High Vibes 2007 is on this Sunday 23rd of September from midday to midnight!

An enormous range of music at 15 venues with all sorts sights & sounds to entertain you all day and into the night.
This is your chance to get on up and get on down to High Street Northcote for "The Magnificent Seventh High Street Northcote Music Festival - High Vibes 2007". For further information and festival program visit www.highvibes.com.au

Entry to all venues is Free. Entry to the Festival is by Gold Coin Donation (collected by volunteers at each entrance to High Street). Give big to secure its future for many years to come!!! and support this awesome outlet for local musical culture, but most importantly come down venue hop and have yourself a fantastic day of fun in the sun.

As usual, North Bazaar will be featuring an exciting smorgasboard of eclecticism - there's something for everyone. An indie band for kids (yep something for the littlies) at 2, traditional greek, balkan and gypsy tunes, local indietronica, and rocking festival pop n roll, local hip hop and global beats, and some damn fine rump shakin' party tunes. Come and play with us at 222 High St, Northcote.

Our program on Sunday runs a little like this:
12 - Touch Typist
1 - The Purple Stripes
2 - Rebetiki
3 - Balkan Beasts
4 - L'Australie
4.30 - Winterpark
5.30 - Uberlingua
7 - Kinematic
8 - Sista Selekta & Shaun B
10 - Mr Nicely
11.30 - 1 - Systa BB & DJ Delay

More info on the acts:

Touch Typist
Touch Typist play music stemming from the untrained traditions of Jazz, folk, techno and noise.They play levitating spacerace instrumentals and flying car freakouts with lyrics about alternate realities and the beauty of household objects. you can hear their music at http://www.myspace.com/acityasleep

The Purple Stripes
The Purple Stripes are the first local signing to bing!bang!bong!, a new independent Australian kids label set up to bring quality kids music and entertainment that both parents and children can enjoy. Through releasing original CDs and DVDs, bing!bang!bong! does not underestimate the kooky, fun, creative spriity of kids and aims to engage the whole family. Sitting snugly in the emerging 'Indie Romp' genre, The Purple Stripes play songs that are charming, witty and engaging, aimed at parents and children alike. The Purple Stripes give voice to all things important in a kids world. http://www.myspace.com/thepurplestripes

Rebetiki
For years Rebetiki have been playing urban Greek blues along with rural folk music from many regions of Greece. These songs dominated the music scene in Greece for decades during the 20th century and remain to this day a major influence in the direction of modern musical trends. With a variety of instruments including the traditional six string bouzouki, baglama, oud, lute, guitar and percussion. http://www.rebetiki.com/

Balkan Beasts
Balkan Beasts ( Dj delay & Systa BB) - lovers of all sounds Gypsy, Eastern European & Klezmer providing their usual wild mix of vodka soaked rhythms. www.myspace.com/balkanbeastsaus

L’Australie
L’Australie - A wicked new Fringe festival show exploring and exploiting Australia’s reliance on European culture will revive cabaret, pitting Kylie Minogue against Wagner in seditious, deceitful splendor. They treat us to a few songs from their show.

Winterpark
Winterpark play a mix of retro-tinged indie-tronics and sonic ambience. Witness their beautifull visuals as they play ambient-pop-indie-tronica live. http://www.winterparkmusic.com

Uberlingua
Uberlingua – Melbourne’s own groundbreaking multilingual sound system bring their superdooper live mc shenannigans to the northside. www.uberlingua.com

Kinematic
Kinematic - While best known now as an indie pop outfit, the band have always mixed their genres - acoustic, alt. country and rock tunes appear in their performances - www.myspace.com/kinematicmusic http://www.kinematic.info/

Sista Selekta & Shaun B, Mr Nicely, Systa BB & dj Delay
Sista Selekta & Shaun B, Mr Nicely, Systa BB & dj Delay - Soul beats, hiphop grooves and wicked riddims, and oh so much more The perfect way to finish High Vibes, with hand-clappin, hip-jivin and booty-shaking grooves. It’s their duty to please your booty!

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