Events

09 03 2023

Nannup Music Festival 2023

What a weekend! A sold out festival full of colour, great music from a wide range of music genres, beautiful weather in a gorgeous location. Our whole team were raving about the quality of music on offer. Lots of magical moments, street theatre, and plenty for families to do.

Thanks to Lyn from Loose Goose Chalets for accommodating us in the Goose Shed and to Phaedra and the festival committee and volunteers not only for having us, but for making us feel so very welcome. We loved it!

Totally Sound sponsor one of the Emerging Artists awards. It is the Industry award and we were thrilled to see Mia June win it. The award is recording time with James Newhouse from Lamb Chop.

01 03 2023

Boyup Brook Country Music Festival 2023

So good to be back in Boyup Brook for the annual Country Music Festival. It was a warm one, which made for beautiful evenings in the Music Park. Kameryn was on lights and really bought the park to life. Simon Keet, James Newhouse, Graeme Hague and Heinrich Krause were busy on audio, with Jared Wheildon on the Ute Muster stage.

20 02 2023

The Living End on the beach at Vat 2

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There were around 1000 happy Living End fans dancing in the sand thanks to the efforts of Jen and the Vat 2 team. What a great night. Weather could not have been more perfect, and there is really something special about a gig on the beach, especially with those amazing views we are lucky enough to have in Bunbury. The Living End were really impressive, just great entertainers and great to work with.

03 02 2023

Bunbury Fringe 2023

What an amazing event. So much to see and do right in the middle of Bunbury. The Fringe Garden was a huge hit, with an earthy vibe, live music, awesome food options and of course a great little bar. Loved the Fringy Cocktails and the sparkling Pet Nat!

With two main venues, the Tronox Theatre in the Stirling Street Arts Centre, and The Big Top, there was always something happening. Circus, DJ’s, dance, Kids events, bands, comedy, wine yoga, theatre….absolutely something for everyone.

Walter, Kam, Alan and Brent pretty much lived at the Fringe site, working alongside Jo (Arts Events) and her amazing team to keep the shows rolling through the week.

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.