LOCALe: Music For Ya Park - 11 Aug @ Deagon Skate Park feat Vegas Kings, Yves Klien Blue August 10, 2007

Brisbane City Council presents a free family & community event:
LOCALe Music For Ya Park

DEAGON SKATE PARK

Corner of Board Sreet & Kempster Road, Deagon
10am 5pm: Saturday August 11th
Featuring:
'CORE Series' BMX & Skate Championship
+
VEGAS KINGS, YVES KLIEN BLUE, THE WARM GUNS & CHOKING CATS playing live
An ongoing series of all ages community skate-park events aimed towards youth and young families, in 2005 / 06 the LOCALe Music for Ya Park events attracted in excess of seven thousand attendees across eight events. LOCALe Music for Ya Park is now a name synonymous with a quality day out.

The next event is set to take place Saturday August 11 @ Deagon Skate Park (Cnr Board St and Kempster Rd, Deagon). Catering for kids, teens, parents and of course skaters, as is customary for LOCALe events, an incredible span of activities has been lined up, namely:

A huge new addition to the 2007 LOCALe events is the CORE Series BMX and Skate Championships, with round 2 taking place @ Deagon. The competition is designed to cater for all ages and all skill levels, with separate comps for males and females. Everyone is encouraged to enter and have some fun competing against their mates. The competition promises to display some amazing stunts on both Skateboards and BMX Bikes from some of the best young riders and skaters around. A stack of prizes are up for grabs from sponsors: DK Bikes, Failure Bikes, Drive Products, 2020 BMX Magazine and Extreme Skates (please see below for further CORE Series Information including competition classes and entry details). The BMX Finals will occur at the Kuraby LOCALe event in September.

One of the primary components of LOCALe though is always the music, performing alongside the Skate and BMX activities at the Deagon event will be a host of both Brisbanes finest up and coming and established acts, including Vegas Kings, Yves Klein Blue, Choking Cats, The Warm Guns, and Laydeez Biz Indigenous Hip Hop and Dance Group.

Vulcana Ladies Circus Workshop - try your hand at stilt walking, roller balancing + much more;

Poi and Staff Fire-Twirling Workshops with Carnival of the Divine Imagination

LOCALe Art Workshops and exhibitions facilitated by Community Draw and local artist Shaun OConnor. Shaun OConnor is a regular participant of the I Used To Skate Once exhibition series has that been hugely popular across Brisbane, featuring a collection of personally designed skate decks by local artists and celebrities. Shaun will be teaming up with Community Draw organiser Jeremy Nuske to conduct an all day workshop that will teach kids how to apply their own stencil art to their skateboards.

One of the predominant ideas behind the LOCALe events is that 'public spaces' are exactly that - public spaces - and that their use need not be restricted by pre-conceived perceptions of their functionality and demographic. A particular focus of the 'Music For Ya Park' events is to attract young women and families to the skate park environment.

Saturday August 11 LOCALe Music For Ya Park Deagon Skate Park (Cnr Board St and Kempster Rd)

featuring CORE Series BMX & Skate Championship + Vegas Kings, Yves Klein Blue, Choking Cats, The Warm Guns, Laydeez Biz Indigenous Hip Hop Group, Vulcana Circus Workshops, Poi and Staff fire-twirling and community art workshops.

LOCALe Music For Ya Park is a Brisbane City Council Initiative

LOCALe Music For Ya Park is a drug and alcohol free community event

For enquiries regarding the CORE Series BMX and Skate Championship contact Chris Bierton on 0421 701 448 or [email protected]. CORE Series Information including competition entry details and up to date news @ www.FreestyleBMX.com.au / www.slamskatemag.com.au / www.skateboard.com.au / www.extremeskates.com.au

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