Radiothon Sponsors 2012
These businesses have shown themselves to be highly evolved beings by sponsoring Eastside Radio with amazing prizes for The Evolution Will Not Be Televised Radiothon 2012.
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Andrew McDonald Shoemaker was established in 1992. Started by Andrew in a small workshop in Sydney’s Surry Hills designing bespoke handcrafted shoes for men and women. Founded on his craftsmanship and design exploration, the team comprises a dedicated group of shoemakers at the forefront of footwear and accessories design.Visit his website HERE | ||
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Art Almanac is the premier national guide to what’s on in the visual arts throughout Australia and has been published for over 35 years. “Art Almanac is Australia’s visual art guide that keeps you in the frame” View their website HERE | ||
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The Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) is a national centre of excellence in the exhibition, education and publication of photography. With four decades’ experience, it is the longest running contemporary art space in Australia. The ACP is a not-for-profit organisation, assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the Australian Government through the Australia Council. Since 2004, ACP has been supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Renowned chef Bill Granger opened the original bills in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, followed by another in Surry Hills and then Woollahra. All have become firm favourites with locals and tourists alike. Bill’s eight cookbooks are all international best sellers, having sold in excess of one million copies. Bill’s Everyday Asian is his most recent effort, full of amazing and surprisingly achievable recipes. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Boon philosophy is to produce in small batches so that the chocolates are consumed within four weeks of being made. Freshness is key to appreciating the individual flavour characteristic to each praline. Freshness combined with the best natural ingredients and flavours is the key, which allows one to discover the “play” between ingredients. For us this is what chocolate experience is all about. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The outdoor flying trapeze rig at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre has a weekly timetable of flying trapeze sessions for all ages and abilities. With holiday circus classes and private sessions also available, Circus Arts Sydney offers fun, fitness and skill development. Come join the circus now! Circus Arts is also an ideal activity for children’s birthday parties and for corporate teambuilding workshops. Call us to find out how we can tailor a package to your needs. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Concrete Blonde has launched a weekly Sunday Jazz Funk Lunch and claim Sydney’s best Bloody Mary. The music is coordinated by legendary record producer. Guests include Emma Pask, Di Bird, Jacki Cooper Trio, Tim Draxl, Kristin Theak, Janet Seidel, Greg Poppleton & his Bakelight Swing Jazz and the Conscious Pilots. Sunday roast with two courses for $40 and three for $48. Favourites are Prime Rib of Beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and fresh winter vegetables. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Darlinghurst Theatre Company presents diverse artistic visions to engage audiences with the diversity, power and possibilities of live theatre. Each production presents a new directorial and artistic vision, which allows for a unique point of view and dialogue about the human experience through theatre. Darlinghurst Theatre Company achieves this by developing, producing and presenting theatre productions in collaboration with outstanding independent theatre artists. Visit their website HERE |
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Dendy Cinemas: The home of quality cinema. Visit their website HERE |
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Griffin Theatre Company is Australia’s leading new writing theatre. The resident at the historic SBW Stables Theatre, Griffin develops and stages the best Australian stories, in a vital cultural hub, for the widest possible audience. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The Historic Houses Trust is a volunteer organisation and registered charity. Our aim is to promote public interest in the HHT’s properties, organise events and raise funds for their conservation. Membership opens the door into Sydney’s history, its architecture and art, music, food, gardens, design and much more. You’ll also have access to a unique events and tours program designed especially for members. Members even have their own lounge at The Mint in the heart of the city, where your guests are always welcome to join you in quiet relaxation over a complimentary tea or coffee and view our current members lounge exhibition display. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Jazzhead was established to release great new Australian Jazz in its various forms. Concentrating on the progressive sounds of jazz while maintaining general accessibility. From its inception, Jazzhead has pursued excellence in music and provided an outlet for great work. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Jazushi offers Sydney’s best blend of Japanese fusion cuisine and the finest live jazz every night that promises to be as pleasing to the ear as it is to the palate. Jazushi is ideal for any occasion, with elegant indoor and outdoor areas. Come and experience Sydney’s best kept secret. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Each year, Jed Wines‘ young Australian winemakers travel to Mendoza, Argentina to produce wines that express the unique characters of this acclaimed region. They’ve been making big waves in the Australian wine market – find out why. Order from a range of exciting wines HERE | ||
