Tag: "festivals"

Bayside Film Festival Returns
0 Comments. 636 Views. Posted 10 Jul 2012 @ 10:34am.
Whether you’ve got the frost bite to end all frost bite, or some headlights that aren’t exactly on cars, the winter chills don’t inspire much.  But it’s time for you to scrap your preconceived anti-everything that comes along with winter, and get a good warming from the Bayside Film Festival. With its dynamic, life-affirming selection of short films and documentaries from Australia and... Read More
Eagle And The Worm
0 Comments. 777 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 9:17am.
  “Push Over 98 was one of the first gigs I sort of went to which was a pretty big deal. It was huge, it was at the Sidney Myer Music bowl I think and [had] Rancid, Snout, The Avalanches,” remembers Eagle and The Worm’s front man Jarrad Brown. “Like any kind of event, especially when it’s all ages orientated, it's kind of special now in Victoria, and I suppose anywhere because there’s just... Read More
Fest La Frog
0 Comments. 876 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 4:03pm.
  When it comes to planning a festival, giving credit where credit is due is of the utmost importance. And when it comes to planning an environmentally sustainable festival which seeks to build the foundation of a responsible community, it’s paramount. Just ask Dean O’ Callaghan, festival director of Fest La Frog. Now in its second year, Fest La Frog is a sustainable and organic music and... Read More
Karavan! International Gypsy Music Festival
0 Comments. 1,856 Views. Posted 21 Feb 2012 @ 10:14am.
  2012 will mark the third year that the Karavan! International Gypsy Music Festival – Australia’s premier festival which covers all types of gypsy music both old and new – will roll into Melbourne’s famous Corner Hotel. The festival has been expanding in size every year since its inception and so too has the lineup. This year’s event will again showcase the very best international bands as... Read More
Big Day Out 2012 - Ken West
0 Comments. 2,622 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2012 @ 9:33am.
Pacing fervently around the Flemington Racecourse, soon to be home to this year’s Big Day Out with founder Ken West, it’s near impossible not to be swept up within the whirlwind of the festival's astonishingly rich history. Since its inception as a Sydney-only festival in 1992 the self-professed ‘travelling circus’ rapidly evolved into a nationwide extravaganza, underpinned by its devoted and... Read More
Washed Out
0 Comments. 1,673 Views. Posted 9 Dec 2011 @ 8:28am.
After two years of touring, Ernest Greene, the man behind synthpop act Washed Out has discovered the key to a great performance : alcohol. "Normally the drunker we are, the more like energetic we are on stage but we're also much messier and we'll fuck up parts. If we're too sober, we're kind of stale but we play all the parts right so somewhere in between is where we like to be. So you'... Read More
CSS
0 Comments. 1,562 Views. Posted 6 Dec 2011 @ 9:41am.
For those a little late to the table, here's a crash course where Brazilian party-animals CSS are concerned: there's four of them, they've just put out album number three and they're about to hit Australian shores for the second time inside of a year. However, because you're obviously curious, it's time to dispense with the mystique. CSS is, in fact, an abbreviation of 'Cansei de Ser Sexy' -... Read More
AWME Presents The Festivals Of The World
0 Comments. 1,453 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 7:54am.
If you were to look back to a decade ago, around November - spring well underway with summer swiftly approaching - it's likely you'd see a relatively bare festival landscape looking back at you, with only two or three music festivals punctuating the upcoming summer calendar. In the time between '01 and '11, the proliferation of music festivals in Australia has grown exponentially, prompting... Read More
Darebin Music Feast 2011
0 Comments. 2,101 Views. Posted 16 Sep 2011 @ 9:34am.
Fifteen years since its inception, the Darebin Music Feast has developed into one of Melbourne’s most musically and culturally diverse festivals. The success of the festival trickles down from the philosophies of its organisers. A key reason why the festival still thrives after a decade and a half is that it aims for more than just to provide entertainment; it celebrates art and appreciates the... Read More
