Monday, September 25, 2006

Music Festival

I went to the Northcote Music Festival on Sunday. Apparently the festival has been going on for the last 5 years and this is the first time I've ever been there just to check out what they have.

They had to close up High Street from Clarke Street right up till Separation Street. The festival was expected to be held between 10 am till 10 pm filled with musics of all types and from all corners of the world.

I got there quite early, around 11.30 am when the street was still quiet and vendors were just setting up their stalls. Did you know that it is illegal to drink alcohol in public places except for the pubs and restaurants?

It was a mild morning when I got there but the weather soon changed and we had a cold front coming through bringing heavy downpours of rain with gusty cold air. It was freezing after that but that didn't stop people from coming out after the rain eased and the party continued.

There were a lot of venues where you can watch live bands and performers but you can also see them performing in the street like this group here which I never knew who they were or what they were performing. I was just there to see the camel toes!

This bohemian drum band performed really nice drum music from Africa. All venues along High Street were free but you were supposed to make a gold coin or fold donation to keep the festival running in the years to come because money from the government is never enough for events like this.

I went into the town hall to see the opening ceremony and also because it was warmer and dryer inside! When I got there this band was playing, they're the Velika Buka, I think they're greek but I could be wrong but they played nice music but in a different language which I did not know.

Then came the opening ceremony with the usual speeches by the politicians which I'm not going to bore you with but during the ceremony they had this group of Aborigines women who came all the way from the outskirts of Alice Spring to perform their Walpiri Dances. Guys, please don't get too sexcited because of the NNTTL! If you don't know what NNTTL is, ask 5xmom. Enjoy their dance below;


17 comments:

Anonymous said...

woahh..looks interesting leh..unlike my boring sunday

Anonymous said...

$215 fine is pretty cheap har ,comparing to an overnight stay in the police station

5xmom.com said...

I see long NNTTL, very long indeed!

Anonymous said...

You sure are good with knowing whats goin' on around town ! I was in Northcote last week to get octopus tentacles from Greek fishstall but my lofar eyes never saw any poster or banner abt the festival! And so i missed seeing those sexy dancers jiggling their boobies...dang!Bet they had some guy blowing his didgeridoo too! :P

EK

Robin Wong said...

hey EK, in case u havent noticed wuching is like always there at every single function/event !!! Thats what make him so special.. ahahahahaa...
anyway.. nnttl bouncing... nice.... !!

Fashionasia said...

lilian: a long NNTTL?????? u mean papaya longg???

wuching: eh i noticed hor...aussie ladies kinda fat fat wan leh...even those in movie world and all the performers also big big size wan...aussie men like big size wan izzit?

J said...

Eek - those white spandex-ed ppl are hurting my eyes....

Anonymous said...

NNTL indeed hahahaha gravity dragging it down, reminds me more of cow's udder...hahahahaha

Aiyo!! Drinking in a music festival not allowed? You poor deprived Aussie!! Come to the Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching Sarawak, which will be held next year from the 13th till the 15th of July, where not only you get wonderful music from all over the world and for those who wants to see NNTL, you can see it also, but you are allowed to consume alcohol, actually you are encouraged as the Main Sponsor for the event is Heineken Beer and you have Beer ladies walking around with portable chillers selling beer at the festival ground and there's two beer garden to boot!! But then again, it only happens in Sarawak :P

ah nel said...

did you manage to see any unta toes???

Anonymous said...

Why $215??? Usually it's a round figure...like Spore, it's $500 fine for everything!!! Why no Sarawak musicians there? U bring sape (one-string guitar) and bluff the "ang mo", they also dunno!!!

me said...

you can be their tourism ambassador lor. every event also can find you there. next time i go melbourne, must get tips from wuching 1st.

Wuching said...

yummlicious: ur sunday where got boring?

yothemans: cheap? not cheap liao!

5xmom: too much jumping up & down!

EK: just have to keep eyes peeled for what's happening..

robin: yeah, i'm the idiot in all events! hehehe

fashionasia: aussie women r overweigh coz they eat too much junk foods!

SA: hahaha..i think ur right!

j: wear a sun glasses!

QV: in sarawak everything allowed one!

ah nel: whats unta toes?

STP: i dunno how they came up with that figure either!

me: of course, always consult me first b4 planning trip!

Anonymous said...

True True in Sarawak, Everything Boleh :P, maybe the amount AUD 215 is the going price for a bottle of whisky or a kg of weed? no? hehehehe..its actually code for something else hahahaha

ah nel said...

unta is camel lar...

Jo said...

I would love to live in your part of the world. Seriously.

Anonymous said...

Indeed a sagging NNTTL >_<

Wuching said...

QV: u think so?

ah nel: oic..

lil' joy: good! come & we can be neighbours!

hijackqueen: hahahahaha