Events

15 11 2021

Blues at Bridgetown 2021

After a downsized Blues last year, it was fantastic to take a big crew down for six venues this year. As with all things in this Covid era, it looked a little different (eg no street party) but that did not stop people filling the town to enjoy a weekend of Blues music and festivities. The organising committee assured us they had booked good weather for the weekend, and they certainly delivered, it was perfect sunshine each day. It was great to see so many people out enjoying all that Bridgetown had to offer.

The Bridgetown Hotel

The Town Hall

Totally Sound provided sound and lighting for all the stages and staging at three of them. Festivals come with very long days for our team, but everyone enjoyed being out doing what we do again. We were lucky enough to stay at the Bridgetown Camp School, where were were made to feel so welcome.

Geegelup

Special thanks to Di, Sue and Colette and all the hard working Blues committee members and volunteers for having the Totally Sound team down in Bridgetown again.

11 11 2021

Shelter Brewing’s First Birthday

All ready to go….

Hard to believe that Shelter Brewing has been open for a whole year. With a big venue and a big band and some seriously big vats full of beer it was always going to be a BIG party. The crew from Totally Sound were more than happy to be part of this awesome event. Southern River Band always put on a great show and Genga was there to keep the dance floor busy to the very end.

Enter Southern River Band….

26 10 2021

Voyager Estate – The Big Micks

Awards Night

Voyager Estate

The Totally Sound team had the pleasure of working at the beautiful Voyager Estate recently for their special awards night, The Big Micks. The brief included lighting the barrel room and providing sound, staging and audio visual aspects for the awards evening. What an amazing space to hold an event.

The Barrel Room

30 08 2021

CinefestOz 2021

CinesfestOZ in it’s 14th year was an amazing event to be part of. It is a busy festival, with 270 film and event options throughout Bunbury, Busselton and Margaret River.

A Diverse Range of Experiences on offer

The Festival encompasses so many facets of the Film and Entertainment industry. With everything from free community film screenings through to ‘In conversation dining experiences’ to accompany films.

There was an extensive schools program, IndigifestOZ, a Cinesnaps short film competition. There was live streaming of the event for those who could not attend. It all finishes with a big Gala Night of celebration, where the winner of the Film Prize is finally revealed.

The team were super busy..

The Totally Sound team working closely with Dean and Sharon from Lomax media were busier than ever this year. If feels like the festival grows in leaps and bounds each year and with that comes an increase in technical requirements. It is a multi venue event with it’s own unique challenges….and we love it.

The team implemented some new initiatives this year. The first of which was to use an optical fibre backbone at Orana Cinemas, simplifying the cabling infrastructure. At the Esplanade Hotel the crew used Q-Lab to automate playback, vision and lighting.

The Gala Night – Finally the winner of $100,000 Film Prize is announced.

The film prize recognisees excellence in Australian Film making, and this year’s winner was Nitram, Directed by Justin Kurzel, Written by Shaun Grant.

05 03 2021

Nannup Music Festival

Nannup Amphitheatre

So totally awesome to be back at a festival! And what a festival it was. Nannup Music Festival is always great, but there was so much joy for all who worked and played at this festival after this year of limited live music.

What a crew – Jared Ross, Greg Clifford, Kameryn Snow, Kym Wood, James Newhouse, Clancy Travers, Simon Keet, Guy Smith, Michael Fletcher, Graeme Hague, Daniel Buckley, Spider (Bret Nelli) and Nat and Derek Peterson. It had been a while, and we were all a little less physically match fit than we would normally be, but it was so good to fill the trucks and head out to this wonderful 5 stage event.

As usual the festival had sold out quickly. Things were set up a little differently to incorporate the appropriate Covid requirements, but festival goes took this in their stride. Gates opened at 5pm on Friday night and it was not long before we were all experiencing that vibe we have come to know and love at this festival.

Nannup Amphitheatre

Tigerville Stage

Faries for the kids at the Town Hall

Derek and Kym at the Town Hall

One of the many colourful stalls at the Market

Special thanks to Phaedra and the committee and many volunteers who worked hard to make this festival a reality this year. We know it was hard, much harder than usual and we, and the other suppliers and many artists thank you for going the extra mile.

Fairies in the night

23 02 2021

Fringe Festival

Bunbury Fringe 2020 was a fantastic event! It was all the things you want on the back of a year of Covid disruption. It was fun, colourful, entertaining and unexpected. It was something for everyone.

Walter and Kameryn pretty much lived at the Fringe Hub in the new Stirling St Arts Centre for the two weeks of Fringe. Dealing with all things sound, AV, lighting and staging, they worked alongside Jo O’dea (Arts Events & Fringe guru) and the amazing Fringe Crew day and night.

The Fringe Garden was delightful this year. Just a lovely place to taste some amazing food from Market Eating House and sip on some lovely local wine, beer or spirits. It proved a popular spot throughout the Fringe program.

