Little Angry Doll2006 Newtown Festival - Something for Everyone, Especially at the Writer's Tent
November 6th 2006 02:40
Dreamfest - The 2006 Newtown Festival
My favourite calendar event - The Newtown Festival is on again this Sunday, 12th November, at Camperdown Memorial Park, from 9am – 5.30pm. Boasting over 80,000 attendants last year, with a rich cultural and ethnic eclecticism, no one feels out of place in Newtown. It’s a great day out with something for everyone, especially at the Writer’s Tent.
There is one big change this year – Strictly No BYO and No Glass – and for that reason, Camperdown Park will be fenced in, with 7 man entry points. Alcohol can be purchased from three licensed tents within the grounds.
I’ve heard a few friends complain about this new rule, but as a local, I’m all for it. Newtown backyards are a rarity, so for many of us, Camperdown Park really is our backyard. The children’s playground is a great meeting place for families and the bottom expanse of the park is an off the leach dog retreat after 5pm, for the many four legged fur families in the area. While the council does a fantastic job cleaning up the Festival mess, there are always a few broken glass injury stories during following weeks.
Hopefully, this will also keep the underage drinking down and stop the late afternoon drunken arse clowns from becoming bare chest belligerents looking for a biff.
This years highlights:-
The Dog Show
It wouldn’t be Camperdown Park without the Pups. The Festival’s traditional kick start event is the Dog Show from 9.45 – 11.45 at the Federation Road end of the park. Registration starts at 9am and can only be done on the day. Entry costs $3 and you and your dog receive a Sassy Treat fortune cookie. Events include the Doggie Dashes, in three size categories and one Open Dash for all, Best In Show and Most Disadvantaged Dog.
Music
The Jugular Stage – Federation Road
This is the Main Event stage. Bands include:-
Waiting for Guinness
CODA
King Tide
Blue King Brown
OKA
Essential Stage – Lennox Street
The alternative music stage. Bands include:-
The Light Brigade
Stiff Gins
Radical Son
Beautiful World
ITU
The 2SER Stage – featuring electronica
The Writer’s Tent - Lennox Street end
Better Read Than Dead is sponsoring the 4th Voices In The Park Writer’s Tent this year. Due to it’s huge popularity, this year the tent will be bigger! Featuring local poets, travel writing, life stories and gastro porn, the BRTD tent is a must stop for all writers out there – and there are just a few of you at Orble – looking for handy tips and advice.
Highlights
11am – Get That Book Published! – advice from Irina Dunn, Executive Director of the NSW Writers’ Centre,
12nn – Great Australian Writers - SMH journalist Susan Wyndham talks to the award winning authors Kate Grenville and David Malouf
4pm – The Chaser’s War on Newtown
For more information and a full programme visit
Better Read Than Dead
Other Event Areas:-
Kids Stage – complete with clowns, face paint and story telling
The Eco Area Workshop – how to make your house greener.
Highlights
12 - 12.45 - The Greenpeace sponsored Communicating With Your MP Workshop
2.15 - 3pm An Introduction to Permaculture
Over 150 food and market stalls
Entry is by gold coin donation and is the biggest fund raising event for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, which provides an array of services for the aged, homeless and disadvantaged, the community’s large Non English Speaking Background residents, children’s activities and women’s services.
Leave the car at home and come by public transport. Newtown is a bitch for parking anyway and you could spend more time getting out of the narrow back streets than you would waiting for a train or bus.
There will also be an Afterparty this year at the RSL.
For more information and a schedule to plan your day by visit
DREAMFEST 2006
Hope to see you there!
Images courtesy of Newtown Neighhourhood Centre
My favourite calendar event - The Newtown Festival is on again this Sunday, 12th November, at Camperdown Memorial Park, from 9am – 5.30pm. Boasting over 80,000 attendants last year, with a rich cultural and ethnic eclecticism, no one feels out of place in Newtown. It’s a great day out with something for everyone, especially at the Writer’s Tent.
There is one big change this year – Strictly No BYO and No Glass – and for that reason, Camperdown Park will be fenced in, with 7 man entry points. Alcohol can be purchased from three licensed tents within the grounds.
I’ve heard a few friends complain about this new rule, but as a local, I’m all for it. Newtown backyards are a rarity, so for many of us, Camperdown Park really is our backyard. The children’s playground is a great meeting place for families and the bottom expanse of the park is an off the leach dog retreat after 5pm, for the many four legged fur families in the area. While the council does a fantastic job cleaning up the Festival mess, there are always a few broken glass injury stories during following weeks.
