Category: Party

December 31, 2011 12:00 am to January 1, 2012 5:00 am

Melbourne New Folk have opened a new warehouse space in Brunswick. The space will serve as a bit of a home for Melbourne New Folk and it features a top notch PA and light systems. It’ll be a space available for parties, gigs, shows, showcases and workshops available to all of us who have an interest in making great art for a good cause.

Melbourne New Folk are welcoming members to  join them for Armageddon High for New Years. Band’s, Dj’s, roving performers, wicked drinks, live art and those of you that want to get involved there’ll be ample space to play and get involved. 10% of all of our takings for this and all events will be going to forest activists in Victoria and Tasmania.
More Information http://newfolk.com.au/melbourne/

November 4, 2011

New Folk are looking for donations of artworks and energies to auction at the Wild Things Forest Fundraiser. This festival event will be a celebration of all the hard work and incredible energy that goes into the ongoing battle to protect our forests. Artists and artisans are sought after for three main happenings at the event.

1. A Silent Art Auction will feature as part of the festival, showing some of the amazing art that our natural world inspires. Artworks will auctioned and bids placed over the evening with a reserve price nominated by the artist. 30% of the winning bid will be returned to the artist and the remaining 70% will be donated to the ongoing campaign to protect Victoria’s native forests and to assist with the Save Sylvia Creek campaign.
2. The Wild Things Bizarre will also be featured as a lounge space hosting lots of other random fundraising happenings. Face painters, body painters, hairdressers, tattooists and the like are also sought after for the event.
3. The Restorative Gallery will be a healing space and is looking for healers who can give massage, reiki, shiatsu, etc to help raise funds.

Please contact New Folk or email info@newfolk.com.au if you have skills, energy or artwork you would like to contribute.

August 2, 2011 6:00 pm

The August GreenUps theme is design. Taking the lead this month is Liane Rossler & Dave Gravina – two of Sydney’s finest sustainability thinkers.

The venue for our event is Muse Gallery, 695 Harris Street, Ultimo. The gallery is located in TAFE NSW Sydney Institute. (It’s near UTS and the ABC.)

The Gallery is holding an exhibition of historical work and designs from the Sydney Institute’s graduates in jewellery, architecture, fashion and 3D animation as part of the Sydney Design event – called ‘Sparkies, Foodies and Fashionistas’.

Fest la Frog is a showcase of sustainable organic music and art to be held at Melbourne’s CERES Environment Park this Saturday.

Bindarri and Here Studio is curating an installation called “Door Henge”. Eight artists will decorate a door each which will be mounted onsite in a circular pattern to form the door henge. The individual doors will be auctioned to raise funds for Beyond Zero Emissions great work.

We invite you to participate. Simply email us a link to your work online. If you are chosen, you will be given $50 towards materials and you need to arrive in the morning to create you work onsite. (if you need to work before hand, this may be possible)

See you there and invite your mates today!!!

Fest la Frog website | Fest la Frog facebook | Download the installation plan

April 3, 2011 5:00 pm

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Come join Soul Theatre for our fundraiser for the production of  The contingency plan dealing with the issue of the climate change crisis. Sausage sizzle/BBQ and screening of Alicia.

December 4, 2010

You are invited to a very special fundraiser for Reverse Garbage. Funds raised will go towards the purchase and fit out of a new home for RG! Live music by Ichabod’s Crane, Baron Field and DJ Offig.

An auction of iconic Reverse Garbage Barrels decoraged by artists and filled with goodies from West End businesses; artwork made from salvaged materials by local artists and designers on sale just in time for Christmas; finger food feast by Saledesign; a cash bar with beer and local wine supplied by Bent Road Winery.

296 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane. $15 pre-paid, $20 at the door. Tickets available from Reverse Garbage or by credit card over the phone on 07 3844 9744 See Reverse Garbage’s website here.