Big Day Out 2010

Last Saturday, we went to the Big Day Out music festival at the Olympic Park in Sydney. We bought our tickets for the day in October last year so it had been a while coming. Acts playing included Lily Allen, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal, Muse, Ladyhawke, Calvin Harris, and Groove Armada, to name a few that you might know. It was a very, very hot day - about 40 degrees I think - so we arrived already sweaty from the train journey (and also with soy sauce all down my white t-shirt having squirted it all over myself whilst trying to eat sushi on the go!) and a bit grumpy. Hence the first thing on the agenda was to get an ice lolly in an attempt to cool down.

First up on the list we wanted to see was Kasabian. They were really good, and luckily the heat was made more bearable by security men with water sprays willingly drenching everyone with water! Dizzee Rascal followed and, as much as I love him, I have to say that he was a bit of a disappointment. Still at least I got to see his pretty face. We caught the end of Lily Allen, having decided food was more important than seeing her (I hate her) and then headed off to watch Calvin Harris, who was surprisingly awesome. The big act of the night was Muse and the stadium was absolutely packed out for them. We ended the night with Groove Armada and their amazing light show.

I have to say I'm not a big festival go-er and I don't think I would repeat the experience. As always, the best part of the day for me was the food part: we found a vegetarian hare krishna stall where we had a delicious dinner of vegetable koftas, vegetable curry and rice, and date halva. The halva stuff (made from semolina, butter, condensed milk and dates) was an absolute revelation. Full of calories I'm sure but absolutely delicious. So delicious in fact that I found a recipe and recreated it last night for dessert!