The future of music festivals, how many is enough?

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 4 March, 2010 to the music subset

The Future Music Festival is on at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse this Saturday, 6 March. If inthemix had their way though, it would be just one of many such events to to be staged in Australia each year.

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I really enjoy it when people, gig pigs, throw up on me at concerts

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 to the music subset

Just waiting to ruin your concert, or live gig, going experience, gig pigs…
Everyone there was into the band. These four people though – two guys, two girls – were getting under everyones’ skins. They were loud. Really loud. They knew every word too. I timed it to the second where someone turned around and [...]

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A quick guide to Sydney’s summer 2010 music festivals

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 6 January, 2010 to the events subset

Break out the glow-sticks and sun-screen, it’s going to be another long hot summer of music and festivity in and around Sydney, and it all kicks off from this weekend. Here’s a quick run-down of what’s happening over the next two months:

Sydney Festival: launching on 9 January and running through to the 30th, the Sydney [...]

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Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney’s live music landmark shuts its doors

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 1 October, 2009 to the music subset

The Hopetoun Hotel, a landmark on the Sydney live band music scene, has abruptly shut its doors “until further notice” according to a notice on the front door of the building. While the reasons for the sudden closure are still not clear, it is believed the Hopetoun was having difficulty adhering to local council noise [...]

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