After months of hard work, the 2011 Shockwave Festival team are happy to ‘flick the switch’ and announce performers, artists and workshops for this years Festival!

As in previous years, a series of workshops will be held in the lead up to, and during the festival. Alongside the workshops, the festival will feature live music, DJs, Dance performances, exhibitions from local artists and a skate competition – and all of this is FREE!

The Shockwave Festival 2011 runs from June 4th from 10.30am – 11.30pm and June 5th from 9am – 12noon. Its an exciting program that includes pre-festival workshops in Photography, Visual Art, Theatre and Event Production.

Festival Workshops include DJ ing, Hip Hop dance and spoken word, theatre, visual arts including stencil
and song writing. See the full program for details.

Organisers say,

"Although the Festival is coming together well, we are still in need of your support and sponsorship to help make Shockwave the best event possible for the young people involved. So if you have any goods or services you can donate, lend or offer for this year’s festival we’d love to hear from you!" 

An E-poster and merchandise images are attached for circulation, please advise if you require print quality versions. Contact Brooke Newall on  for more information on how you can help.

The Shockwave Festival is proudly supported and co-presented by the Blackall Tambo Regional Council & Human Ventures. Creative Pathways creative workshops and enterprise program is currently supported by: The Tim Fairfax Foundation, Jupiters, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, ANZ Seeds of Renewal, RADF, and Human Ventures.

You can get more information about Creative Pathways or the Shockwave Festival by contacting Human Ventures on 07 3229 8055, or emailing Brooke Newall, or even check out their website or even become a fan of ‘Creative Pathways’ and ‘Shockwave Blackall’ on Facebook. Gotta love that Facebook.

Good luck wiht the festival from all at Lowdown.