Congrats, Sydney. You lucked out.
The NSW cap has just been gifted with a free music event as part of Vivid 2016.
Visions Festival will kick off this year with a huuuuuge local lineup featuring Kirin J Callinan, Deep Sea Arcade, Montaigne, ex-Preature Gideon Bensen, These New South Whales and more.
Curated by Deep Sea Arcade in conjunction with Chugg Music and Rare Finds, the event aims to showcase local acts who are “pushing boundaries in psychedelia, garage-rock, electronic and everything-alternative”.
The festival will take place on June 4th in the inner-city suburb of Chippendale between Fredas and The Lord Gladstone. It runs from 12pm and – according to the official Facebook event – will kick-on through the night, lockout laws be damned!
Entry is free, but limited to availability on the day.
And while the event marks Visions’ first official festival, the organisation has hosted over 15,000 punters in its first two years across a variety of 250-500 capacity venues in Sydney.
Some of their bragging rights include putting on secret headline sets (The Preatures, Deep Sea Arcade, The Creases) after-parties (DMAs), DJ sets (SPLASHH, DZ Deathrays, Bluejuice), a launch party at Australia’s largest music conference BIGSOUND and main stage festivities at King Street Crawl in Newtown.
Check out the full lineup for their inaugural festival as part of Vivid Sydney 2016, below.
Watch: Kirin J Callinan Feat. Connan Mockasin – The Teacher
Saturday, 4th June
Between Fredas and The Lord Gladstone, Chippendale
Entry: Free
Visions Festival 2016 Lineup
Kirin J Callinan
Deep Sea Arcade
Montaigne
Gideon Bensen
These New South Whales
Flyying Colours
The Pinheads
All The Colours
Pretty City
Montes Jura
Hedge Fund
The Jim Mitchells
+ More TBA
DJs
Deep Sea Arcade DJs
Visions DJs
Zodiac Club DJs
Rare Finds DJs
