now now festival in the mountains

The 2008 NOW now festival of Spontaneous Music - much to my pleasure and convenience - will be up in the blue mountains at the Wentworth School of Arts next year. The festival launch is on tonight at the Abercrombie in the City...

It's a 3 day festival of music making, instrument building, workshops, installations, sound walks, and outdoor events and will be held from 18-20 January.

Some of the artists include: Phil Samartzis (VIC), Marcia Jane (VIC), Paul Winstanley (NZ), Amanda Stewart, Greg Kingston (TAS), Caroyln Connors (VIC), Rosalind Hall (VIC), Taste of Teeth (QLD), Son of the Seventh Sister, Passenger of Shit, Joyce Hinterding, Ross Bolleter (WA), Jon Rose, Clare Cooper, Thomas Meadowcroft, Dan Whiting, Rory Brown, Matt Earle, Adam Sussman, Rivka Schembri, Louise Dibben, Xavier Charles (France), Emmanuel Pellegrini (France), Brendan Walls, Splinter Orchestra, Mathieu Werchowski (France), Jim Denley, Natasha Anderson, Ben Byrne, Dale Gorfinkel, Sam Dobson, Alex Masso, Monika Brooks, Simon Ferenci, Yusuke Akai (QLD), Daiji Igarashi (QLD), Nik Mayer-Miller (QLD), Sam Mitchell (QLD), JoJo Dogshit (QLD)...

For more detail see here: www.thenownow.net