Get your regional rock on withThe FReeZACentral Tour

Sun 11th Feb, 2007 in Local News

The FReeZACentral Tour is set to rock the towns of Mildura, Shepparton and Horsham with three intense lineups providing drug, smoke and alcohol free entertainment in the month of March.



This essential all ages regional tour is organised by young people, for young people; 50 young participants in the FReeZACentral mentoring program giving young people hands-on experience in the music industry. This year’s FReeZACentral tour events are partnered with regional festivals, and the result of young people making creative and youth-relevant contributions to local community festival events.



The FReeZACentral Tour hits Mildura on Saturday March 3, Shepparton on Saturday March 17 and Horsham on Friday March 23.



Mildura: Saturday March 3 from 7.30pm to 10.30pm



FReeZACentral presents an opening night concert at the Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival featuring hip hop songsters TZU, melodic storyteller Monique Brumby, local acoustic singer-songwriter Rachel McGlashan plus soundscapes by Damian Ietto and DJ Luke John.



Shepparton: Saturday March 17 from 11am to 11pm



FreeZACentral brings an awesome lineup to the Word and Mouth SHINE Multicultural Youth Festival, organised by the youth of Greater Shepparton. Melodic screamo band The Getaway Plan are joined by Oz hip hop crew TZU and local talent curated by FReeZACentral, all at Shepparton’s S-Cape Skate Park.



Horsham: Friday March 23 from 7.30pm to10.30pm



The free, all ages opening event for The Art Is…Everywhere Festival will feature blues-rock trio The Vasco Era, retro Aussie rockers The Casanovas and local talent curated by FReeZACentral, in the Sound Shell at Horsham’s Sawyer Park.



A free compilation CD will be available at all FReeZACentral tour events featuring the young musicians from FReeZACentral’s mentoring program.



All FReeZACentral tour events are youth and family friendly and are all ages, fully supervised, drug, smoke and alcohol-free events. FReeZACentral is funded by the Department for Victorian Communities and managed by The Push and Mushroom Marketing. FReeZACentral is supported by Victoria University and the Council of Victorian YMCAs.



For further info, head to www.freezacentral.vic.gov.au .