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CHANGE CITY :
Hankering for a festival unlike anything else on the summer calendar? Then feast your eyes on the line-up for the inaugural Days Like This! Festival, proudly presented by Niche Productions, Waterfall Entertainment and inthemix. Spread across four stages in the first weekend of 2009, Days Like This! will span hip hop, reggae, soul, house and techno, with a roll-call of artists not likely to extend to the tastes of under-21s.
Heading up the hip hop camp are trail-blazing veterans Public Enemy, flanked by the likes of Atmosphere featuring Brother Ali and Platinum Pied Pipers. It’s an embarrassment of riches for fans of soul, dub and reggae too. With a shared reputation for rousing live shows, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings headline alongside trip-hop originals Morcheeba.
On the DJ side of things, tastemaker extraordinaire Gilles Peterson will grace the decks with MC Earl Zinger on the mic, while Detroit legend Carl Craig leads the deep techno charge and Ninja Tune’s DJ Vadim buddies up with Yarah Bravo. Rounding out the stellar bill are The DoDos, Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves, Yo Majesty, South Rakkas Crew, Katalyst, Flying Lotus, Recloose, Ladi 6, Waajeed, Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek, Watussi, Spikey Tee & Ritual and Budspells. Plus there’s plenty more still to be announced…
Very pleasantly surprised? We are! Tickets go on sale 19 September through Moshtix.
Days Like This! Festival
Sunday 4 January 2009, 12-10pm
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, Sydney
Fat Freddys Drop
Public Enemy
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Morcheeba
Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali
The Dodos
Gilles Peterson feat. MC Earl Zinger
Carl Craig
Platinum Pied Pipers
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Yo Majesty
South Rakkas Crew
Katalyst
Flying Lotus
Recloose
Ladi 6
Waajeed
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek
DJ Vadim feat. Yarah Bravo
Watussi
Spikey Tee & Ritual Budspells
& more to come
For more info – www.nicheproductions.com.au and www.dayslikethis.com.au. Also stay tuned for ITM’s festival page, coming soon!
walkdogz says...
another festival lol
i_have_ADD says...
that is a seriously amazing line-up. this came out of nowhere!!
srljb says...
Line Up!!!!!!!!! Yes, impressed.
Eazy-Z says...
God damn, why does only Sydney get this. Hopefully Publice Enemy and Atmosphere will hit up Good Vibes.
samheaton85 says...
WOW. This gets the juices flowing again... and Public Enemy doesnt hurt!!! its time.
shunji says...
brilliant lineup! about time something like this happened
howzitgarn says...
seriously-f*** off with the overload of festivals for sydney
Beds says...
how much?
crasherboi says...
O my gosd. seriously where did this come from. There is so muany great line ups this summer. almost too many. even for a seasoned punter like myself. NO COMPLAINTS THOUGH. impressive enough, I SAY PLAY ON!
JackT says...
Yeah, it's a cracker. I hope at least one stage is outside! It's a sunshine and open air kind of line-up.
rickard says...
wow this is amazing..itll probably be better than the field day line up......
cheechvda says...
fucking hell,, which to festivals to go too!!! which miss!!!!
Rod Coperbottom says...
I dont often make comments but I've got to say well done Niche productions! Good to see a festival without the usual bag of acts, bring on morcheeba!!!!!!
Spekman says...
uh.. wicky!!
The Kirby says...
wow, public enemy would be fantastic to see, as would morcheeba. and fat freddys drop lol
DJ MooseKnuckle says...
Stop with the festivals already!!! It looks awesome but the market is becoming saturated.
kingrino1 says...
the market is not becoming saturated unless the festivals in question are not selling out... but they are. SO BRING EM ON!
pauL_ says...
IT'S A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US!
kebabdul says...
keep it in your pants idiots.. at least untill a couple of festivals have been and gone...
FunkyJ says...
I really hope this comes to Melbourne. I'd rather this than Good Vibes. If not I'm going to be hitting some ITM crew for free accommodation :P
Dirty_Sanchez says...
wicked line up but fuk another festival
thebeerbaron says...
THANK YOU FINALLY a hiphop/triphop festival!!! :) :) :)
rockcha says...
seriously people, why the f*ck are u complaining about having "too many festvals"?? more festivals = more live acts and therefore more variety.. and then u dont miss out on what u really want to see huh!!! i think you all would be complaining MORE (if thats possible) if festivals were disappearing from our shores...
shortino says...
awweeesome and its true I dont know half those acts! haha But seriously nice line up and awesome idea! go ITM! wooot!
ianwil1976 says...
Stop with the crap festivals, sure, but we need more like this. Variety, people!
sec_ says...
south rakkas fuck yeah
madam meow says...
woohoo!! we have a crew from Brisbane headin down!!! excited! such an awesome lineup!!!