Rhythm and Vines New Year 08-09
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Date: 29th December 2008 - 1st January 2009 (3 Nights, not one like the last few years)
Location: Waiohika Estate, Gisborne Cost: Listen up, it's complicated. 3 day event $145 (prices go up later in the year), Single Day entry (Not New years Eve) $65, New years eve $135
Tickets: online only through the R&V website.
Music Lineup (4 Stages): PUBLIC ENEMY (USA), LADYHAWKE (NZ/UK), FUR PATROL, THE TUTTS, CONAN MOCCASIN, BEN DAVIS (THE BIONICS (UK), ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE, WELLY PLAYERS CLUB, BLVD NIGHTS, JADE, BEN THROP, DJ HAT, PUBLIC ACCESS (Ben Wah, Tom Sahs USA) DJ SUBSTANCE feat MC HOMEBREW Dylan C, Mat Randomplay, R.I.A, Dean Campbell, P Vans & Steppa D, Acoustic Assassin, Trash Disco, Alex Bull, +1, Tim Livingstone, Elm, Ollus, Jonas Te aho, Toby Burrows, Sean Murray, Lewis Mearns, The Missing Link, Gavin S, Beat Company, Beat Mafia, Exile and JFG, Anna Macdonald, Richard Alexander, Nervous Surgeons, Franz Ferdinand (UK), Jamie Liddell (UK), The Datsuns, Adam Freeland (UK), Anika Moa, A-Trak (CAN), Katchafire, Busy P & DJ Medhi (FRA), Vinyl Slingers (AUS), Santogold (USA), Late of the Pier (UK), DJ Nu Mark (JURASSIC 5 - USA), Cut Copy (AUS), The Cribs (UK), Antiform LIVE & MC Twin Cam, Ladi 6 (MC & DJ Set), DJ Switch (UK), Aquasky (UK), South Rakkas Crew (USA), An Emerald City, Batrider, DJ Audit (CAN), Soane, Olmecha Supreme, Blackbird, Module LIVE, Brazil Beat Soundsystem, 38:40 DJ Collective, Dj Lotion, The Mystery Jets (UK), Fort Knox Five (USA), Sampology feat Tom Thumb (AUS), Anna Coddington, Motocade, Emerson Todd (AUS), The Coshercot Honeys, Honey Claws, Daniel Farley, Tim Richards, Disco Not Disco (AUS), Cool Kids Club, The Kooks (UK), Shihad, Digitalism (LIVE) (GER), Carl Cox (UK), Ajax (AUS), Antix (LIVE), Bang! Bang! Eche!, Clap Clap Riot, Cut off Your Hands , Die Die Die, Disasteradio, House of Shem, Jonny Love, Liam Finn, Little Bushman, Lydia Cole, Dick "Magik" Johnson, Over the Atlantic, P Money, Recloose LIVE, SJD, So So Modern, The Black Seeds, The Constituents, The Enright House, The Naked and Famous, The Phoenix Foundation, The Ruby Suns, The Secret Knives, Trei, Unity Pacific and more to be announced!
Facilities: R&V is the venue for the event but it does not provide camping so facilities cater for the event only. There are toilets and running water etc but not camping facilities. Baywatch, the camp ground is the main provider here, but accommodation in Gisborne is always heavily booked over this summer holiday period, get in early or book a campervan.
Environment: It's a thriving party and one of the best known new years festivals in new Zealand. Rhythm and Vines isn't a camping event but they allow pitching tents for shade cover and "Power Napping". Rhythm and Vines has been sold out for the last 4 years running. Many crews make a holiday out of it so expect lots people and events around Gisborne at new years. It is the first festival in the world to celebrate the new year. Beautiful people, beautiful weather, all you need for a good new year.
Other Info: R&V is strictly R18 - you will be asked for Photo ID before entry to the festival. Get in early, this will sell out, again. Drinking in the New Zealand sun can really take it out of you so watch out. ;-) Transport from your accommodation to the event can be tricky because you can't drink and drive but busses will be available if you buy a bus pass with your ticket.
