Events

High Noon

The very best of Northcote will be showcased at the inaugural HIGH NOON Street Festival on Sunday 18 September 2011 from 10am to 6pm.

The length of High Street between the Town Hall and Separation Street will become a hive of activity as the strip closes to make way for a rich program that includes all the things you know and love about Northcote, as well as many you are yet to discover! The HIGH NOON Street Festival is a daytime event, so grab a friend and come for High Breakfast and stick around to enjoy a wide range of Street Activities and Live Music from our outdoor stages.

At midday, two rival local bands – The Blue Brigade and The Red Brigade – do battle with brass. A musical and visual spectacle, this scintillating ‘Showdown’ will set the streets ablaze with reds and blues and rousing tunes. For this, just one of the highlights of HIGH NOON 2011, be sure to dress in your favourite red or blue gear as audience participation is not only encouraged but inevitable!

HIGH NOON fuses Northcote’s eclectic mix of art, music, fashion and food into eight hours of street festival goodness. This spectacular celebration of our diverse and consistently creative community is not to be missed. All this before sundown... best get there early!

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High Breakfast

It all kicks off with HIGH BREAKFAST at 10am, when High Streets cafés and restaurants start serving up the very best of their breakfast menus. High Street will be transformed into an alfresco dining destination, peppered with tables and chairs complete with live music and outdoor bars for those who want to grab a drink.

Here’s a taste of what’s on offer... best get there early!

Horsing around with one bowl banana bread, from Emily’s kitchen to yours
Some Palomino’s have their own TV show, like Mr. Ed. Some Palomino’s carry Hollywood
Cowboy star Roy Rogers. But OUR Palomino makes the best-ever-one-bowl banana bread.
Here’s how it’s done.

Do this first. Pre heat oven 175c

Then do this. Grease and line loaf tin. Melt butter and set aside. In a mixing bowl mash bananas
and melted butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, cloves, and cinnamon. Mix to combine. Add flour baking
powder, and salt mix until just combined. Spoon in to loaf tin, top with chopped walnuts. Bake for
50 min to 1 hour. Cool on rack. Serve warm with butter or mascarpone.

And finally, drum roll, prance, flick your mane. Like all uniquely coloured Palominos, stand out
in a show ring and eat your one-bowl-best-ever banana bread OR BETTER STILL visit Emily (at
236 High Street Northcote) for hers. Neigh.

A penny farthing for your pea and sage bruschetta
Forget your chain drives and pneumatic bicycle tires. High Wheelers everywhere are donning
aprons for pea and sage bruschetta from the Simmons brothers. Yes. Our very own Simmons
brothers.

Gather these things
2 cups fresh peas
1 medium onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp chopped sage
¼ cup vegetable stock

Then do this
Sautee garlic and onion in olive oil in a medium to hot pan. Season lightly. Once garlic is clear,
add vegetable stock and peas. Add sage and simmer for one minute. Allow to cool and blend in
food processor using pulse function. Take care not to over blend. Season to taste and add dash
of olive oil, if desired. Serve on lightly toasted sourdough bread with poached eggs and smoked
salmon. Garnish with fresh watercress.

Complementary High Noon valet bike parking for all Penny Farthing’s so you can roll like a
bicycle to Penny Farthing Espresso (at 206 High Street Northcote). So good Bro, so good.

Music

Live music will drift from three outdoor HIGH NOON ‘stage-ettes’ expertly programmed by Northcote’s finest venues – Open Studio, The Wesley Anne, The Northcote Social Club and Bar303.
From HIGH BREAKFAST enjoy bands and other entertainment as High Street turns into a hive of activity until the bands wrap up at 6pm.

ON THE HIGH NOON STAGE-ETTES

IN HIGH STREET'S VENUES

Street Activities

HIGH NOON exhibits the diverse and consistently creative culture of the community by fusing Northcote’s eclectic mix of art, music, fashion and food into eight hours of street festival goodness.

Take the music home with a visit to the mini record fair. Add to your dance repertoire at the tap dance workshops run by the gloriously quirky High Street native, Glittery Tapping Wonderland. Inspired by your day at HIGH NOON, channel your creative energy at the art workshops delivered by local artists. And come play in one of our games spaces. All this before the sun goes down!
 

HIGH NOON ART SPACE
Presented by Art Stretchers

The HIGH NOON Arts Space will run workshops through-out the day with local artists. Be sure to pop by to gain valuable insight from our local art talent and to unleash some of your own creativity while you’re at it! Guidance will be available but there will also be ample supplies for those who want to freestyle at any time during the day. Plus, come check out the Hairy Scary Monster, courtesy of Belinda Suzette.

