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PEATS RIDGE 2010!

August 27th 2010 02:08
Proudly presented by triple j, The Drum Media, Faster Louder & Eco Voice
PEATS RIDGE 2010!

What happens when you put thousands of smiling people in a beautiful valley, over a three day period, showcase music, arts and culture across 9 stages and bring in the New Year…
Peats Ridge Music Festival



PEATS RIDGE!

Peats Ridge is a festival that has been described as a ‘sensual explosion’ (novafm.com.au), ‘colourful and memorable’ (pagesonline.it) and a ‘musical circus’ (Reverb). Last year saw 10,000 patrons, filled with enthusiasm and excitement, ascend on the valley and with glowing reviews, it was a shining success enjoyed by all.

The largest camping festival over the New Year period, in NSW, Peats Ridge is a Sustainable Arts & Music Festival. It has proven to be a fresh, creative and innovative melting pot, where people can celebrate in a friendly and relaxed festival environment.

With a music line up that boasts pieces of many musical pies, for everyone to savour. The Festival always delights punters with big names acts and also surprises, with up and coming musical talent to be discovered.

The 2010 instalment promises to be everything brilliant that has been offered in previous years and much more… So without further ado, let’s unleash the first of the musical magic that will grace some of the 9 stages at Peats Ridge 2010.


Angus & Julia Stone * Trentemøller (Live) [DENMARK] * Built to Spill [USA] * Freestylers [UK] * Kate Miller-Heidke * Shout Out Louds [SWEDEN] * The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker [USA] * Born Ruffians [CAN] * Lightspeed Champion [UK] * PVT * Decoder Ring * The Audreys * The Break * Washington * Cloud Control * Jonathan Boulet * Freq Nasty [UK] * Space Invadas * The Jezabels * Dan Mangan [CAN] * Thundamentals * Steve Poltz [USA] * Joel Plaskett [CAN] * King Tide * Horrorshow * Watussi * Parades * Big Scary * Spit Syndicate * Belles Will Ring * Kim Churchill * THE Chemist * The Gin Club * Tom Fun Orchestra [CAN] * Carmen Townsend [CAN] * Matt Barber [CAN] * Chase the Sun * The Lovetones * THE E.L.F * The Seabellies * McCartney * The Delta Riggs * Holly Martin * Spooky Land * Alter Ego Mania * Dereb the Ambassador [ETHIOPIA/AUD] * The Strides * plus the triple j Unearthed Winner and loads more artists to be announced. Stay tuned…

If you are looking to feel the bass, Peats Ridge are very happy to announce the ‘DUB SHACK’ is returning. The stage that became known as ‘the dub monster’ in 2009, is set to pound yet again. Our three favourite Sydney crews Foreigndub, VOID and Western Synthetics, will be returning to bring you the best that the dubstep, drum n bass and dub scenes have to offer.

Peats Ridge, is held in the beautiful Glenworth Valley an hour north of Sydney. A three day event, it has become a major part of the annual calendar.

Peats Ridge has proven to be world class in entertainment, experience and education. Recognised as one of the world’s leading sustainable events, the Festival is a winner of numerous national and international awards for environmental sustainability. A family friendly festival, Peats Ridge hosts an array of amazing music, arts performance and exhibitions, a focus on sustainable practices and education, a dedicated children’s festival, workshops, markets and much more.

*PEATS RIDGE 2010 – DEC 29 TO JAN 1 – GLENWORTH VALLEY, NSW*
Tickets will be available on August 19th

3 DAY SEASON PASSES: FAMILY SEASON PASSES: DAY PASSES:
ADULT (18 ) $295 bf 1 ADULT, 1 YOUTH $390 bf ADULT $125 bf
CHILD (6-12) $25 bf 2 ADULT, 1 YOUTH $670 bf YOUTH $40 bf
UNDER 6 FREE EXTRA YOUTH (13-17) $80 bf CHILD $10 bf



As Peats Ridge is an Over 18 event, Youth tickets can only be purchased as part of a Family Pass. Children and Youth are permitted entry to the festival only if accompanied by a guardian over 25.

All Season Passes include camping and festival entry from 29th December 2010 - 1st January 2011.

