Bon Iver and Roky Erickson announced for Golden Plains SIXXX
Golden Plains Sixxx looms large; four Superdoopernatural announcements this fine day:
ONE: He’s one of Planet Earth’s natural musical resources; he flows, he soars, he taps into It: yes, the giant Bon Iver will be playing a special extended Sunset set with his nine-piece band in amongst the Ghost Gums and couches of the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre at Golden Plains Sixxx.
TWO: The Ticket Ballot is now open.
THREE: Eric’s Terrace Wine Bar is: for lovers.
THIRTEEN: Hazy Sunday Afternoon! Triumphantly, The Godfather of Psychedelic Rock Mr. Roky Erickson will land on these shores for the first time ever to unwind minds at Golden Plains Sixxx.
SIXXX: It all Happens in Glorious Autumn on an Epic Long Weekend in the Greatest of Outdoors. There’s no commercial sponsors, a No Dickheads rule, and it’s BYO. The Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre has been designed and refined using twenty-one years of know-how, for the sole purpose of hosting Something Uniquely Remarkable. It’s a haven, a reTreat, a seriousfun park. For Sixxx it will be set to ‘Premium Mode’ with new additions and attractions. And on that note: same size as last year, and no price increase.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
As usual The Ballot is the best way to get tickets. It’s quick, easy, free to enter.
Please enter via www.goldenplains.com.au before 10pm Friday 14 October 2011, and follow the ensuing prompts.
“BON IVER” MEANS “GOOD WINTER”
More like “ASTONISHING AUTUMN” I’d say: Bon Iver will be playing a special full-length set at Sunset in the Supernatural Amphitheatre with a nine-piece band on the Saturday evening. This will be a once in a lifetime experience, seeing the musical man mountain and his band play in, well, as sweet a natural environment as you could wish to see him in, out there amongst the giant Ghost Gums and couches as the day turns into night and he winds his way through an extended set of soulful, emotional, uplifting, cathartic music. Lots and lots of people have lots of deep, deep love for Bon Iver. Little wonder.
UNWIND YOUR MIND
Roky Erickson’s music makes your body tingle, makes you come alive. For the first time ever, the legendary legend of psychedelic rock will be Here playing songs from throughout his rock-n-rollercoaster lifetimes. Roky hit big cult fame way back in the 60s in 13th Floor Elevators with ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’ (written when he was just 15). That he is here at all forty years later is a triumph of spirit; after a drug arrest and subsequent sentence to a State Hospital, he was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy and diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic and ended up destitute. At one point he believed he was an alien. But he never stopped making amazing music, and this will a full-sensory luxury of the highest order; a rarest of four-dimensional treats. Roky Erickson in the Supernatural. Holy smokes.
ERIC’S TERRACE WINE BAR – FOR LOVERS
This season if someone takes your fancy you can now suggest “how about dinner and a show tonight?” Yes, Uncle Doug’s team of technicians are designing and building a new bar at The Sup – the first since the Pink Flamingo took flight in ’62. Eric’s Terrace Wine Bar sits majestically at the top of the Amphitheatre, with commanding stage views and a convenient location adjacent to The Meredith Eye for a romantic post-dinner spin. Eric’s will serve the finest local wines and superb fresh local produce from the afternoon to the wee small hours.
GOLDEN NUGGET
The full lineup is out in a coupla weeks and it is a Rolled Gold Cracker. The Sup will be in Premium Mode – with a huge new elevated campground so you can spread out even more, the new Wine Bar, world’s-best-practice facilities and amenities for camping and glamping alike, an ongoing human/planet accord which includes waterless composting loo systems and everysinglething from all food stalls being recyclable. Golden Plains decided long ago never to live in anyone’s shadow*. She’s set in glorious Autumn when the sun is like honey on the trees and afternoon goes on all day, where the Summer Fool is spent and a giant spike of excitement goes kablooey nightly. This year we are supremely determined to unfurl the finest Golden Plains that ever lived. *no cryptspiracy – Whitney’s not playing.
BALLOT DETAILS
As usual, The Subscriber Ticket Ballot is held to ensure that the majority of the tickets are firstly allocated to Subscribers, before the rest go on public sale. There are two rounds (draws) of The Ballot – on or before October 17 for existing Subscribers and October 26 for newer Subscribers. Ballot-winners will be emailed a unique Golden Code to access the secure Online Box Office and purchase tickets.
As usual, The Subscriber Ticket Ballot is held to ensure that the majority of the tickets are firstly allocated to Subscribers, before the rest go on public sale. There are two rounds (draws) of The Ballot – on or before October 17 for existing Subscribers and October 26 for newer Subscribers. Ballot-winners will be emailed a unique Golden Code to access the secure Online Box Office and purchase tickets.
Golden Slipper, Golden Circle, Golden Jubilee. Golden Plains Sixxx.
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