By JESSE GRAHAM
A MUSIC festival with a difference will be held at Moora Moora Co-op later this month, with a weekend of art, films, music and workshops kicking off next weekend.
From Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November, the EarthArtBeat festival will be held at Moora Moora, on Mount Toolebewong near Healesville.
The festival will feature performances by Tek Tek Ensemble, Afrovival and the Oil Can Project and Babaganoush, among others, set over three days.
Event organiser and Moora Moora resident Chelsea McNab said the festival was also about showcasing artists and independent films, with a screening of Peter Charles Downey’s Surviving Earth on Saturday and art installations around the property through the weekend.
Talks and workshops will also be held over the weekend, with kids activities, painting and yoga, as well as tours of the co-op.
Ms McNab said the event would also mark Moora Moora’s 41st birthday.
Though tickets to the festival cost $140, Ms McNab said the event was not for profit, with proceeds going to the co-op’s Community Development Fund, for a grants program for environmental groups.
“It costs because, it’s a not-for-profit event, but we’re also paying the artists,” she said.
Ms McNab, who also organises events for ECOSS in the Upper Yarra area, said the event was inspired by the Commonground Festival near Seymour, and that the two festivals would be run as a tag team, with one year on and one year off.
“The model just seemed to work, so we kept it the same,” Ms McNab said.
Entry to the EarthArtBeat festival is $140.
For more information on performers and artists, or to buy tickets, visit www.earthheart.org.au.
