Bluejuice

Today was the second Trackside Music Festival and what a lineup it was;

The Living End, Cut Copy, The Panics, Bliss N Eso, British India, Something With Numbers, Sparkadia, Muph n Plutonic, Carpathian, Bluejuice, Grafton Primary, Little Red, Hell City Glamours, Los Capitanes and many others.

It's fantastic that Canberra is finally getting some great music festivals and Trackside is quickly becoming a favourite of mine. Last year it was stinking hot temperature wise. This year was the opposite, cold, rainy at times and even hail.

I particularly enjoyed the set from Sydney band; "Bluejuice". I had heard of this infamously crazy band but never really heard any of their stuff.

While standing side of stage, taking a photo of the lead singer and Allan Sko of BMA. I noticed the other singer attacking a full tequila bottle. From that moment, I knew it was going to be a good show and I was right. It was mindblowingly good.

Despite the weather, it was a fantastic day with some awesome bands playing.

Gyroscope

Daniel Sanders from Gyroscope

Canberra has always been home to great live music and the occasional festival, including the annual favourite: "Stonefest". Lately however, a new selection of festivals has been added to the calendar. Trackside and Foreshore.

Trackside on the 17th was fantastic. For a new festival, the lineup was greatIt was a new festival with some great names on the lineup:

Hilltop Hoods, The Butterfly Effect, Gotye, Clare Bowditch, The Cops, Koolism, Something With Numbers, Young & Restless, Dardanelles, Soft Tigers, Horsell Common, The Basics, Hancock Basement and more.

I got there at 11am and began shooting. I didnt stop until I left at 11pm. It was a fantastic day. Shooting at two stages. Hung around taking photos with klips which was fun. We managed to get backstage and acted like total fanboys when we met the Hilltop Hoods and Gotye. All of them really nice people. Very approachable and willing to have a chat which was great.

There was about 6,000 - 7,000 people there. (Estimates differ depending on who you talk to. - Either way it was a sellout).

Cant wait for next years one!

The current issue of BMA Magazine has a poster in the middle containing some of the photos I took that day.

Tomorrow I am shooting at Foreshore, another newbie to the summer music festivals here in the ACT. Cant wait to check it out. Looking foward to shooting Sneaky Sound System too. I have seen them live twice and always enjoy watching them perform.