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Sydney, your obsession with food has really peaked in the last few years — and as a result of your devotion, all festivals worth their salt are courting favour with a killer food lineup. And this year Spectrum Now Festival have taken it even further, announcing that they’re collaborating with some of your favourite foodie haunts to create bites exclusively for the festival. The bar has been raised, y’all.
Spectrum Now, just ICYMI, is series of concerts and one-day festivals held across Sydney from March 1-16. There'll be a mixture of free and ticketed shows and a tight 11-day music extravaganza held at The Domain from March 3-13, which includes a huge free opening night with Hayden James, Wave Racer and Paces, as well as gigs from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Birds of Tokyo, Missy Higgins, Something For Kate, Augie March, Hot Dub Time Machine and about a million more. But enough of that — let us tell you about the nightly food offerings. Oh, the food!
Burgers (the perfect one-handed festival snack, by the way) are the star of the show, with Burgers by Josh being served up alongside the creators of the ramen burger, One Tea Lounge. Other notables include Wing Kingdom, Langos Love, Rangers Texas BBQ, Urban Pasta, Tsuru and Dainty Dumpling House. You will literally have no time to watch the shows — there’s that much to get through.
Helping you wash all that down will be a Little Creatures Beer Garden with ice-cold bevs, and Hendrick's Gin will provide Messina cucumber gelato G&Ts, fortune tellers and a whole range of peculiar performances at their Emporium of Oddities. And on Friday nights the LATAM Friday Fiesta will serve up traditional South American dishes. Just remember to shake your groove thang at the free Latin dance class before you gorge.
However, it’s the dessert menu that’s got us all hot under the collar. Gelato Messina have curated a Milk Bar menu full of frozen treats based on your favourite chocolate bars. The Twixed is made with milk chocolate gelato, shortcrust crunch and caramel; the Malt Tease consists of four malt gelato balls with malt crunch and chocolate shell; the Munchie — do stop us if this is becoming too much — is a Crunchie-style bar made with wildflower honey gelato and honeycomb with a chocolate shell; and, last but not least, the Rocky Roadie blends peanut gelato with raspberry puree, marshmallow and a choc-peanut shell. And for those of you who can’t be bothered with all that chewing, Gelato Messina’s three-scoop thick shakes are also available.
If that weren't enough, Black Star Pastry are collaborating with N2 Gelato on a plethora of indulgent, exclusive desserts as well. Phew. So, you know, probably give up on your plans of going sugar free for the time being and just lean right on in to the cornucopia of sugary delights that await you at Spectrum Now.
Spectrum Now Festival will take place from March 1-16 across Sydney, with gigs happening at The Domain from March 3-13. Here are our must-see gigs and top arts events picks. For the full program and to buy tickets, visit spectrumnow.com.au.