{"id":7399,"date":"2022-10-17T03:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/mode-festival-review-elevated-dance-music-brings-new-life-to-sydneys-cockatoo-island\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T03:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T01:37:34","slug":"mode-festival-review-elevated-dance-music-brings-new-life-to-sydneys-cockatoo-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/mode-festival-review-elevated-dance-music-brings-new-life-to-sydneys-cockatoo-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Mode festival review \u2013 \u2018elevated\u2019 dance music brings new life to Sydney\u2019s Cockatoo Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals \u2013 but nothing quite like Mode<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a perfect spring Saturday in Sydney, roughly 3,000 people headed for a festival that most of the city knew nothing about.<\/p>\n<p>Siloed in the heritage grandeur of Cockatoo Island and accessible only by private ferry, the first-ever Mode festival was sold on its lineup of \u201celevated dance music\u201d and an \u201cexpansive visual arts experience\u201d. Produced by Sydney-based promoters Bizarro, who until now have largely thrown parties in clubs and warehouses, the festival promised a rare gamble in a typically risk-averse city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2022\/oct\/17\/mode-festival-review-elevated-dance-music-brings-new-life-to-sydneys-cockatoo-island\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/779728b61c3a9db870e2a88dade5dca4b24e2ed3\/119_463_5309_3185\/master\/5309.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=223c8f3714c2968315a0c6b2bc23afbf\" title=\"Mode festival review \u2013 \u2018elevated\u2019 dance music brings new life to Sydney\u2019s Cockatoo Island\" \/>The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals \u2013 but nothing quite like Mode<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nOn a perfect spring Saturday in Sydney, roughly 3,000 people headed for a festival that most of the city knew nothing about.<br \/>\nSiloed in the heritage grandeur of Cockatoo Island and accessible only by private ferry, the first-ever Mode festival was sold on its lineup of \u201celevated dance music\u201d and an \u201cexpansive visual arts experience\u201d. Produced by Sydney-based promoters Bizarro, who until now have largely thrown parties in clubs and warehouses, the festival promised a rare gamble in a typically risk-averse city.<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former penal colony has been the sandstone-and-steel backdrop for art shows, concerts and festivals \u2013 but nothing quite like Mode Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On a perfect spring Saturday in Sydney, roughly 3,000 people headed for a festival that most of the city knew nothing about. Siloed in the heritage grandeur &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/mode-festival-review-elevated-dance-music-brings-new-life-to-sydneys-cockatoo-island\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mode festival review \u2013 \u2018elevated\u2019 dance music brings new life to Sydney\u2019s Cockatoo Island<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}