The Melbourne Festival
0 Comments. 2,576 Views. Posted 20 Jul 2011 @ 9:52am.
Political activism and art are two sides of the same coin. While each epoch in time tells its own story, art personifies the periodic themes by giving a voice to those who make history, rather than to time itself. With the recent uprising of desperate citizens in the Middle East attempting to overthrow their repressive regimes in the name of freedom and individual rights, come a slew of artistic... Read More
Emerging Writers Festival : Lisa Dempster
0 Comments. 2,260 Views. Posted 17 May 2011 @ 5:26pm.
In between lectures and spruiking the upcoming Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), festival director Lisa Dempster discusses why she loves this year’s offerings just so gosh darn much. "Three years ago we were a three-day festival, and we're now an 11-day festival and we run interstate events." She says. "But the core of the festival is our sense of community. It's really breaking down the... Read More
Register Now For Melbourne Fringe
0 Comments. 2,165 Views. Posted 10 May 2011 @ 3:09pm.
It might seem like far, far away but registrations open for Melbourne Fringe next month. If you want to be involved in the Melbourne Fringe Festival (one of the biggest and best Fringe Arts festivals in the country) you can register between May 23 and June 3.    To register you'll need a title for your show (so think of one, stat!) and an image as well as a confirmed venue, show times... Read More
AWME 2011 Showcase Applications Closing Soon
0 Comments. 2,114 Views. Posted 21 Apr 2011 @ 10:25am.
Local and international artists are invited to apply for a showcase performance slot on the global stage at the 2011 Australasian World Music Expo (AWME), being held in Melbourne 17-20 November.   Since its inception three years ago, AWME is now renowned as a major international music industry event, giving musicians worldwide new opportunities by engaging music industry representatives from... Read More
Big Scary
0 Comments. 1,332 Views. Posted 31 Mar 2011 @ 3:01pm.
  For Big Scary, 2010 was a year so successful, it would turn most upcoming bands a sickly shade of green. Beginning with some modest radio exposure for their bluesy rocker Hey Somebody and piano ballad Falling Away, followed by the release of their Four Seasons EPs (each themed for their particular seasonal change), they saw their profile steadily rise. To cap it off, they played a heady... Read More
The Comedy Zone
0 Comments. 2,347 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
  Every year Melbourne International Comedy Festival scours the country for the best of up and coming talent and invites a select few to appear in a showcase. The Comedy Zone for 2011 brings together Jennifer Wong (NSW), Daniel Connell (ACT), Luke Heggie (NSW), Henry Stone (QLD) and Ronny Chieng (VIC) under the talented tutelage of Justin Hamilton. We spoke with Henry Stone, creator of... Read More
Food, Music And Craft At The Brunswick Music Festival
0 Comments. 2,208 Views. Posted 9 Mar 2011 @ 10:14am.
Six music stages, community food, craft stalls and street entertainment make up one of Melbourne’s most dynamic festivals. Musicians such as rockabilly superstar Rosie Flores, guitar wizard Martin Simpson, Kelse & The Mean Reds (pictured), Nano Stern and his Chilean band and Vika and Linda Bull amongst many more acts will be appearing at the festival. The Sydney Road Street Party... Read More
Children Collide
0 Comments. 1,966 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 8:50am.
It's a peppy, if nasally-challenged Johnny Mackay who's dismissive of the ravages the past month's touring has had on his body. "My body just held out for the tour," he says of the band's recent jaunts (plural) around the country for a run of festival spots with Falls, Sunset Sounds and Southbound and then the travelling Big Day Out circus. "I tested its limits - but... Read More
Push Over Lineup Announced!
0 Comments. 1,348 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Victoria's longest-running all-ages live music festival Push Over is returning to Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne next year with a killer lineup of upcoming Aussie talent, the freshest young Victorian acts, some of the country's most fast and furious hardcore and metal bands, and a full arena of bouncing hip hop music and break dance!   It's all happening on Sunday March 13 over the Labour... Read More
St Kilda Festival 2011
0 Comments. 3,890 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
WHAT The St Kilda Festival   WHERE St Kilda Beach. St Kilda   WHEN Saturday February 5 – Sunday February 13 2011   WHO’S PLAYING Tim Finn scheduled to rock up, alongside Kimbra, Paris Wells, Hungry Kids of Hungary, July Days, Kate Vigo, Stonefield, The Vaudeville Smash. (Initial line-up only, more to come.)   WHAT ELSE IS ON Food, theatre, poetry, Zumba   HOW... Read More
Review: The Shine On Festival
8 Comments. 3,572 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
  Mother Nature was rather disagreeable dealing out a full hand of rain, cold, wind, and an immeasurable amount of mud in the beautiful setting of Lexton, Victoria for The Shine On Music Festival.The long rolling hills were carpeted in green grass and speckled with spectacular trees over 300 years old. About 3,200 people were through the gate on Friday November 21, ready to forge on for the... Read More
Happy High Herbs Stalls Rejected From Festivals
19 Comments. 8,362 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
It has been an interesting 18 months for Happy High Herbs. As many fans know, they’ve had a strong and vibrant presence at most of the music festivals around Australia for many years now. However, much to our great disappointment, the larger of these festivals started refusing their market stall applications.   The first of these was Woodford, which was a huge blow, as this is where... Read More
