This is quite possibly the coolest image I’ve ever seen. I hope the guitar made it to the ground OK. But it’s here to promote one of the most interesting festival I’ve heard about in recent years. On Saturday 16th October, 2010, at the Ramblers Drop Zone on Brisbane Valley Highway in Toogoolawah (near Esk, an hour and a half out of Brisbane), the Equinox Rocks Festival will be taking place. Wait for it: it’s an “Extreme Music & Skydiving Festival”. AMAZING.
It takes off at 2pm, heads on until 11pm, and is all ages.
Here’s some insight into what brought this event about:
Every two years Ramblers Skydiving Drop Zone holds their ‘EQUINOX BOOGIE’. Arguably the most important Skydiving meet on the Australian calendar, ‘EQUINOX BOOGIE’ attracts jumpers from all over Australia and the world who all converge upon Toogoolawah for 9 days of non-stop extreme skydiving, parachuting and music.
The ‘EQUINOX BOOGIE’ is also held to attempt new records within the sports disciplines. Australia’s largest international skydiving festival, it is a visual smorgasbord of colour and action in the sky and also includes night skydiving and fantastic evening entertainment.
EQUINOX ROCKS (EXTREME MUSIC CONCERT) – THE LINEUP!
This year, to kick Equinox proceedings off, on October 16th the first day of the Boogie, Ramblers will be hosting EQUINOX ROCKS, an extreme music concert right in the main Drop Zone!
With acts from all over the country, the festival will feature performances by;
· OZ rock legend Angry Anderson
· Blues / roots aficionado Dallas Frasca (and her Gentleman)
· punk rock ladies Legless
· Sydney Hard hitters L.U.S.T
· acoustic artist Robert Carl Blank direct from Germany
· Melbourne’s The On Fire’s
· Gold Coast rockers The City Shake Up
· Sunshine Coast hip hop act Truth Serum
· Brisbane locals Greenthief, Bixby Canyon, Urban Prophetz
· Esk locals Broken Vision
· and many more
An 8 hour, outdoor, all ages extravaganza running from 2 – 11pm on Saturday 16th October, all camping for Equinox Rocks is FREE making it the perfect opportunity to grab a few mates, family, friends and just get out of the city. During the day the festival is on the sky will be full skydivers and parachutists. So whether you’re into music, extreme sports, or if you’ve had a passing interest in skydiving and just wanted to check it all out a bit first – this is the perfect opportunity to do so.
There will be a wide variety of food vendors available on site and tickets for the whole event are less than $50!
Subject to availability, tandem Jumps may be available on the day and camping overnight is encouraged, but both must be pre-booked. Call Ramblers Drop Zone 07 54231159. Tickets are $65 at the gate or $49.50 if you purchase online at www.equinoxrocks.com. There are limited tickets available though so booking in advance is encouraged.
For more details:
http://www.equinoxrocks.com
http://www.ramblers.com.au
