What : StereoSonic
When : Last Weekend
Where : Doomden Racecourse

So yesterday I went to StereoSonic with my boyfriend and his friend Pat. We arrived around 2 pm and it was a great venue. I’d never been to a music festival at Doomden Racecourse but I really liked it. It seemed to have lots of little secret areas to chill and others to watch the stages. The place was reallly big so you didn’t feel like you were part of a herd. I really liked the washrooms under the grandstands and the Sneakerpeeps stage.  It was a great area with heaps of trees for shade and close to a bar/washroom/food area. It felt like a bunch of twenty somethings just took over the grounds and were making it their own. I didn’t feel the presence of staff, roped off areas or much restriction which is a big contrast to the crazy security at ParkLife. I compare this festival a lot to Parklife cause that is the only festival I’ve been to before this one in Australia. So i’m by no means an expert just a person with a few observations.

So we spent most our day at Sneakerpeepers, which was awesome like I mentioned before. It was such a chill vibe under the trees with no pushing for the front or people being nasty. There was heaps of room to dance and enjoy the beats. I really liked the way they set up the stage with glowing globes and blue LED lights. It felt like a big garden party with heaps of awesome dancing people. The area was so chill, we sat in the back of the dance area under a tree for a break and I had a mini nap. I was pretty tired of dancing in the heat all afternoon and kind of had a mid afternoon siesta.

The artist that stood out for us at Sneakerpeeps was Marco Carola. I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know the subtle differences between electronic and techno but he was really good. I really enjoyed his vibe and danced up a storm.

All and all, it was a great day out. I wore a huge red hat which was genius because it was a 30 plus day. I also ruined a pair of shoes because of all the dust and dirt out on the dancefloor. I’m not complaining but just saying wear old shoes you don’t care about to events like this. I’m not sure if we will go back to this festival but it was heaps better than Parklife is so many ways. On a side note there was the controversial shirt on policy which I think is awesome. I don’t want sweaty shirtless men running around like they own the place.

Another side note too, there was way way too much smoking going on at this festival. When I left my voice was all husky not from yelling but from all the tobacco smoking everywhere. There was like a cloud of the stuff over this festival I swear (kidding). I’ve never been to a festival where they had cigarette booths that just sold cigarettes and nothing else.  Is smoking a big part of the Brisbane music scene? I was kind of disgusted by the amount of smoking and I thought festivals were to celebrate music, get outside for the day and be kind of baby hippy. Maybe I just went to too many folk festivals in Canada with recycled plates, reusable water bottles and hippies running the show. But Brisbane festivals should start really think about their environmental impact, I have yet to go to one and think yah they’re being good to the earth. Maybe , I”ll just go to a hippy festival if i’m so concerned right but it does cross my mind here and there.