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Jones & Turner Travel Associates is a boutique style travel agency service, designed to cater for the frequent and more discerning traveller in search of new experiences or the ultimate in luxury holidays. We offer exclusive packages, escorted and special interest tours, luxury cruises and holidays with a difference.Jones & Turner Travel Associates is based in Paddington, Sydney, and is part of the national Travel Associates brand. Personal travel consultation is available by appointment from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Let’s Go Surfing is an award-winning business that’s been voted one of Sydney’s top 3 tourist activities. We’ve taught thousands of people from all around the world how to have fun, reconnect with themselves, and add a little stoke to their lives through surfing. We are a licensed Surfing Australia Surf School, a member of the Surf Schools Association of Australia, and the only officially licensed surf school at Bondi Beach. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Simply put, Love Supreme on Oxford St, Paddington creates some of the best pizza in Sydney. Delicious gourmet pizzas and more in stylish settings, with an exciting range of wines, beers and cocktails. Delivery and BYO available. Check out their website HERE | ||
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Located at 245 Oxford St, Lucky’s Shebeen is full of African beers, spirits and wines as well as the good stuff available locally. Our cocktail menu is small but changes regularly. Lucky serves up African street food to be shared. Bunny Chow, Mozambican Peri Peri Chicken, Boerewors rolls, Samp and beans and Durban Samoosas – to name a few! Lucky’s is a fun, happy place to enjoy time with friends and family and old fashioned African hospitality. Visit their website HERE | ||
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At Mad Pizza we labour over our Superthin and Healthy Pizzas to make them as close to perfect as we can. Add to this amazing starters, generous pastas, fresh salads, and tasty desserts. We also have a great selection of fine wines as well as Italian and Australian beers and cocktails. We specialise in group bookings without any booking fees, including in our private dining courtyard. Visit their website HERE | ||
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METRO SCREEN Metro Screen helps you to learn, create and collaborate, with short courses, equipment hire and grants to get creatives creating! Visit their website HERE | ||
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Neil Grigg Milliner - In his 30-year career, Neil has created thousands of hats for brides, race-goers and celebrities alike. He has created headwear for theatre productions such as Miss Saigon, 42nd Street, Glimpses and Les Miserables. Renowned for his beautiful hand-made flowers, enchanting feather-work, and an endless imagination, Neil’s headpieces bring a particular individual style for each client. Visit his website HERE | ||
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New Market Music have generously donated a whole bevvy of amazing CDs for our Eastside Supporters. New Market Music is an independent music label established in Melbourne, releasing fine Australian and International Jazz recordings. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The annual Noosa Jazz Festival, which runs from 30 Aug–2 Sept, celebrates all genre of jazz, funk, blues, indie, alternate pop and progressive music. Over 200 performances from Australian and international artists in local restaurants and open-air venues overlooking Noosa’s stunning main beach and river. 2012′s stellar line-up includes Grace Knight, San Gabriel 7 feat. Bill Watrous and Liam Burrows, US Motown legend Gil Askey, jazz funk group Bullhorn & the Barksdale Brass Band, James Morrison, Andrew Lawson, Monsieur Camembert, Emma Pask and Ed Wilson. Tickets now on sale. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Ocularity is an independent boutique optometry practice in Paddington specialising only in handcrafted spectacles & sunglasses. Each brand is carefully chosen for quality, craftsmanship, style, materials, individuality & service. We provides eye examinations, contact lenses, & dispense optical lenses. We even house a large collection of children’s frames. The principle optometrist and owner of Ocularity and has been qualified in England & Australia for nearly 20 years. We make choosing eyewear fun! Visit their website HERE | ||
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Opera Bar boasts the most enviable position in Sydney. Located on the lower concourse level of the Sydney Opera House, Opera Bar offers spectacular views of the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and all the wonders of the city skyline. With an evolving wine list and cocktail menu, as well as incredible food, this makes a fine night on the Quay. Visit their website HERE |
