Island Time Festival 2007: 1st Round Of Acts Announced
The first round of confirmed acts for Island Time 2007, Australia’s finest Reggae, Soul and Dub music festival held on Stradbroke Island Oct 19th - Oct 21st have been announced:
Black Seeds (NZ), Rastawookie (Syd), Red Eyes Sound System (Melb), Natty Sistren Sound System (Melb)
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Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Kafka, Ruby Blue, Dubmarine, Schoolfight, Tommee, Yeshe, Dubshack, One For One, Krazy Dayv (from Rubadub Sound), Grassroots Street Orchestra, Cool Calm Collective, Georgia Potter, CC The Cat, Rudekat Sound System, Scuba D, Polytoxic, Pipi Lips, Quandamooka, Clara Durbidge, Paula Boo, Yulu-burri-bah Dancers, K-gari Dancers, Paul Abad, Zennith, Peepshow
+ many more tba!
3 DAYS – 3 STAGES – OVER 40 ACTS
The Festival
Australia’s finest Reggae, Soul and Dub music festival; Island Time is returning for 2007. Held annually on Stradbroke Island over three huge days in October, Island Time is a multi faceted celebration of Island Culture that includes art exhibitions, craft and music workshops, film space, stalls and food markets. 2007 will see over 40 mighty reggae, soul and roots acts from all across Australia and the Pacific - including a Murri and Pacific Islander dance and cultural program - gather on Minjerribah (Stradbroke) Oct 19th – Oct 21st for a celebration of music, dance and art.
Island Time is held on the world famous Point Lookout on Minjerribah (Stradbroke). Only 90 minutes from Brisbane, the festival site itself is located in the park beside the stunning Home Beach. Held in the peak of the whale migration season, Island Time offers a unique interaction between music and nature with festival-goers afforded the chance to take in migrating whales and dolphins between bands, or simply bask in the cooling azure waters of the South Pacific.
The Music
Spanning the breadth of the country’s finest reggae, soul and roots acts - from bands to dancehall selectas - Island Time is first and foremost, a music festival. This years event will see The Black Seeds from NZ heading up bill where the Brisbane acts alone, represent the crème de la crème of our local scene. Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Kafka, Schoolfight, Ruby Blue, Rudekat Sound System, Scuba D, School Fight, Georgia Potter and Dubmarine will join Rastawookie (Syd), Red Eyes Sound System (Melb) and Natty Sistren Sound System (Melb) - bringing together Australia’s finest reggae and roots talent. Bombastic Byron Bay quintet Dubshack will be joined by fellow Northern NSW acts Tommee (Byron), Yeshe (Byron), One For One (Nimbin) and Krazy Dayv (Byron).
Highlighting the depth of talent throughout coastal and regional Queensland will be Minjerribah local acts Pipi Lips, Quandamooka, Clara Durbidge, Paula Boo and Yulu-burri-bah Dancers + K-gari Dancers from Fraser Island and Zennith and Peepshow from North Queensland. Gold Coast acts Grassroots Street Orchestra, Cool Calm Collective and CC The Cat will be matching it with Sunshine Coast local Paula Abad, whist theatre performance group Polytoxic will be providing entertainment throughout the weekend.
The focus of Island Time 07 is on sustainable living and recreation. Where possible, stages will be powered by renewable sources, and participants will be encouraged to weave their own hat and drink a coconut instead of a coke.
Early Bird tickets are on sale NOW – Get in quick!
Tickets are strictly limited and are available through Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545) / www.islandtimefestival.com
+ Rockinghorse, Skinnys, Butterbeats, MoshPit, Grooven (Byron Bay) Three Worlds (Gold Coast), Island Fruit Barn (Dunwich), The Shire, The Forest, Gooble Warming, Cosmic Music, Music Mania & Sunflower.
Island Time Festival – 19-21 October 2007 – Point Lookout, Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island)
Including:
Black Seeds (NZ), Rastawookie (Syd), Red Eyes Sound System (Melb), Natty Sistren Sound System (Melb), Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Kafka, Ruby Blue, Dubmarine, Schoolfight, Tommee, Yeshe, Dubshack, One For One, Krazy Dayv (from Rubadub Sound), Grassroots Street Orchestra, Cool Calm Collective, Georgia Potter, CC The Cat, Rudekat Sound System, Scuba D, Polytoxic, Pipi Lips, Quandamooka, Clara Durbidge, Paula Boo, Yulu-burri-bah Dancers, K-gari Dancers, Paul Abad, Zennith, Peepshow + HEAPS MORE TBA.
