Fat Freddy’s DJ And More Announced As Headliners For Sydney’s Upcoming Gin & Tonic Festival

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Contributor: Aiden Dabbagh

Would it be a real true blue gin & tonic festival without a DJ named after one of our iconic Aussie criminals? We’re not really sure, but the point is, Fever-Tree Gin and Tonic Festival has just announced that DJ Chopper Reeds (Fat Freddy’s Drop) will be headlining its Friday night session, playing alongside a number of other newly announced music acts.

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Sydney indie act Milan Ring and deep house Melbournian Loure were also announced as headliners for the Saturday & Sunday sessions respectively, along with sets from instrumentalists Urban Gypsies, the awesomely named DJ Dick Cosmic, and harpist Jake Meadows. Yep. A freakin HARPIST. If the thought of sipping an exotic G&T while simultaneously grooving out to harp tunes doesn’t get your liver’s dick hard, then we are two different people, my friend.

“BUT WHAT OF THE GIN?” yell the purists from their leather armchairs. Well if like some ginthusiasts, you have no interest in music that isn’t Sylvia Plath poems looped sadly over ominous lo-fi beats, rest assured you’ll find some solace in “Gin Village” which will boast over a hundred local and international gins from the teams at Four Pillars, Adelaide Hills Distillery, Distillery Botanica, Hendricks, Tanqueray, and more.

Punters can also be among the first to try new and unreleased gins from known suspects Archie Rose, Scapegrace, and Hendricks, as well as a non-alcoholic alt-gin from CEDERS for when you only need to appear like a tipsy writer whose book tour is quickly unravelling.

Taking place in Sydney’s Centennial Parklands over September 27 – 29, the new Gin & Tonic Festival will also feature food trucks, gourmet hampers, and plenty of space to lay down a picnic blanket and work on your screenplay.

Early bird tickets are now sold out, so get over to their website HERE before it’s too late to get yours. Every ticket includes six little gin & tonic tasters, as well as access to G&T discovery sessions and demonstrations.

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