From the press release:
Diafrix and friends are very excited to announce the launch of their new annual event entitled African Affair, which will celebrate the rich and diverse African culture.

The free community festival hosted by Fuzzy from Video Hits – will be launched on Sunday 28th February at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Primarily based around a music concert featuring some of the country’s most amazing artists of African descent (Diafrix, Lo-Tek, Mike Justice, 1/6, DJ Kay-Z and more), the afternoon fiesta will also have football workshops run by Collingwood Football Club’s own Harry O’Brien, as well as offering authentic African cuisine.

The event is the brainchild of an ever-strengthening bond between local hip hop band Diafrix and young Collingwood football superstar Harry O’Brien. O’Brien – the first ever player of African descent in the AFL – is one of the most prolific supporters of the duo, both of whom are African immigrants. The trio has found a mutual passion for community projects and are regularly involved in a multitude of hands-on community roles, while being ambassadors for Make Poverty History and the Burnet Institute.

This continues Melbourne’s celebrated vein of multicultural festivals which includes Lygon Street Festa, Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival and Johnston Street Spanish Fiesta, amongst a host of others. Africa being the world’s second most populated continent, and one that has an increasing influence on Melbourne’s diverse culture, it is time to celebrate our city’s extraordinary ethnic landscape.

SUNDAY 28th FEBRUARY
2.00pm – 7.00pm
THE AMPHITHEATRE
Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray

FREE ENTRY – BYO PICNIC

Diafrix’s Concrete Jungle is out now. Check their myspace for more details.

They recently landed the gong for Best Homegrown New Artist in the coveted The Age EG Awards, an acknowledgement of their arrival in the public eye after years of buzz building through Melbourne’s live music circuit. It does get better! Over the past month, they’ve been announced on the bill for some of the country’s most influential music festivals this summer.

DIAFRIX SUMMER SHOWS – 2009/10
Sunday 6th December
Corner Hotel, Melbourne (PBS Live Music Week), VIC

Friday 18th December
The Johnston, Fitzroy, VIC

Tuesday 29th December
Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley, NSW

Wednesday 30th December
Pyramid Rock Festival, Phillip Island. VIC

Saturday 9th January
Sydney Festival, Uber Lingua Stage, Sydney, NSW

Saturday 16th January
Hot Barbeque Festival, Point Nepean, VIC

Saturday 23rd January
Kiss My Grass Festival, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne VIC

Sunday 21st February
Good Vibrations Festival, Melbourne, VIC

Tickets on sale now via usual outlets.

It’s really the time of year where any self respecting music fan gets ready to head to the hills of the Glenworth Valley for Peats Ridge Sustainable Music & Arts Festival. With over 200 artists across ten stages it’s set to be a HUGE one in 2009!

The lovely people organising the festival are offering you, the lucky readers of Music Feeds a chance to win a free 3 Day festival pass for you and a friend, including camping as well as the chance to meet and hang out with local hip hop gurus Diafrix.

How amazing is that?! All you have to do to enter is email competitions@musicfeeds.com.au with the subject line ‘I want to hang out with Diafrix at Peats Ridge’ before December 5th. Easy, right?

Music Feeds – Waka Waka

Melbourne born Phrase joins the tour with his sophomore record Clockwork (available now through Universal Music) firmly in hand. Already spawning triple j favourites ‘Skylight’ and ‘Clockwork’, the album reached the lofty heights #26 on the ARIA chart, cementing Phrase’s place as one of Australia’s brightest talents. Phrase supporting Daniel Merriweather should come as no surprise to fans following at home – Daniel produced Phrase’s career-establishing debut album Talk with Force.

Warming the stage in each city with be Melbourne-via-South Africa lads Diafrix. Fresh from the release of their debut album Concrete Jungle (available now through Illusive) and a national tour supporting Bliss N Eso, Diafrix will be ready to show their best this November/December. Diafrix’s iconic concoction of African rhythms, dance hall, funk, Australian hip hop and reggae has seen the band develop a unique sound and strong following, offering an excellent reason to ensure you arrive early.

After years of globetrotting, Daniel Merriweather’s return will offer an opportunity to learn what the rest of the world has already taken note of: Daniel Merriweather is a bona fide superstar. The addition of Phrase and Diafrix to all shows adds further reason to secure your tickets now.

Tickets on sale NOW!

Sunday 29 November
The Tivoli, Brisbane – 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Tuesday 1 December
Prince Bandroom, Melbourne – 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au; Prince box office (03) 9536 1168 or www.princebandroom.com.au; Prince of Wales public bar; Polyester Records (Fitzroy & City stores); Greville Records; Missing Link

Wednesday 2 December
Metro Theatre, Sydney – 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au; Metro Theatre box office (02) 9550 3666 or www.metrotheatre.com.au

PBS 106.7FM will be serving up a whole week of live music across their programming from 7th December until 13th December – with it all officially kicking off at the PBS 106.7FM Live Music Week Launch taking place on Sunday 6th December at The Corner Hotel, Richmond. Gracing the stage will be Warped; Kylie Auldist; Diafrix; Polo Club; Geoff Achison; Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir; Richi Madan and his Bollywood Dancers; and The PBS Jazz Allstars featuring Paul Williamson with the whole day being broadcast LIVE on 106.7FM.

Whether it’s jazz, folk, blues, rock, punk, country, and so much more, PBS 106.7FM has maintained its ethos of being a home for music that doesn’t get recognition anywhere else. Quite often this music is delivered direct into your lives – your homes, cars, and workplaces, in the form of artists playing live from the Easey Street PBS 106.7FM studios. During Live Music Week there will be an outstanding number of bands – over 60, doing exactly that. Stay tuned for more announcements.

A massive collection of both local and international artists have passed through the doors at PBS 106.7FM in the last 30 years. It is this dedication to live music that means that even in today’s digital era PBS 106.7FM still plays as much of a crucial role in people’s musical education as it did when everyone ‘gathered round the wireless’.

Celebrating the rich diversity of musical offerings that the station offers to their audience 24/7 year round, Live Music Week encapsulates PBS 106.7FM’s dedication to live music. Make sure you are a part of it and come down to The Corner Hotel on Sunday 6th of December for the PBS Live Music Week Launch, and tune into PBS 106.7FM during Live Music Week.