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‘Awesome’ closer expected for 100+50 festival

SINGAPORE — It may not have had as much hype as a few of the other activities held in conjunction with SG50, but organisers for the 100+50 Bands music festival, The Rockstar Collective, have been pretty happy with the response so far. The festival, a sequel to last year’s 100 Bands festival, has been going on for the past two weekends at Bedok Reservoir. The final concerts will be held this weekend from Aug 14 to 16.

In Each Hand A Cutlass will take the stage at the 100+50 music festival this coming weekend. Photo: Scott Millard.

In Each Hand A Cutlass will take the stage at the 100+50 music festival this coming weekend. Photo: Scott Millard.

SINGAPORE — It may not have had as much hype as a few of the other activities held in conjunction with SG50, but organisers for the 100+50 Bands music festival, The Rockstar Collective, have been pretty happy with the response so far. The festival, a sequel to last year’s 100 Bands festival, has been going on for the past two weekends at Bedok Reservoir. The final concerts will be held this weekend from Aug 14 to 16.

“If it’s standing room only, the space can fit about 1,500 people. On the night we featured Caracal (Aug 8), I think we had about 1,000 to 1,200 people,” said Razi Razak of The Rockstar Collective, who added that this year’s turnout might be bigger than last year’s edition, which was held at Kovan Hub. “Last year, the total figure, I believe, was around 15,000. This year, I think we can get a bit more than that. Apart from those coming especially for 100+50, we also had the crowd who turned up for the activities at the Aljunied Cluster Arts event.”

So far, the festival, which has 100 music acts and 50 DJs on the line-up, has seen some of the biggest names in Singapore’s indie music scene sharing the stage with newer artistes, such as The Observatory, Plainsunset, The Stoned Revivals, Caracal, Charlie Lim, The Good Life Project, Cherie & Ferry, TAJ and Riot !n Magenta. For the final weekend, you can expect bands King Kong Jane, In Each Hand A Cutlass, sub:shaman and ANECHOIS to perform.

Razi said the team has been pleasantly surprised by the turnout. “We don’t have the final numbers for the past two weekends yet, but we didn’t expect people to come on National Day itself, when Plainsunset played, but there were hundreds still (at the show), even though it was a late set.”

While Razi admitted that it has been “quite draining” for the organising team, he said they were going to “give it our all” for the last weekend. “Last year’s closing night was quite awesome — we had confetti and streamer cannons that fired during the last song of the last set — and we’re hoping to do something similar this Sunday night for the last set, which is by (rock band) ANECHOIS.”

He added: “I’m really hoping that the weather will be nice for this weekend. For the last two weekends, the weather was a little unpredictable and it made the place a little muddy. I don’t know if people liked it or not!”

Still, Razi said he was grateful to those who have turned up so far and he hoped that they will return for the final weekend — and perhaps bring their friends along. “There were a lot of other activities happening around Singapore over the last two weekends that clashed with this event, so we hope that those who haven’t been able to make it to 100+50 will come,” he said.

“I really appreciate those who turned up for the shows so far, who went all the way to Bedok Reservoir, because it takes a bit of effort to find the place! I know a few people got lost ... Let’s say it was a good way to explore the area.

“And, actually, that’s one of the reasons we wanted to do it there — to let people explore places in Singapore they’d never been to before,” he added. Christopher Toh

The last instalment of 100+50 will be held from Aug 14 to 16 at Bedok Reservoir. Admission is free.

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