Tickets will be available through our ticketing partners Oztix. Only Mastercard and Visa are accepted


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKET SALES CLICK HERE:
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HAPPY TOGETHER!

The CHOIR of HARD KNOCKS and the TUTTI CHOIR come together
in ADELAIDE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
with Maggie Beer as MC





Adelaide Town Hall
Sunday 19 September at 7.30pm


The stars of the smash hit ABC Documentary, ARIA, Logie and Helpmann Award winning Choir of Hard Knocks, now known as the Choir of Hope and Inspiration, along with their Founding Music Director Dr Jonathon Welch AM, will come to Adelaide for the first time to perform with our very own Tutti Choir, founded by South Australia’s 2007 Local Hero, Pat Rix and led by Tutti’s Resident Conductor, Jonathan Bligh.

"It has been our dream since we first started in 2006 to come to Adelaide, share our music and show the choir members how beautiful your city is. To be sharing the stage with Pat Rix and Tutti makes the trip even more special for us," said Dr Welch.

"I first met Pat and heard Tutti sing in 2008 on a "Tour of Honour" for the National Australia Day Council in my role as Australian of the Year, Local Hero 2008, and it was love at first song for me! We are such kindred spirits Pat and I, and the amazing work she has done with Tutti over the past 13 years has been an inspiration to me also," Dr Welch said.

"It has been an amazing journey for the Choir of Hard Knocks over the past four years, and I know that when we come together with Tutti for the first time, it is going to be a magic meeting of two very special choirs which have brought thousands of people a sense of hope and inspiration," said Dr Welch.

“The Tutti Choir welcomes this fabulous opportunity to perform with Jonathon Welch and the Choir of Hope and Inspiration at the Adelaide Town Hall. We truly are kindred spirits and when like minded artists get together – magic does happen! This will be a dazzling musical celebration by two trail-blazing Australian choirs and we are looking forward to it immensely,” said Ms Rix.




The Choir of Hope and Inspiration and The Tutti Choir
Adelaide Town Hall, King William Street, Adelaide
Sunday 19 September, 2010 at 7.30pm

Bookings through BASS 131 246
$30/$20 concession
Companion Card accepted
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Artist registrations Adelaide Fringe

August 7th 2010 00:33
Artist registrations now open for Adelaide Fringe 2011!


Registrations are now open to visual artists, presenters, film makers, puppeteers, performers of circus, theatre and experimental art and anyone else who has an act, vision or idea to participate in the largest Arts event in the Southern Hemisphere - Adelaide Fringe 2011!

Artists can register their events online from August 4 to October 15 at adelaidefringe.com.au to immerse themselves and their craft in a melting pot of creativity; surrounded by audiences of over 1 million and a wealth of artists, presenters, producers and industry folk from around the world.

The phones are up and running, the office mirror ball dusted, the rug laid, the lamps lit and the how-to guides bound. Our Artist Services team - Michelle, Carin and Eugene - are ready to answer all questions about how to register a show and find a venue
Adelaide Fringe Director Greg Clarke




Over 24 hot summer days and nights, artists will not only run their own shows, exhibitions and events, but also have opportunities to join the masses in the Opening Night Parade, put their best on display for the inaugural Adelaide Fringe Art Show (no longer restricted to the mini art format) and (our favourite!) perform a taster of their events at the Fringe Showcase Stage in the bustling Rundle Mall.

To register an event, artists can head to the Adelaide Fringe website Adelaide Fringe Website HERE or contact the Artist Services Team for more information: 8100 2055, artists@adelaidefringe.com.au

Artist registrations are open from Wednesday 4 August and close on Friday 15 October 2010.

Adelaide Fringe 2011 will be held from 18 February to 13 March.
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Cabaret Festival Program 2010

April 14th 2010 09:46
A decade of cabaret and there's more to come as the Adelaide Festival Centre and Artistic Director for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, David Campbell, announce the 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival program, 11 - 26 June.

Come join the celebrations in June, where once again the Adelaide Festival Centre will be transformed into Cabaret mode and experience some of the best Cabaret at one of the world's most unique festival's for the genre.

