Sunplugged

The Details:

Coburg will come to life this Earth Hour with PepperTree Place’s ‘Sunplugged’- a music and arts festival which celebrates sustainable living, food production and technology in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

Supported by Moreland City Council’s Celebrating Place Community Grant, this inaugural event will feature live music performances, food production talks, a sustainable technology hub, an interactive art installation and organic food stalls selling zero-food-mile delicacies.

Local musicians will include the likes of acclaimed singer songwriter Liz Stringer, indie-pop specialist Nebraskatak, The Black Harrys, musical duo A Winter Flock of Minors and the all-girl Ladyfinger DJ Collective.

Location: PepperTree Place Community Garden 512 Sydney Road Coburg Vic 3058

Date: Saturday 29th March

Time: 4pm – 9.30pm (Earth Hour – from 8ish -9.30pm)

Cost: FREE

Help keep Sunplugged off the grid by putting your energy in motion with the Magnificent Revolution pedal powered cinema. Explore the plight of the Great Barrier Reef with a special screening of Earth Hour documentary - Lights out for the Reef from 8:30pm.

In the lead up to Sunplugged, make sure you stop by the junction of Sydney Road and Bell Street for the Cornercopia project. Supported by the Coburg Initiative, Cornercopia will be open from the 24th through to the 29th March. Get your hands dirty and help grow this interactive art park.

Kildonan CEO Stella Avramopoulos says, ‘Sunplugged is a truly unique event which we hope will inspire the community to connect with their neighbors while indulging in the music, art and delicious home grown food PepperTree Place has to offer – and perhaps feel inspired to start making sustainable changes at home.’

Run by Kildonan UnitingCare, PepperTree Place is a tranquil and quirky community garden hidden in the heart of busy Coburg. This creatively designed community space boasts a productive kitchen garden, inviting edible classroom, affordable community plant nursery and a pop-up café co-op, all framed by an historic bluestone church and stables.

Sunplugged is an alcohol and drug free event.

Sunplugged needs volunteers:

HI there friends and colleagues,

I am putting out the call far and wide for assistance at this upcoming event – we have lots of volunteer tasks to fulfil at this fantastic inaugural event on Saturday, 29^th March form 4pm. 

Vollie tasks include:

·         Setting up for the day - signage; waste management; tables and chairs; umbrellas etc

·         Graphic design/sign writers – we need signage chalked up for us on our many blackboards – come through the week and see Ross or Tash

·         Cornercopia - the ever evolving sculpture art park being created on PepperTree’s door step at the Bell St/Sydney Rd gate entrance in the garden. Creation starts from Tues 25^th.

·         Food and Hospitality – BBQ cooks; taking orders and serving food; preparing food; handling money; collecting dishes/bussing; cleaning

·         Drinks staff – supporting mocktail bar and off grid drinks

·         Event monitors – general waste management/toilets and hand basin areas

·         Gate entry – giving information, site orientation etc

·         First Aiders – hopefully we won’t require any service here but they have to be onsite just in case!

·         Green Room staff – security and management

·         Workshop/Presentation assistance – coordination; support; welcoming workshop/presenters on site

·         Pedal Powered cinema – requires constant flow of bike riders! Bikes providedJ

 This off grid event is our first Sustainable Music and Arts event and will draw attention to celebrating life in more mindful ways – utilising locally sourced foods, engaging our audience in using public transport or sustainable transport options, use of upcycled materials in to fantastic works of art, using alternate power and energy sources, learning new ways of utilising our own local resources – composting, growing and harvesting and cooking unusual food plants, bamboo construction; engage with a global environmental movement such as Earth Hour and learn more about climate change affecting our own back yard. 

All volunteers at PepperTree events are fed, watered and well looked after – we ask that you commit to at least 3 hours of volunteering.

 Please get in touch with myself if to indicate your commitment to this event as volunteer or ask for further information, send this email on to any people interested in attending the event or volunteering – we love making new friends!!

 Cheers

Tash: 0431 494 773

Ross: 0414 507 311