NEWSTEAD LIVE! MUSIC FESTIVAL Jan 23rd through to Jan 26th 2009 Small is Beautiful 2009 details are not available yet, but the 2008 program included: Bernard Bolan, Blackwood, Broderick Smith, Cloudstreet, Danny Spooner, Doug Ashdown, Flying Tongue Kiss, Kristina Olsen (USA), Mad Violet (Canada), Mandy Connell, Margret Roadnight, Martin Pearson, Michael Kennedy, Paddy Affley, Rory Ellis, Ricketty Bridge, S.E.G.U.E., The Ballyhooligans, The Blackouts, The Blenders, The Moloneys, Tommy Leonard, The Wise Family Band, Tracey Roberts, Trouble in the Kitchen and more ....... THE 2009 PROGRAMME IS NOT AVAILABLE YET BUT TO VIEW LAST YEARS 2008 NEWSTEAD LIVE! PROGRAMME CLICK HERE Concerts, sessions, blackboard spots, workshops, 3 stages, 2 village pubs, Troubadour Wine Bar, poets breakfast, Australia's original Trad Disco!, good food, swimming pool, cricket match, good camping, spacious setting, 2 cafes, bakery, grocery, no sound spill between venues. * Programme subject to alteration. Ticket prices for 2008 were Weekend $68 Children under 13 free. Youth under 18 $20 if accompanied by an adult Day ticket Sat Sun $35 Day ticket Fri, Mon $25..Buy at the festival Tickets will be available from Newstead Rural Transaction Centre, Shire Hall, 45 Lyons St, Ph 54762360 or Andrew 5425 5400, email wineandmusic@bigpond.com Camping (NB 2008 details and prices!) There are at least 3 options, and if you are planning to camp we recommend that you make a booking for a campsite, but you don’t need to pay until you arrive at the festival. The bookings will help us ensure that we are able to accommodate all campers. OPTION 1: The Newstead Football Oval .. In the middle of town, only 3 minutes walk from all festival venues. BUT .. camping restricted to sites no bigger than 6 metres by 6 metres, and vehicles not to move during the festival ... i.e. once you have set up camp your car either stays at the camp throughout the festival, or is parked outside the oval and doesn’t come back in during the festival. The footy/cricket pavillion has toilets and hot and cold showers. The Troubadour Venue is also at the oval. 2008 COST: $15 per adult, $30 per couple or family site (6m x 6m) for the weekend. BOOKINGS to the place you purchased your festival ticket ... either Newstead RTC ph 54762360 or Andrew Pattison ph 5425 5400 OPTION 2: Newstead Racecourse: 1 Km from town centre. Lots of space and big old shady trees. Vehicles can come and go at all times. More modern showers and toilets than the oval. Big cooking and dishwashing room. 2008 COST:$10 per adult per night. Children free. BOOKINGS to the place you purchased your festival ticket.....either Newstead RTC ph 5476 2360 or Andrew Pattison ph 5425 5400 OPTION 3: Welshmans Reef Caravan Park: Well equipped caravan and camping park on the shores of Lake Cairn Curran (dry!). Approx. 5 kms. NW of Newstead (off the Maldon road) 2008 COST: Powered sites $22 per night, $50 for 3 nights. Unpowered sites $16 per night, $40 for 3 nights. These prices for 2 adults. Children $4 each extra per night. BOOKINGS ph 5476 2378 Camping? In 2008 the Food Garden (as below) packed vegie boxes to pick up. "Enjoy Biodynamic and Organic produce at Newstead Live The Food Garden will pack a box of fresh organic fruit and salad veggies, saving you the hassle of bringing it on your trip (bring that extra guitar instead!) Enjoy berries from Yandoit, Maldon cherries, Castlemaine stone fruit, the crispiest salad veg from Ballarat and Gippsland. Create your own box online, or allow Graham & Bree to make the selection for you. Either way, they guarantee you’ll love their organic boxes. You can even request biodynamic juice, local sourdough breads, muesli and jams for breakfast. Great value starting at only $25. Orders can be placed online at www.foodgarden.com.au or by phone by 22nd January, and available for pick up on Friday or Saturday. They are located in centre of the Festival behind IGA." Cheers, Graham & Bree The Food Garden t. 03 5476 2078 f. 03 5476 2797 e. foodbox@foodgarden.com.au www.foodgarden.com.au Panmure Street (PO Box 81) Newstead VIC 3462 Festival Location: Newstead. 15 minutes west of Castlemaine, Central Victoria 90 minutes from Melbourne. Contact: Newstead Rural Transaction Centre, Shire Hall, 45 Lyons St, Ph 54762360 or phone Anrew 5425 5400 email wineandmusic@bigpond.com Performers please note that this festival is booked by invitation rather than appllication and being a small budget festival there is very little room for acts not already know to us. If you wish to send promotional material to us please do not send anything that needs to be returned. Mail to Burke & Wills Winery, RMB 350, Mia Mia 3444 What They Said About Previous Festivals ..... "the best festival I've ever been to" ANDY IRVINE "...a great weekend, a quality music experience." SHANE HOWARD "If this is what small festivals are like I want to go to many more of them." PETER GRAYLING "A weekend to be treasured." KAVISHA MAZZELLA The venues are small and charming and the calibre of performers is very high, a great mix of Australian and overseas guests KRISTINA OLSEN