At First Sight

Overview

If you’re the kind of person who thinks spotting the key vinyl pressing missing from your collection at the bottom of a box is comparable to the highs of first love, At First Sight at Carriageworks is the part record fair, part live gig, part passionate affair for you.

Following its sell-out success in 2013, when more than 5000 people wandered through the doors, At First Sight is back for another Saturday of finding your new music love. Rather than having you wait until you get home with your new finds to jam out, this record fair with a difference is bringing you some the best Aussie artists and DJs to keep you company.

While you flip through rows of vinyl-filled milk crates curated by Sydney's independent record stores, labels and private dealers, you can expect bands like Blank Realm, Rolling Blackouts, Total Gionvanni, Lost Animal, Donny Benet, My Disco, Palms, Richard Cartwright, Tees, World Champion and more to join you in the aisles, as well DJs including Adi Toohey, Kali, Andras and DJ Jonathan Toubin — who VICE declared “the only DJ we actually like” — bringing you his Soul Clap & Dance Off from the USA. Lacking the dance moves needed for your new tunes? Sydney choreographer Amrita (known for her Beyonce Dance Classes at Goodgod) is collaborating with DJ and videographer Ego for a unique performance on the day.

Dreamed up by FBi Radio’s Martin Doyle, this may be the one record fair to rule them all. The festival runs noon to 11pm, while the record fair runs 10am to 6pm.