The You Are Here festival wrapped up with the showcase of Canberran poetry, "Poetry is The Real Winner", hosted by fellow Tragic Troubadour, Andrew Galan.
The Tragic Troubadours had a busy schedule performing to the milling populace as they waiting for buses, doing eight one hour sessions over four days, capturing a new audience(some of whom didnt know there was a festival on and others who couldnt believe we weren't begging/busking).
Drawing in a new audience is the ethos of You Are Here, which spotlights the culture of experimental art in Canberra, and though biased, I believe the Troubs achieved this with their ambush style poetry to greater extent than any of the other acts.
That said, saturday events like the secret gig and Going To Hell In This Handy Basket drew (willing) crowds to the newsroom that included people of all ages, and proven performer Bad!Slam!No!Biscuit! had the phoenix bar packed to the gunnels.
What I read coming out of the festival is that it was a massive success, far surpassing the runaway results of YAH 2011, which can only auger well for YAH 2013
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