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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.

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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.

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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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