' - a hard hitting nine piece ensemble engineered to blow you out of the water.