Reviews
Essential Festival @ Oxford Art Factory and Exchange Hotel, Sydney (25/04/09)
by Zol-tan, 28th April, 2009
The turntables were hung out to dry, as a packed Oxford Art Factory played host to a killer line-up of Australian bands.
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Spod
by Analog, 24th April, 2009
One-man party machine (and occasional full band) Spod has begun 2009 on a high.
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The Jezabels
by Analog, 23rd April, 2009
For Sydney outfit The Jezabels, downtime is a rare luxury. FL chats to lead lady Hayley ahead of The Essential Festival.
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Essential Festival returns
by JackT, 9th March, 2009
Annual Easter bash Essential Festival is back for another round in 2009, with a stellar line-up and a new home on Oxford Street.
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Essential Festival @ Gaelic Theatre and surrounds, Sydney (25/04/08)
by Manic, 5th May, 2008
Essential Festival: an assault on the ears from a highly diverse and talented line-up, showcasing the quality of our local emerging talent.
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Essential Festival full line-up
by JackT, 9th April, 2008
This month the truthfully-named Essential Festival returns to Sydney and debuts in Melbourne. The completed bills for each city have now been revealed - and there's much to love.
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Essential Festival - now with free CD!
by cecbuzz, 28th March, 2007
As if the line-up for Essential Festival wasn't good enough already to tempt you into buying a ticket - now those canny folk have added the extra temptation of a free cd sampler of tasty goodness to entice you into parting with your hard earned
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The Essential Festival is back!
by cecbuzz, 14th March, 2007
This Anzac Day, Devonshire Street in Surry Hills will fill to the brim with punters - no they won't be playing illegal games of two-up, they'll be rocking out to the second annual Essential Festival
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The Essential Festival Announce The Second Round Of Performers
by , 30th March, 2006
In just a few short weeks another super-stylin' boutique festival is preparing to hit the Sydney circuit. This new indie-rock event is of course the Essential Festival, which plans to take of the Devonshire St site in Surry Hills to incorporate three of t
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A New Boutique Festival For Sydney... It's Essential!
by , 23rd March, 2006
You're probbaly thinking "the last thing Sydney (and my pocket) needs is ANOTHER boutique festival!" Right? Well, we think you're wrong... with Sydney being the large artistic and creative musical haven that it is, another festival is just what we need!