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Valley Vibes Youth Festival and Music Competition

A great day for young locals to come together, enjoy workshops and activities, and watch the final of the Valley Vibes Music Competition.

Words Valley Vibe Youth Festival on a colourful background.

Valley Vibes Music Competition - The Heats

The Valley Vibes Music Competition is open to all young people aged 12 to 24 (all band members and artists must be in this age range) who live in the Bega Valley Shire. We are encouraging young people to showcase their original music with 15-minute sets. This gives young people a chance to try out their original songs which they may not have had the opportunity to do before.

There will be two heats in competition:

  • Heat 1
    Saturday 19 August at the Cobargo Youth Festival in collaboration with Cobargo Green Recovery
  • Heat 2
    Friday 1 September at the Bega High School.

The prizes

  • Wanderer Festival – the winning band receives a spot on the stage at Sam’s Caravan as well as festival passes and double pass for solo artist
  • Splat Sound –The prize is a full weekend of recording at their studio in Bermagui with a recording mixed and mastered ready to release on a music platform of their choosing
  • Merimbula school of music and Magpie music – a free terms tuition at either Merimbula or Magpie Music in Bega
  • Joel Tyrell Music Workshop - A day isudio working on pre-production and crafting song.

The final

Four bands and six solo artists from the two heats will go onto to play at the finals held at Tathra Surf Club on Saturday 16 September from 11;30am to 3:30pm. This event will be part of the Valley Vibes Youth Festival.

At the end of the music competition Flavuh will be playing from 4 to 4.45pm for everyone to enjoy. Flavuh is a fresh pop punk group from Batemans bay taking the south coast by storm. Performing at events such as NelliJam festival 2023, winners of Beats by the Beach and securing a spot at the Wanderer Festival later this year, Flavuh is young, energetic and ready to turn it up!

The winners from the two heats are

Solo artists:

  • Sarah Lingard
  • Alexis Gill
  • Tilly Whitehead
  • Indy Lee
  • Alyssa Lockerbie
  • Tiller Helton

Bands:

  • Tilly & Illya
  • Minimum Wage
  • Think Fast
  • Guitarama

About the Festival

Opening ceremony at 11:00am with a Welcome to Country by Aunty Glenda.

The Valley Vibes Youth Festival will be a free event for the young people aged 12 to 24 from the Bega Valley. While the final of the Valley Vibes Music Competition is being held inside the Surf Club, outside at the festival DJ Chop$tick and EJ the DJ will be spinning tunes from 12 to 3pm, try laser tag, check out a circus workshop or art workshop and even get a free Henna Tattoo or a temporary tattoo as well as lots of sporting activities on offer. There is also a free Sausage sizzle and drink sponsored by Tathra Lions Club for all the young people as well as local Food Trucks offering food for sale, including Wapengo Waffles, Drift Pizza, Gelati and Axl’s lemonade stand if you need more to keep you going throughout the day. So come and enjoy the festival and support the local young musicians playing to win a spot on stage at Wanderer Festival or free tickets. It’s going to be huge, and you don’t want to miss it.


  • CANCELLED - Basketball – 3 x3 competition – 3 age groups – under 13’s, under 16’s and over 18’s
  • Pickle Ball and Frisbee with Reclink on the beach in front of the Surf club 11.30am to 3.30pm

Interactive Circus and Puppets are looking forward to you having some fun a good laugh whilst you challenge your mind body and soul there are limited space for each 1/2hr workshops.

Diablos: 

  • 11.30-12.00pm
    Held over near the basket ball court on the grassy area. Come along and try your skills at learning how to spin a diablo.
     
  • 12.00-12.30
    Spinning Plates and Hula Hoops.
    Learn the basics of plate spinning and hooping.
     
  • 12.30-1.00
    Staffs and Trick Sticks
    These apparatus have been around for a very long time and have evolved. By learning the basics of these apparatus  the tricks are endless. As you learn how to control them you can then extend your skill set. 
     
  • 1.00-1.30
    Pois and Magic Sticks
    Pois are very colorful and need your concentration as you weave and spin each poi in both hands around the body crossing over and under in all directions making many different patterns.
     
  • Magic Sticks
    Learn the basics of manipulating a stick on a string making it all like so easy and flowing.

Many entertainers artists and people just like you advance there skill set to fire, fiber optic and glow for entertainment at festivals, party's or just for them selves.

COME ALONG AND LAUGH OUT LOUD WITH INTERACTIVE CIRCUS AND PUPPETS

Your facilitator is Andrea
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Art workshops - An art teacher will guide people through a half an hour long painting that they can keep at the end. The instructions are fun and eady and will involve swapping paintings with others along the way. There will be three sessions throughout the day.

Mixed Media Community Art Project - An artist facilitated project which people can participate in as much as they like through the day to add their touch to a larger, colourful work. Guidance and materials will be available at all times. The project will involve small items that can be painted or created and then added to a hanging mobile. A comfortable space with cushions will be provided for people to create and relax in.

Brought to you by PCYC Far South Coast.

You get to play with the Cobra Phaser which is crammed full of state of the art gaming technology to fully immerse the player. Featuring an effective range of up to 100m, each phaser relays real-time instant hit feedback – meaning you’ll always know what’s happening on the field. The red dot scopes improve accuracy, while the awesome light and sound effects add to the WOW factor.

Our new Inflatable Tactical Bunkers (ITB’s) will add realism to any Laser Tag event. These provide important ‘cover’ to help players escape enemy fire! They are filled with air so they are soft and safe and we provide an electric blower to help you speed up the process

Free two by one hour sessions for festival goers - Facilitated by SEWACS

  • Session 1 - 12 to 1pm
  • Session 2 - 2 to 3pm

Come along and get a temporary tattoo, available from 11:30am at the Bega Valley Shire Council marquee. Lots of cool, fun and different designs to choose from.

Limit of 1 per person.

Cancelled


Transport - CANCELLED

Transport for this event is cancelled.

This project is funded under the NSW Government’s Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund and supported by: Wanderer Festival;Splat Sounds;Tathra Lions club;Merimbula school of music;Magpie music;Magic Mountain;Top fun;Picture showman; and youth organisations: Pcyc Far South Coast;Reclink; SEWACS; and proudly bought to by Bega Valley Shire Council.

 

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