Feast Festival Celebrates Love & Live Music
Calling Music Lovers - Feast 2008 is just around the corner - with opening night on Nov 15 - and there is a great selection of top events on the programme featuring live music.
Why not check these out:
Feasts Opening Night Party
Presented by Feast
People loved the Opening Night of Feast so much last year that it is back at the Adelaide Uni but this time with much more space. The main stage, this year on the Barr Smith Lawns, will showcase some of the finest queer talent on offer including Lea DeLaria, Taylor Mac, The Blow Waves, The Bad Father, The Blush Foundation, Team Plastique, Club Kooky and 2007 crowd favourites Ikochi.
The beautiful Cloisters will be brought to life by the fabulous folk who run Adelaide’s Sleaze Ball, they’ve programmed a top line-up of DJs including DJ Josh, DJ Lush and DJ Michael Fraser who will see you dance the night away.
Community stalls, delicious food, reasonably priced drinks, world class entertainment and room to move will ensure that the festival's two weeks of diverseCITY begins with a very bent bang! Following this, head to Feast’s Hub, Higher Ground for an After Party like no other!
Adelaide University Barr Smith Lawns
15 Nov 7:00pm
5 hours
FREE
Lea DeLaria is Naked...
Presented by Feast in association with Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Powerhouse by arrangement with Paul Lucas Productions
Lea DeLaria is Naked... combines Lea’s in-your-face stand-up, queer ethics, back-stage stories and the latest music from her soon to be released fourth Warner Jazz CD “The Live Smoke Sessions.” Featuring Lea and a trio of fantastic jazz musicians, NAKED is a raw, fast paced evening of wild entertainment.
Caution: Not for the faint of heart.
US born, multi-award winning stand-up turned singer, Lea DeLaria has so many talents it’s hard to know where to begin! After starting her career in the early 80s, she quickly became a successful and controversial stand-up comedian, working the clubs for some years, before moving into TV and film work as an actress. She worked regularly in musical theatre, most notably on Broadway in her award winning performances in On the Town and The Rocky Horror Show. Her powerful voice was soon recognized by Warner Brothers records who produced her first jazz vocal album, hailed by The Times as “….the best Jazz album of 2001.”
Now moving between comedy, jazz, musical theatre and film, this unique and enormously talented artist presents her one of a kind blend of music and comedy.
“Talks like a coffee grinder, and sounds like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva.” The Guardian
Higher Ground Theatre
9 – 15 Light Square, Adelaide
16 Nov 5:30pm 18, 19 Nov 8:30pm 20 Nov 7:00pm
$35/$25/$25
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Team Plastique @ Upstart Alley
Presented by Feast
www.myspace.com/teamplastique
An explosion of tape, plastic, food products and elektro punk cabaret. Audience interaction encouraged. Having played Glastonbury and the Post Porn Festivals in Athens and Berlin, this neon noir trio are hitting the shores of Australia in an explosion of ear candy and colour. Team Plastique subvert issues of gender, beauty and reality with their trashoir chaos shows. They have performed with Peaches, Cicciolina, Chicks on Speed, Boy from Brazil and Dirty Princess and now want to do it with you!
Higher Ground – Theatre Space
9 – 15 Light Square, Adelaide
21 Nov
10:00pm
$30/$20/$20
Ikochi @ Upstart Alley
www.myspace.com/ikochi
Also appearing at Upstart Alley is Japanese cult band IKOCHI who return to Adelaide with their unique high energy Showa/Rockabilly/Punk sound. Fronted by stunning ‘new-half’ (that’s transgender to us Aussies!) lead singer/guitarist Chikako backed up by bass player Kota and drummer Datsuke deliver an unforgettable show that will take you from swoon to mosh in 60 secs!
Sing Out!
Song Writing Project Presented by Feast
An idea conceived by Heather Frahn, Sing Out! was one of the most inspiring events of Feast 2007. Sing Out! is a unique community arts project that connects people through song and performance. Wonderfully different people from the LGBTIQ community have been partnered with 8 of Adelaide’s finest songwriter/musicians. Their unique stories have been turned into an original song and Sing Out! is your one chance to hear these revealing, poignant and powerful songs performed live. Performers include Jac Dalton, Luke Ashby, MC Sandy J, Amy Bodossian and Naomi Hicks.
Higher Ground Theatre
9 – 15 Light Square, Adelaide
26 Nov 8:00pm