10.00-12.00     Art Up for the Showdown
The HIGH NOON Arts Space is open from HIGH BREAKFAST for creative play. 'Art Up for the Showdown' with a range of materials and possibilities. There will be plenty of red and blue on hand to swathe yourself in your favourite band's colours. Plus artist Adraine Hayward will be there to help young and old create unique, bright and colourful banners to march with in the Showdown, as well as take home. Art Up for the Showdown is proudly supported by the Northcote Kids Festival.

12.45pm            Life Drawing Steps Out presented by Last Peek
Life Drawing Steps Out is an event by Last Peek. It is aimed at anyone who would like to have a go a life drawing, and all levels of drawing experience are welcome. Come and watch experienced artists as they demonstrate life drawing, and then try it for yourself. Last Peek Director Frank Bonnici is a highly experienced life model, who is probably familiar to you from high profile art works and advertising campaigns, and also an accomplished drawer. The life drawing workshops he organises are therefore organised with both the model, and participant in mind.

1.40pm              A Theory and Practice of Creativity presented by Andy Wear 
Andy Wear is a practicing artist and researcher, with a particular interest in the relationship between political and philosophical texts and visual representation.  Andy does not confine himself to any particular medium; however he has (among many other pursuits) painted paintings, drawn drawings, tattooed himself in a performance work and posted classified advertisements searching for neo-Hegelian playmates in regional newspapers. His workshop offers the opportunity to explore creativity as an emancipatory concept for artists at any stage of their practice.

2.40pm              Cutting Edge Collage presented by Rebecca Hartley
Rebecca Hartley, A.K.A Charlie Demornay is an illustrator, graphic designer and muralist. Her mural work can be seen in the Forum Theatre and Movida, and her illustrations in her annual limited edition Charlie Demornay calendar series. In Rebecca’s workshop you can explore collage at the cutting edge, as she guides you through it processes and techniques.

3.40pm              Fingerpainting extravaganza
September 18 is World Fingerpainting Day. How could HIGH NOON resist! Come and join in our contribution to this global event and unleash your creative spirit in the most hands on way possible.
 

HIGH NOON DANCE SPACE
Presented by Glittery Tapping Wonderland

It all started with something for the kids to enjoy, Fairy Dancing during HIGH BREAKFAST but it didn’t seem fair. Cue a Funky Dance workshop and a Tap Dancing class and demonstration and now we can all add something to our dance repertoire!

10:50am          Fairy Dancing for kids (2-5 yrs)
1.40pm            Fairy Dancing for kids (2-5 yrs)
3.40pm            Funky Dancing (little & big kids 5+ yrs)
4.40pm            Tap class and demonstration

HELLENIC NOON
Presented by Athens Video

11.20am          Live music by 3 piece Greek band, complete with bouzouki, courtesy of Nikos Taverna
1.40pm            Olive Curing demonstration at Athens Video
2.40pm            Street performance by Opa. Opa. a dynamic 15 member dance troupe
 

CRAFTY NOON
Presented by Alchemy Fashion, Thornbury Women's Neighbourhood House and Transition Darebin

10.00-5.00      Sustainable crafts and garden activities with Transition Darebin
Transition Darebin is part of the worldwide Transition Towns network, that aims toward a re-localised and resilient Darebin that is liveable for current and future generations. Come and join them throughout the day for a multitude of activites that utilise sustainable products in crafty ways.

1.00-4.00        Kids art and craft activities with Thornbury Women's Neighbourhood House
Thornbury Women's Neighbourhood House provides a range of adult education, childcare and community programs in a welcoming, friendly and supportive environment, including the Made n' Thornbury Craft Market

1.40pm           Learn how to place a few creative stitches at a fashionable workshop at Alchemy Fashion   

NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL
10am-5pm      Northcote Town Hall will be hosting a High Noon Artisans Market in the Main Hall and Civic Square. Stall holders will be selling hand-made items such as designer fashion, accessories, giftware, jewellery, ceramics, woodcrafts, textiles, toys, plants, and other similar items. Darebin Music Feast continues on during the day in Studio 1 & 2 with performances From Oz Soul Collective and Rosie Burgess trio 2 - 6pm.

ALSO ON THE STREET

Keep your eye out for other programmed activities and random happenings at HIGH NOON, as no Northcote stone has been left unturned.