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Palace Cinemas, Australia’s pre-eminent independent entertainment group is renowned as a provider of fully licensed, luxurious, complete cinemas for the discerning movie patron. We are a local business, with a national network that has an international profile. It’s an experience of places we long to be: countries, cultures, communities and architecturally significant cinema spaces. The experience is delivered with a sense of occasion and is underpinned by our core business values: Enjoyment, Hospitality, Efficiency, Respect, Community, Heritage. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Your passion for music and film will be rewarded when you visit Phoenix Music, our boutique shop in Potts Point. We cover all genres of music and film with a depth of catalogue including thousands of jazz titles ranging from single CDs to box sets. We offer quality customer service and welcome your orders. 121 Macleay Street, Potts Point / Phone 9331 6088. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Poseidon Outer Reef Cruises offers a five star cruise to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from Port Douglas. The 24m, ultra modern high speed catamaran is the perfect vessel to experience the reef. Poseidon caters to snorkellers, introductory and certified divers. The dives include drift dives, wall dives, and isolated pinnacles surrounded by pelagic fish and coral gardens.Visit their website HERE | ||
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Raging Thunder Adventures is the largest adventure company in Australia. We have a reputation for excellence and have established ourselves as a world leader in Adventure Tourism. Raging Thunder specialise in adventure eco-tourism. The World Heritage listed Wet Tropical Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef are our workbenches. Our guides are trained to leave nothing but a footprint and take nothing but photos. Cairns and the surrounding areas make up the world’s natural adventure playground and we want to share it with you. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Welcome to Sam the Butcher. We have a wide selection of Organic, free range and game meat products all of which can be ordered securely online and delivered fresh, fast and straight to your door. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Shirt Bar is all about the things we love – shirts, coffee and whisky. We take the quality of our products and service seriously, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously. We also understand you have your own style, and that’s what we’re here for – to help meet your specific needs and desires, whether it’s perfectly fitting clothes, the ultimate coffee or a top-shelf scotch. All this is provided within a relaxed intimate space that’s also available for group bookings or private functions. We hope to see you down here sometime. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Sony Music have generously donated a load of great CDs. Be sure to support Eastside for a chance to get your hands on one of these fantastic albums! Visit their website HERE | ||
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Sydney Theatre Company, as the premier theatre company in Australia, has been a major force in Australian drama since its establishment in 1978. The Company presents an annual twelve-play program at its home base The Wharf, on Sydney’s harbour at Walsh Bay, the nearby Sydney Theatre, which STC also manages, and as the resident theatre company of the Sydney Opera House. Current Artistic Directors, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton joined the Company at the beginning of 2008. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Swing Patrol are a big, crazy group of people devoted to having fun, making new friends and sharing our love of Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Blues, Solo Jazz and Tap Dancing. Visit their website HERE | ||
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At The Boutique Collection, we offer a wide selection of high end penthouse, poolside, beachside and retreat suites with a unique elegance matched only by the tropical holiday lifestyle surroundings. There is something special about our exquisite collection of luxury accommodation in Palm Cove, Cairns, Bramston Beach, Port Douglas and the northern coast of Australia. The Boutique Collection is a family owned business with extensive involvement and experience in the tourism industry. We have chosen to specialise in resort and luxury accommodation in North Queensland as we’ve simply fallen in love with this perfect corner of the world. Visit their website HERE | ||
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At The Coffee Roaster we focus on the roasting and packaging of the finest quality Arabica Coffee Beans. For your drinking pleasure, we source the finest Specialty Grade coffee from around the world. All of the coffee that we obtain is grown high in the mountains in various countries between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. An exhaustive grading process is applied to all coffee beans that we roast. They must meet stringent size, density, colour consistency and taste criteria before being accepted! Visit their website HERE | ||
