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The 3rd and FINAL line-up of 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:

Banawurun, Mr. Laneous, Chocolate Strings, Dubdoubt
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Rudekat Records are pleased to announce they are giving away an Island Time 2007 compilation CD with every presold season ticket (CD’s to be collected on festival entry)!

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Black Seeds (NZ), Rastawookie (Syd), Kingtide (Syd), Symbiosis (Melb), Red Eyes Sound System (Melb), Natty Sistren Sound System (Melb), Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Kafka, Heavyweight Champion, Dubmarine, Schoolfight, The Shire, Tommee, Fyah Walk, Yeshe, Dubshack, Taste Of Tea, One For One, Krazy Dayv (from Rubadub Sound), Grassroots Street Orchestra, Spankinhide, 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

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.

Island Time II – Island Time 2007 Compilation CD

Major sponsors Rudekat Records have announced that every presold season ticket will also win a limited edition Island Time 2007 compilation CD, so now has never been a better time to lock in your camping spot. Head onto www.islandtimefestival.com for all your ticketing information. Featuring 13 tracks from Island Time’s top acts, including The Black Seeds, King Tide, Rastawookie and Symbiosis, plus local talent Banawurun, Dubmarine, Heavyweight Champion and Mr. Laneous, Island Time II squeezes the ripe sounds from the flourishing down under reggae tree.

The Music

*Just In* – The final line-up announcement for the 2007 Island Time Festival sees the bolstering of the local contingent of acts, with Banawurun, Mr. Laneous, Chocolate Strings, and Dubdoubt signing on for the almighty weekender.

The latest announcement adds to an already bangin’ lineup of acts, with The Black Seeds from NZ heading up a bill where the Brisbane acts alone, represent the crème de la crème of our local scene. Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Heavyweight Champion, The Shire, Taste Of Tea, Kafka, Schoolfight, Spankinhide, Rudekat Sound System, Scuba D, Georgia Potter and Dubmarine will join Rastawookie (Syd), Kingtide (Syd), Symbiosis (Melb), 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), Fyah Walk (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 from North Queensland. Gold Coast acts Grassroots Street Orchestra, Cool Calm Collective and CC The Cat will be matching it with Sunshine Coast local Paul Abad, whilst 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.

Thickets are selling fast – 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), Kingtide (Syd), Rastawookie (Syd), Red Eyes Sound System (Melb), Natty Sistren Sound System (Melb) Symbiosis (Melb), Kooii, Dynamic Thrills, Kafka, Dubmarine, Heavyweight Champion, Banawurun, The Shire, Taste Of Tea, Mr. Laneous, Chocolate Strings, Dubdoubt, Spankinhide, Schoolfight, Tommee, Yeshe, Fyah Walk, 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, and Zennith.

Island Time recognise the Nunukul, Nhughi and Goorunpul tribes as the traditional custodians of Minjerribah (meaning ‘land of the mosquito’). Proceeds from the festival will help to raise money for the Yulu-burri-bah/Saltwater Murris Art Gallery, Youthlink, and Brisbane’s independent broadcaster 4ZzZ FM.