Overview
It’s not just when buying real estate that you have to consider location, location, location. ‘Cause what’s better than seeing a great show in a stuffy theatre is seeing a great show on a former convict prison with complete with an island bar and nada over your head but the night sky, which is why Cockatoo Island Film Festival and The Keystone Group have seen it fit to transform one of our coolest World Heritage sites into an outdoor music venue boating two stages of eclectic musical acts.
Over the last weekend in October two areas of the island will be transformed into two alfresco music venues labeled Island Life and The Precinct. The former will he headlined by purveyors of socially savvy music Arrested Development, downtempo island-appropriate locals Bluejuice and Jinja Safari and luxuriously bearded singer-songwriter Matt Corby. And if you’re not ready to go home at 10pm pop-up nightclub The Precinct will keep on kicking on with the aid of some of the country’s best DJs, including Halfway Crooks, Future Classic and DJ Huwston, with Gossling and Saskwatch easing you in to the Friday and Saturday night revelry with their own groovy beats. Organisers have also taken note of the fact that Cockatoo Island is indeed inaccessible by land and arranged some handy after-midnight ferrys to get you back to dry land safely.
Cockatoo Island Film Festival 2012 musical lineup:
Thursday 25 October
Island Life: Arrested Development with Alison Wonderland
The Precinct: Halfway Crooks
Friday 26 October
Island Life: Bluejuice and Jinja Safari
The Precinct: Gossling with Future Classic DJs
Saturday 27 October
Island Life: Matt Corby
The Precinct: Saskwatch with DJ Huwston
Tickets on sale now through Moshtix.
Information
When
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - Saturday, October 27, 2012
Thursday, October 25 - Saturday, October 27, 2012
Where
Cockatoo IslandSydney Harbour
Sydney