The 2010 program features 41 artists from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan and France and the best from Australia with 220 Australian artists, 117 of those South Australian performers.

There will be 12 international shows, 12 Adelaide premieres, including 9 Australian premieres and 7 world premieres.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival Artistic Director David Campbell says, I hope everyone enjoys this year's program as much as I did putting it together. Last year's Festival was a lot of fun, so this year I wanted to put together a program for our wonderful audiences, who make Cabaret what it is and look forward to seeing some new faces in the crowd. Ten years of the Cabaret Festival is a tremendous achievement and I'm thrilled to be part of bringing the cabaret genre to a wider audience.

Opening this year's Cabaret Festival is the popular Variety Gala Performance on Friday 11 June at 7.30pm in the Festival Theatre. Once again patrons will be walking the red carpet and witnessing a star-studded line-up of talented cabaret artists in this year's Festival.

Last year's inaugural event was so popular this year's has completely sold out.


Cabaret starlet Meow Meow will be bringing her feline performance art back to the Festival with the Adelaide premiere of her new show Feline Intimate and direct from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival comes the princess of plucking and preening Marney McQueen who will be stripping audiences bare (figuratively speaking) with Rosa Waxes Lyrical.

Headlining this year's Cabaret Festival and appearing in her only Australian performances will be nine-time-Grammy award winner Natalie Cole, performing in the Festival Theatre on 12 and 13 June.

As a world renowned live performer, Natalie Cole will sing some of the great lyrics and melodies of the American songwriters, accompanied by the Adelaide Art Orchestra in an evening that is sure to be unforgettable.

Opening on the Queen's Birthday long weekend, this year's Cabaret Festival includes over 124 performances of some 46 different shows across sixteen nights, with something sure to tantalise everyone's tastes.

From the U.S. one of the most prolific and successful musical theatre writers of all time, Stephen Schwartz, will be bringing Broadway to Adelaide in An Evening with Stephen Schwartz & Friends.

Stephen is best known for writing the musicals Godspell, Pippin, Children of Eden and Wicked. Join Stephen for an evening that spans a career teeming with hits, sung by some of the finest voices in Australia and abroad.

Our leading ladies Liz Callaway (Miss Saigon), Caroline O'Connor (Chicago) and Donna McKechnie (Chorus Line), will spellbind you with their showstopping numbers.

Having all performed on Broadway, this is a golden opportunity to see these legendary performers in their one-woman shows.

Each will captivate you with their extraordinary vocals and bewitching tales.

After his success at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Hugh Sheridan is back by popular demand for his encore performance of Newley Discovered and armed with his trademark wit and charm Australia's best loved tenor David Hobson will be premiering his new show Am I Really Here at the Festival.

Giving cabaret a laid back charm, David Harris can be seen in intimate mode in Til the Night is Gone and Mitchell Butel will bring the smooth sounds of jazz and blues with the Australian premiere of Killing Time. Described as charming, and as warm as honey.

Alex Rathgeber sings through the iconic songbook of Cole Porter and performing the songs of Belgian Chanson singer-songwriter, Jacques Brel, John Waters will perform a night of French Cabaret in BREL.

Let some Adelaide artists take you to places that will make your heart sing - back by popular demand is unusualist Raymond Crowe as he transports you to a wonderful world of shadow puppetry, one for all the family!

After last year's tribute to French cabaret, Robyn Archer returns to cross the border with German Cabaret Berlin Between The Wars and get playful with circus and carnival songs as Darley, Day and Tin Can Alley lift your spirits and delight with A Night with the Flying Horses.

Vaudeville fantasy will provoke, entertain and take you on a journey as you are introduced to some dangerously charismatic strangers, led by the extraordinary talents of iOTA in Smoke & Mirrors.

Australian cabaret star Kim Smith brings European cabaret fresh from New York in Morphium with musical artistry, while school is in with Frisky & Mannish from the UK who are in a class all of their own with their Adelaide premiere of School of Pop.

After seeing a show finish the night off with retro-chic with Gallic charm and join French group Nouvelle Vague in the Late Night Banquet Room.

