The event triggered widespread backlash after several local residents said they were denied access to the club and prevented from joining the run after identifying themselves as Indonesian citizens, while applicants who identified themselves as foreign nationals were reportedly accepted without issue.

Bali's Immigration department has banned two Dutch expats from Indonesia for organising a run club event '"fraught with discrimination against local residents".

The club hosted group events for people who had moved to the island to become digital nomads, with a recent sunrise silent disco run attracting 150 participants.