Yours & Owls ramp up environmental initiative, ‘Party with a Purpose’

Last year, beloved Wollongong festival Yours & Owls launched their environmental initiative, 'Party with a Purpose. The festival made it their mission to minimize their impact on the environment by cutting down on single-use plastics and landfill. This year, they're ramping it up.

2018 saw the festival trial reusable cups and water bottles, compostable food waste, plates and cutlery — they ended up achieving an 85% recycling rate. Now, the team has announced that that they're going to attempt to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill to 10% or less and recycle 90% of environmental waste.

The strategy will include compost bins, reusable cups and water bottles and solar-powered shipping container bars. There will also be volunteers providing information on ways that punters can reduce their plastic use, and activations and installations about sustainable living situated around The Local.

To get you in the mood for some sustainable partying, the Yours & Owls gang are kicking off the festivities with the launch of #partywithapurpose at North Gong Pub on Sunday August 4, where they'll also be celebrating the official partnership of Y&O, Plastic Free Wollongong & #partywithapurpose, and the efforts they plan to achieve together across Wollongong moving forward! Reduce your carbon footprint and ride your bike or walk to the event!

To celebrate, Yours & Owls have collaborated with North Gong Pub to put together an evening of live music, commemorating the launch of #partywithapurpose. On August 4th Big White, Babey, Paradise Club, Fierce Mild, Tuffence Meringue will descend on North Gong Pub to tear through a coupla ripper sets. Entry is free, just RSVP here.

Yours & Owls Festival 2019 Lineup

Amy Shark Courtney Barnett Golden Features Hot Dub Time Machine

Angie McMahon Love Fame Tragedy Meg Mac Ruel Skeggs Slumberjack Sneaky Sound System Thundamentals Vera Blue

Bad//Dreems Baker Boy Bass Drums Of Death Eves Karydas Frenzal Rhomb Fucked Up Kwame No Mono Odette WAXX Yumi Zouma The Beths Blank Realm Ceres The Delta Riggs Die! Die! Die! Genesis Owusu The Gooch Palms Good Doogs Hatchie Kira Puru Ocean Grove The Pinheads Totally Unicorn West Thebarton A.Swazye & The Ghosts Bugs Crocodylus Eliza & The Delusionals Georgia June The Lazy Suzans Low Life Murmurmur The Nights Pacific Avenue San Mei

Special local guests

Burn In Hell Chuparosa Dribs Ducy Muncs Fait Accompli Fika Friday Park Hopetown Husband Wants A Wife Ivori Legal Aliens Lemon Row Rukus Sam Allen Tapestry Tex The Bungalows The Fangin’ Felines The Hints Tuff Mustard Underplay 99 Scapegoast

Saturday, October 5th – Sunday, October 6th Stuart Park, Wollongong, NSW More info: Yours & Owls