Get ready to connect with some ladies sure to ignite your senses. Divinely quirky, six string songstress Lanie Lane will sing the golden era of music of the 30s, 40s and 50s and direct from New York Marika Aubrey will take you through a repertoire of songs from some of the world's most iconic flaming dames in the Australian premiere of Redhead.

Whilst on the subject of pruning, Trevor Ashley will perform Liza (on an E), with his cheeky channelling of one of cabaret's superstars, dishing the dirt and singing the songs in true diva style and Sarah-Louise Young transforms between three comic creations in the Australian premiere of Cabaret Whore.

The transformation continues with Italian performer Ennio Marchetto, the one-man-living-cartoon, who will be making his Australian debut transforming himself using paper costumes into well-known artists within split seconds.

Join one outrageous family jam as Dick & Christa Hughes come together in 21st Century Blues, father and daughter like you've never seen before.

The Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf Review return for some shameless satire and political parody in Pennies from Kevin and have some hilarious fun with Mic Conway's National Junk Band.

Spend a night with Broadway's hottest songwriters Pasek & Paul the musical theatre writing team on the meteoric rise or sit back and swoon as musical genius and sex symbol Earl Okin works his charms, then have a drink in the Piano Bar and enjoy a free performance by Mark Nadler in Broadway Hootenanny, known as New York cabaret's wild man, Mark will entertain, with song, stories, laughs and dance, while playing the piano!

This year a number of household names dip their toe into the cabaret genre with two Australian premieres by well known artists Diesel and Tim Rogers.

Diesel will be performing Singled Out with Strings and Tim Rogers Saligia, two charismatic artists in unique cabaret mode.

John Paul Young and the Allstar Band will have their Adelaide premiere of I Hate The Music.

A new initiative for this year, introduced by Artistic Director David Campbell, is High School Cabaret.

This project is proudly supported by the Adelaide Festival Centre's Education Program (centrED) and aims to help cultivate and encourage the next generation of cabaret artists. David Campbell has been mentoring a select group of creative arts students from Seaview and Norwood Morialta High Schools to produce a series of cabaret performances to be showcased in this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Sing, dance, laugh and cry with South Australia's exciting young stars as they shine in Australia's first ever High School Cabaret!

Continuing on from another initiative launched in 2009 to support the next generation of young cabaret performers, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival is pleased to include in this year's program the winners of the 7th Annual Cabaret Showcase in Sydney in December.

Out of 50 performers, Sydney residents Tom Sharah and Elizabeth Cousemacker both won the opportunity to perform at the 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

The ever popular Sing Your Own Musical is back with Michael Morley and friends for another sing-along around the piano.

This year we have extended our Bring a Friend Free offer, thanks to Minter Ellison, will now be extended to selected shows across the Festival, ensuring the Festival is as accessible to as many people as possible.

Book to see four or more shows in the same transaction and you'll enjoy great savings, plus you will secure the best seats in the house. Simply choose the Season Pass price when booking at BASS.


If you book to four or more shows before 12 May 2010 you will automatically go into the draw to WIN one of two prizes.


1st Prize: 2 return flights to Sydney flying Qantas and staying at the InterContinental plus tickets to a 2010 Sydney Theatre Company Season performance.

Runner-Up Prize: two tickets travelling on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide to Sydney and return, plus two tickets to a 2010 Sydney Theatre Company Season performance.


Full program details available in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival brochure.

Get one free by calling the Adelaide Cabaret Hotline on (08) 8216 8901 or go to Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Tickets on sale through BASS Dial n Charge 131 246 or online.

Interstate guests call BASS Special Events on (08) 8400 2222 for details of accommodation packages.

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Cabaret Festival 2010 Adelaide

March 19th 2010 03:06
2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival hit with Festival Fever

Adelaide has been in Festival mode over the past couple of weeks, with the Festival and Fringe the talk of the town and it's not over yet! No sooner has the last ticket stub been thrown away than audiences are looking to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival to spend their hard earned cash and have a great night out with friends.

After the success of the first Variety Gala in 2009, audiences have snapped up tickets for this year's Variety Gala after it went on sale in the Adelaide Festival Centre's 2010 season brochure, with the event now sold out. The Variety Gala will open the 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival on 11 June.

