SCENE & HEARD is creating more than a festival. It’s creating a connection to a time. A time before people cared about ‘likes’, and festival moments weren’t instagram opportunities but collective memories.
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SCENE & HEARD returns for its third year and boasts a multi genre onslaught of hit music anthems on a Summer’s Sunday afternoon!
Big hits, big sounds and even larger memories…. Scene & Heard ticks a few off the bucket list. When you need a break from the hit factories on stage, cruise by with immersive experience, a dabble of the weird and wonderful, Artisan produce made with passion and perseverance, that provide not only a unique taste but immerses you in a multi-sensory experience from food, festival beverage and sights.
The festival will be fully immersive spanning 2 stages:
• The first stage will be dedicated to the LIVE & rockin’ artform – Rock & Roll.
• The second stage will be showcasing the electronic pioneers and mainstays of our time.
This true live music festival, its size and scope will deliver the ultimate experience for those who crave THE SCENE.
SCENE & HEARD FESTIVAL 2022
Sunday March 13 – Wickham Park, Newcastle
*2 STAGES*
This is an 18+ event
GRINSPOON
SPIDERBAIT
RATCAT
FRENZAL RHOMB
COG
TUMBLEWEED
THE PORKERS
CALIGULA
*DON’T COME MONDAY STAGE*
KID KENOBI
DISCOVERY “DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE” SHOW
MINX / DJ FUEL
Main Stage
Don't Come Monday Stage
The Don’t Come Monday Stage – a party zone designed to evoke only the best memories of the boiler room.
Championed this year by DISCOVERY – The Daft Punk Show it features the likes of Kid Kenobi, and Minx to get those Zumba classes into action!
Discover the area -a dimension demolition on your senses for those looking to break way form the norm.
The hotly anticipated line up for SCENE & HEARD has landed in Newcastle this March, festival organisers have locked in a unique line up worthy of an early noughties wet dream. Aussie rock legends Spiderbait are joining the line-up, along with the mighty Tumbleweed, who celebrate their 30th anniversary this year and still go hard as hell. They’re joined by ska favourites The Porkers and acclaimed DJ Kid Kenobi on the new line-up.The line-up is mega, Check it out: Grinspoon, Spiderbait, Ratcat, Frenzal Rhomb, Cog, Tumbleweed, The Porkers, Caligula, Kid Kenobi, Discovery “Daft Punk Tribute” Show, Minx
The festival’s dance tent – the Don’t Come Monday stage – will be in operation again.
The Daft Punk Tribute show, we’ll be doing some extra stretches in preparation. SCENE & HEARD is creating more than a festival. It’s creating a connection to a time. A time before people cared about ‘likes’, and festival moments weren’t instagram opportunities but collective memories.
Local Motions
Fostering local talent and showcasing the personality of Newcastle – The Hunter community. Through this mindset several initiatives have been further developed to be integrated into the festival:
- Local Arts Community
- Local Underground Creative Community
- Local Cultural Icons & Influencers
- Local Retail
- Education & Work Placement Programs
- Hunter TAFE
- Hamilton TAFE
- As always there is a strong focus on involving local business and produce at all levels throughout the festival:
- Food Stalls: Local produce and suppliers
- Arts & Crafts market stalls: Local artists and stallholders
- Bars: Local Staff & Suppliers
- Artists: Local support bands and performers
- Theme and Décor: Local young artists and students
Scene & Heard is indebted to Newcastle for its continued patronage and looks forward to helping sustain the vibrant community into the future.