Newtown Festival 2012

 

What: A showcase of all things Newtown, with huge crowds gathering each year for a day of community celebration, celebrating Newtown’s 150th birthday

When: Sunday 11 November 2012, 9:30 AM-5:30pm
Where: Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Newtown

The annual Newtown Festival is a fundraiser for the services of Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, which provides community support services to the local community.  The Newtown Neighborhood Center organizes the festival, and is celebrating is 30th year.

Whats up:
-3 Music Stages
-Huge kids and family zone
-Writers Stage
-Eco area
-MC Cyclery Games Arena
-Street Theatre and Art Spaces
-Newtown Festival Dog Show
-280 Market Stalls
-Food stalls with international cuisine
-Licensed Bars

This year, Newtown festival is going Bottled Water Free. Don’t forget to BYO refill bottle and fill up at their FREE refill stations.

Newtown Festival has a rich tradition of supporting local musicians, and in honor of Newtown’s anniversary, all artists chosen have a special connection with the area. Artists include hip hop act Thundamentals, reggae jam band King Tide, West coast rockers Bearhug and Regular John, among many other talented local acts.

And if you want to help out, feel free to visit the Newtown Festival Website for information on how to volunteer!

*If you liked this post, be sure to check out our writeup on the Surry Hills Festival!

We’ve Moved!

Check out the new and improved Chicken Donut site:

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It’s A Celebration! Enjoy yo’self

It’s the final countdown. Tonight is the night. The Chicken Donut you know has reached level 16 and is evolving. Did you tell your roommates? Friends? Hipster chick you want to impress with a music snipe? It’s gunna be big son. I wanted to leave you with a big track. I’ve heard the name Skrillex about 10 times in the past day. Ultra is this weekend. Coincidence? No. So I did some searching and found a good remix of a Skrillex song to let yall enjoy. Here’s The Spikerz remix of Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters And Nices Sprites”. See you on the other side readers.

SMS

Here’s a new track from Childish Gambino called “The Longest Text Message”. On the flip side of the highest of the high on love there’s these situations. Great idea for a song. Talk about something you do a lot when you’re in love: text. One time I had a girlfriend call me out in front of her parents for being the reason for them getting charged so much for texts. Oh, and this was the first time I met them. I was supa blown. Thanks for that babe. Childish Gambino is the perfect mix of funny and just plain good at rapping. He could make some noise with this music thing. Watch out Drake, theres a new actor turnt sanger/rapper.

The L Word

No I’m not talking Lesbian. Although for some strange reason my dad tells me he loves the show The L Word. I dunno, maybe there’s some hidden wisdom in that show I need to discover. I’m talking Love. We’re talking “loveyou” by Handbook. This track has the trademark Handbook sound. Light and fresh, with a great drum kit that’s sure to get you movin some part of your body. It has an ethereal, positive vibration type feel that is reminiscent of the highest of the high on love feeling.

Ain’t It Peculiar?

Marvin Gaye. What a boss. He made a whole generation of women wet. No one compares. Okay, maybe Otis or Barry. RIP Otis, Barry and Marvin. Even though you will never hear a new Marvin Gaye song, his voice can still be used as a dope vocal sample in a track. Ambassadeurs is a DJ from Brighton and this is his remix of Marvin Gaye’s song “Ain’t That Peculiar”.

Fresh To Death, I’ll See You In The Afterlife

I remember when my boy (and our newest writer) Drew first showed me B.o.B. way long ago and I thought he was a pretty good rapper. He has good flow and can make use of good wordplay in his songs. Unfortunately he sold out quicker than his peers such as Wale, Wiz, and J. Cole. But don’t let it fool you, just because he’s in pink cardigans spittin weak verses on radio edited songs, that doesn’t mean he won’t destroy you on a track. This is B.o.B.’s response to shots taken at him by Odd Future. The track is appropriately titled “No Future.

Someone Please Get The Drummer Some

So Travis Barker has this new album. I thought the first single would be nasty but it sounded pretty much like a DJ Khaled song without his annoying ass voice all over the track. Afterwards I was wondering where the hell Travis was in the track. Well apparently Diplo had similar feelings and felt he could really turn this track around. Respect. Here’s his remix of “Can The Drummer Get Some?”

New Swag

Out of Finland. A new act. Can you say Strokes? I think so. These guys are dope. It’s the kinda music that makes me realize that, despite all the cold, summer is coming and everything is gonna be all good. Cold weather go away, I’m waitin’ for mister summer to come my way. Yes Please! Good music in the buildin’ here ya’ll. Enjoy the track. Have a great day. More this afternoon!

BANG YOUR FACE

Hello Friends. I’m recovering. My head feels like there’s a tiny man inside working with a jackhamer on a chalkboard. It’s awlful. Thank god for music. Right? This song is from The Dirty Trees and it’s a basethumpin’ beat. So hot. Lovin’ this track. I think you will too. Throw it on. Take a shower and have an amazing start to your day. These guys are the real deal people.