Events

March 4 2019

Nannup Music Festival 2019

March 1 – 4 2019

It was the 30th Anniversary of the Nannup Music Festival this year and a sold out crowd gathered to celebrate. There was so much for people to see and do and Nannup was buzzing all weekend.

There are six main stages at the festival. The Amphitheatre which is the big main space, Tigerville, The Playground, The Town Hall, The Nannup Hotel and the lovely new space ‘The Secret Garden’. There are also workshop spaces, and beautiful quiet and restorative places in The Arboretum.

Such an interesting and varied lineup of musicians for festival goers to enjoy. There is also bush poetry, yoga, and the very popular Emerging Artists competition and award. Totally Sound are proud sponsors of the second prize for this award, that sees the artist spend some time recording with James Newhouse from Real2Reel. This year this prize went to “Volatus”.

January 26 2019

Australia Day 2019

Another great crowd made their way to central Bunbury for the annual Australia Day celebrations and Skyfest event. It all kicks of early with the ever popular BBQ Aussie Breakfast and the Runners Club Fun Run. This is followed by the Mayors Citizenship and Awards Ceremony, which is always lovely. With the formalities out of the way it is time for some fun and there is something for everyone. Live music, activities, great food, rides, Sideshow Alley all finishing up at the Graham Bricknell Memorial Shell for the Australia Day Concert and fire works.

This year the Totally Sound team had the pleasure of working with headliner Katy Steele, Laine Wolfe, Tracey Barnett, 2s a Crowd, Down Under and The Hunting Birds. All hosted by the charismatic Magnus Danger Magnus with special guest Famous Sharon working the crowd throughout the evening. Great to working alongside Jade and the events crew from the City of Bunbury, Lomax Media, Lonsdales, Onsite and the many organisations and community groups that make our local events special.

December 8 2018

Christmas in the City 2018

The City of Bunbury Carols were absolutely delightful this year. The Totally Sound crew had the pleasure of working alongside Lomax Media, Kelsie Miller, Lonsdales Party Hire and of course Jade and the City of Bunbury Events Team.

The afternoon saw the the float parade worm its way through the crowd lined streets of Bunbury and then on to Bicentenial Square. The crowd then gathered at the Graham Bricknell Memorial Shell in anticipation of a night filled with carols and all things Christmas.

We got a bit creative (as we often do) at TS, and built some huge Christmas baubles to bring some sparkle to the stage. The lads flew the Flexarray system, created a really appropriate light show and used draping and a huge screen as a backdrop.

Baubles under construction at Totally Sound

Sparkly baubles and beautiful Christmas Carols

November 20 2018

New Gear!

Well it rolled into the factory one day and went out to work the next. That is putting a piece of equipment straight to work!

It was pretty exciting to have our new Dicolour M48+ screen arrive. We’ve started out with 15 panels each .5m x 1m, black faced SMD (improved image in direct sunlight) that can be configured in many different ways. The screen is 4.8ml pitch and has a 170 degree viewing angle. It all tucks away beautifully in three custom build cases.

First gig for the new screen was the Margaret River Gourmet Escape main stage, and we were very happy with the result.

November 20 2018

Margaret River Gourmet Escape 2018

So much good food, good wine and good vibes on offer this year at the unique Margaret River Gourmet Escape. The Gourmet Village setting is just so spectacular at the lovely Leeuwin Estate. There are little satellite events all over the region, giving festival goes so many options for meeting the many famous chefs, experiencing food, wine and craft beers in special and interesting settings. It is a busy weekend for our team with the events spread over such a big area.

November 9 2018

Spectacular weekend for the Blues at Bridgetown

Blues at Bridgetown always feels like the festival season opener and with the weather really turning it on, it got off to a great start. Such good vibes. The town was just buzzing. Over 50 artists, 120 musician and 145 hours of performance. The Black Sorrows with Vica and Linda Bull, Russell Morris, Mama Kin Spender and the Chorale Sea, The Turner Brown Band, Blue Shaddy, 19-Twenty, Toby Beard, Swamp Thing, Busby Marou…so many great artists.

The Totally Sound crew were busy at the Blue Owl’s Nest, Geegelup, the Street Stage, the Town Hall, the Bridgetown Hotel and Scott’s Bar.

Geegelup

Bridgetown Hotel

Geegelup (Schools program with 19-Twenty)

Blue Owl’s Nest

The Town Hall

The Street Stage

August 26 2018

CinefestOZ 2018

What an event!

