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Come and enjoy our Seabreeze Festival

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2008 Seabreeze Festival 3-11 May

Nightcliff SEABREEZE Day Saturday 3 May 2008 / 3pm - 10pm FREE family festival on the Nightcliff foreshore from Chapman Rd to the Jetty. A moving feast of music arts stalls activities and displays spread along 2km of the foreshore

Jetty Dance Culture Stage - Proudly supported by Ausdance and Corrugated Iron Youth Arts From 3pm - Keltikka / Darwin School Of Ballet / One Mob Different Country / Tracks / Grey Panthers Darwin Gymnastics Club Cheerleaders / From 4pm – Sunameke / Capoeira / Tunas Mekar Cultural Collective Balinese Dance / Strictly Social / Salsita / Indian Divas / Casuarina Secondary College / From 5pm – CIYA Cyclone Circus / Shauna’s Community Dance Group / At 5:30pm Jetty Art Awards > to entertainment at main stage

Jetty Art Space
Call for Visual Artists to make and bring along their works to the SEABREEZE Jetty Art Space by 11am. Afternoon al fresco exhibition with judging at 4pm with winner of Perpetual Lions Club Trophy and $500 prize and $100 Peoples Choice Award announced at 5.30pm.

Sand Sculptures on Nightcliff Beach Build yours from 9am & check them out before the tide washes them away by 4pm. Winners announced 2pm on the beach. Proudly supported by Jane Aagaard MLA

Top End Folk Club Stage Territory grown music with spoken word 4pm Steve Holiday 5pm Noodle

Veranda Banda @ 234 Casuarina Drive Live music all afternoon and old time sing-a-long from 7pm in Bill and Cindy’s front yard

Street Machines from now and the past at Nightcliff pool car park. Vote in the People Choice Award announced 5.30pm at the Top End Folk Club Stage

Nightcliff Aquatic Centre FREE entry 3pm – 6pm thanks to Darwin City Council

The PARADE – calling all community, sports, cultural, social, dance, musicians and school groups to take part in the SEABREEZE Lantern Parade, decorate a float or march in a group. Muster at the Nightcliff Aquatic Centre from 5pm and check in at the info desk, the parade commences at 5.45pm for the 1km parade to the SEABREEZE main stage on the foreshore. As the sunsets our lanterns will light the way for the evening’s entertainment. Call or email Janie on 0407 194235 or janieandrews@bigpond.com if you need some creative help with your Parade entry.

Beach Fun kite flying surf ski kayak windsurfer beachfront fun

FREEP’s A million things for kids to play ride do and experience with thanks to Darwin City Council

SEABREEZE Main Stage from 3pm – 10pm From 3pm - The Essington School Music Hour / From 4pm - Lord Mayors Welcome / Milkwood Steiner School Strings Group / EMIL the Mystical / From 4.30pm - Allstars Darwin City Trainer Band / Nightcliff Primary School Choir / From 5pm - Peter Dodd Solo Guitar / NT Music School Teachers Band / Darwin Youth Choir / NT Environment Centre Song Finalists / Tunas Mekar Cultural Collective Balinese Dance / EMIL / From 6pm - Michelle Murphy NT Road to Tamworth winner / Club Cabe featuring Cabe Angelique / From 6.30pm - EmDee / PARADE arrives / EmDee / From 7.15pm - Puzzledust Fire Spectacular / Larrakia Welcome / Djida Gulpilil / From 7.45pm Top End Folk Club Inc Dance Calls / The Darwin Blues And Roots Club / From 9pm - Puzzledust Fire Spectacular / Greedy Stout / From 10pm - Live music moves to the Beachfront Hotel

Beachfront Hotel SEABREEZE from 10pm Nira Quinn Big Band / 11pm Test Theory / 12 midnight NEO

INFORMATION and CONTACT nightcliffseabreeze@gmail.com or call 0403995751 / 89811495

Call for Visual Artists to make and bring along their works to the SEABREEZE Jetty Art Space by 11am. Afternoon al fresco exhibition with judging at 4pm with winner of Perpetual Lions Club Trophy and $500 prize and $100 Peoples Choice Award announced at 5.30pm.

the groove
Ph 8948 2773
Seabreeze Screen Culture

On the al fresco big screen a retrospective of Fist Full of Film winners and peoples’ choice short films since 1999. See a few slices of Territory social history captured on film and meet the filmmakers. A Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival event.

When: Wed 7 May, 7pm-10pm.
Where: Groove Cafe Pavonia Way,Nightcliff Mall.
Cost: Gold Coin Donation

Read the full Seabreeze newsletter.



Saturday
3 May
Nightcliff SEABREEZE Day 3pm – 10pm Nightcliff foreshore FREE family festival
Sunday
4 May
Nightcliff Markets 8am - 2pm Food arts craft stalls and FREE festival music & entertainment from 11am Palmerston City Brass Band 12noon France is Burning
Wednesday
7 May
Amadeus Music Playtime10am - 11am FREE little kids music playtime in Paviona Way Nightcliff
SCREEN CULTURE7pm -10pmFist Full of Films screening locally made short films at the Groove Café FREE
Path of Grace 7pm - 9pmCandle-lit Labyrinth Walk Nightcliff Uniting Church, 21 Cummins St FREE all welcome
Thursday
8 May
Under the Sea 10am - 11am FREE Kids Entertainment “Under the Sea” story time and activities in Paviona Way with thanks to Nightcliff Library
Friday
9 May
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Path of Grace

