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.

A wealth of talented local and national indie artists and a stack of spectacular DJs will be strutting their stuff on the day. The Festival takes place across three venue spaces – The Gaelic Theatre, Four Provinces (The Gaelic Club upstairs space) and The Madison Hotel - (Devonshire Street, Surry Hills). This year’s line-up includes acts from New Zealand.

Headlining the all-day event are Sydney electro-rock Gerling, indie supremos Dappled Cities Fly, tart-pop rockers bit By Bats and the recently unearthed punkers Young + Restless..

Full line-up: GERLING – Dappled Cities Fly – Bit By Bats – Young & Restless – The Exploders – Children Collide – Old Man River – The Lovetones – Peabody – Laura Imbruglia – Regular John – Whitley – Belles Will Ring – I Heart Hiroshima – Pomo Mofo – The Paper Scissors, Soft Tigers – Flamingo Crash – Teenagers In Tokyo – Pig Out (NZ) – Dolly Rocker Movement – The Hate Game – Theatre Of Disco – Melanie Horsnell – The Seabellies – The Waysiders – Erin Marshall.

Tickets for the event go on sale Monday March 2007
Presale: $38.50 + BF
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