Southern Comfort presents a unique homage to its birthplace, New Orleans, with a fancy dress party inspired by the spirit of New Orleans Carnivale. So summon your creative juices this summer, start making your outfits and get ready for SoCo Carnivale!
SoCo Carnivale is a confetti-drenched, royal encounter of bee-bop, honky tonk and Cajun thunder that blows like a 50 billion watt circuit cable straight into your side of town this February featuring the mammoth orchestral party collective known simply as The Polyphonic Spree. Also joining this fancy dress French jazz parade is The New Orleans Bingo! Show, direct from New Orleans Mardi Gras. For over half a decade now, The Polyphonic Spree have been cutting a singular swath through the pop culture landscape, spreading a positive energy that makes people scratch their heads and ask questions while presenting music that's colourful to the ears. The robes may be gone for now but a purposeful and exhilarating experience is here to stay. Tim DeLaughter and his touring party of eighteen take the party wherever they go; in February they will be bringing it to Australia and you are invited to join the parade.
Adding 100% authenticity to the Big Easy feel will be The New Orleans Bingo! Show, a curious spectacle, a thrilling phenomenon and one of the very finest entertainments on the theatrical stage. The New Orleans Bingo! Show is a multimedia stage experience that includes original black and white silent films, dancers, ingénues, audience interaction, bingo games, slapstick comedy and shady characters who remind you that every stage door opens into a dark alley. Ringleader – or ringmaster – Clint Maedgen, a Louisiana native and sixteen-year New Orleans resident, describes the show as “a wild nightmare hidden in a heart-shaped box of chocolates. I last saw it riding a fiery stallion, headed down that golden highway of dreams.”
All in all it is set to be one rollicking night of fancy dress, great music and some weird and wonderful characters popping into a venue near you.
Tour dates are:
Friday 19th February Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane QLD Saturday 20th February Playground Weekender Sydney NSW Friday 26th February Fremantle Arts Centre Fremantle WA Saturday 27th February The Forum Theatre Melbourne VIC
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Adelaide Big Day Out. We were staying in the same hotel as other artists and I came downstaris to go to the after party and a big crowd was surrounding Aracde Fire and Bjork at the grand piano in the restaurant of the hotel. They were doing old show tunes and everyone was singing along. The lead singer of Arcade Fire was playing piano and everyone was singing along. I recall Buddy Holly's 'Everyday It's Getting Closer', a couple of ABBA songs and some John Lennon, it was very cool. Favourite festivals moments though are just when it's a good show with good reactions, where you don't have to think too much on stage and lose yourself.
Ideal Lineup? I'd have bands that would never be seen on the same stage because they've long since broken up or died, I'd have Blur opening the festival followed by the Smiths who would reform for my music festival, and At The Drive In would finish the day just when I was drunk enough to dance like they can.
Fave artist you've seen at a Music Festival? Rage Against The Machine. Also, Brand New who are a vastly under rated band from New York that played at Big Day Out. I saw them pretty much without fail at every Big Day Out and they were astounding, and to use the the cliche, quite inspiring. I've ripped off many of their moves since then!
Tips for attending Music Festivals Don't break your neck. Don't worry too much about getting to the front for every band you want to see. It's probably better to pick 4 or so that you can really absorb as opposed to having cursory glances at every one. It's like any 'day out' it's best to pace yourself, don't go mental and try to see everything, relax and take it all in.
My Festival Experience
