Category: LEAPS & BOUNDS FEST

The City of Yarra is pleased to announce the launch of Bean Bag Productions – a youth lead committee dedicated to bringing live music and cultural events to the City of Yarra community.

Bean Bag Productions swing into action with “Solid Sound” on Thursday 11^th July, 6pm – 9pm at the Fitzroy Town Hall by showcasing some of Yarra’s rising performers including: urban hip hop all stars from Rising High Studios, DJ Sizzle, M.Wol, Seren and more.

Headline hip act Polo Club are one of the most exciting, and inventive groups on the new wave / hip hop scene.  They have graced the stage at some of Australia’s most popular music festivals including Parklife, Good Vibrations, The Hills Are Alive and The Push Over.

Bean Bag Productions are funded by the Office for Youth through FReeZA – a Victorian Government program that supports young Victorians to get involved in community life by planning and running drug, smoke and alcohol-free music and cultural events for other young people

Solid Sound is a celebration of youth music from the City of Yarra and sure to get crowds on their feet!  $5.00 entry – please support the development of youth music and events in the City of Yarra.

This is a fully supervised, drug, alcohol and smoke free event for all ages.  No pass outs available.

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July. View the latest film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music

personalities and industry insiders here: https://vimeo.com/68028263 Visit www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for more information on festival events.

Find your way around the festival with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

MUSCYCLE is a pedal powered concert – love child of the thriving live music scene, the bike obsessed, sustainability conscious community that is the City of Yarra.

As part of 2013 Leaps And Bounds Music Festival, MUSCYCLE will be held at St Ali North on the border of North Carlton, Brunswick and North Fitzroy.

MUSCYCLE is a free event featuring the pick of Melbourne’s fantastic music makers.

Vika and Linda Bull

Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes/ curator MONA FOMA)

The Alan Ladds

The Black Jesus Experience

Wang Zheng Ting

Cyclic Sound System DJs

The Broken BMX Jam Bandits

At MUSCYCLE, the PA is pedal powered by the audience, so the event is totally carbon neutral. Peddlers will be rewarded with bicycle related prizes from Velo Cycle, and from Jamis Bicycles, two exceptional peddlers will win a bike.

Not only that, the electricity required to the run St Ali North Cafe for the day will be offset by pedaling on bike generators housed at Melbourne Girls College. Everyone is welcome to help MUSCYCLE reach its offset target through the Facebook page. St Ali North is already equipped with a Gaia recycling system, which turns 100% of the food waste into fertilizer. www.facebook.com/muscycle

With the Ultimate Music Dynamo Competition, peddlers are in the running to win a Jamis Coda Sport. Register via Facebook and 10 peddlers drawn on the day to participate in this event. • 25 Watt Challenge: generate 25 watt hours in 30 minutes to win a prize • Ultimate Music Dynamo: generate the highest watt hours in 60 minutes to

win a Jamis Coda Sport (value $600).

Bought to you by St Ali North, Thunder Road Brewing Company, Hills Cider, Velo Cycles, Jamis Bicycles Leaps and Bounds Festival and more, MUSCYCLE is day of community, fun, sustainability, great food from St Ali North, valet bike parking and tuning from Velo, and the of course, music.

Sunday July 14

12noon – 5pm 815 Nicholson Street (corner of Nicholson St and Park Street) North Carlton

Please tailgate us @ www.twitter.com/muscycle

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 –

Sunday 21 July.

View the latest film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here: https://vimeo.com/68028263

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festival with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

To celebrate the City of Yarra’s newest live music festival ‘Leaps and Bounds’, PBS 106.7FM will be broadcasting live from The Labour in Vain, one of Fitzroy’s most iconic watering holes and live music institutions.

The live broadcast features PBS’ longest running program, David Heard’s Acid Country (Thursdays 3-5pm) in a very special two-hour episode showcasing some of Melbourne’s most treasured country acts playing live from the venue and onto the airwaves amongst punters and regular bar-flies alike.

Joining David on the show will be ramblin’, swingin’, toe-tappin’ bands The Idle Hoes, The Alan Ladds and Raised By Eagles live on air throughout the entire program. This impressive lineup cements the focus that ‘Leaps and Bounds’ hold for its festival; local performers, local venues and local audiences.