This is just the start of what's in store for the 2010 program and everyone is encouraged to go online when the program is launched on 14 April at 7.30pm to view for themselves the Adelaide Festival Centre's 10th Adelaide Cabaret Festival program, snap up the best seats and see what delights Artistic Director David Campbell has in store for cabaret audiences.


Tickets are currently on sale for two other shows, Ennio Marchetto, the one-man-living-cartoon, who will be making his Australian debut transforming himself using paper costumes into well-known artists within split seconds and John Waters who will be performing a night of French Cabaret in BREL, singing the songs of the great French Chanson singer-songwriter, Jacques Brel.

The full Adelaide Cabaret Festival program will be available online on 14 April at adelaidecabaretfestival.com and bookings can be made through the link on the website or through BASS on 131 246.


Adelaide Cabaret Festival brochures will be available at BASS outlets on 15 April and in mailboxes on 21 April.
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Béla Fleck and Band

March 9th 2010 08:02
Adelaide Festival Centre's trans:mission program presents
Bela Fleck's African Project featuring Oumou Sangare and Band

Described as the premiere banjo player in the world, Béla Fleck will be joined by international diva Oumou Sangaré and her stunning 12-piece Malian band on stage for one amazing night in the Festival Theatre on 9 April.

A New York City native, Béla Fleck first picked up the banjo at age 15 and has made a name for himself on countless solo and ensemble projects as a virtuoso instrumentalist unbounded by genre. Throughout his 30 year career, Béla has won 13 Grammy awards and has earned more diverse Grammy nominations than any other musician in history, including pop, country, bluegrass, jazz, classical, spoken-word, composition and arranging. In 2010 Béla won Grammy awards for ‘Best Pop Instrumental Performance’ and ‘Best Contemporary World Music Album’ for his latest album Throw Down Your Heart.

Click on the image to watch the YouTUBE trailer.

Throw Down Your Heart is a companion to the award-winning documentary of the same name, which premiered in 2009. Motivated by a deep love of African music, the film follows Béla on a boundary-breaking musical adventure through four African countries: Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali to explore the little-known African roots of the banjo and record an album. Béla finds common ground with musicians ranging from local villagers to well-known artists such as Oumou Sangaré to create some of the most meaningful music of his career.

Considered as the greatest female African star of her generation, Oumou Sangaré is the leading female star of the Wassoulou sound. Her music is bold, seductive, funky and vibrant and onstage her huge charisma, irrepressible energy and joie de vivre is very much evident. Oumou has enjoyed a long and illustrious career, touring internationally and becoming an ambassador for the music of Mali. Her latest album Seya (Joy) was released in 2009.

For fans of world, jazz and African music, be sure not to miss this first trans:mission concert for 2010, which is sure to be nothing short of exhilarating.


What: Béla Fleck
Venue: Festival Theatre
When: 9 April, 8pm
Cost: Premium $60 / Adult $55.95 / Concession $45.95 / Student $40
Groups (6 or more) $50 / Family (2 2) $110 / GreenRoom $19.95 /
Season Pass Adult $50 / Season pass Conc $40
Bookings: BASS on 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au


This performance is part of trans:mission, Adelaide Festival Centre’s music program of universal beats, rhythms and grooves.
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Ian McFarland | TRAFFIC

March 8th 2010 23:34
TRAFFIC
By Ian McFarland
18 March to 11 April 2010
Opening: 6-8pm Thursday 18 March. Guest Speaker: Robert Dunstan, Editor, Rip it Up and Arts Editor, The Adelaide Review.


Gallery 139 139 Magill Road, Stepney
Gallery Hours: 11am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. Phone: (08) 8363 6139.



Fast and frenetic, slow and methodical Ian McFarland’s new mixed media works on canvas reflect the ebb and flow of traffic in a modern city.


Ian McFarland is one of a small number of artists in the world practicing the art of the ‘Affichistes’ (torn poster artists), an art movement that originated in Paris during the 1950s.

