Street festival attractions double

The Ettalong Beach Street Festival will be held on Saturday, March 17, on Ocean View Rd from 10am.

Organisers have doubled the number of attractions for this year's festival including two stages with world music and local performers to feature as well as twice the number of Holden classic cars and artisan and handmade stalls.

"We have expanded the Kid's Zone out into the car park along the beach front with more rides and crafty pursuits for them to enjoy," said Festival creative director Ms Ylenna Zajec.

The Festival has secured the Lolo Lovina Gypsy Caravan Stage for the first time on the Central Coast.

"This stage has graced many festivals up and down the east coast of Australia from Queensland's Woodford Festival, Sydney Festival to the Illawarra Folk Festival," said Ms Zajec.

Gracing the Gypsy Caravan stage is the Margaret St Project who draws on influences from Eastern European Gypsy music, French Chanson and Tango.

The Margaret St Project plays authentic Roma Gypsy melodies infused with Balkan, tango, swing and Mexicana with original songs inspired by life in Inner-Western Sydney.

Local duo Toni and Gibran will also play at the festival.

"With Toni's classical and Gibran's jazz guitar trained background's, flamenco music proved to be the perfect vehicle to unify their training such as covers of Rodrigo and Gabriela (a Mexican guitar duo), and rock covers with a flamenco - Spanish style from artists such as Midnight Oil and The White Stripes," said Ms Zajec.

In the event of heavy rain, the Festival will be held undercover at the Ettalong Beach Public School.

Media Release, 27 Feb 2013

Ylenna Zajec, Ettalong Beach St Festival