Hopefully, this will also keep the underage drinking down and stop the late afternoon drunken arse clowns from becoming bare chest belligerents looking for a biff.
This years highlights:-
The Dog Show
It wouldn’t be Camperdown Park without the Pups. The Festival’s traditional kick start event is the Dog Show from 9.45 – 11.45 at the Federation Road end of the park. Registration starts at 9am and can only be done on the day. Entry costs $3 and you and your dog receive a Sassy Treat fortune cookie. Events include the Doggie Dashes, in three size categories and one Open Dash for all, Best In Show and Most Disadvantaged Dog.
Last Year's Doggie Dash
Music
The Jugular Stage – Federation Road
This is the Main Event stage. Bands include:-
Waiting for Guinness
CODA
King Tide
Blue King Brown
OKA
Essential Stage – Lennox Street
The alternative music stage. Bands include:-
The Light Brigade
Stiff Gins
Radical Son
Beautiful World
ITU
The 2SER Stage – featuring electronica
The Writer’s Tent - Lennox Street end
Better Read Than Dead is sponsoring the 4th Voices In The Park Writer’s Tent this year. Due to it’s huge popularity, this year the tent will be bigger! Featuring local poets, travel writing, life stories and gastro porn, the BRTD tent is a must stop for all writers out there – and there are just a few of you at Orble – looking for handy tips and advice.
Highlights
11am – Get That Book Published! – advice from Irina Dunn, Executive Director of the NSW Writers’ Centre,
12nn – Great Australian Writers - SMH journalist Susan Wyndham talks to the award winning authors Kate Grenville and David Malouf
4pm – The Chaser’s War on Newtown
For more information and a full programme visit
Better Read Than Dead
Other Event Areas:-
Kids Stage – complete with clowns, face paint and story telling
The Eco Area Workshop – how to make your house greener.
Highlights
12 - 12.45 - The Greenpeace sponsored Communicating With Your MP Workshop
2.15 - 3pm An Introduction to Permaculture
Over 150 food and market stalls
Newtown Festival 2005
Entry is by gold coin donation and is the biggest fund raising event for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, which provides an array of services for the aged, homeless and disadvantaged, the community’s large Non English Speaking Background residents, children’s activities and women’s services.
Leave the car at home and come by public transport. Newtown is a bitch for parking anyway and you could spend more time getting out of the narrow back streets than you would waiting for a train or bus.
There will also be an Afterparty this year at the RSL.
For more information and a schedule to plan your day by visit
DREAMFEST 2006
Hope to see you there!
Images courtesy of Newtown Neighhourhood Centre
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Comment by katyzzz
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This is really interesting. You've put it together and illustrated it very well indeed.
Good for you.
katyzzz
Comment by Little Angry Doll
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Inner West Life
It's really a great day out.
Comment by katyzzz
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Enjoy yourself. I may even come too!
katyzzz
Comment by Little Angry Doll
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Comment by Anonymous
i don't get what you people write about. Hwy do you blog? Do you think people care? But i'll be the drunk bastard at the festival, believe me.
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Glad you popped by.
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
Did you go to the Festie? I went to the pooch show which was fun first and looked around, enjoyed the music and the writers' tent. Do you find that it felt a bit different this year with the fences surrounding it? We had a good with our pooches but it was very hot though and I got sick of the crowds after a while. I think I'm an intolerant festival moocher.
Tracy
Comment by Little Angry Doll
Falling Haiku Leaf
Inner West Life
We were certainly there. Along with the estimated 136,000 others.
I think the No BYO rule worked very well - there weren't the usual bunch of teens covered in vomo by the kiddies playground - and the only way to police the event was to have a cage in.
We have our own festival games.
Best/Worst Tattoo
Most Overdressed Goth
Most Lost ("These are not my people")
and we were happy to have no winner for "Hold my hair while I spew" Drunkest Teen
Yes it was a different feel, but I think in a good way. And no Tim Freedman!
NOS got thumped in a jumping castle so we left eariler than expected, for Ice Cream at the Carlo.
I hope your pooch had a good time. And I hope you got an auspicious doggie fortune cookie!
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
I like your categories, very typical of Newtown festival-goers
Tracy
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