10.30am          The Connies will be at the Wesley Anne stage-ette to sing a few songs about our beloved trams, and tell a few stories about our beloved Darebin's history and culture. Or stop them in the street for a yarn over the course of the day. They've lots of great stories about how Northcote got to be what it is today!

2.50pm           Dane Certificate Magic in a suspended straitjacket escape, 314 High Street (in front of Fish Rock fish and chip shop)
Dane Williams, A.K.A. Dane Certificate Magic, will also be making an appearance in the afternoon, in a puff of smoke no doubt!  Keep your rabbits close as he amazes with his close up magic. In a special feat, he'll escape from a straitjacket, upside down!

12.00 onwards go check out the audio visual installation extravaganza at Shellac Print Gallery, including ONHT, Kernal Quakenbush, Marcel Feillafe, Petie, manipulated children's toys, a Whamola, sonic landscapes, an all-in electro wigout, and lots of other musical and visual surprises, all at 306 High Street.

Kids Activities

HIGN NOON does it for the kids (yeh!), with a range of activities for children (and adults feeling child-like) running throughout the day. There’s music groups and circus acts, storytelling, arts and crafts, plus dance workshops and games to get everyone moving. It all gets going at 10.00am, just when the kids get up!

NORTHCOTE KIDS FESTIVAL SHOWCASE
A variety of performers from the Northcote Kids Festival take the stage at the Uniting Church from 10.00 am. This will be a rolling showcase of music, circus tricks, puppetry and theatre. Included will be the children’s music group, The Mudcakes, kid’s rock group The Mighty bUZZnicks, Hayley Hoopla from Circus Bam Bam, Pobble the giant frog from Curious Legends, the Teacup Tumble with their physical theatre and circus, Little Wing Puppets, and circus duo Three Thumbs Up. Don’t expect the usual, in this extravaganza the audience becomes part of the show!

Plus, The Connies will be on hand with a story or two about Darebin’s history and culture. Check them out at 10.30am on the Wesley Anne stage-ette, or stop them in the street for a yarn.

ARTS AND CRAFTS
The HIGH NOON Arts Space is open from HIGH BREAKFAST for creative play. ‘Art Up for the Showdown’ with a range materials and possibilities – all red and blue of course.
Channel the creative energy with Thornbury Women’s Neighbourhood House and Transition Darebin, who are both offering a range of Arts and Crafts activities for kids to enjoy.

DANCE AND PLAY
Get moving with dance workshops presented by Glittery Tapping Wonderland. Fairy Dancing during HIGH BREAKFAST, plus some Funky moves in the afternoon.
10:50am        Fairy dancing for kids (2-5 yrs)
1.40pm          Fairy dancing for kids (2-5 yrs)
3.40pm          Funky dancing (little & big kids 5+ yrs)

Or, if you prefer your action a little sportier, there’s also totem tennis (if you can get your parents to give you a go), street soccer, and giant chess (it’s a sport when they’re this big).

Information

DONATE, DONATE, DONATE
Your pay as you feel voluntary donation on entry helps keep High Noon independent and supports SecondBite. We appreciate your support.

BABY CHANGE
Baby change and breast feeding areas are available at the Northcote Town Hall.

VALUABLES
Please keep your valuables on your person, or better still, leave them at home.

LOST PROPERTY
For inquiries regarding lost people or property please go to the information marquee on High Street near the corner of Mitchell Street. After the festival please contact the Northcote Police Station.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
There is no disruption to Bus Service 508. There will be a temporary bus stop installed for Bus Service 567. Tram services on route 86 will be replaced by buses between the Clifton Hill Interchange and Dundas Street for the whole day. The replacement bus services will operate between the Clifton Hill Interchange and Dundas Street diverting via Westgarth, Victoria Road and Darebin Road for the whole day.

VALET BIKE PARKING
Human Powered Cycles is providing a free, secure valet bike parking service at the corner of High Street and James Street (for northbound riders) and the corner of High Street and Hawthorn Road (for southbound riders). Please avoid riding your bike through the festival site. Keep your valet bike parking docket throughout the day and bring it back to collect your bike before 7:00pm.

TAXIS
Please be aware that taxis are not permitted within the closed Festival precinct.

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
High Noon Festival is an alcohol free event, except in designated areas. Packaged alcohol is not permitted at the Festival.

Don’t Drink and Ride. Get a free breath test from Vanessa before getting on your bike.

FIRST AID
Located on Mitchell Street near Frederick Court