Editor’s note
Another 30 days have rolled around which means your favourite monthly rag is here, full of even more juicy, finger-lickin, page-turnin’ stories from our own backyard. We thought it couldn’t get any better than this but we outdo ourselves every time! I can’t wait for you to check out who we’ve been chatting to this month.
To get the party started, Fatboy Slim is set to arrive on our shores to bring us his biggest Aussie shows yet; dancing the night away with special guests DJ Seinfeld, CC: DISCO and Jennifer Loveless. He chats about his eclectic journey towards international fame and what really gets a crowd going.
In sad news, Aussie duo Holy Holy are hanging up their halos after more than a decade, but won’t be leaving without saying goodbye; announcing a hiatus tour in May-Juen this year.
March is the month of Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17th-23rd) and International Women’s Day (8th) and, fittingly, all our other features for this edition are written by or about women. Celebrating the art, work and passion of the brilliant women and neurodiverse folk in our region.
Jenn Leonforte is a local sound engineer and designer, diagnosed with autism, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Georgia Fields was recently diagnosed with autism and shares her story navigating accessibility in the music industry, alongside local theatre practitioner, writer and actor Ash Pyke.
Choreographer Rebecca Jensen and performer and composer Aviva Endean are bringing their dance work Slip, where image, sound, and time untether tot consider our entanglement in acts of delay, deferral and doubt.
Local music-lover and founder of Waste Free Events, Jess Hobbs, discusses the importance of sustainability in the music industry and we sat down with local polaroid photographer extraordinaire, Kell Blackmore, who lovingly captures the magical moments of our local music scene with her Silver Fox.
Scrumptious sounds in our album reviews this month arrive from Miami Horror, Bloodywood, Church Tongue, Thndo and Jisoo and our venue spotlight has just as yummy stuff for your belly with Two Sisters Cafe, At the Heads, Mr Peacock and Last One Inn.
Summer may be over but the fun has just begun, grab a drink and a light snack and sit down with Forte Magazine xx