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The Commons believes wholeheartedly in doing fewer things, but doing them better. Christopher and Gabrielle Moore curate the limited, daily menu with a reverence for seasonal, local produce. With a small team of experienced chefs and cooks, the kitchen’s sharing dishes are inspired by the eating houses of Italy, France and Britain. Downtown is located in the 160-year-old larder underneath The Commons. We take you back to the roots of good music and liquor, inspired by the golden age of cocktails, jazz and blues, from the turn of the century until 1950. Incredible drinks in an intimate setting, accessible and friendly staff, and the opportunity to learn more about music, your friends and good ol’ drink. Visit their website HERE | ||
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Goldfish, a stylish cocktail & lounge bar located across from the world famous Coca-Cola sign. Goldfish opened in Sept ’08 and over the last few years has become one of Sydney’s number one late night venues. Goldfish Kings Cross strives to be Australia’s leading high volume Cocktail Lounge. Food and Drinks are available at all times with entertainment 7 days a week and Monday through to Friday from 6pm-8pm we have 49% off all food and beverages. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The Hughenden is situated at the crossroads of Paddington and Woollahra, and is a warm and welcoming, gracefully restored boutique hotel. At the Hughenden people meet over coffee and a meal, just enjoy a glass of wine or listen to beautiful live music. Visitors may wander through the Victorian sitting rooms enjoying the artwork, as well as the architecture of the Hughenden with its black marble fireplaces and secret servants’ bells. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The Local Taphouseis a European-inspired neighbourhood tavern specialising in craft beers and with exceptional food, drink, events and hospitality. This is the sister venue of the original in St Kilda, Melbourne. It continues owners’ Steve and Guy’s crusade to get more people drinking better beer. Visit their website HERE | ||
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The Royal Hotel is a great place to have a drink with friends. This historic bar has seen many changes since it was built in the late 1800s but the Royal Bar still maintains the old world charm of a historic Hotel. If you fancy a flutter we have full TAB facilities. All major sports events can be viewed from our multi screen audiovisual system. For any function requirements please contact us: Phone: +61 2 9331 2604 / Fax: +61 2 9331 2668 / Email: enquiries@royalhotel.com.au Visit their website HERE | ||
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TITLE Music Film Books is not about what’s cool right now. It’s about what will always be cool. We love inspiring, challenging, provocative and exciting things. What we don’t love is the run-of-the-mill. TITLE now claims 7 locations nationwide with more to come. People come to us because they know we love it and we know about it. We stock the most comprehensive selection of specialist classical and jazz labels. Film lovers will also find boutique restoration labels are all well represented here. Visit their website HERE |
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Vitamin Records are providing a collection of their best releases (hand picked by our Station Manager, Tony) these CD’s are sure to be a treat for your eardrums! Visit their website to see Vitamin’s new releases HERE | ||
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Since 1990, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues has hosted performances by a remarkable array of international and Australian jazz artists. These include some of the acknowledged greats of the modern jazz era, as well as many distinctive and significant artists who richly deserve wider recognition. This will be a fantastic weekend of music, so sign up now to be in the running to be there! Check out the Wangaratta program HERE | ||
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Multi-award winning Zinc Restaurant & Lounge Bar, Port Douglas is a favourite of both locals and visitors.Coffee from 9am, snacks & tapas from 1pm and dinner from 5pm. Zinc’s menu focuses on local produce and provides fine modern Australian cuisine at realistic prices. Choose outside seating with views to Four Mile Beach or inside in superb modern surroundings and professional, friendly service.Zinc’s relaxed lounge bar features a large range of wines, over 70 cocktails, over 110 spirits and liqueurs and a selection of beers on tap as well as the largest privately-owned aquarium on the east coast of Australia. Visit their website HERE | ||
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2 Fish Restaurant is one of Port Douglas’ premier award-winning restaurants, with modern seafood cuisine and professional friendly staff. We’ve won Restaurant and Catering Awards and glowing reviews. Head Chef Adam Ion has created a mouth watering menu showcasing the best and freshest of local Tropical North Queensland produce. 2 Fish Restaurant Port Douglas is the perfect place to watch the world go by while enjoying a relaxed lunch, dinner and drinks or a memorable wedding reception, special event or corporate function. Visit their website HERE |