hey
i will be coming to the Fest from aus and i have no idea, i have never been to the states before.
so any kind of travel advice would be awesome...what city to fly to for best connections etc.
also places to stay and such would also be rad.

Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville airports are all well placed for Gainesville. Then it's an easy Greyhound bus or there are companies that do pretty cheap shuttles straight to G'ville. Hotel-wise there's obviously the Holiday Inn option, or if you want to actually get some sleep there's a bunch on SW 13th Street but they're a little bit of a walk. There's a few threads kicking about where people have mentioned other places, have a hunt and you should find some ideas.

If you wanna go somewhere else first the internal flights straight into Gainesville airport are pretty cheap, at least by UK standards that is. We flew into NYC last year and got a return from there to Gainesville for just over US$200.

Where in Aus are you from?

Bring Neck with you please.

I'm coming from Australia too...
Where abouts are you from?

I'll already be in the states for a month or two before the Fest though.
Pretty excited!

thank ya muchly all! an informed starting point is always helpful
thinking about heading over a bit earlier and checking out another city or few!
I will be coming from Brisbane.
wish i was still earning the british pound to spend in us dollars..that woud be rad. now i just got to earn as much as i want to spend is aus dollars..
I will probably spend most of november aimlessly wandering around the states so if anyone has any other suggestions like rad shows and stuff defo let me know!

Yeah, we're heading straight to NYC pre-Fest and then DC post-Fest, snf then NYC again. The £'s gone down against the US$ a little bit recently, which sucks, but it's still nearly 2 to 1.

TJ, I looked at your site, I've got your first release!

im coming from melbourne too.
want to head over to ny a week before the Fest..
haha crystal we need to organise stuff...

I'm sorry, Neck's from the UK. I was thinking of that Pirate folk punk band from Australia who's name escapes me.

haha yes we have to organise stuff miss.
i got an interview today for a killa job so i will have lots of cash to play with!
once i know about this job we can book, i really need it!. i am going to give rach a call this or next weekend to get an idea of what to do. but i think you and i should just book what we need to and meet up with her along the way. cos flight prices and times and such are much more flexible for her! and holiday time is much for flexible for us!
i am temping at a deaf centre right now. you would love it! it is kind of fun i get paid to do arts and crafts...yay.

We will also be coming from Oz. We are in Sydney though. We are going to NYC first & then down to the Fest. Probably back to NYC after because we have some family there at the moment.



Did you mean MUTINY? They are from Melbourne & they are fucking awesome, I'd love to bring them along to the Fest!

YES! that's them!

bring Frenzal Rhomb!

They would be perfect for Fest...not seen them in about 10 years though, are they even still going?

Frenzal Rhomb do still exist (if only in their own minds!!!), no just kidding they are still going. They don't tour as much these days. At the moment Jay (singer) & his wife are off traveling & have indefinite travel plans, so I'm sorry to say that it is highly unlikely that they would be able to make it. There is always next year!