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Santa's Great, But Have You Got A Christmas Photo With The Download Dog?

Staff Writer

You can count us in fur sure.

Download Festival has your family Christmas picture sorted this year, unveiling photo ops with mascot Download Dog in Sydney and Melbourne this month.

Trade in the crowded shopping centres (and nightmare-inducing carols) and stop by Utopia Records in Sydney on December 14 (12pm–1pm) and Rare Records in Melbourne on December 19 (7pm–8pm) for the festival’s “fur-st annual Download Sans Santa Photo”.

Word has it that Download Dog will be dishing out “fur-ocious treats”, including merch vouchers and tickets to Download 2020 next March, which features My Chemical Romance, Deftones, Jimmy Eat World, Clutch, Ministry, In Flames and stacks more. 

Head to the Download Festival website for more details.