There were heaps of Fringe Buddy events this year. Local businesses, theatres etc hosting a myriad of workshops, exhibitions, activities and events all around Bunbury.

It was just wonderful to see people out and about enjoying all things Fringe after such a different year. The Fringe Festival Crew, the volunteers and all the local businesses that were involved are to be congratulated. It was an amazing event that came at the perfect time.

The unexpected is to be expected

Kam's busy lil' Hog looking pretty

The Fringe Garden Bar

Did you miss Fringe this year? Here is the link to a quick wrap put together by our good friends from Lomax Media

The Southern River Band close the 2021 Bunbury Fringe Festival - great way to finish an awesome event

23 02 2021

Christmas in the City

The Events Team at the City of Bunbury had to change things a little this year, to meet all the Health Department guidelines around Covid-19 Event Regulations. They split the event into two components to reduce the crowd, with the street parade on one weekend and the Carols on the next. They also spread activities throughout the city to avoid the crowd being drawn to one location.

The Totally Sound crew worked on both the RAC Street Parade and the The Apprentice and Traineeship Company Carols. We also spent time in the lead up to the event working on a basic theme/backdrop. We built a huge metal 3D star and carefully covered it in a gold fabric with plenty of sparkle. We made gold banners, organised gorgeous read drapes and made gold tie backs and enormous presents. A little fun for the team

The Carols this year included two iconic children’s Christmas movies that could be viewed on the stage screen and a trailer screen on the grassed area in front of the bus station. The crowd seemed to really enjoy this new initiative.

The carols were the usual joyous experience, with plenty of festive colour and a great showcase of local talent. It’s always wonderful to see the crowd singing and moving along to the familiar Christmas tunes.

07 02 2020

Fringe Bunbury 2020

A celebration of all things left of centre, edgy and totally different, Fringe has quickly found it's way onto people's 'must' list in Bunbury

There was an incredible range of opportunities on offer at the Fringe Festival in Bunbury this year. Jo O’Dea (Art Events Management) and her team did an amazing job of bringing all things provocative and quirky to our town.

The Fringe Hub was at the Power Boat Club, with the Inlet and the City as a backdrop. Great place to gather for a local wine or craft beer from the bar and entertainment as the sun set each evening during Fringe Week. Some even came across the water by boat arranged especially to add to the Fringe experience.

There really was something for everyone, with stand up, music, improv, wine yoga, poetry and storytelling, music and comic theatre. There were hints of Fringe throughout the town, little installations to remind us all. There were a lot of satellite events too, held at places like Mojo’s and BREC, even Fringe Noir Cinema on a rooftop in the CBD.

We pretty much did not see Walter and a couple of our other lads for the week. They were meshed deep in Fringe world and were quite frankly loving it. It pays to be flexible and quick thinking in this world, where things change quickly and the unexpected is to be expected.

So good to see how this event has grown in such a short time. It is a credit to the organisers, supporters and a great thing for Bunbury.

10 11 2019

Blues At Bridgetown 8th – 10th Nov 2019

Another awesome weekend in sunny Bridgetown for the 26th annual Blues at Bridgertown

Blue Owl Stage

There were around 120 musicians entertaining festival goers over the weekend. They may have been working, but also seemed to be having a good time! Among the line up were Hussy Hicks, Toby Beard, Diesel, Bondi Cigars, Ash Grunwald, 19-Twenty, Russel Morris and the USA Original Chicargo Blues All Stars.

The Festival Club

Geegelup

There was something for everyone. Plenty of good music, dancing and on Saturday, market stalls all the way up the main street. Bridgetown has some great little cafes and hotels, which combined with the visiting food trucks meant there was plenty of good food and beverages on offer.

Totally Sound had a crew of 14 on the weekend, taking care of Blue Owl stage, Geegelup, the Festival Club, the WAM Stage and Street Stage, Scott’s Tavern and the Bridgetown Hotel. It’s certainly one of our bigger weekends and we just love working with the Blues at Bridgetown Committee and volunteers who work so hard each year to make it all possible.

A bit of Blues Fairy fun

Russell Morris at Blue Owl

Late at the Blue Owl

16 05 2019

Dairy Innovation Day 2019

It is a dairy, but not as you know it! The new robotic dairy at Bannister Downs Dairy and Creamery hosted this years Dairy Innovation Day. The crew headed out to Northcliffe to work alongside Dean and the team from Lomax Media and Jess Andony and Esther Price from Western Dairy. The event showcases some of the latest innovations in the dairy business and provides an opportunity for networking.

No, it was not all drinking wine and frivolities! But it was nice to work with old friends.

There were a few challenges, not least of which was building AV in the middle of a working robotic rotary dairy. The conference included live crosses from various locations on the property, including drone feeds from Lomax Media. The event culminated in a Gala Dinner at the Pemberton Sports Club.