Posted by Danni Le Toullec on January 3, 2011
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For some folk, NYE is all about glamour, champagne, high heels and fireworks. For others, it’s about spending quality time with the fam. Then there are the exceptional few (thousand) that wouldn’t call it New Years without tents, gozleme, heat and multiple days spent bowing down to the sweet, sweet sound of live music.
Now for the latter, the family friendly Peats Ridge not only delivered, it came through with great tunes, acrobatics, art, and a muted carbon footprint. It even won the ‘Best Achievement in Sustainability’ award at the 2010 Australian Event Awards. Held in the picturesque Glenworth Valley on the Central Coast of New South Wales, it was the perfect setting for riverside camping, not to mention those delicious potato spiral-on-a-stick! There were countless workshops on offer each day, including pilates, yoga, poi twirling, hula hooping, juggling, West African dancing and drumming.
As for on-site venues selection: guests could wind down on cushions and rugs in the Chai Temple, ponder among suspended bird cages in the Boudoir De La Fox, enjoy the sounds of music bouncing off the mountains at the Bellbird stage, stomp the ground in the Dub Shack or pass your time in The Land of Hopeless Utopians – a massive 13.5m diameter geodesic dome that used solar power to create a 360 degree kaleidoscope projection.
Day One
ARIA Award winner of Best Female, Washington pulled a large crowd at the Bellbird main stage; although her vocals were somewhat swallowed up by the valley. The Jezabels didn’t suffer the same problems. ‘Hurt Me’, ‘Easy to Love’ and ‘Disco Biscuit Love’ rang out loud and clear. Having supported the likes of Tegan & Sara and Josh Pyke, they have proved that they are more than capable of holding their own. We scampered off into the creek to cool off and then moved on to the natural slushee stall for an icy guava beverage before seeing Swedish exports, Shout Out Louds. They played great folk anthems filled with catchy lyrics and a perfect ratio of the town bicycle, also known as the synthesizer, mixed with some good old fashioned acoustic guitar. Angus and Julia Stone played against a beautiful background of wire-suspended clouds and hot air balloons that, combined with Julia’s tranquil voice, gave their performance a whimsical quality. Their cover of Grease's “You’re The One That I Want” went down a treat. More...
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Posted by Penny Cropper on August 10, 2010
Festival season may seem like a distant speck on the horizon but it’s really just around the corner, and in the interests of boosting morale and giving us something to live for through these last dregs of winter, the first round of the Peat’s Ridge festival lineup has been announced.
Some of the awesome musical stylings on offer this New Year will include: Angus and Julia Stone, Trentemøller, Built to Spill, Freestylers, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, Space Invadas, Born Ruffians, Decoder Ring, The Audreys, Cloud Control, Washington, Shout Out Louds, Jonathan Boulet, Belles Will Ring, The Gin Club and The Delta Riggs.
Exciting times ahead, to say the least.
Check the festival's website for more details and the rest of the rad lineup. Tickets go on sale Thursday August 19 at 9am from Oztix.
Long live festival season!
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