Luminate Festival, New Zealand The Gathering was New Zealand's biggest and best outdoor dance party, which was held every New Year for six years between 1996 and 2001. This is the first Gathering documentary and was made about the 97/98 event, which was held at the magical Canaan Downs site on top of Takaka Hill near Nelson.
The documentary includes behind-the-scenes views of the setup and running of the party; the wild and crazy days and nights of the party itself; interviews with the crew, and you - the party animals; and interviews with "grown-ups" like the Mayor of Tasman District and the local police.
We hope you enjoy it and that it brings back some awesome rave memories. Check out the new Gathering archives website at http://www.thegathering.co.nz for more Gathering-related goodness! And be nice humans :)
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Luminate Festival 2013 - www.luminatefestival.co.nz
Luminate is an 8 day, earth-friendly gathering of music, arts and culture. 5 zones of world class international & kiwi music features live bands, electronic producers, djs & vjs, tribal drumming and acoustic musicians. 5 zones of workshops on everything from permaculture, yoga, circus skills, alternative health to african dance and music production. Plus healing hub, crafts & food market, and spacious camping in the epic hobbit landscape of Canaan Downs.
Live Stage includes Adham Shaikh (USA), Mamaku Project, Underskore Orkestra (USA), Knights of the Dub Table, Carolina Moon, Beyondsemble, Mundi, Rhythmonyx, Nigel Gavin, Karen Hunter, Irie Vibes, Matiu te Huki, Diwata, Chimuka, Mama Yeva, and many more to be announced.
Internationally renowned electronic producers include Yotopia (Iboga), Lish (Iboga), Love & Light (USA), Commercial Hippies (Nano), Kalya Scintilla (Aus), D-Sens (Fr), Antix, Grouch, Nomad, Isaac Chambers, Merkaba (Zenon) and lots more.
Check out the E-zone line up on the Luminate website for details of the wicked DJs, VJs and producers cranking the beats day and night.
World grooves, gypsy, pacific, maori, celtic, indigenous, folk, roots, reggae, jazz, funk, fusion, dub, breaks, psytrance, tech house, progressive, minimal, glitch-hop, dubstep, electro-swing, nu-jazz, ambient, ethnic beats, and tribal rhythms.
5 zones of music: Live Stage - Electronic Zone - Tribal - Chillout Lounge - Village stage
5 zones Workshops: Permaculture, Bio Dynamics, Yoga, Aikido, Jikyo Jutsu, Qi Gong, Holistic health, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Native plant medicine, Harakeke, Maori Legends, African dance, to Bellydancing and lots more. At night a selection of enlightening movies & documentaries are screened.
Music workshops: Celtic guitar, Irish low whistle, Irish bouzouki, African drumming, Didgeridoo, songs of medieval Spain, Indian Vocalisation, Kirtan, Stagecraft, Improvisation, and Electronic music production using Abelton Live and Logic.
A dedicated circus zone hosts sessions on juggling, poi, staff, slackline, unicycling, stilts, whip cracking, silks/aerial, acrobalance, hulahoop, and lots more; most are suitable for kids and adults. At night the zone transforms into spectacular choreographed fire performances, and look out for the many roving performers too.
The Healing Hub not only hosts a popular schedule of workshops on alternative health, but you can also book yourself in for a massage with one of the numerous healers.
Kids are well catered for with an array of activities scattered throughout the event.
You can also read the festival booklet online here: http://issuu.com/luminate/docs/luminate_festival_booklet_2013
Other earth-friendly features at Luminate include the highly regarded composting toilets, building with natural & recycled materials, re-using resources, eco solutions for hot water and showers, earth oven cooking, and solar power.
In the interests of safety and to reduce rubbish, Luminate is non-alcohol. The atmosphere is so charged that most people don't seem to miss it at all.
Get a glimpse into life at Luminate in a short 8 minute documentary: www.luminatefestival.co.nz/photo-and-video-galleries/videos-2012/luminate-festival-eco-documentary
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Tickets
Early Bird tickets ($185), save $65 on the full price.
Advance - Standard tickets are $225, and Full Price at the Gate $250.
Youth tickets are available for 14-18yrs at $85, I.D. is required at the gate, and 16 yrs and under need an adult guardian.
Children (0-13yrs) and Seniors (75yrs+) can attend for free.
Tickets to Luminate 2013 cover camping for 8 days, admission to the festival including entrance to all workshops, access to activities & amenities, plus a contribution to the sustainable land management of Canaan Downs.
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Luminate Festival, New Zealand Luminate Festival - Eco Documentary 2012
Luminate's eco documentary features interviews from festival organisers, musicians, presenters and performers, plus music and highlights from the previous two years, providing an insight into environmental initiatives and the motivation behind Luminate Festival.
Luminate is a music, arts and cultural festival based in Golden Bay, New Zealand.
Featured music in the doco includes Adham Shaikh (Canada), Beats Antique (USA), Chimuka (NZ), Emeralds and Greenstone (NZ), Jamie Janover (USA), Oka (Australia) and Pacific Curls (NZ).
Earth-friendly strategies are fundamental to Luminate and permeate all strands of the festival, from composting toilets, organic food, building with natural & recycled materials, to waste minimisation and re-using resources.
"We realized that festivals and seasonal gatherings have always played an important role in building creative, resilient, self-reliant communities. So we felt that organizing a music, arts and cultural festival, with an added focus on sharing skills and knowledge, and environmental sustainability, would be a good medium for inspiring positive change." jules harper, director.
Luminate is now in its sixth year, and the family-friendly festival has become one of the event highlights of the New Zealand summer in the Nelson-Tasman district.
"There are so many eco-initiatives at Luminate, it has proved impossible to fit them all into a short 8 minute film, and the best way to embrace these ideas is to attend the festival, which serves as a living workshop with solutions on how to live more sustainably. We would like to make a longer feature documentary on more aspects of the festival. However this short doco is a good opportunity to convey some of the strategies that we believe can make a difference to how we look after our environment." rita davies, director.
Check out the Luminate Festival website for more information, and more great photos and videos www.luminatefestival.co.nz
If you are interested to attend Luminate Festival, the dates are 30th Jan -- 6th Feb 2013, Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Golden Bay, Aotearo-New Zealand.
Luminate Festival Trust would like to thank the Nelson Environment Center and the Tasman District Council for their support and funding contributions; aj hickling, charlie fox, jay horton and steffan lorenz for filming; adham shaikh, adriana foreman, alan jansson, beats antique, bunny hoopstar, frenchy, jules harper, martine bouillir, rita davies for being interviewed in the documentary;
and Pheye Creative for editing and production www.pheye.co.nz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdttqed9NFU 0 0 | |
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