DASHVILLE SKYLINE 2017 DATES CONFIRMED
Dates for the annual Dashville Skyline music festival, a “Cosmic Country Weekender”, have been locked in. The celebration of alt-country, folk, Americana and psychedelia will return on September 29 to October 1, 2017 at its beloved home and name sake, Dashville in Hunter Valley NSW.
Now entering its third year, organisers are excited about the prospects of the highly regarded long weekend camping festival after such a positive outcome at the last instalment in 2016.
Dashville Skyline has quickly ingratiated itself into the calendars of music purists. It’s a celebration of not only current Australian and international songwriters and performers, but also a celebration of the legends that paved the way and inspired generations to come.
Featuring over 30 acts over three days, previous Dashville Skyline festivals have featured the likes of Holy Holy, Shane Nicholson, Brian Cadd, Olympia, Henry Wagons, Jordie Lane, The Wilson Pickers, William Crighton, Melody Pool, Bahamas (CA), The Brothers Comatose (US), and All Our Exes Live in Texas. The festival also features a myriad of other themed inclusions and proved a popular option for families looking for a laid back camping weekend away.
PIGSTY IN JULY TO TAKE HIATUS IN 2017
In other major Dashville news: PigSty in July, that indulgent winter bash that has been embraced by many hedonists over the past few years, will be taking a break in 2017. Dashville anticipate to return the festival to the annual calendar, rejuvenated and festively plump in 2018.
THE GUM BALL 2017 PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
With just two weeks until The Gum Ball,the grandest show of the year, has just announced its full program, including playing times. Alongside the stellar music line-up is a smorgasbord of entertainment.
Friday, April 21 will be headlined by Canadian turntable wizards The Funk Hunters and Saturday night will be headed up by garage rockers The Peep Tempel and legendary genre-benders Regurgitator.
Other acts across the two days include comedy trio Tripod, Kim Churchill, Boo Seeka, Gareth Liddiard of The Drones and The Cat Empire’s Felix Riebl.
There will also be a roster of acts that punters of all ages can enjoy. Comedy duo Kiki and Pascal, a hit at last year’s Gum Ball, will return to present a wild slapstick porch program, full of contortion, acrobatics and singing, with special guests, including acclaimed magician and TV regular Liam Power and anarchic clown Chris Lynam.
Reptiles will slither back with Dr Crunch’s Reptile Show. And there’s sureto be wide-eyed wonder when the Shark in a Bus rolls into Dashville (a travelling shark museum that includes a five-metre great white shark), plus circus troupe Psycus, puppetry acrobatics and free puppet-making workshops with The Screaming Tribe, and a bit of Hoola Hoop action from the La La Sisters. But, most importantly, the Hunter’s favourite llama, Hamish, we’ll be dropping by for a few cans and a yarn…
The Gum Ball will offer the Sunday Wind Down in 2017. An optional night of camping and music. It’ll kick off from 2pm, offering up some further casual musical vibes to those that choose to stick around.
In addition organisers have included a Lifeline Store which will run a special pop-up fancy dress shop, catering for those who forgot to pre-order their outfit for the famed Op Shop Bop pageant.
The full Gum Ball 2017 program and timetable can be viewed here.
Here’s the link http://dashville.com.au/program/