Splore 2010
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Date: 19-21 Feb 2010 (3 days and 2 nights)
Location: Tapapakanga Regional Park (one hour south of Auckland CBD) Cost: $185+bf, youth Tickets $85 but you need a legal guardian.
Music Lineup: BASEMENT JAXX (DJ Set), LUPE FIASCO, DBRIDGE, DUBFX, JAMIE LIDELL (UK), KID CARPET (UK), MYSTRO (UK), THE GASLAMP KILLER (USA), DANIEL HAAKSMAN (GER), 10 SUI (UK), SOLA ROSA, MINUIT, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE, KING KAPISI, PITCH BLACK, NATHAN HAINES, CLAP CLAP RIOT, OLMECHA SUPREME, SPIKEY TEE, SIX60, MIKKI DEE, KIDZ IN SPACE, NORTH SHORE PONY CLUB, EASY, THE NUKES
Facilities: General camping, themed camping, family camping, campervans and mobile homes welcome, markets and organic food stalls, bars, swimming in the sea and fresh water lagoon. The Splore living lounge provides a diverse range of entertainment, enlightenment and education including spken word, comedy, theatre, music, film and workshops.
Music and: performance, burlesque and cabaret, art and sculpture, film screenings, workshops, Kids zone and more
Environment: "Splore 10 is a biennial outdoor festival devoted to art, culture and community.
Staged at the stunning Tapapakanga Regional Park, the venue offers safe swimming on a pohutukawa fringed coast line, with fresh water lagoons, stunning vistas over to the Coromandel Peninsula and a general idyllic place to chill and party. With main stage located right on the beach, festival attendees can dance or float to a plethora of world class local and international music. Splore creates the ultimate festival experience catering to a wide range of styles and tastes with a well designed festival programme. Splore offers its audience the opportunity to chill and relax or party all night, whatever you seek at Splore you're bound to find it.
Splore is a truly multi-layered arts festival, successfully integrating music, arts and performance.
Splore reflects its definition as defined in the dictionary: Merry making festivities, carousing and frolicking OR a good going session."
Other Info: Recycle all your rubbish, car pooling encouraged, no vehicles in camping area, no fires or glass on site, eftpos and cash out facilities.
Festival Theme: Midsummer Nights Dream 2050. Come ride with us into your future in our 2050 Midsummer Nights Dream, where Splorists has created a future Planet filled with delicious species all harmoniously partying together in our little piece of paradise. More info coming soon, but get your thinking caps on and start getting those wayout costumes ready for action.