Factory walls, vacant blocks and abandoned derelict buildings adorned with the pasted imagery of advertising posters provide Ian McFarland with the inspiration and materials so often overlooked. Ripped patterns, sun faded colours, residual brush strokes of application and the imprinted pattern of brick and corrugated iron, are all bundled together in a multi-layered package of discovery.


Ian McFarland is fascinated by advertising material, ”There is a very high turn over of advertising posters on public buildings which can be exciting because you never know exactly what you will find or where the images will take you. There is so much to be discovered between the layers of posters; traces of glue, misprints, even evidence of where the reverse side of the posters have been used to clean the printing machine. The media I use jumps out at me; text, pattern, the vibrancy of colour, a hidden face or image, removed, out of context, all waiting to be rebranded within a new work of art.”


Ian captures brief moments in time, as the ever-changing product of the mass media is reconstructed into new artwork and given a new meaning.


The final works are bold representations on canvas that keep your eyes searching as new details are found. Uncertain as to what is painted or collage, what is original or created, there is a sense within the work that a moment in our contemporary urban history has been captured, reworked and subsequently elevated.


Ian McFarland has a Masters of Visual Arts and Design from the South Australian School of Art, UniSA. He has held a number of successful exhibitions including the sold out exhibition, Big Kiss at Gallery 139 in 2009.
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Adelaide Fringe on Higher Ground

March 2nd 2010 07:00
4 Venues, 22 Days, 23 Bands, 39 Shows,
240 Performances, 1 Higher Ground


Triple Award winning venue, Higher Ground, presents its most ambitious Fringe program to date

Higher Ground Inc., winner of Best Established venue 2009, will release their 12-page program and launch their website detailing all that’s going on during Fringe 2010.

This year will see Higher Ground put on it's most ambitious Fringe program to date: over 22 days you'll get a chance to see 23 bands, 39 different productions in a total of 240 performances across 4 venues.



Bigger and Better than Ever

This year, running four venues – including a brand new outdoor venue Shimmering West and the Studio at AC Arts – means Higher Ground is staging the biggest Fringe it has ever had.

They will be hosting Guy Masterson’s inaugural Centre for International Theatre - 8 highly acclaimed international theatre works from the UK and the US, bringing the past to life in Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo and Garden, a huge live music program, and much, much more besides!

Higher Ground and the Adelaide Fringe

Higher Ground Inc. was set up as a not-for-profit Fringe venue in Pultney St. in 2004.

Since then they’ve come to realize that providing an accessible, user-friendly arts space in the city is a year round task, but the Fringe has remained the central date in our calendar.

Higher Ground’s commitment to the Adelaide Fringe has been recognized with three consecutive awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009

The Spirit of the Fringe, Best Visual Arts Venue and Best Established Venue respectively.
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Dirt Fever Tour

March 2nd 2010 06:59
DIRT FEVER TOUR
THE BARONS OF TANG

The Barons of TanG
DiRt feVeR ToUr


Think a Frankenstein’s monster of traditional Irish, Jewish, Polish and Russian folk, polka and zydeco all mashed up together with a slamming drill sergeant punk brutality. it’s the exact same source that Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Grinderman, Baseball, Sailors Of Swine and Rocket Science all derive their volatile energy from. Part convict heritage, part history of organised crime, part shit awful weather and hilarious ethnic exaggeration.

Love it or hate it
you can’t help but move like a madman to it

Faster Louder
Jade Monkey Live



DIRT FEVER TOUR
Feb 20 Sustainable Living Festival River Stage Melbourne

Feb 27 Karavan International Gypsy Festival

March 7 Adelaide Fringe Festival Higher Ground Closing Party

March 12 Moonlight by Markets The Rocks

Mar 12 The Red Rattler Sydney

March 20 Brunswick Music Festival

Mar 26 The Merry Muse Canberra

Mar 28 Junkyard, Maitland
April 3, 4, 5 Byron Bay Bluesfest @ Caba Caba Ray Stage

April 9 – 11 Fairbridge Festival Pinjarra WA


DANCE FLOOR RIOT !!!!

Spawned from the collective nightmares of music nerds and avant-garde dance instructors, 'The Barons of Tang' want to ruin you for modern music.

The Barons of Tang hitch up their sleeves and blaze across the tyranny of distance with their scorchin Dirt Fever Tour!

