Barossa under the stars??

[A Mum]

Anyone going??

[southee]

Yeah...thinking about it at this stage.

[CK]

I lose track of all of these similar events...A Big Day On The Green Under The Stars at Parklife Day On The Something or other.

[Columbo]

Anyone going??

yep....have always wanted to see the voice live, hope the weather is good!

[A Mum]

Just had this emailed to me

A brief reminder about important information for ticket holders to Barossa Under The Stars this Saturday October 17, 2009 featuring John Farnham.

STRICTLY NO BYO ALCOHOL
Due to changes in our liquor license there will be strictly NO BYO alcohol. You will be able to bring your own food and sealed, bottled (plastic preferred) non-alcoholic beverages. There will be wine & beer available for purchase at the event.

FOOD & WINE VILLAGE
Due to the increased popularity of this year’s event we are providing two Food & Wine Villages on both the North & South sides of the site.

ENTERTAINMENT
We are pleased to announce the support acts and times for this event.

2pm GATES OPEN
4pm Tom Williams
5:05pm Clearway
6:15pm Andy Seymour – Hot Buttered Soul
7:30pm JOHN FARNHAM
9pm (approx) Finish

WEATHER
Please remember that Barossa Under The Stars will take place in any weather; rain, hail or shine. If the weather is looking threatening please come prepared.

[A Mum]

hope the weather is good!

Doesn't look too bad, hopefully the showers will disappear early morning !

Going to be cold though.
Will need winter woollies for sure !!!

[A Mum]

sitting here waiting to pick my daughter and her friend up from the event now. Johnny sounds good! I am using the internet via mobile phone for the very first time -

[Columbo]

Just got home, Got there at 3.15 home at 11.30, support acts were pretty good especially local band called Clearway.

As for John Farnham...brilliant, had never seen him live so paid for Gold tickets and it was well worth it...and he even sang Sadie! His energy was amazing, the louder the crowd got the louder he and the band seemed to get..was on stage for almost exactly 90mins but it seemed to go in a flash. He comes in for a bit of criticism about the comeback stuff but I hope that isnt the last time!

Venue was good but probably should have got in touch with Kenny Smyth at Splashdown and ordered another 50 or so port a loos for the ladies, were almost as many women as men in the mens toilets most of the day!

[A Mum]

Were the men complaining

My daughter and her friends certainly enjoyed themselves.
Originally mostly motivated to go as support for Tom Williams as he is a friend of hers,
But she ended up absolutely loving John Farnham!
Don't know if you saw them in the crowd of 9000 Columbo...lol,
But they did all they could to stand out by having heaps of glow sticks stuck to them,
My daughter even thought it a great idea to wrap them around her ugg boots

It was great to see the mix of ages,
From the very young to the very old.

It seemed to be really well organised,
Right from the getting in/parking to the leaving.
They had the traffic all heading in one direction and I didn't see any 'traffic jams' as such.

So well done to the organisers,
I suppose it's been going for some time now probably don't have many teething problems anymore.

I had to smile though at the convoy from Adelaide.
On the Tanunda Road we had about 25 cars in front of us,
And 25 following...lol.

Weather turned out great too, not even 'too' cold.

[A Mum]

A pic from the night:

On the right is Tom, first act of the night/afternoon (on the left Tom's friend)
No need to say who's in the middle !!

I'm pretty sure that's the biggest crowd Tom has sung to,
Needless to say he was probably a bit nervous,
But my daughter said he did a really good job,
She said she was 'proud of him' .... (LOL... I thought how cute of her to say )

[Thiele]

John must of been clever saw him up in Brisbane last night on Hey Hey

[A Mum]

John must of been clever saw him up in Brisbane last night on Hey Hey

True !!

I rang my brother while waiting for the girls,
And he said, but he can't be there because he's on 'Hey Hey'

[Columbo]

The blokes were the ones directing the women into the mens, otherwise I think alot of them would have missed Farnham!!!

Tom Williams wasn't bad...hadn't really heard of him..when i saw the name I was expecting to see the guy from better homes and gardens.

Dont recall seeing any girls with glow sticks, there were a few roaming around with lyrics to a different JF songs on them who did their best to stand out!

I doubt anyone would have left there last night dissappointed with what they saw...just that it didnt go for another hour and a half!