2008 Festival Calendar
STREET ARTS DAY/CIRCUS DAY
SATURDAY 11 Oct
STREET ARTS DAY/CIRCUS DAY
The streets are alive with weird and wonderful characters roaming Crown Street Mall and MacCabe Park. They take wild flights of fancy inspired by this year Viva la Gong’s theme Flight. Time: 10am – 3pm |
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Creative Arts Fair 10am – 3pm
Works for sale by local artists and crafts people - MacCabe Park
Viva Poetry 11am – 5pm
Free poetry event at the Wollongong City Art Gallery
Click here to see the Viva Poetry Program
Meet the Creators – in conversation with
MC Chris Latham Viva la Gong Artistic Director
and Wollongong City Gallery Director: Craig Judd
Time: 5 - 5.45pm
Venue: Circus Monoxide Big Top
Tickets: FREE
PRAYER BELLS by Constantine Koukias’s
Time: 6 - 7pm
Venue : Pioneer Hall, MacCabe Park
Tickets: Adult $25, $15 concessions
VX18504
created by Meryl Tankard, performed by The Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP)
Time: 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee 2pm
(Also Thu 9, Fri 10 at 7.30pm)
Venue: IPAC IMB Theatre
Tickets: Adult $39 / $22 concession
Group discount (10 or more) $22
Circus Cabaret
Don't miss this unique show featuring internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Elena Kats-Chernin and Circus Monoxide, as well as singer / comedian Drew Fairley and Nick Rheinberger and his Galvanised Guitar. Elena Kats-Chernin, a long time collaborator of Meryl Tankard, will perform a unique blend of tangos, rags, klezmer, blues and cabaret, paired with breathtaking acts by Cirque Du Soleil's Natalie Harris and Jane Davis from Circus Monoxide.
(90 mins no interval)
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Late Night Festival Hub – MacCabe Park
Tickets: $15 and $10 concession
Highlight Event – Viva Acoustic
Time: 8 – 9.30pm ARTISTS |
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VIVA DANCE – sponsored by Dancespace 383
Featuring World Class salsa champions……. Students of Adam Reeve
Time: 9.30pm til late
Venue: Late Night Festival Hub – MacCabe Park
Tickets: Adults $10 – TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Gerard Masters Trio at 313
Gerard Masters piano with Cameron Undy on Bass, and Evan Manell on drums
Date: Sat 11 Oct
Time: 7.30pm
Venue:
313 Studio,
1-5 Miller Street Coniston
Ticketed Event
Ticket costs $15 gen, $12 IIMA, $10 students.
Tickets will be available in advance at the conservatorium as well as at the door on the evening. Pre-booking is highly recommended as seating is limited.
Phone 4228 1122 for tickets and information.
Click here to see Viva Exhibitions
Flight – Bert Flugelman and Andrew Schultz
Regis Lansac - Vita Breve – Photographic exhibition
Lingua Loco – Migratory Flight group exhibition
Viva la Gong Festival is brought to you by Wollongong City Council
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