Newtown Festival: Deep Sea Arcade

Answered by: Nic Mckenzie

Presumably you’ve been to the Newtown Festival before, what’s your best memory? Newtown Festival = Sexual Energy. I remember one year being invited to have an orgy with two older Spanish dudes. My girlfriend at the time wasn’t so keen on the idea so I had to politely decline.

What’s first and why – bands or stalls or bars? Definitely bands. Newtown festival always curate the best line-up of bands. They haven’t disappointed for years.

Favourite spot at the festival to chill and watch the world go by? Definitely up on that wall that divides the park from the spooky graveyard with glass all on the top!

What would be your entry into the dog show? I’d probably enter our drummer, Xavier. He’s kind of the human embodiment of ‘What-a-mess’ – the accident-prone Afghan hound that children have been reading about for years. He’s also a dog-walker on the side.

Aside from the festival, what are your favourite Newtown locations? I just adore going to Visions, this awesome new night held at Waywards Bar above The Bank. It’s fabulous up there.

You’re off stage and post-set, where’s your next stop at the festival? Hmmm, it’s gotta be between longnecks in the graveyard or the beer garden at the Courthouse. I think the graveyard.

When and where are you performing on the day? We are headlining the Federation Stage.