Party on the piste: Snowbombing 2007

One of the world’s top winter sports resorts, the Tirolean resort of Mayrhofen has announced details of its 2007 `Snowbombing’ event, the biggest party on the pistes that combines an eclectic festival of music with the best in skiing and snowboarding.

Taking place between 9th and 15th April 2007, the musical line-up includes top bands and DJs, as over 3,000 British snow sport and music enthusiasts flock for a fiesta that stretches across mountains, streets and nightclubs. Mayrhofen is one of Europe’s top late skiing resorts, with good snow security and the Hintertux glacier a free bus ride away.

Direct return coach travel from 11 UK cities has been laid on by the organisers and accommodation packages range from £219 - £319 for 6 nights in a self-catered apartment or hotel.

This year’s event takes in Easter Weekend, giving revellers the opportunity to enjoy a full week of partying and travel back on Easter Monday. Events will take place in clubs, bars and at mountain-top gigs, where bands will play in the fresh air against a backdrop of snowy Austrian mountains, at 2000m above sea level. A new après-ski rock & roll element includes live music performances from mid-afternoon until the early hours.

Fancy dress parties, 24 hour bars, snowmen making competitions, egg-and-spoon racing, Arctic discos, pub quiz nights, brass band performances and comedy nights are all planned, as are a full schedule of day and night-time music performances.

Bands so far included in the line-up are:-

The Young Knives, Sunshine Underground, Rumblestrips, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Kid Carpet, The Cuban Brothers, Mr Hudson and the Library, Pull Tiger Tail, Louie Austen, Vincent Vincent & the Villains, with many more live acts to be announced.

Confirmed DJs include:-

Scratch Perverts, James Zabiela, Annie Mac, Rob da Bank, Justice, Jamie Lavelle, M.A.N.D.Y, Touché, Tayo, Frank Tope, Evil Nine, The Glimmers, Joe Ransom, Sancho Panza, Soul of Mann, Jeff Automatic, Ame, Lopazz, Heidi, Scott Nixon, Greg Wilson, Barry Peters, DJ Mehdi, DJ Feadz, Busy P, Bill Brewster, Todd Terje, Earl Gateshead, MC Chucky Banton, MC Super Four, Sinden, Trickski, Trevor Loveys, Sombrero Sound System, and more to be confirmed.

Free entry to all events is with a Snowbombing wristband, which is included in the cost of a holiday package, from £219 for a week’s stay in a choice of self-catered apartments, to £319 for six nights B&B in a choice of 4* hotels. Or a limited number of Snowbombing Event passes are available for £99, to include entrance to all Snowbombing music events and other activities, discount on transfers, equipment hire, lift pass and tuition.

To transport Brits from across the UK to the heart of the Tirol, the organizers have chartered a fleet of luxury coaches (Snowbombing Express) departing on 8th April and returning back into the UK on 16th April, with reclining seats, DVD’s and videos, air conditioning and toilets. The Snowbombing Express will pick up party goers, skiers and boarders from 11 UK cities, with a return coach journey costing from only £80 for a return seat from London or Dover, £85 from Newcastle, £90 from Blackpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol and £100 from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Flights from various UK airports to Innsbruck, Munich and Salzburg will be met by transfer coaches on 8th and 9th and returning again on 15th and 16th April, for £25 for a single journey (Innsbruck £15).

For full information and to book, visit Snowbombing.co.uk. For information about the Austrian resort of Tirol visit Tyrol.com.