Drones, Kes Band At Melbourne Fest
News posted Wednesday, July 14 2010 at 10:00 AM.
Related: Melbourne Festival.
Pikelet supporting Low. Kes Band and Bum Creek with The Boredoms. The first Drones (Melbourne) headline show in yonks. This is what you can expect from the Beck’s Festival Bar, which is running again as part of October’s Melbourne Festival.
Presented over seven nights at The Forum Theatre, the program has been selected to “respond to themes of shamanism, cult bands and music as religious experience”. We have no idea what that means, but it translates to a globally eclectic bill that includes the likes of Dead Meadow, Sage Francis and Mariachi El Bronx from the US, Dengue Fever from Cambodia, P.K.14 from China and Sri Lanka’s Stigmata. Local acts (other than the ones mentioned above) include Eagle & The Worm, Dexter, The Ukeladies, Blarke Bayer/Black Widow, Horrorshow, Johnnie and The Johnnie Johnnies, The Twerps and Ponzu Island. Full line-up below.
Tickets are a nifty $20 for each night. Click here for bookings.
BECK’S FESTIVAL BAR
Saturday, October 9
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Boredoms + Kes Band + Bum Creek
Thursday, October 14
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Dead Meadow + Stigmata + Blarke Bayer/Black Widow
Friday, October 15
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Sage Francis (w/B. Dolan) + Dexter + Horrorshow
Saturday, October 16
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Dengue Fever, The Break, Johnnie and The Johnnie Johnnies
Thursday, October 21
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Low, Pikelet, Ponzu Island
Friday, October 22
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
The Drones + P.K.14 + The Twerps
Saturday, October 23
Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Mariachi El Bronx, Eagle & The Worm, The Ukeladies
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BOREDOMS FUCK YEAH.
Drones @ The Forum last time was epic.
How much are these shows?
Oh, $20.
Awesome!! Booked my tickets, got the discount
Fuck. Mariachi El Bronx at The Forum? I might have to get on a plane.
drones played a headline show in adelaide last saturday!
And Mike Noga played after us at the Grace but I was too shickered after drinking half a slab of Coopers/too busy earbashing the drummer from the Molting Vultures to pay any attention,
as i said in the other thread, i booked four tickets for three different shows and got a 15% discount... ended up being $52 per person (including postage and booking) for three shows.
Fuck, I'm overseas.
Dangit!
Does any of this come to Sydney or is this Melbournes revenge for the Lou an Laurie cuaration at the Opera House?
Yeah it's probably revenge, that's obvious.
Fair enuff. Cunz.
no P.K.14 shows anywhere else though catch them around town in the week before, possibly doing acoustic stuff.
This, my friends, will be the effing bees' knees.
''The first Drones (Melbourne) headline show in yonks.''
happy now pedant?! ;)
no, because now it seems like you're talking about the Drones Melbourne rather than Drones USA. it should really say ''The first Melbourne show for The Drones in yonks.'' then again, the show in adelaide was an invite only event and by the time October comes it'll be yonks anyway. so please change it back again.
now please.
Who books this? Is it Sophi(a/e) Brous?
Also, do you guys think this is the best opportunity to see the Drones? Never seen them, don't really like their songs, haven't enjoyed live footage of them. Should I bother trying?
They are playing one here this saturday!
I'm kind of tempted by some of these shows and then kinda not. I didn't go to any last year and I was more interested in the bands that time.
Wouldn't mind seeing the Boredoms + Kes Band + Bum Creek show though.
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black wasp, supple fox (hannah fox, tom supple) curated this.
i'm looking forward to the boredoms.....personally i think the theme could have allowed for a more diverse line-up but i'm sure there's all sorts of shite behind the scenes that affected things...
oh boy
Are Supple Fox from Brisbane?
I WANT TO GO TO THERE
no, melbourne
Melbourne Festival early bird discounts finish up tonight: http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/information/discount_packages
Boredoms, Low, Mariachi El Bronx and The Drones are selling fast
we're giving away more tickets to this today over at FB
we're giving away Drones tickets over on our Facebook page within the hour...
Not on FB - anyway of being part of this comp another way? Me want those tickets!
sign up to facebook!
meet me on the facebook i be in the net soon SHORTY
thats bogus man
playing times for tonight?
Website says doors at 9pm but ticket says 9.30pm.
The Twerps: 9.15
P.K. 14: 10.15
The Drones: 11.45 - 12.45
45 minute gap from pk14 to the drones, ouch.
maybe PK get an hour?
according to ticketmaster:
Doors: 9.00pm
DJ: 9.00pm - 9.15pm
The Twerps: 9.15pm - 9.55pm
DJ/Set Up: 9.55pm - 10.15pm
PK 14: 10.15pm - 10.55pm
DJ/Set Up: 11.00pm - 11.45pm
The Drones: 11.45pm - 12.45am
that is a fair size gap,
nice lengthy ciggie break
possibly a daft question however would anyone know a link so i can listen to Kes Band?