Rainbow Serpent is once again looking like the festival not to miss this summer.
With a host of new act announcements, further detail on the workshops, speakers, performers and activities… now is the time to start figuring out how your going to spend the jam packed 4 days on offer over Australia Day long weekend in January.
New content is going up on the Rainbow site every day and there is no way to jam it all into this email, so remember to click the links to really dig into Rainbow Serpent Festival 2009. Music 
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Perfect Stranger (Iboga, Israel)
Andromeda (Echoes / Vaprovent, Spain)
DJ Pena (Flow, Portugal)
Talpa (Up-Records / MMR, Serbia)
Bassnectar (Om Records, USA)
Deadbeat (Wagon Repair, Canada)
Spoonbill (Omelette, Australia)
The Nomad (Freshaudio, New Zealand)
OKA (Soultree United, Australia)
Mista Savona (Australia)
MISO (Australia)
School of Dub (Australia)
Mystic Beats (Australia)
The Woohoo Review (Australia)
Rapskallion (Australia)
All Up Well Over 100 Artists Across 5 stages!
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Rainbow Serpent Festival > event > 2009 > music 
Lifestyle
The Lifestyle Village at Rainbow consists of a three day program of interactive opportunities for our Rainbow family to achieve personal growth, and enhance your daily life through access to alternative wellness practices and artistic activities. Come and contribute to key health, environment, technology and social topics through viewing documentary films, listening to forums, and engaging in discussion.
Guest Speaker / Presentations on:
* Health and Wellbeing
* Spirituality and Ceremony
* Community
* Personal Development
Workshops on:
* Energy and Ceremony
* Sound and Percussion
* Movement and Dance
* Circus Arts
* Indigenous Culture
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Rainbow Serpent Festival > event > 2009 > lifestyle Video Arts Lounge
Abstract short films, Found Footage mash-ups, high art, low art, experimental music videos, fictional documentaries, disinformation, kaleidoscopic Schwarzeneggers, inane non-sequiturs, Polish and Japanese animation, Mr. T, live video art performances and Dadaism: What do these have in common? They are all things you are bound to see in the Video Arts Lounge this year.
Some of the video arts attractions include:
* Pixel Pirates II : Attack of the Astro
* Elvis Video Clone
* The Min Min Lights
* Ultimate Reality by Dan Deacon and
* Jimmy Joe Roche
* T.D Shagga’s Funkadelic Key Party
* Anna Ce’s Cochlear Explosion
* Hefty Occular Output (H.O.O)
* Oxygene (Special Ambient VJ set)
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Rainbow Serpent Festival > event > 2009 > lifestyle Art & Performance
Rainbow Serpent Festival is focused on creating a multi-sensory expression of arts and culture as an inspiration and reflection of our global community.
Whether its an installation, visual or performance art or something entirely new we want to give all people not only the opportunity to explore their ideas but also the platform to display them to their peers.
Performances from:
* The Amazing Drumming Monkeys
* The Love Dusters
* Live Wire
* Oogly Sensey
* Enigma 4
* Empyrean
* Sebastian Rideaux
* Puzzle Dus
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Rainbow Serpent Festival > event > 2009 > arts 
Tickets
Ticket release schedule:
1st Round EB: $100 + BF
(mailing list members only - SOLD OUT)
2nd Round EB: $125 + BF
(mailing list members and public - SOLD OUT)
3rd Round EB: $150 + BF
(mailing list members and public - SOLD OUT)
General Presale: $175 + BF
(now available online and in usual outlets while stocks last)
On The Gate: $200
Get tickets here >>
Green Ant Tickets | Fri. 23 January, 2009 - Mon. 26 January, 2009 - Rainbow Serpent Festival 2009 @ Beaufort - Around 2 hours from Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia Charter Bus to and from Rainbow
Don't have a car? Well we have the solution, and in the process you can help reduce your carbon emissions and get to and from the festival safely with no hassles and no rest breaks!
The luxury air-conditioned bus or busses (depending on demand) will leave Melbourne CBD 4pm Friday 23rd January (Sharp) and take you directly to the festival site in Beaufort. It will then depart the festival site 7.00pm (Sharp) Monday 26th returning you to Melbourne CBD.
Limited spaces exist so get in quick and secure your seat before they all go. They all sold out last year so don't miss out.
Cost: $49 Return + BF.
Book your bus ticket here >>
Green Tix | Fri. 23 January, 2009 - Rainbow Serpent Charter Bus @ Beaufort - Around 2 hours from Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Australia
Please note bookings close strictly on Saturday 16th January. It is your responsibility to make both departure times, no refunds can be given for people that miss the bus or change their mind.
