A HITCH TO THE STICKS FESTIVAL
announces extra acts
Cup Weekend In Wangaratta
Is Heating Up!
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A Hitch To The Sticks has revealed that even more badass bands will join their 2019 lineup in November, alongside Tex Perkins & His Fat Rubber Band, Magic Dirt and Stonefield.
Dallas Frasca, Barry Morgan, Taj Farrant and The Songs Of Captain Matchbox join the already bumper lineup for the third iteration of the regional festival on November 1-3 (Melbourne Cup Weekend).
Wangaratta Bpangerang Elder Uncle Freddie will be visiting local schools in the news few weeks to share stories of the Bpangerang land. Students will make art and decorations which they will then use in a Community Parade, led by Uncle Freddie and taking place at the Rodeo Grounds to open up A Hitch To The Sticks on Saturday morning (November 2nd).
Earlier this year, Wangaratta’s Edge FM 102.1 petitioned via Change.org to get local legends The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band to perform at A Hitch To The Sticks. Although the band no longer exists in it’s entirety, Hitch organisers heard the community’s cries and searched high and low for original vocalist Mic Conway who has generously arranged a special one-off line-up under the name of The Songs of Captain Matchbox. The ensemble will play the bands iconic local hit song ‘Wangaratta Wahine’ and many more, especially for the festival (and 700 odd petitioners!).
In order to foster local talent and provide pathways for regional bands, the Regional Hitchers band competition has invited regional acts to showcase throughout the year and will also host it’s Grand Final on October 5th (judges include Vika Bull and more TBA), with the winning band or artist opening the main stage at the Rodeo Grounds for A Hitch To The Sticks Festival 2019.
Festival organiser Dallas Frasca will also join the lineup, and bring an expanded seven-piece band to the Rodeo Grounds on Saturday November 7 and finally, New South Wales based ten year old guitar prodigy, Taj Farrant (recently seen on The Ellen Show and Australia’s Got Talent) will blow people’s minds with his incredible shredding skills, as the mystery band is revealed for the Moyhu Hotel on the Friday night.
A Hitch To The Sticks was born when Wangaratta-bred Australian rock legend/co-festival director Dallas Frasca joined forces with her business partner in crime Renee Delahunty. The pair’s mission? To bring city and regional punters together for a celebration of live music that embraces regional history, local artists and produce, indigenous culture and unique event spaces while utilising Wangaratta’s spectacular country landscape as its backdrop.
A Hitch To The Sticks captured the imagination of the Australian music industry when it launched the out of the box concept of offering 50 lucky punters a once in a lifetime experience to travel from Melbourne’s CBD, three hours north-east on a three-day musical bus safari,to discover the hidden gems of the Wangaratta region. AHTTS provides an action packed weekend with 9 events, 6 VIP events exclusive to the bus ticket holders. With Dallas as your host, VIP passengers will have exclusive access to secret locations, celebrity hitchhikers, singalongs and maybe even the adventure of your life. 50% of the Bus tickets to the 2019 Hitch To The Sticks Festival have sold so you best get in quick to secure “Not so much a ticket, but a portal to the greatest weekend of my life!” – Punter
For those unable to get on the bus don’t despair A Hitch To The Sticks has three public events over the weekend, that will have a little something for everyone. You can attend all three for a discounted price by snapping up a weekend pass!
AHTTS ran two enormously successful events across North East Victoria in 2018 with music lovers treated to exclusive performances by renowned Australian and international headliners including, but not limited to, Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe), Kate Ceberano, Jebediah, Killing Heidi and Tim Rogers (You Am I). The March incarnation of A Hitch To The Sticks attracted a staggering 4,600 music fans to events, injecting over $392,000 into the local economy.
As part of A Hitch To The Sticks’ ongoing commitment to reinvigorating the North East Victorian live music scene, The Rodeo Grounds (behind the Showgrounds) will be activated as a brand new live music location for the region and will be host to one of the three, huge family-friendly events that’s set to take place over the Melbourne Cup weekend as a part of the program.
With much more to be revealed, Frasca says: “Renee and I knew how special The Rodeo Grounds were as soon as we entered the gates – surrounded by big trees, and green grass, hugged by the mighty Ovens River and the Bulawah Trail to lead you there – we knew it was the perfect place to host one of the biggest live music events Wangaratta has ever seen! We believe the community will love and embrace this space as their own, and we and are so pumped to reveal the incredible line-up we have curated. We can guarantee that there’s something in it for everyone.”
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FRIDAY – NOV 1st 2019 – MOYHU HOTEL LINE UP
ELLA HOOPER
THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS
TAJ FARRANT (10yr old guitar prodigy)
ALAN FLETCHER (DR KARL – NEIGHBOURS)
JO JO SMITH
LEE ROSSER
RUBY VIDOR
SATURDAY – NOV 2nd 2019 – RODEO GROUNDS LINE UP
TEX PERKINS & HIS FAT RUBBER BAND
MAGIC DIRT
STONEFIELD
DALLAS FRASCA
THE SONGS OF CAPTAIN MATCHBOX (Performed By Mic Conway & His Band)
HAT FITZ & CARA
GLITTER BITCH CLUB
NORTH-EAST HITCHERS WINNER
N.E VIC EMERGING ARTISTS SECOND STAGE
COMMUNITY PARADE (lead by Bpangerang Elder Uncle Freddie)
SUNDAY – NOV 3rd 2019 – MALT SHED, WANGARATTA LINE UP
DALLAS CRANE
BACHELOR GIRL
COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS feat. RALEIGH WILLIAMS
EMILEE SOUTH
BARRY MORGAN
EMILEE SOUTH
MINNIE MARKS
VIP BUS EXPERIENCE ONLY
DR KARL (NEIGHBOURS)
GLITTER BITCH CLUB
LIV CARTLEDGE
JO JO SMITH
RUBY VIDOR
BARRY MORGAN
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AMNPLIFY – JD
My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.
Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.
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