Aussie acts such as Close Counters and Clash of the Keys are appearing at some highly anticipated events this month, and it’s all for a great cause.
The Australian Conservation Foundation is hosting three events across the East Coast to Save Scott Reef. They’re taking place on Wednesday, 14 October, at Melbourne’s Brunswick Ballroom, Wednesday, 21 October, at Sydney’s Manning Bar, and Wednesday, 28 October, at Brisbane’s The Brightside.
The Melbourne event features a DJ set by Close Counters. Tickets cost just $10 and score punters entry plus a drink upon arrival. Fans can hit the dancefloor and gear up for a night of great music and learning about what’s happening at Scott Reef.
In Sydney, music, comedy, and chaos are what’s on the menu. The evening is headlined by Sez, features a live set from Western Sydney rapper and producer YAWDOESITALL, and is hosted by Milo Hartill, who also hosts the Melbourne event.
Meanwhile, Brisbane hosts Clash of the Keys, opening up a night of duelling pianos, epic singalongs, audience requests, and unforgettable moments, all while working to Save Scott Reef.
You can find tickets for each event via Moshtix (Melbourne), the Manning Bar website, and Oztix (Brisbane).
Scott Reef has been in the news of late after Kevin Parker, ringleader of Tame Impala, wore a Fremantle Dockers shirt on stage last month and blacked out the logo of one of their key sponsors, Woodside.
With that move, he revitalised calls for Woodside – the Perth-based fossil fuel company – to be dropped as one of Fremantle Dockers’ major sponsors.
The company has recently drawn controversy, with the Conservation Council of WA noting that it “plans to drill up to 57 wells at Scott Reef” – an untouched marine ecosystem in Australia that’s home to protected sea creatures such as migrating whales, the green sea turtle, and the dusky sea snake.
Woodside’s drilling plans are part of its Browse gas export proposal, which would reportedly add “1.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution into the atmosphere.”
