Total Attack Festival

Overview

Not to bag out on the nation’s biggest punk and hardcore festival at present – you know the one I’m talking about...but it is incredibly frustrating when acts pull out at the last moment or the festival is unable to go ahead due to weather or for other (un)avoidable reasons. Such is not the case with the Total Attack festival, which is run indoors and features a list of bands bigger than this article can accommodate. What’s more is that these bands actually want to play and are either emerging or established musicians in Brisbane and Australia.

This festival mightn’t be for everyone, but if you’re a lover of hardcore or punk, then this event is the crème de le crème for your niche. The 3 day festival kicks off on Friday at the MDH Studios with an all ages showdown featuring Straightjacket Nation, Kromosom, Evil Ways and plenty more that will make everyone in the room sore from head banging.

On Saturday the festival peaks with a Jubilee Hotel set with Teargas, Useless Children, Shackles and half a dozen more, and is also 18+, probably because things are going to get pretty hectic.

The festival will come to an end on Sunday at Basement 243 with the aptly named headliners Shit Weather, as well as Undead Apes, Last Chaos and Debacle.

These sorts of festivals only come around a couple of times a year and if it’s your kettle of fish then it’s definitely worth a look.