A music festival
Music festival-Perhaps on Newcastle foreshore, bringing in aspects of local culture (harbour and beach, drawing on cities heritage of a coal mining town and maybe establishing new cultural links, binding the celebration of music with our natural assets of the beach and beautiful parks)Local artistsPerhaps IndigenousThose who have already become successful, initally from Newcastle e.g. Silverchair?
Scattered music events over a few weeks
Around Newcastle allowing for greater accessibility- if some can't make one event perhaps they can make another.Appreciating different areas of the cityAllow for greater diversity and perhaps draw on different audiences?Can offer different paid and unpaid eventsIndoor and outdoor concert venues which really change the atmosphere of performanceProblems- doesnt bring a large group together as a music festival would in one day hence perhaps not achieving the social aim as much?
Where and why
Ideas to explore social and cultural being, heritage and future:The foreshoreBeachesHarbourParksVineyards (perhaps too much of the hunter rather than newcastle)One of our main cafe streets... Darby or BeaumontHoneysuckle Heritage of a mining townwhat are we becoming? Information, education (uni, schools) a place of research, working harbour, travel, gateway to hunter... perhaps a way to promote newcastle not just as a landing pad for travel to the vineyards put a place to stop, stay and appreciateImportant landmarks: customs house, Bogey hole, king edward park, fort scratchley (convict heritage), Queens wharf
Who? Up and coming, already successful, indigenous groups
Successes from Newcastle: Silverchair, Charlie from hi-5 (maybe important to draw in very young generations)Up and coming: Mojo Juju... other artists featured on Triple J's unearthed from Newcastle, Bye Bye Birdie, Errol J.M and the trade secrets...Conservatorium students and staffOther established music groupsSomehow identifiying indigenous talent to be included...
Contemporary
Current and of the time
Music which audiences relate to
Artists which are reflective of the time and place
Culturally significant