The closing weekend of the inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival (July 5 – 21) coincides with the opening weekend of the sixth Gertrude Street Projection Festival (July 19 – 28) and as a result there will be illuminating collaborations in the common cultural precinct.
Late night bar and music venue Yah Yah’s, at 99 Smith Street in Fitzroy, will be hosting cross over events with the projection festival from dusk until dawn. Live music and local visual artists will come together for some unique events which are all free entry.
Money For Rope will be performing a silent show at Yah Yah’s between 6pm – 8pm while artist Joel Zika provides the visual backdrop. The band will only be audible to those wearing the special headphones (available for free at the venue) while they are rocking out on stage. Taking the ‘silent disco’ concept and adapting it to a live band that has two drummers and is known for their energetic live rock and roll show. This is a one off one time only event. All six members of Money For Rope will be using all electronic instruments which will be plugged in directly to the sound desk and transmitted to a headphone frequency to be enjoyed exclusively by headphoned fans while the group perform in cinematic mode. The show is free entry and will be visible through the Yah Yah’s front window to passers by who will be drawn to the wild display.
At 9pm Yah Yah’s will continue to be a multi-media gallery of sound and light when progressive eletro rock combo Black Cab present their club show with visuals by VJ Melt Station who has collaborated with many musicians and festivals for an enhanced sensory experience.
SUNDAY 21ST JULY
AT YAH YAH’S
99 SMITH STREET, FITZROY
LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL & THE GERTRUDE STREET PROJECTION FESTIVAL PRESENT:
6PM – 8PM, FREE ENTRY
MONEY FOR ROPE – SILENT GIG WITH VISUALS BY JOEL ZIKA
9PM – 12AM, FREE ENTRY
BLACK CAB CLUB SHOW WITH VISUALS BY MELT STATION
12AM – 5AM, FREE ENTRY
LEAPS & BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY With late night rock, soul, garage, surf, exotica tunes
For more information go to www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com and www.gspf.com.au
