If These Walls Could Talk Podcast
1) Adapt, pivot, evolve, grow. Splendour in the Grass - Season 3, Episode 5
Splendour in the Grass. If Dark Mofo is the great southern mid-winter festival then it’s safe to say that Splendour in the Grass, nestled in the rolling hills of the North Byron Parklands, offers a mi...Show More
2) A product of the pandemic built for greater good of the Australian music community - Season 3, Episode 4
Isol-Aid. Born as a response to the COVID 19 pandemic, Isol-Aid is both an online music festival and community, profiling musicians – who would otherwise have had shows, launches, tours, and other app...Show More
3) Sustainability, inclusivity and the role the humble Australian bush doof has played in ensuring equality - Season 3, Episode 3
Strawberry Fields - Based on the banks of the meandering River Murray in NSW, is an annual celebration of art, sound and creative expression normally held for three days each summer.Rooted as deep as ...Show More
4) Secret by name, secret by nature. The story behind the Australian festival that bucked every trend imaginable - Season 3, Episode 2
Secret Garden. Secret by name, secret by nature, this was a festival where attendees like to be challenged & surprised, loyally waiting for the line up to be announced only when the event is sold out....Show More
5) The real stories behind the festival to first put Australia's scene on the map, Big Day Out - Season 3, Episode 1
Big Day Out. The big one, the festival that created an international name and managed to woo the biggest acts of their time to Australian shores. From Nirvana in 1992, to Metallica in 2004, System of ...Show More
6) Season 3: Trailer
In season three of If These Walls Could Talk by Red Bull we pen an audio love letter to some of Australia's most iconic music festivals and the women who helped shape them. From stalwarts like The Big...Show More
7) What does throwing an inclusive LGBTQI celebration involve in 2020? Can unconventional spaces be queer party spaces? - Season 2, Episode 5
Al Grigg joins Heaps Gay's Kat Dopper on a mission to find a new space for an upcoming Heaps Gay event. This mission, is one that is becoming more and more regular for Kat and her team as they seek to...Show More
8) How did Sydney’s vogue ball scene begin? What did it mean for the community when Sissy Ball became part of Mardi Gras? - Season 2, Episode 4
Al Grigg meets up with Bhenji Ra, House Mother of House of Sleep and a driving force behind Sydney's voguing scene. Bhenji explains how she learnt about the ballroom scene and voguing while living in ...Show More
9) How did The Imperial influence Sydney's gay scene in the 90s, and how is that legacy continued today? - Season 2, Episode 3
Host Al Grigg sits down with Farren Heitt, 'reigning matriarch' at the Imperial Hotel in Erskineville. One of the stalwarts of Sydney's gay scene Farren has played an active role since the days of Daw...Show More
10) What place did the Albury hold in the LGBTQI party scene and what did its closure mean for the community? - Season 2, Episode 2
It's been described as described as ‘the gay bar in gay Sydney’. But for Craig 'Polly Petrie' Petrie it was a place to call home. Starting as a glassie, then bartender, then in the cocktail bar, he ev...Show More