Leaving a trail of bruised and battered dance floors across the nation, the Barons continue their touring mayhem and step on stages at the Karavan International Gipsy Festival starring international band Besh o droM, Adelaide Fringe, Brunswick Music Festival, Byron Bay Bluesfest and all the way out to the Pinjarra to play the magnificent Fairbridge Festival the Barons are foot to the floor ‘n burning the rubber, churning up the miles to play a stage near you!

The Barons of Tang have played a swag full of festivals, including The Falls, Sunset Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Arts Festival, Sydney Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, High Vibes, U Tribe and Alice Springs Desert Festival and have supported international artists such as Paprika Balkanicus, Fanfare Ciaccorlia and Gypsy Kings and Queens.

Lashing Tango, Rockabilly, Latin and Gypsy with breaks, hard hitting guitar riffs, double kick blast beats and massive horn arrangements The Barons of Tang serve up their molotov gypsy ‘deathcore’. With accordion, double bass, saxophone and Bass Clarinet to name just a few, the 7 piece Melbourne outfit bend traditional gypsy and tango feels played in the most inappropriate ways. The catchy tunes and punk ethos all tie together to mean one thing, dancing is inevitable!

The Barons of Tang have airplay on Triple J and community radio across Australia, and will launch their new EP Knots and Tangles in Spring 2010.

The Barons of Tang are now Don Carlos Parraga Garcia Rico Urunena Ijo Mal Parido: (Accordion, Vocals) Julian Cue: (Double bass, Vocals) Annie Pfeiffer: (Percussion, Vocals.): Sean Wyers: (Drums, vocals) and Aviva Endean (Bass Clarinet), Anna Gordon (Saxophone), Jules Brunton (Guitar)

Dogs of Rotterdam Northcote 2008


Had Frank Zappa jumped aboard the gypsy bandwagon
he might have made music something like Melbourne’s Barons of Tang!
John Shand Sydney Morning Herald EP Review 18/12/08

It’s wresting on the floor of the dingy pub shirtless and feeling like shit
But wanting to keep the party going and finding ways to do it!
David Jobling Adelaide Theatre Review 2009


Tuba on the floor, shirts off, death metal punk Gypsy..
Hardcore. Dance, dance, dance..the crowd was up for The Barons from the outset!
Andrew Galan 2009 The Pheonix


“There’s a madcap element to the playing and the songs alike that makes you want to smile,
..inevitable manic 2/4 rushes towards gypsy nirvana..rooted in a rock aesthetic”
John Shand Sydney Morning Herald EP Review 18/12/08


BYRON BAY BLUESFEST 2010
FAIRBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010
BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010
KARAVAN INTERNATIONAL GIPSY FESTIVAL SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL 2010 WA LUNAR CIRCUS FESTIVAL 2010
PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL 2009
HIGH AND DRY FESTIVAL 2009
NEWTOWN FESTIVAL 2009
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2009
BRISBANE FESTIVAL 2009
ALICE SPRINGS DESERT FESTIVAL 2009
WEST END CARNIVALE 2009
VERGE ARTS 2009
WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL 2008
THE FALLS FESTIVAL 2008
SUNSET FESTIVAL 2009
U TRIBE FESTIVAL 2009
HIGH VIBES FESTIVAL 2009 & 8,
BOHEMIAN MASQUERADE BALL 2009 & 8,
THORNBURY THEATRE ,
SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2009

etc

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John Cale's Keynote Online

February 18th 2010 09:14

Watch and Listen to John Cale's Keynote Online


On February 15 underground rock royalty and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale, cut the red ribbon for Modular and Sydney Festival's Circa 1979: Signal to Noise with a Keynote speech at the Seymour Centre.


Hipsters rubbed shoulders with electronic pioneers in a packed out York Theatre as Cale showed off a few snaps and described working with the likes of Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Happy Mondays, The Stooges and LCD Soundsystem before capping things off with a mind blowing rendition of "Heart Break Hotel."

If you missed the speech or want to listen/watch it again, ABC's Big Ideas are streaming it online.
John Cale
January 28, 2010 at 10:23am in circa 1979: signal to noise
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