{"id":22,"date":"2004-09-03T23:30:42","date_gmt":"2004-09-03T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=22"},"modified":"2012-03-05T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:16:19","slug":"riverconcert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2004\/09\/riverconcert\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverconcert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year Brisbane has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverfestival.com.au\">Riverfestival<\/a> and this year&#8217;s marks the third that I have been around to actually witness. Some of the more interesting events that they do for this event include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riverfire: The kickoff event that stars the Riverfestival including lots of fireworks and an F111 fly by, followed by a spectacular dump and burn that pretty much ends the night.<\/li>\n<li>The Riverfeast: The city council close down both the Queen Victoria Bridge and (I think) the Goodwill Bridge to make space for a number of the best restaurants in Brisbane. Each restaurant probably hosting around 30-40 people each then runs a killer banquet based around a theme for the night. Although this year&#8217;s one got rained out, this event is usual pretty well sold out.<\/li>\n<li>The Great Brisbane Duck Race: Imagine over 10, 000 yellow rubber ducks floating down the Brisbane River, each vying to beat each other to the end of a 200m stretch pretty much sums up this event. This charity event is run for the Surf Lifesaving Foundation where the winning duck (costing a measly sum of $5) has the chance to a win a new car.<\/li>\n<li>Riverconcert: A free concert sponsored by Telstra featuring four excellent Australian artists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year&#8217;s concert was hosted by DJ Sharif Galal and featured one of my favourite artists, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.endorphinmusic.com\">Endorphin<\/a>. Last year featured a number of bigger names including Groove Terminator and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulmac.com.au\">Paul Mac<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I saw Endorphin at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thezoo.com.au\/\">The Zoo<\/a> two years ago and his gigs are very impressive considering it&#8217;s electronica in nature. The visuals that are projected during his set are complemented by the dancers and the costumes that he has on stage for each song. It&#8217;s a bit difficult to explain the awesome nature of his act, so I&#8217;ll let the pictures do it this time (click on them for bigger versions):  <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/121_2190.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-121_2190.JPG\" alt=\"Funky Design\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/121_2195.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-121_2195.JPG\" alt=\"Spectacular Visuals\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/122_2201.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-122_2201.JPG\" alt=\"Mad Costumes\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/122_2204.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-122_2204.JPG\" alt=\"More Mad Costumes\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/122_2210.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-122_2210.JPG\" alt=\"John Howard Costume\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/122_2216.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/thumb-122_2216.jpg\" alt=\"Political Statements\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year Brisbane has a Riverfestival and this year&#8217;s marks the third that I have been around to actually witness. 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