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According to ABC News, silent discos are selling out across Australia, offering dancers separate music channels through sound-cancelling headphones. Katherine Stanton, 46, has attended every silent disco held in Canberra since the events arrived there two years ago, and has travelled to Sydney and Brisbane to take part.

At the events, three DJs mix different eras of music, with colour-coded channels: blue for the 1980s, red for the 1990s and green for the 2000s. Participants can switch channels using a button on their headphones. Stanton said friends can enjoy different music while dancing together, and people on the same channel can recognise one another by the headphone colour.

Stanton said the headphones help people feel less self-conscious because the music surrounds them, while the events also provide a social activity and a workout. The discos generally run from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, allowing attendees to enjoy an evening out while still being fresh the next day.

Tom Gay, director of Amazing Silent Discos, said Australia draws the company’s largest crowds, with more than 1,000 attendees at some events and more than 2,000 during Vivid Sydney this year. Events have been held in museums, cathedrals, town halls, underground stations and international passenger terminals. More events are planned for Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Caloundra, Adelaide, Hobart, Ballarat and Canberra, with expansion planned for the Northern Territory, northern Queensland and New Zealand.