 The broadcast kicks off at 3pm sharp and goes through until 5pm. Come down to the Labour in Vain and catch the show in person or tune into PBS 106.7FM to hear all of the action on your airwaves.

ACID COUNTRY LIVE BROADCAST

With The Idle Hoes, The Alan Ladds, Raised By Eagles and your host David Heard.

Thursday, 11^th July from 3-5pm

At The Labour in Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy

FREE ENTRY!

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.

View the latest film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here: https://vimeo.com/68028263

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festival with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and  themusic.com.au.

Make Some Noise – Hip Hop and Electronic Music Workshop

As part of the City of Yarra’s Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, Music Victoria presents ‘Make Some Noise’ – hip hop and electronic music workshops for both emerging and advanced artists.

Practical, real-world advice on topics including getting a gig, management, sampling, getting airplay, press releases, crowdfunding and grant writing for both emerging and advanced hip hop and electronic music practitioners.

Whether you’re an MC, DJ, writer, performer or producer, join our panel of experts for advice and information. Speakers include M-Phazes, Nate Flagrant, Anthony Colombi, Andy Rantzen, Jon Hanlon and Chris Johnston.

There’ll be two sessions to suit both beginners and more advanced artists. All ages welcome! 

Free for Music Victoria members, or just $15 per session for non-members. 



DATE: Saturday 6th July 2013


TIME: 2.00-3.30pm (beginners) and 3.30-5.00pm (advanced)


VENUE:  First Floor – 1/393 Brunswick St Fitzroy

BOOKINGS via www.trybooking.com/52166

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.  

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here: http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

The clock on the silo says 11 degrees.

On the opening night of the Leaps and Bound Music Festival the Yarra Hotel will be home to all that is the City of Yarra in song and spoken word.

RRR’s Jonnie von Goes will present a night of variety extravagance not unlike one of his BBQ Days or his Stopping All Stations Except East Richmond gigs.

Featuring –

The man who has penned more Yarracentric songs than anyone else bar nobody, the stately Yarra Hotel publican Mick Thomas.

Australasian / Balkan TV wrestling leisurewear model balladeer Mikelangelo.

Talei Wolfgram free of the shackles of her sisters. Brown River soul diva.

James Stewart, Liam Stewart and Stewart Farrell. Stewie, Stewie and Stewie.

The king and queen of Melbourne spoken word, Sean M. Whelan and Emily Zoe Baker.

Born and bred above a shop in Brunswick St Fitzroy, rejected from civilised mainland society decades ago. Assumed dead. All the way from a shipping container in Nowhere Tasmania, Anthony Morgan.

The human super glue that binds the Rockwiz Orkestra Mark Ferrie

Bruce Haymes, Ed Bates, Nathan Farrelly, Big Cal McAlpine and more to be announced.

$15 on the door.

Friday 5^th July at the Yarra Hotel, Johnson St Abbotsford.

Show starts around 8, doors open in the morning.

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.  

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au

Winterman & Goldstein, Beat, Tonedeaf and Triple R present

PRESENTATION NIGHT

Whereby PAUL KELLY and BOB MURPHY discuss music, football (and life) at 

THE CORNER HOTEL, WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY 

Part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival

Hosted by FRANCIS LEACH

‘Presentation Night’ is a live talk show that takes football and music as starting points for a discussion about our great obsessions – love, life, how to win the flag and great albums. It’s about learning something new about our heroes, ourselves, and how kicking a ball and writing songs define us.  It all happens live on stage at The Corner Hotel, Richmond.

Under the warm glow of the spotlight, PAUL KELLY (legendary singer/songwriter, author, Norwood FC supporter) and BOB MURPHY (legendary Western Bulldog, newspaper columnist, music fan) come together to discuss their mutual love of music and footy at length in ways that are philosophical, funny and surprising.

Ably guided by music and sport obsessive FRANCIS LEACH (ABC Grandstand Breakfast), Presentation Night will tackle the big issues: what similarities are there between the professional musician and the professional footballer? How do friendships form in footy and in music? Is there any similarity in the discipline of training and in forcing oneself to sit down and write a song? Is there any room for the true maverick in either field any more? Let’s find out about Bob’s favourite albums and Paul’s favourite footballers – and much, much more.