8pm – 11pm




7pm – 9pm

Youth driven interactive word show with local poets open mic word games and prizes! 8pm @ the Groove Café FREE

Candle-lit Labyrinth Walk Nightcliff Uniting Church, 21 Cummins St FREE all welcome

Saturday
10 May
SEABEEZE Afternoon Groove


Path of Grace

Veranda Banda @ 234 Casuarina Drive

3pm – 8pm



7pm – 9pm


7pm–9.30pm

Cool afternoon groovy music carrying you into the sultry night @ the Groove Café $5 With MC Saikim / Elemental / Mark Hilton / Steve Holiday Alternative / Bloody Marys

Candle-lit Labyrinth Walk Nightcliff Uniting Church, 21 Cummins St FREE all welcome
Live music and old time sing-a-long from Bill and Cindy’s front yard FREE all welcome

Sunday
11 May
Nightcliff Markets


Fairtrade Beach Party

8am - 2pm



10am – 6pm

Food arts craft stalls and FREE festival music & entertainment from 10.30am Sunset Strings Quartet 12 noon Jigsaw

Interactive sports and ball fun for the whole family near the Rapid Creek footbridge in support of developing nations FREE




Read on to see some of the highlights of the 2007 festival.

Seabreeze Program

Come and see the real Cindy playing

Be sure to visit the Verandah Bandah playing with a style and gusto in keeping with the spirit of the Seabreeze festival.
Playing from 3pm onwards.
While you are listening, enjoy a sausage and drink from the Darwin Seniors Computer Club fund raising BBQ. which will be selling sizzling sausages all day.
234 Casuarina Drive, near Sheoak Street

The Seabreeze Artspace, located near the jetty, invites all visual artists to bring their works, including paintings, sculptures and photographs, by 11am on April 28th.
Prizes include the Nightcliff Lions Club Perpetual Trophy with $500 cash, and $100 for the people's choice award.
Call Kim 0432 350469

Pirates Orienteering Game - Scour the fore shore to find the answers.
Get your free entry form from the information booth near the jetty from 10am. Cash prizes up for grabs!
Show us your Street Gear An exhibition of cars and motorbikes in the Swimming Pool Carpark. Vehicles must be there for registration between 2-3pm. Prizes for people's choice award.

Sand Sculpure Competition.
Head to the Nightcliff Beach early to produce your masterpiece.
Judging at 2pm. $300 cash prizes up for grabs.
Beach competition
BallisticFriday
4th May 6pm - 10pm
Nightcliff Community Centre, Bauhinia Street
A high powered line up of young local bands...$8/$5 concession. Alcohol FREE Event. Lock in for 16 & under.
dancing

the groove
Ph 8948 2773
Seabreeze Screen Culture
nightcliff markets
@ Pavonia Way 8am - 2pm
FREE
KIDS

Entertainment
PAVONIA WAY

at 10.00am every day!
Wednesday 2nd May
The Groove-FREE event
Presented by Fist Full of Films &
Corrugated Iron. The event kicks off
at 5pm with Screen Culture Seminar
(come along and talk about the
filmmaking scene in the NT) and
then from 7pm watch a batch
of locally made short films with
a Nightcliff link (location,
filmmaker...) on a huge screen.
Supported by Seabreeze Festival,
The Groove and Moving Pictures.

Friday 4th May
TranspoeticA
NT Writers' Centre Off the Page
spoken word event featuring Mike
Ladd,of Radio National’s PoeticA fame
and onthe final leg of his
NT Literary Awards Tour.
Also presenting The Third Degree
(the FourthEstate in leaner line-up)
and Taskha Urban(the songstress
from the Centre) and theOpen Mic section.
Entry $8/$5 or free forOpen Mic performers.
Table Bookings: 8948 2773,
Enquiries: 8941 2651,
info@ntwriters.com.au
Food stalls, Craft Stalls,Buskers. Shade and seating.

Sunday 29th April
entertainment by Adam Ryan

Sunday 6th May
No Diet Day with YMCA
Ausdance presents Crocodylis.
Belly Dancers, Music by theTodd Williams Band.

Market enquires to Ross
0414 368 773
Tuesday 1st MayStorytime presented byDarwin City Council Libraries

Wed 2nd May
Music for Fun... presentedby Amadeus Music School

Thurs 3rd May
Storytime presented by
Darwin City Council Libraries

Friday 4th May
Circus Performers,
Bubbles the Clown,
Balloon Sculpting


KIDS WELCOME
Saturday 5th May
Seabreeze Spectacular

With Neo, Steve Holiday Alternative,
AdamRyan and much more!
Six piece Aussie Funk 'n Roots
band, NEOhave just returned
home from East CoastBlues
and Roots Festival, Byron Bay
and amassive three month
Australian tour. Tocelebrate their
returning home, they arelaunching
a new single: 'Birthday' at the
Seabreeze Festival.
$10/$5 Concession

The Seabreeze Visual Arts Program

NTU visual art students have worked with artists,Colin Holt, Tobias Richardson and Gwenyth Brougto create ephemeral and recycled sculptures based on the Festival’s environment theme. The sculptures will be placed on various sites between the footbridge and the jetty during the festival.
Multimedia artist June Mills, has painted a set of street banners based on Larrakia Dreamings and local wildlife on Casuarina Drive foreshore and Progress Drive.
Multimedia artists Penny Campton has installed exhibits in shopfronts around Progress Drive and Pavonia. Peter Mumme has created an impressive audio visual Seabreeze soundscape, ondisplay in the old National Bank building, Pavonia Way.





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