The Blurst of Times Festival 2017

Overview

You might need a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters to come up with the phrase "the blurst of times" — but you don't need them to tell you about how ace the festival of the same name will be. When an event is inspired by a quote from The Simpsons, it already has a fair head start in the awesomeness stakes.

A lineup of 30 of the country's best current punk, rock, hardcore, garage, alternative and indie acts keeps making that case, as does the event's spread over three Valley venues. Basically, to hear the former, you'll have to head to the latter.

So, find Skegss, Ngaiire, Royal Headache, The Creases and Alex Lahey— plus I Know Leopard, Good Boy, Jarrow and Bris 182 (yep, a Brisbane Blink-182 tribute), too — at The Brightside, The Foundry and Black Bear Lodge. Seeing them all on one bill is the kind of thing that doesn't happen very often, so you'd best get your ticket quick (2016's fest sold out). It'll be the best of times. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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