DIY Wotz-on guide 4-6 Dec '09

Charge Group (Sydney – ex Purplene)
…Like Foxes (CD launch)
Hoodlum Shouts
Voss

Saturday December 5, 4pm (EARLY SHOW!)

Transit Bar, Civic

Free entry

ACT Bilingual Education Alliance

MULTILINGUAL PICNIC

Sunday 6 December
Time: 11am to 2pm

Black Mountain Peninsula (off Lady Denman Drive)

Come along and
– Celebrate our multilingual community
– Meet other parents raising their children to speak more than one language
– Relax and have a good time

Bring friends, family, a picnic and something to sit on.

SEE YOU THERE

For more details email Marina.Houston@canberra.edu.au

Concert for Charity

Four bands – Scaramouche, Big Score, Astrochem and The Astronauts – will be playing a fundraising concert at the Woden Youth Centre on Friday 4 December, starting at 6:15pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.

All funds raised will go to Co-Operation in Development, a charity which builds schools in the poorest of the poor areas of Bangladesh.

Overheard Productions’s Sixth Birthday: Blues in the City
Holy Grail, Civic

6pm-8.30pm: Bistro open. Excellent restaurant style meals at great prices.

6pm-7.45pm: Jess Chockman, Restless Priority
8:00pm: Craig and Simone Dawson
9:00pm: Jonno Zilber
10:15pm: DJ and the KarismaKatz

$10/$5/Free*

There WILL be birthday cake.

* Details at http://www.myspace.com/overheardproductions

Chrome

Saturday, 05 December 2009 at 21:00
Holy Grail, Civic
Cnr Akuna and Bunda Streets
Canberra, Australia

Chrome’s resident DJs bring it home one last time for 2009! All your favourite goth, industrial, EBM and dark elektro tracks brought to you by your favourite Chrome DJs Salem, Stealth.Elf and metaVirus! No guest DJs this event this is Chrome in its purest form!

Chrome will be taking a break in January 2010 and will be back in Feburary next year. So take this chance to fill up your tanks with all the Chrome-based-goodness you can before the 1 month hiatus!

Sorry kids this an 18+ event!

Entry is $6 for this event.

Chrome at the Holy Grail features:
A massive sound system
Licenced outdoor seating
Lights
Black lights/UV lights
Lazers
Video Projections
Pool Tables
Alcohol
Friendly, safe atmosphere

Sunday: Grab a friend and your bike for the Urban Polaris – a unique seven hour mountain biking and navigation event set in and around Canberra. It also has a new little brother, the Metro – 4 hours.

Checkpoints are in interesting places often include fun events for the competitors to be involved in.

http://www.urbanpolaris09.org.au/

It’s a fundraiser for the Mental Health Foundation. Also, having done it several times before, I can personally assure you of it’s awesomeness.

C/O http://www.events.act.gov.au/?/event/view/24

Lighting of the Christmas Tree

Friday 4 December 2009

7pm-9pm, Civic Square

FREE EVENT

Civic Square will come alive with the official Lighting of the Canberra Christmas Tree on Friday 4 December.

Joining us in 2009 is the talented Monica Trapaga, best known as a presenter on ABC’s Play School, who will perform a special Christmas Show. Michael Martin, Canberra born Australian tenor will also be a highlight of the program this year and we hope to have a special visit from Santa Claus himself!

Enjoy late night shopping in the City, and then come down with a picnic with your family and friends and enjoy the start of the Festive season in our national capital.

Entertainment Program, 2009

Time
Item

7:05pm
Monica Trapaga Performs

7:40pm
Michael Martin Performs

8:20pm
Lighting of the Christmas Tree

8:32pm
Monica Trapaga Performs

8:45pm
Special Guest!

9:00pm
Event end

For more information, call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81, and stay up-to-date by visiting our fan site on Facebook, events.act.gov.au.

The Waterford EP launch, as featured here

http://the-riotact.com/?p=16452

The Front Cafe & gallery Lyneham.

Entry is Free

Support from Voss & CJ

Actual, physical compact discs containing Waterford’s songs available for a piddling $5.

Terribly British Day 2009 as mentioned earlier:

http://the-riotact.com/?p=16432

Weather is looking good for this weekend as well. After the rain, I may even have a lawn to mow.

Computer Market, Southern Cross Basketball Stadium Phillip, Saturday 10AM-2:30PM. Admission $3.00, kids free.