Rainbow Serpent turns 20: a weekend of boundless hedonism
6 moments that made this year's Rainbow Serpent truly magical
5 Mad monday
“Mad Monday” at the Market Stage is notorious for being the best party of the festival. So much so, there’s a pull quote in the program that reads: “if ‘doofing’ were a religion, Rainbow Monday would be Christmas Day.” Everyone looked amazing throughout the entire event in a vibrant mix of elaborate, ever-changing costumes, but five days deep on the last stretch, they managed to step up another gear. From raving in all white atop self-made structures, to feathered headgear straight out of Carnivale, holographic one-pieces, to just a few splashes of body paint and glitter, Rainbow’s beauty was on full display as it went out in style. Eelke Kleijn’s melodic house did its best to resurrect us one last time at 8am before a string of artists took it up to Guy J’s three-hour closer from 4.30pm.