Gig Launch
0 Comments. 3,344 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:15am.
Ever heard of a little ol’ company called Gig Launch?     If you’re a solo artist or part of a band that are looking to get a few extra gigs, or even just a little bit more exposure, you just may want to read on!   Essentially, Gig Launch is an Australian online booking agency which works to meet the needs of artists and promoters, giving them a chance to get in... Read More
Melbourne International Arts Festival
1 Comments. 2,707 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
The overture to the Melbourne International Arts Festival has begun, with the 2010 Festival Program officially launched last night. Beat spoke exclusively to Artistic Director Brett Sheehy in the lead-up to the launch about his second year in the job, and managed to prise a few hot-ticket nudges in the process.   "I've got the best job in the world!" exclaims the... Read More
Featured Festival - The Falls Festival
0 Comments. 3,814 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Is there any better way to bring in the New Year then with that feeling of hope, love and inspiration that surrounds and infiltrates you while listening to the music of The Falls Festival? Well if you haven’t entered the ballot for tickets you may want to wake up early and line up on Thursday September 9 for the final release to go on sale for this iconic festival in Victoria and Tasmania... Read More
Golden Plains
0 Comments. 2,114 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
"All I'm saying is, if you can't beat someone up, don't date me." There I was, lone grandma under an umbrella in the midst of rain-heavy poncho crowd trying to understand the appeal of Tex Perkins. My mate Bree says it comes down to the arm span, which he is wont to demonstrate at frequent intervals during the set. Bree says Tex is the archetypal Australian male, ripe with testosterone... Read More
Splendour in the Grass 2010
0 Comments. 1,076 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Hightailing it up the Bruce Highway, it’s clear from the temperate climate awaiting southern voyagers that 2010’s Splendour In The Grass will be different. It not only boasts an incredibly extensive, quality lineup, it’s relocated from its usual home of Byron Bay to the Woodfordia site outside of Woodford (and we may’ve superimposed Duelling Banjos on some of the places... Read More
Sonisphere Festival
0 Comments. 1,830 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
History was made on a sunny Polish day as 120,000 metalheads invaded a massive airfield in Warsaw to witness the ‘Big Four’ play together for the first time. After 30 years competing to be the biggest name in metal, finally Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax could put their differences (and to a lesser degree their egos) aside and accept their position in the Big Four.  ... Read More
Golden Plains
0 Comments. 1,455 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Y’know, while I like the ladies and all, Jeffrey Lewis kinda managed to get me to love the bastard. Amongst the rain, the booze and the Pavement, he and his Junkyard remain the freakin’ highlight of Golden Plains. It’s early Sunday arvo, and the sun is finally out after a night of constant rain – mud is everywhere (though, it’s not as bad as Meredtih ’08),... Read More
Good Vibrations
0 Comments. 1,628 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
It’s a sunny Sunday at Flemington Racecourse’s ‘The Nursery’. Walking in at an irresponsible-for-a-reviewer 4pm thanks to waiting for a cab for half an hour, calling up the cab company to find out he somehow has already picked us up and then having to wait another 20 minutes for a different cab. (We decided to go with a different cab company the second time round, not... Read More
This Is Not Art Festival Program Launched
0 Comments. 1,827 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
 Returning in 2010 for its 11th year, Newcastle’s annualThis Is Not Art festivalhas announced its program the for which will take place from September 30 through until October 4.     Featuring over 400 local, national and international artists the festival presents Australia’s most exciting and emergent exhibitions, screenings, performances, panels, workshops,... Read More
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