As Sydney music fans would know by now, FBi Radio is on a fundraising blitz to raise funds to keep them on air.
As well as the Ask Richard campaign they’re throwing a massive series of gigs this month with all proceeds going to FBi.
There’s some fantastic line ups, well worth parting with your hard earned dollars for.
To commemorate such a momentous co-operative event FBi thought it appropriate to document in a big group photo.
Almost 80 musicians from Sydney bands taking part in the festivities assembled at Carriageworks. The first set up was challenging trying to fit everyone in, but i just about managed it.
It was a bit strange, parading myself in front of everyone, barking instructions.
The next set up i decided to do a really long photo, inspired partly by this photo by Garry Trinh of people queuing for The Strokes tickets.
I had everyone stand in line together and hold hands with the person next to them. The hand holding was to signify unity, but mainly as a way to loosen people up. They’d be made so uncomfortable by holding a strangers hand that they’d relax a bit for the picture.
It looks best in this special page i assembled that you can scroll along.
Here’s the full line-up of shows:
MON 8 JUNE – METRO THEATRE
Spunk Presents: Another Night on Earth
Sarah Blasko
Holly Throsby
New Buffalo (solo)
Jack Ladder
Firekites
Machine Translations
Songs
Grand Salvo
Megastick Fanfare
Sherlock’s Daughter
Fergus Brown
Ghoul
Parades
Caitlin Park
The Holy Soul
Bearhug
Hosted by Henry Wagons
and more to be announced
SPECIAL LONG WEEKEND START TIME – 5PM
Tickets $30 + BF available from www.metrotheatre.com.au or 02 9550 3666
MON 8 JUNE – OXFORD ART FACTORY
OK Relax Presents:
The Scare
Philadelphia Grand Jury
Bridezilla
Bang Bang Eche
Allies
DZ
SPECIAL LONG WEEKEND START TIME – 3PM
Tickets $10 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au
SAT 13 JUNE – THE FORUM
Do The Dance: The Save FBi Allnighter
Ajax
Lost Valentinos
Bag Raiders
Van She Tech
Canyons
The E.L.F.
Yacht DJs
The Vanish
So I’m Jo
Magic Happens
EARLY PARTY START TIME – 6PM
Tickets $25 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au
FRI 19 JUNE – METRO THEATRE
Katy Steele from Little Birdy (Acoustic)
Old Man River
Kid Confucius
Dave McCormack & The Polariods
Andy Bull
Laura Imbruglia
Bird Automatic
Pip Branson Corporation
Cameras
8PM START
Tickets $25 + BF available from www.metrotheatre.com.au or 02 9550 3666
FRI 19 JUNE – LA CAMPANA
Baselines Bashment Jam
Nick Toth
Baselines
Dynamite Sound
Spin D Music
Ro Sham Bo
Shantan Wantan Ichiban
SAT 20 JUNE – SPECTRUM
The Dolly Rocker Movement
Matthew J Tow (The Lovetones)
Flying Foxes
Warhorse
Joysticks
8PM START
Tickets $12 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au
MON 22 JUNE – HOPETOUN HOTEL
The Hopetoun Hotel is already donating $1 from every door sale during May and June to help save FBi, but they love the station so damn much they want to do MORE.
Protectors
Lions at Your Door
Sideways Hitchhiker
Wim
8PM START
Tickets $10 & available at the door
WED 24 JUNE – ANNANDALE HOTEL
The Seabellies
Traps
Canvas Kites
Made In Japan
The Model School
Le Kingste
Bridgemary Kiss
Strange Reactions
Where’s Jerome
7.30PM START
Tickets $12 + BF available from www.annandalehotel.com or 02 9550 1078
THUR 25 JUNE – THE GAELIC THEATRE
Ivy League presents:
The Mess Hall
Red Riders
Cloud Control
Cabins
Aidan Roberts & Liam Judson (The Maple Trail + Belles Will Ring)
8PM START
Tickets $18 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au
FRI 26 JUNE – MANNING BAR
Stolen Records Gala Ball
Urthboy
Def Wish Cast
Hau (Koolism)
Hermitude
Last Kinection
Spit Syndicate
Killa Queenz
Horrorshow
That’s Them
Nikkita
DJs: Stolen Records Skrillionaires
8PM START
Tickets $30 + BF available from www.moshtix.com.au
FRI 26 JUNE – MUM, SYDNEY
Jordy Lane
Parades
We Say Bamboulee
Waysiders
Fait Accompli
Zeahorse
Shakin Howls
Megastick Fanfare
Sherlock’s Daughter
Richard In Your Mind
One Glove
The Laurels
and more special guests to be announced
8PM til late
Tickets $15 on sale at the door
SAT 27 JUNE – BIG TOP, LUNA PARK
SPECIAL SECRET HEADLINERS TBA
MUSCLES
Dappled Cities
Decoder Ring
Grafton Primary
AIH DJs
Pivot DJs
Cassette Kids
The Jezabels
Palace Of Fire
Catcall
Ernest Ellis
P.A.S.H
HOOPS
Dangerous Dan
Jack Shit
Kato
P*A*S*H
Purple Sneakers
Ro Sham Bo
Wax Motif
and more special guests to be announced
KICKS OFF 2PM
ALL AGES EVENT
Tickets $59.40 + BF available from www.bigtopsydney.com or Big Top Box Office 02 9033 7600
Great idea, and execution. But wow. Sydney bands really do all shop at the same Salvos don’t they?
Awesome concept, love the loooong photo.
That long photo is fantastic, goes so well with the Andreas Gursky-like collage design background.
Wow glad they didnt take the Red Eye one as there is a reason I like being the photographer… plus add the no sleep trekk.. so did you make it into the strokes gig? I heard Newtown had less tickets or something..
I just missed out on The Strokes tickets.
Amazing photo, what lens did u end up using ?
and the line up for the month is rather epic… where to begin =o
The long photo was taken with my favourite lens, the 50mm 1.4.
Beautiful
it’s really great! musicians helping one another, by the way for me, radio people are also musician. they play a great role in this industry. it’s nice to know, these people are helping each others out. Keep the music playing! More power to you guys!