Popular acts unite at Megafauna Charity Music Festival Posted on November 12, 2010July 16, 2024 by Carly du Toit Ten of Canberra’s most talented bands took to the stage recently to entertain crowds at the 2010 Megafauna Charity Music Festival. With a diverse selection of musical genres including rock, cabaret, metal, and pop, this year’s Megafauna Festival held at The Basement venue in Canberra was a massive success and raised over $3000 for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF). Some of the stand out acts included Canberra five-piece band The Red Vest, and a funk fusion metal performance by three-member band Yeti. Click here to read a review of other bands from the night. The Megafauna Music Festival is now in its fourth year, and organisers have raised over $16,000 for ACRF so far. Continue reading “Popular acts unite at Megafauna Charity Music Festival”
Megafauna – Let's Rock for ACRF Posted on October 24, 2009February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit The nation’s capital Canberra rocked out to the sounds of a huge benefit concert on Saturday October 24 called Megafauna, all in aid of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Megafauna ’09 carried on the “rock” tradition of the 2006 and 2008 Megafauna events, which raised in excess of $10,000 for the ACRF. This action-packed concert, held at ‘The Basement’ in Belconnen Canberra, was the brainchild of young music promoters Ryan Malcolm and partner Lachlan Paine. The duo presented a glowing array of young and old metal, rock, punk, surf and even flamenco musical acts to entertain a large crowd of Australian Capital Territory enthusiasts. Ryan, 30, said he has been personally affected by cancer as he lost his mother, Kathy, to the disease in 2005. Continue reading “Megafauna – Let's Rock for ACRF”