‘Presentation Night’ was born of desire to talk about two much-loved obsessions together in a public forum. In a football and music-loving town where the two pursuits are so often followed with equal passion, it makes perfect sense. To have two greats in their field talk about their love of both capers together gives us a chance to learn something new about them beyond the usual reportage of their endeavors.

Their conversation will last longer than a tweet – and that’s the point. A bit of meandering and a touch of digression will be encouraged.  It’s the equivalent of the slow food movement for Sherrin kickers and string strokers.  It’s a chance to learn something new about the role that footy and music play in our protagonists’ lives, and with a bit of luck, maybe even a bit about how kicking a ball and writing songs can come to define us.

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.  

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Leaps & Bounds Music Festival is happy to inform you of the best reason yet to jump out of bed and in to the chaos of a Melbourne weekend in Fitzroy –

Morning Ritual Sleeps In!

Morning Ritual Sleeps In is a series of weekend gigs at midday co-presented by Bird and Aarght Records.

The venue is the highly unlikely but perfect for the occasion Copacabana at 137 Smith St, Fitzroy.

Gigs run from midday to 4pm, each showcasing two bands. Highlights include The UV Race’s first gig back after their US tour, the first local gigs for Beaches and Super Wild Horses since their sold-out album launches and a rare appearance by the Ooga Boogas.

There will also be DJs, a record fair with low priced remaindered stock from local independent record companies, Bloody Marys and Sticky Fingers Bakery. The five shows are supported by Mountain Goat and Vodka O.

Entry is only $5 and here’s the full band and DJ schedule:

Saturday 6 July

THE UV RACE

EARLY WOMAN

+ DJs Woody McDonald & Joe Kokomo

Sunday 7 July

SUPER WILD HORSES

TERRIBLE TRUTHS

+ Twerps DJs

Saturday 13 July

BEACHES

AUSMUTEANTS

+ Deaf Wish & Zond DJs

Sunday 14 July

NUN

EASTLINK

+ DJs Mike Squires & Max Crumbs

Saturday 20 July

OOGA BOOGAS

EXHAUSTION

+ Psychedelic Coven DJs

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.

View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra with local music personalities and industry insiders here:

http://vimeo.com/67597834

Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria and media partners Inpress, PBS and themusic.com.au.

*The attached photo is of Beaches.

The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival kicks off on Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July at over 50 traditional venues and the emphasis of the festival is local – local performers and local audiences.

The participating venues announced so far include:

Abbotsford Convent, Bar Open, Barleycorn Hotel, Bendigo Hotel, Boite World Music Café, Corner Hotel, Empress Hotel, Eureka, Evelyn Hotel, First Floor, Fitzroy Bowling Club, Fox Hotel, Gasometer, Gertrudes Brown Couch, Grace Darling Hotel, Great Britain Hotel, Grumpy’s Green, Labour In Vain, Laundry,  Luwow, Night Cat, Old Bar, PBS FM Studio 5, Rainbow Hotel, Rochester Hotel, Some Velvet Morning, Standard Hotel, The Vic Hotel, Tote Hotel, Uptown Jazz Café, Workers Club, Yah Yah’s and Yarra Hotel.  More venues are expected to be announced as the festival nears.

Each venue has programmed their own entertainment for the festival and will be ticketing their own shows. 

The Corner Hotel, the biggest participating venue in Leaps & Bounds, long known for delivering the best of both local and international bands to audiences in the City of Yarra, has  a huge lineup over the festival period. 

They’ve included plenty of local content with  Dick Diver and The Twerps on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July (first show sold out, second selling fast), Goldfields  on Saturday 13 July, Kingswood on Thursday 18 July – both selling fast – and Airbourne on Saturday 20 July (sold out). 

A special matinee double bill with Mikelangelo & The Tin Star with the Black Eyed Susans has been announced on Sunday 7 July at 1pm, featuring an afternoon full of surprise guests and collaborations.  This show will also feature dream pop chanteuse St Clare and dark western rockers The ghtiest Of Guns.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg!  Check with your favourite City of Yarra venue to see what special treats they have in store during Leaps & Bounds and keep an eye on www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for a full program, more details and information as the event nears.

Find your way around the festivals’ venues with Music Victoria’s free Melbourne Music City app available on iTunes or Google Play.

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is proudly presented by City of Yarra, Music Victoria & PBS.

*Attached pic: Mikelangelo & The Tin Star.