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SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
THU 9 SEP @ 6PM, FRI 10 SEP @ 6PM & SAT 11 SEP @ 2PM
Buy your festival passes early to the 2010 Sydney Underground Film Festival at a special price before the full program is released on Tuesday 3rd August. You will also receive a complimentary DVD of highlights from the inaugural Sydney Underground Film Festival valued at $25. |
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ATTACK ATTACK ! Supported by SPECIAL GUESTS PIERCE THE VEIL (USA) + DREAM ON, DREAMER
WED 15 SEP @ 7:00PM
Hopeless Records is pleased bring you the Take Action! 2010 Tour Australia. The annual charity tour, now in its 9th year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action and will once again spotlight ReachOut.com, a youth service aimed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Australian young people. |
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ALI MILLS
THU 16 SEP @ 8:00PM
Northern Territorian Aboriginal singer/songwriter Ali Mills has opened concerts for Elton John, Tina Turner, Charlie Pride and Pete Murray. However, it is her highly regarded Great Uncle Valentine Bynoe McGinness [born in 1910] who inspired Ali deeply with his Kriol version of Waltzing Matilda. |
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BUCK 65
Fri 17 Sep @ 8pm
...A white boy from Mount Uniacke Nova Scotia - population 3,500 - combines elements of hip-hop, blues, roots, rock, country and folk music to become one of the most enduring artists on the international hip-hop scene. Buck 65's 'career in a nutshell' doesn't exactly read like the how-to handbook for elementary hip-hop artists. Not surprising, really, given that for the last 20 years he has built a reputation on breaking the mold. |
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A NIGHT OF BOSNIAN-BALKAN MUSIC WITH THE BLUE RIVER CHOIR
SUN 19 SEP @ 6:30PM
As the former conductor of the Sarajevo City Choir, Sladjana Hodzic knew of the positive effects of music on people and their lives. Coming to Australia in the 90s after fleeing the troubles in Bosnia-Herzegovina, she had the urge to help fellow refugee women to cope with their grief, trauma, and to ease their settlement process into Australia. |
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MOBILE SCREENFEST 2010
TUE 21 SEP @ 7:30PM
MOBILE SCREENFEST 2010 is the first mobile phone film and photography festival of its kind in Australia. Proudly presented by ARAYA PICTURES, this is the first festival where all films AND photographs were shot entirely on mobile phones. This 'Festival Screening & Awards Night' also aims to raise funds and awareness for YOUTH OFF THE STREETS. The most entertaining mobile phone films and photos will be screened and the winners awarded by celebrity judges. |
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MAYHEM
FRI 24 SEP @ 8:00PM
When it comes to the definitive history of black metal, only one name has survived all the sensationalism. Through the church burnings, murder, imprisonments and myopic teenage nationalism, only MAYHEM has been able to channel the circus like atmosphere, which surrounded a core of fanatical bands, into a sustained musical career, in the studio and more importantly, on stage. |
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THE BOHEMIAN MASQUERADE BALL
SAT 25 SEP @ 7:30PM
The Bohemian Masquerade Ball is the flamboyant vanguard for a whole sub-culture of junkyard heros, gentleman punks, flaneurs and neo-vaudeville performers. |
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ACCESS ALL AGES: INDENT 10 YEAR TOUR Feat. URTHBOY
SUN 26 SEP @ 5:00PM
MusicNSW presents the Indent Ten Year Tour, supported by NRMA Motoring & Services, in celebration of ten years of live all-ages drug and alcohol free events. |
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HARRY MANX
FRI 01 OCT @ 7:30PM
Canadian Harry Manx has been dubbed an 'essential link' between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas.
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BLACK CHERRY - 4TH BIRTHDAY BASH
SAT 02 OCT @ 8:00PM
Roll up! Roll up! For the wildest Band, Burlesque & DJ Variety Show...
Sydney's favourite Rock'n'Roll party, Black Cherry, celebrate their 4th Birthday at the massive Factory Theatre on Saturday 2nd October! For those who love dress-ups, get into fiesta mode as Black Cherry bring Mexico's 'Day of the Dead' (Dia de los Muertos) one month early in 2010. |
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BEN KWELLER
SUN 03 OCT @ 6:30PM
Singer/Songwriter, Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. Kweller was exposed to music at a very early age. |
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THE LIL' BAND O' GOLD - A SWAMP POP JOURNEY
THU 07 OCT @ 7:00PM
LOVE POLICE PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF THE LEGENDARY
LIL' BAND O' GOLD
It's time to get your dancing shoes back on, the Lil' Band O' Gold is heading back for more! The Louisiana supergroup who won the hearts and soles of all at Bluesfest in Byron Bay at Easter are returning for shows all over the country. The band will return to Melbourne for two steamy nights either side of the Yarra, while Sydney, Newcastle and Caloundra will all get to experience the band for the first ever time. |
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AMY MEREDITH: RESTLESS TOUR
SAT 09 OCT @ 7:00PM
Amy Meredith are excited to announce details of their headline RESTLESS TOUR, after what has an been an incredible start to 2010. The tour takes in 18 dates across Australia this September and October, and comes off the back of huge chart success with their smash hit single Lying and debut album Restless. |
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LOW
FRI 22 OCT @ 7:00PM
Already confirmed for the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Feel Presents are now pleased to announce two additional shows for North American trio LOW.
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ALEX & EVE: THE WEDDING
SAT 23 OCT @ 8:00PM & SUN 24 OCT @ 7:00PM
SPECIAL EARLY BIRD OFFER - TICKETS $23 +bf - ENDS SEPTEMBER 10!
ALEX & EVE are getting married, and your invited to the wedding of the year... that's if it happens of course. And if George Karrastopoulos and Salwa El Masri have anything to do with it... Alex and Eve will not get married. Fasten your seatbelts for what will be an uproarious car crash!!!!
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UNDER THE BLUE MOON FESTIVAL
SAT 30 OCT @ 7:00PM
The headline event for Under The Blue Moon Festival at the Factory Theatre on the 30th October...death roll please! |
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HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY
FRI 12 NOV @ 8:00PM
You?d perhaps know Hungry Kids of Hungary best from their string of radio hits in the last 18 or so months - 'Scattered Diamonds', 'Set It Right', 'Let You Down' and most recently 'Wristwatch'. They've made their way around the country numerous times and even embarked on a short international tour playing some landmark shows in the UK and the States. Last week it was announced the band were the latest signing to independent label Stop Start distributed by EMI and now are proud to announce the release of their much-anticipated debut album - Escapades - and a national tour to coincide. |
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DESPISED ICON
SAT 13 NOV @ 8:00PM
Australian metal better watch its collective backs as Montreal's masters of brutality, Despised Icon, have marked Australia as the next target on their final world tour before the band ends. In a moment of bittersweet irony, November 2010 will also be the first time that the deathcore six-piece hit these shores, for a run of six shows Australia-wide. |
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LOWKEY
FRI 26 NOV @ 7:00PM
In the most highly anticipated conscious hip-hop event this year, London-based poet, playwright, political activist and award-winning rapper Lowkey will be performing in Sydney for the first time ever this November. |
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