… faster than a fat kid on a cupcake
What: Fat As Butter
Where: Camp Shortland – The Foreshore, Newcastle
When: Sat 22 Oct 2011
Spread over 3 stages, this year’s Fat As Butter brings together dance, hip hop and rock artists from across Australia and international. There’s also more bars and viewing points than previous years, plus rides, food & market stalls to keep you fat and happy!
Over the past four years, the Fat As Butter Festival has grown into one of the…well… FATTEST musical and cultural events in Newcastle, and indeed the country.”
Line-Up
Feast your eyes over this festival bill, with more still to be announced!
Empire Of The Sun – The Living End – Flo Rida [Usa] – Naughty By Nature [Usa]
Sparkadia – Cloud Control – The Jezabels – The Herd – Sinden [Uk]
British India – Aston Shuffle [Live] – Illy – Funkoars – Jonathan Boulet
Calling All Cars – Evil Eddie – Katalyst [Live] – Flight Facilities
Lowrider – Zowie – Redcoats – Owl Eyes – Tenzin – Bombs Away
Plus Triple J unearthed and Fabio Winners
Excited to say I’m getting to see some of these acts at Brisbane’s BIGSOUND Live, Sprung Hip Hop and their own tours!! Wish I could get to Newy for this. Go for me, yeh?!
Buy Tickets to Fat As Butter
Tickets already on sale, and the last 3 years have sold out – so get on it!
Early Bird release – already sold out
2nd release $120 +bf
Fat As Butter is an 16 yrs and older festival. 18+ VIP tickets are also available.
Grab your tickets and get ready for a fat sound explosion… small language warning 
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What: Rewind Festival Australia
When: Sat 29 Oct – Sun 30 2011 Cancelled
Making its first appearance in Australia, Rewind Festival “the largest 80s music festival” comes to the picturesque Wollongong coastline.
Relive your best years with around 25 world famous 80s acts over the 3 day weekend, set amongst beautiful mountain and water views.
See some of your biggest teenage idols and heart throbs! Many your uncool parents wouldn’t let you see then!
Rewind 80s Fest LineUp
With more headline acts to be announced end of August – (I can’t cope with missing too many more…)
- ABC (Martin Fry)
- Bananarama
- Go West
- John Paul Young
- Kool And The Gang
- Mental As Anything
- Midge Ure
- Nik Kershaw
- Psuedo Echo
- Ross Wilson
- Sister Sledge
- The Human League
- Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
More fun than you can hit with your rhythm stick – there is also Silent Disco, Live Karaoke, Funfair, Kidzone, themed bars, fancy food stalls, fireworks and a Friday Night Welcome Party! Oh and free parking onsite for the kind designateds.
“Get me tickets, pronto!”
So many different ticket prices on sale… Day passes, Weekend passes, Weekend & Camping passes, Campervan passes, VIP passes*. You just have to decide how much you want to be involved in.
* Limited no VIP passes available and must be purchased in addition to valid festival ticket. Allow access to VIP backstage bar (Woohoo!! Down a West Coast Cooler with 80s popstars), viewing garden with indoor & outdoor seating, along with the chance to mingle with the stars and use the VIP toilets (Woohoo!! Share a square with 80s popstars).
And – if you’re silly enough, you can bring the kids and embarass them with your 80s dancing. Children aged 12 and under are admitted FREE!
Oh… I could do an entire video series on the gems I just rediscovered. This is Nik Kershaw live on stage in 2008. He’s still ‘Got it bad’, You don’t know how bad he’s got it 
Remember – Choose Life…
If, like me, you live in any of the other Aussie states, don’t fret too much, their Facebook page hints at them also doing shows in Melbourne & Brisbane next year. I guess only if this year goes off!
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