Some 150 screenings, feature films and events in cinemas, wineries, small bars and galleries across Busselton, Bunbury, Dunsborough and Margaret River. From Australian Premieres and French film, IndigifestOZ celebrating indigenous film and culture through to Cinesnaps inspiring the next generation of young film makers. There is also the big $100,000 CinefestOZ Film Prize, awarded to the producer of an Australian feature film. It is an impressive event, culminating in the red carpet Gala Awards Night at Orana Cinemas. Here festival fans get to mix with the stars of Australian film, including this years Film Prize Jury (Sigrid Thorton, Zareh Nalbandian and Tasma Walton.)

The winning Australian Feature Film for 2018 was Jirga, (Director Benjamin Gilmour, Producer John Maynard). This movie tells the emotional story of a former Australian soldier who travels to Afghanistan to seek forgiveness. By all accounts it was filmed in some pretty dangerous conditions.

The Totally Sound team are kept very busy over the week of CinefestOZ. With events spread from Bunbury to Busselton and Margaret River we do a few miles! Working with the talented event crew who bring you CinefestOZ each year is fantastic. This team are progressive, creatives with all the energy required to build such an event. We get to unleash our creative side and thoroughly enjoy working with these amazing people. The icing on the cake for us is that we also get to work with our friends from Lomax Media. Love what they do and love working along side them all.

Behind the scenes crew from Lomax Media and Totally Sound.

Walter may have missed the crew shot, but made up for it with this great pic by Wendy Slee.

Orana Cinemas

Deadly and Deano

Red Carpet Ready

May 18 2018

Billie Graham Ministries comes to Kalgoorlie

Centennial Park in Kalgoorlie was transformed for the much anticipated Goldfields Celebration with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Huge crowds gathered for live music, ministry and fellowship. It is a bit of a drive, but what a fantastic event to be part of. A big event, live streamed in the heart of the Goldfields. As usual, our team were made to feel really welcome in Kalgoorlie and and it was great to be working alongside the combined churches again.

Always great to be working alongside Lomax Creative

March 12 2018

Nannup Music Festival 2018

What a truly amazing festival Nannup was again this year. A huge, happy crowd enjoying great music, food, markets, street theatre, art, yoga, workshops and beautiful Nannup itself. A terrific lineup with Hussy Hicks, Jordie Lane, Mama Kin Spender, Swamp Think, The Ahern Brothers, Timothy Nelson, Wild Dingo Band, Southern River Band, Little Georgia, Kallidad, Ralway Bell and so, so many more.

‘Tigerville’ Stage was very popular this year and we had Walter Smith on FOH and Brent Walton on monitors.

The Amphitheatre backs onto the beautiful Nannup Bush and with awesome food venues and plenty of frothies nearby is a great venue. Sound Engineer James Newhouse was in charge of FOH, Dan Rickman was on lights and Ken Hay on Monitors

The Playground Stage is a smaller stage, but is always super busy with plenty of entertainment for people of all ages. The Amazing Drumming Monkeys are an absolute hit – the lads were singing their theme tune all weekend! The festival actually finished up on this stage on Monday morning with a packed venue for the Bush Poets Breakfast, Jack the Fox, The Broadbent Brothers (Great to see them back after having won the Totally Sound Award last year) and Kallidad. Jared Ross did a great job taking care of all things technical on this stage all weekend

The Town Hall is a more intimate venue and it is in here that you have some of those wonderful spine tingling moments. Kym Wood is our sound engineer on this stage and reckons it is his favourite gig. The Nannup Hotel has a packed program of music over the weekend as well, so there are plenty of venues to keep festival folk entertained. Greg Clifford was our sound engineer on this stage.

The bearded gentlemen (Derek Peterson and James Newhouse)

February 22 2018

Boyup Brook Country Music Festival 2018

February 15 – 18 2018

Another great festival down in Boyup Brook this year. Weather was perfect which was reason to celebrate after the rising waters of the year before. Great line up of entertainment and experiences for festival goers. The McClymonts were awesome, the crowd really enjoyed their polished performance and engaging stage presence. There was plenty more talent with Traivs Collins, Allan Caswell, Hussy Hicks, Warren H Williams & Dani Young, Craig Adams, Ben Gunn, Jasmin Atkins to name a few.

The main venue at the festival is the beautiful Music Park with it’s graceful trees providing plenty of shade around it’s purpose built stage. Other venues include the amazing Harvey Dickson’s Country Music Centre with its fascinating eclectic mix of memorabilia, the Ute Muster Stage on the town oval, and the Abel Park Lottery West stage in town. It is a weekend packed with festivities, with the annual Ute and Truck Muster, the Street Carnival and Markets, Art Exhibition and Awards, Bush Poets, and the Country Music Awards.