The Eighty-Six Announces Program Centrepieces: Super Saturday and Independent Music Exchange
More than 200 artists will descend on venues from Westgarth to Preston as part of The Eighty-Six’s just-announced marquee event, Super Saturday. Organisers of the new Melbourne festival have revealed more details about the inaugural event, which will take place in numerous venues on High Street from Monday, 23rd October to Tuesday, 31st October.
Super Saturday will be the centrepiece of The Eighty-Six, with dozens of labels, collectives, music agencies, artists, and more curating events across venues of all sizes – from familiar clubs and pubs to bocce courts and record shops. Super Saturday will run for nearly 24 hours on Saturday, 28th October. Also, it’s all free – you just need to register.
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The new Melbourne festival was announced in May this year, with acts like London-based instrumental quartet Los Bitchos, Kyoto punks Otoboke Beaver, UK indie favourite Connie Constance, and the pride of Boise Built to Spill all locked in to play. In early July, Theo Parrish, Unknown T, and Dennis Bovell were added to the lineup. More artists are set to be announced soon.
Outside of spilling the beans on Super Saturday, organisers have revealed plans for two more events: a food and music throwdown (and dog parade and costume contest) curated by 1800 Lasagne dubbed the 1800 Street Party, and a huge record label expo called the Independent Music Exchange.
The Independent Music Exchange will take place across Saturday, 28th and Sunday, 29th October, and see dozens of local labels – including presenters Efficient Space and Butter Sessions, plus Chapter Music, Our Golden Friend, Music In Exile, Poison City, Anti Fade and UNFD – converge to sling their wares. Expect artist signings, test pressings, cassettes, zines, exclusive merch and more.
“Melbourne is one of the world’s great music cities,” The Eighty-Six co-founder and artistic director, Woody McDonald said in a statement. “A hub of discovery and subculture, where art and entrepreneurial spirit are valued. It also produces a wild amount of music and is internationally considered a hotbed of musical greatness.
“I’ve always felt Melbourne needed a festival that stays within and elevates our grassroots environment. The Eighty-Six’s goal is to do this, and there’s currently no better area than High Street to be our festival precinct.”
Super Saturday – Saturday, 28th October
Venues
Capers
Hard Out
Merri Creek Tavern
Shotkickers
Northcote Theatre
Bar 303
Thornbury Bowls Club
The Thorn
24 Moons
Thornbury Theatre
Croxton Bandroom
Cactus Room
Swill
Cafe Gummo
Thornbury Local
Franklin’s
Moon Dog
Wesley Anne
Desert Highways
Barton Fink
Gertrude Contemporary
Nasty’s
Reading Room
The Keys
JOLT Arts
Francesca’s Bar
Northcote Uniting Church
Thornbury Espresso
Low Key
Pallino
Thornbury Picture House
Open Studio
Northcote Social Club
Eastmint
The Salvation Army Hall
Tallboy & Moose
Ladadika Taverna
+ more TBA
Party Hosts
3RRR
Milo Eastwood
Songlines
Northside
Moody
Enjoy Your Stay
Blow Blood
Jet Black Cat Presents
Love Police
Mike Gurrieri
Soju Gang
Forward Ever
Collective Artists
Rowdy’s
CONTENT.NET.AU
Anti-Fade
Finding Figaro
Wally Cheersquad
Omniversal Hum
SF ARRESTER x WALLSTAR
Mistletone
Tangle Agency
STUDIO Hope St Radio x All Are Welcome
JOLT Arts
Habibi Hafla x Mähallä
The Round Table x Finders Keepers
No Lights No Lycra
Sound Merch
When Pigs Fly
Made In The Shade
1800 Lasagne
Press Play Presents
Decibels Youth Music and Arts
Skylab
Independent Music Exchange – Saturday, 28th & Sunday, 29th October
Labels
Albert’s Basement
Altered States Tapes
Animals Dancing
Anti Fade
Bedroom Suck
Butter Sessions
Chapter Music
Cheersquad
College Of Knowledge
Companion
Cooking Vinyl Australia
Cool Death
Domestic La La
Domino
Dot Dash
Efficient Space
Elations
Fresh Hold
Good Company
Holiday Maker
Hopestreet
It
KGLW
La Sape
Love Above
Love Police
Lulu’s Sonic Disc Club
Mushroom Group
Music in Exile
Northside
ONO
Our Golden Friend
Pointer
Poison City
Ramble
Remote Control
Research
The Roundtable
Snail Editions
Sorcerer
Southern Exposure
Spoilsport
Tiny Town
UNFD
Vessel
Wax’o Paradiso
+ more TBA
The Eighty-Six 2023 Lineup
Otoboke Beaver
Connie Constance
Los Bitchos
Makaya McCraven
Built To Spill
How Long Gone (Live)
Theo Parrish
Unknown T
Ros Bandt & Ariel Kalma
The Preston Records Revue
1800 Street Party
…more to be announced
Dates & Venues
Monday, 23rd October to Tuesday, 31st October – Various venues, Westgarth to Preston, Melbourne
For more information and to register for tickets, head to The Eighty-Six website.
Further Reading
Theo Parrish, Unknown T & More Added To Melbourne Fest The Eighty-Six
First Acts Announced for Melbourne’s Newest Festival The Eighty-Six
Sydney’s Newtown Festival Calls It a Day After More Than 40 Years
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