This Saturday, Sydney kills it: the Sydney Festival has been getting better and more relevant each year, and in 2008 they might well have nailed it. It kicks off with a free, multi-location street party this weekend with performances from none other than the original bee-atch boy Brian Wilson, plus Spank Rock, Lost Valentinos, Chromeo, Ajax, Plump DJs and much more.
And then there’s the Uber Lingua crew, sweet talked by Sydney Festival into throwing up a two-stage laneway bash in Angel Place (‘tween Pitt & Geroge) – twenty-one of us (count ’em), live performances, MCs, VJs and DJs including Morganics (Wilcannia Mob / M.I.A. re-production etc), Charlie McMahon, Gypsy Dub Sound System, Wire MC and more. Check the full line-up and set-times at the Sydney Festival web site – I’ll be dropping two sets at around 8 and 10pm. Viva la Festivale!
UPDATE: Check out the great photo set from the night via Uber Lingua on Flickr.