Overview
The freshly prettified Prince Alfred Park will welcome the Surry Hills Festival home this year, along with a killer program of musicians, art installations, pop-up bars, the ever-integral Surry Hills Dog Show and a cool new Sustainability Hub showcasing fresh ways to live green.
Food, arts and dog-related details will be announced as Saturday 27 October draws closer, but for now you can get excited about the musical line-up released this morning. And with the festival set to draw culture-hungry folks from far beyond the 2010 postcode to the sprawling grounds there really is something for everyone.
This year will see artists playing across two separate stages and a cozy Chai Temple. On the main stage headliners Tijuana Cartel will be emitting the rhythmic electro-reggae beats along with their new single “Snappy Tom” (a Surry Hills exclusive), and plenty of great preceding acts will provide a satisfying progression of sonic accompaniments for everything from single-origin lattes to craft amber ales. Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, True Vibenation, The Liberators and Nantes will be among those setting the cogs in motion.
When the sun goes down and the kids go home the Purple Sneakers, Softwar and Slow Blow DJs will be spinning vinyls with Canyons and Alison Wonderland, and the aforementioned Chai Temple will provide acoustic repose and pillows for those less disco-inclined.
Full music line-up is:
Tijuana Cartel
Alison Wonderland
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
The Tongue
Canyons (DJ Set)
Nantes
Purple Sneakers DJs
The Liberators
Softwar
SOSUEME DJs
Mojo Juju
Slow Blow
True Vibenation
Rhythm Section Showcase
Steve Smyth
Keyim Ba
Madhu
The Surry Hills Festival 2012 will take place on Saturday, 27 October in Prince Albert Park (cnr Chalmers & Cleveland Streets) from 9.30am