Long live the King

28th February, 2011

Multiple Elvises will descend on Docklands in August to kick off an inaugural Elvis Tribute Week Festival.

The festival is the brain-child of Elvis Presley tragic Gordon Lyall and promoter Dan Stojanovich who hope to put Docklands on the Australian Elvis calendar.

Mr Stojanovich said Parkes in rural New South Wales attracted 12,000 visitors last year for its Elvis festival, which is held each January to coincide with Elvis’s birthday.

“That leaves the anniversary of the great man’s death in August as the appropriate time for a tribute festival in Docklands,” Mr Stojanovich said.

The promoters believe that an annual Docklands Elvis festival can be as successful.

To be held in Shed 4 at Victoria Harbour, the festival will kick-off with a fund-raising dinner for children’s cancer charity Red Kite on Friday, August 19 and will conclude on Sunday, August 21.

And other activities include a classic car and bike show, Elvis exhibits, Elvis art show, a schools music competition, buskers, a “Greaselands” catering diner and, of course, karaoke.

There will be a rock and roll dance on the Saturday night and Sunday morning starts with a gospel service.

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