St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival: Just a Few Days to Go!
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival: Just a Few Days to Go!
Laneway is now less than a week away, and
boy oh boy, is it going to be a good one. Read on for info
about what kind of rad food, drinks and activities will be
on offer throughout the day and into the night, and some
cheeky trivia tidbits about some of our favourite
artists.
FOOD
VENDORS
Full and hydrated
people are happy people, and this year’s Laneway Festival
has an awesome array of food and beverage vendors to keep
you buzzing all day long -- including a huge range of
vegetarian and vegan options. For a scrumptious selection of
festival staples -- your burgers, birds, dogs and chips --
check out Burger Burger, The Bearded Clam, Brooklyn Dogs,
The Food Truck, The Roaming Dive and Bird On A Wire. For
pizza and pies, check out Heavenly Pies and Stumpy’s
Pizza. For a fix of international flavours and fusions, look
no further than Langos, Churro Loco, Fatimas, The Lucky
Taco, Bangeritto, Urban Escargot, Yummy Thai and Fusion
Flavours. Heal a thirsty throat with a cool refreshing
Cocoloco Coconut, Karma Cola or Little Cloud Juice, or get
your party pep on with a caffeine kick from Deluxe and
Atomic roasters.
THE VIVIAN: BOUTIQUE NEW ZEALAND
WINES
Laneway is ecstatic
to have some of New Zealand’s best wine on offer again for
2015, once again supplied at The Vivian wine bar.
Established by viticulture expert Peter Lorimer, The Vivian
brings a boutique range of stunning biodynamic and
sustainable wines from around the country, hand-picked by
Peter and poured by his expert staff at breezy sea-side
stations. Wines on offer include the dry and cool 2014 Lime
Rock Pinot Gris ‘Kota’ from Central Hawke’s Bay; the
moreish 2014 Two Rivers Riesling from Marlborough; the
vibrantly clean 2014 Cambridge Road Papillon Blanc (white
blend) from Martinborough; the crunchy red Black Cottage
Rose from Marlborough; the raw and unabashed 2014 Cambridge
Road Naturalist (sparkling Rose), Martinborough; and the
oaky black fruits of the Cypress Syrah from the Hawke’s
Bay. Cheers to that!
THUNDERDOME
The Thunderdome stage will be home to some of the best local and international bands and around, all burning hot in this cool-as, air-conditioned silo space. The Thunderdome brings an indoor vibe to the sun-soaked festival, perfect for night-seekers from mid-afternoon.
LANEWAY
CHARITY: GARDEN TO
TABLE
This year, Laneway
are proud to be working with Garden to Table, a practical
and engaging food literacy programme focused on teaching
sustainable growing practices, healthy eating and
socialisation around food to children. Spending time in a
productive veggie garden and home-style kitchen every week,
kids learn skills to last a lifetime, and discover just how
much fun it is to grow and cook their own vegetables and
fruits. Designed to empower schools to match the delivery of
the programme with their own needs and resources, Garden to
Table sees children get their hands dirty while learning how
to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh seasonal food.
Laneway are making a donation from every ticket that has
been sold to Garden to Table, and there will also be
collections on the day. Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka
ora ai te iwi. With your food basket and our food basket,
the people will thrive.
THROW SOME SHADE
This summer’s been the hottest in recent human history, so we’ve made sure to provide more than 1500 square metres of shade to keep you guys cool in the sunshine. That said, be sure to wear your own sunsafe stuff -- you know the drill. No one likes a scorching!
THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE
2015 LANEWAY ARTISTS
To
wind up, let’s get back to what’s important: the music.
Here are some little trivia tidbits about our awesome
artists to impress your mates with… Smooth-talking MC Vic
Mensa was once arrested for stealing condoms from a gas
station. Some guys get all the action, eh. FKA Twigs used to
be a back-up dancer for Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, and Taio
Cruz -- before winning her place front and centre. Before
hitting the big time on the rock’nroll stage, Mac Demarco
participated in medical experiments for money, and laboured
on a road paving crew. Music is literally the lifeblood of
Perfect Pussy -- in a limited pressing of ‘Say Yes To
Love’, Meredith poured vials of her blood into the
records. Jillian of Banks once gave her real phone number
out on her facebook page (who wouldn’t love to get those
digits), and Flying Lotus’ Steven Ellison once penned a
tune for Adventure Time. So even super-producers love
cartoons!
SEE YOU ON SHOW
DAY…
That’s all for
now, folks. Get ready to enter through the gates of
boutique-music heaven. Grab your tickets to St. Jerome’s
Laneway Festival 2015 from Ticketek.co.nz.
ENDS