UNSW Oktoberfest 2010 ticketed for the first time…

Ian Carey (USA) * Jonathan Boulet * The Jezabels * Watussi * Snob Scrilla Sound System * Tom Piper * Andy Murphy * Timmy Trumpet * Act Yo Age * Adam Bozzetto * Mr Wilson * Cassian * Def Rok * DJ Zannon * DJ Samurai * VMan & Cruz * Hardforze * X Dream * Pee Wee Ferris * DJ Suae* DJ Anuj * Gabriel Clouston * STDJ * DJ Sachin * Oom Pah Pah

TICKETS:

$10 Arc Members – 13 SEPT @ 9AM (On campus UNSW)
$20/ UNSW Students - 15 SEPT @ 9AM (On campus UNSW)
$30 Gen admission – 4 OCT @ 9AM (www.ticketek.com.au)

With a reputation as the best annual student party in Sydney, UNSW Oktoberfest 2010 organisers have implemented pre-event ticket sales for the first time in the event’s 27-year history.

“Oktoberfest had to turn 2000 people away last year when capacity was reached within two hours, so we decided to change our ticketing system this year,” Roundhouse manager Shelley Valentine said.

2010’s line up is a solid mix of dance and electro, indie, hip hop and RnB. Headlining the bill will be Ian Carey (USA), The Jezabels, Jonathan Boulet, Watussi, Snob Scrilla Sound System.

UNSW OKTOBERFEST 2010
4pm til Midnight -14 OCT
5000 punters / 20 bands / DJs / 7 bars / 5 stages
www.unswoktoberfest.com

Line up

Ian Carey
He's a double platinum selling artist. He’s sold over a million records across every format. He's DJ’d in over 50 countries, produces the biggest house anthems and runs his own label. A DJ at heart with a rich musical history, Ian Carey is a legendary key player on the house scene worldwide.
www.iancarey.com
www.myspace.com/djiancarey

The Jezabels
In a town drowning in hipster indie bands, Sydney’s Jezabels continue to standout with their classic indie-pop sounds and unique ambition and energy. Expect elegant female vocals, classic piano chords and frenzied drumming.
www.thejezabels.com
www.myspace.com/jezabelsband

Jonathan Boulet
A precociously inspired 21-year-old skate rat from Sydney’s northwest, Jonathan Boulet makes a brand of ceremoniously uplifting deeply colourful pop that sounds like something for which you’ve been searching but never thought you’d find.
www.jonathanboulet.com
www.myspace.com/jonathanboulet

Watussi
Straight out of Bondi comes this 8-piece, Afro-Colombian rock and roots massive. Taking their name from the Cuban slang for "The most handsome man at the party", Watussi has taken the Australian festival and live music scene by storm.
www.watussi.com.au
www.myspace.com/watussimusic

Snob Scrilla Sound System
Snob Scrilla & Tom Piper are two crafty mutha-lickas; together they mash up genres and tear apart dancefloors. Everyone from rockers to hip-hoppers and indie hipsters will be partying to hip-hop beats, electro wails and indie cool.
www.djtompiper.com www.myspace.com/djtompiper
www.snobscrilla.com www.myspace.com/snobscrilla

Andy Murphy
When Andy Murphy's not busy melting faces off at festivals like Summadayze, Pacha, Two Tribes, Godskitchen and Stereosonic, he's holding down a residency at Australia’s biggest weekly club night, Onelove. Murphy's supported dance heavyweights from Felix Da Housecat, Roger Sanchez, Carl Cox, MYNC Project and many more. Expect dancefloor-destroying mixes come Oktoberfest 2010.
www.andymurphy.com.au
www.myspace.com/andymurphy

Competition tickets / Giveaways

Keen to run a competition in your publication? So are we. Send comp ticket requests to Michael Collins m.collins@arc.unsw.edu.au

Media Passes

Come and hang at Oktoberfest and see what the Roundhouse has to offer. We’ll have a few cheeky beers and see where the night goes. Probably the dance floor.

RSVP to Michael Collins m.collins@arc.unsw.edu.au by Friday 10 October.

www.unswoktoberfest.com

END MEDIA RELEASE

Background

Oktoberfest is a UNSW tradition. It’s a beer-fest without the bogans and a music festival iconic with students ready to don their dirndls, dance and drink like Germans.

1983 - In the beginning
Its beginnings are… blurry. A few hundred UNSW students, an oom-pah-pah band, a lot of beer and no liquor laws - it was the 80’s, you connect the dots.

1990’s – That escalated quickly
From this boozy start the party grew and so did its reputation. By the time we were in “the recession we had to have”, you couldn’t fit anymore steins, bratwurst, lederhosen or dirndls into its traditional home; UNSW’s Squarehouse - It was time to move.

2000’s – Turn it to 11
After making its home the Roundhouse in 1996, Oktoberfest exploded into the noughties, with thousands of students ‘’making German party’’ on multiple dancefloors and bars to acts such as The Lost Valentinos, Grafton Primary, The Potbelleez, Cassette Kids, Van She Tech, Hook N Sling, Aston Shuffle, Bang Gang, Purple Sneakers DJs and many more.

2009 – The angry mob
Last year Oktoberfest reached capacity (5000) at 7pm, blowing the minds of organisers. 2000 students were turned away in a huff, prompting pre-event ticket sales in 2010.

2010 – Pre-sale tickets
Pre-event tickets are ready to be snapped up by eager students and general German-loving public in the hope they don’t miss what’s always an awesome annual event – ja!

Oktoberfest stats

27 years old / UNSW biggest party / 5000 capacity / 5 stages / 20 bands / DJ’s / 7 bars

On average at Oktoberfest:

200 people employed
30 000 plastic cups used
1500 bratwurst are munched
2000 pretzels make people thirsty
10 000 litres of sweat produced
5 actual Germans turn up (four of them are in the oom pah pah band)
10 lederhosen related injuries
5 men will wear a dirndl
2000 bad pick up lines use
250 pub pashes
200 phone numbers given out
2 loud public break ups
3 light beers are drunk
4 phones lost
5 shoes disappear
10 fake id’s confiscated
1 streaker
1.5 small Eastern European nations are annexed buy the GERMANS

About the Roundhouse

The Roundhouse UNSW’s Kensington campus can hold 2200 punters (5000 when kitted out for Oktoberfest) and host events ranging from major dance parties, comedy, theatre, conferences, private parties and sold-out gigs for Aussie and international acts.

The Roundhouse has had some solid gigs on the books for close to 50 years, from indie to metal, emo to dance, acoustic to comedy - and every other genre your music mate has thought of.

We’ve wet our pants over sets including: INXS, Fatboy Slim, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Greenday, Mastodon, Anthrax, My Chemical Romance, Rise Against, Cobra Starship, Hilltop Hoods, Matisyahu, Cassette Kids, Sarah Blasko, Something for Kate, Josh Pyke, Arj Barker, Will Anderson - the list goes on…

Roundhouse is part Arc @ UNSW, the student organisation on campus. It’s safe to say we throw banging uni parties, but even if you’re not a student, you can come along and get in on the action. For more, hit www.unswroundhouse.com