Highlife

Celebrate the Solstice with a showcase of roots, reggae, afro-beat, psych, dub & world music. Solstice Roots is an (semi) annual celebration of the Summer Solstice and a showcase of some the best alternative roots music on offer, set in the beautiful location of Crystal Waters in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. SR19 is on the Saturday 21st December from 5pm til late. The Solstice Kitchen will be serving up delicious food, cake and chai from 6pm and there will be a co-op fundraiser bar. Crystal Waters has a beautiful campground just a few minutes’ walk from the gig. Bookings can be made online here - https://crystalwaters.org.au/things-to-do/eco-caravan-park/ or call Greg on 54944550. Please - no dogs - Crystal Waters is a wildlife sanctuary. This year we're honoured to have some amazing acts joining us on the Solstice stage…. Highlife Highlife are a Queensland Music Award winning world music act who have gained a reputation as a powerful force in the Australian live music scene. Their sets are well known for being relentlessly high energy and commanding the attention of the audience with a unique genre-bending style known as 'afro/psych' which fuses afro-beat rhythms with psychedelic funk and progressive trance. This unique band push the boundaries and deliver music with heart and soul, the roots of which run deep in tribal culture and connection, where old and new intersect and inspire movement of the mind, body and spirit. DUB ZOO Born out of a love for reggae rhythms and a passion for improvisation, this is a unique and experimental musical collaboration featuring the operatic vocalisations of Lizzie O’Keefe and multi-instrumental mayhem of Lee Hardisty, backed up by the churning engine room of a rocksteady, dubwise rhythm section. The Moonsets Folk funksters The Moonsets combine Electric Harp, Bass, drums and soulful vocals to create an eclectic blend of psychedelic folk laced with soul, funk, world, blues and a splash of subtropical groove. It's difficult to pin these musical adventurers down to one genre so be prepared to have any preconceptions blown in the best possible way. Solua When the island rhythms of Caribbean zouk music fuse with jazzy Brazilian soul journey to the birthplace mountains of Aboriginal reggae end up mingling with a tropical hip hop style mixed with a twist of New Zealand roots you get SOLUA! Rudekat RudeKat has been keeping the audience on their toes with high energy live performances that he has received a high level of recognition for. The RudeKat will bring you to the ultimate highs and the deepest of lows as they endevour to bring you the complete crossover from ol skool Reggae thru the dubplates into some sweet grinding dubstep motions that will have you twisting and turning like you think that there is something wrong with your limbs, as they take you to a world where you may not be so familiar with..