The Big Ticket 2014/2015

ISSUE NO. 8 2014 / 2015

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INTRODUCTION Festivals are a pretty big deal. Just about every culture in the world has found some reason for an annual shindig where people come together to dance, feast, worship, sacrifice virgins or set fire to things (or all of the above), and judging by this year’s crop we won’t be stopping anytime soon. (Let’s just stay away from the virgin sacrifice and fire-starting, shall we? Besides, there’s way more fun stuff to do instead now like bouncy castles and nude three-legged races. But I digress…)

We humans seem to have a primal urge to gather in some far distant field and pay tribute to the gods of music and the arts. Or maybe festivals are just a great excuse to sink tins under our glorious southern sun. Either way, festivals pretty much rule the party scene, and even the pickiest of punters could find something they love out there.

Hopefully you’ll get your festival fix somewhere in this year’s Big Ticket.

Inside you’ll find a comprehensive guide to the best of Aussie festivals, plus some hints and tips which can help make your festival experience just that bit more special. Well, there is at least a handy checklist which is guaranteed to prevent you spending four days in the wilderness with third-degree sunburn, hypothermia, and/ or trench-foot. Plus there’s a sustainability guide so you can tread a little more lightly on those hallowed festival grounds. There’s even festival trivia to help pass the time on the long trip to that far distant field, where people come together to dance, feast, worship and bounce naked on inflatable castles… or whatever it is that floats your festival boat.

Enjoy the trip.

Julian Douglas

CONTENTS 06 Above & Beyond, A State of Trance 08 Australasian World Music Expo 10 Earth Frequency 12 Earthcore 14 Future Music Festival 16 Maitreya Arts & Music Explosion

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ABOVE & BEYOND: NEW YEAR’S DAY When? Thursday January 1, 2015 Where? Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Who? Above and Beyond and Guests Tickets? From $119 The Philosophy: Above and Beyond sold out in 48 minutes for NYE in Sydney, we are back at the bowl for a huge NYD in Melbourne Make sure you bring: Good times, good friends.

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A STATE OF TRANCE FESTIVAL When? Melbourne: Friday February 6, 2015, Sydney: Saturday February 7, 2015 Where? HiSense Arena Melbourne (SOLD OUT), Exhibition Halls, Homebush Sydney Who? Armin Van Buuren and some special guests Tickets? $140+ The Philosophy: Armin Van Buuren brings his ASOT Festival for the first time to Australia Make sure you bring: ASOT or Group Therapy Podcasts (prelisten) and be ready for a great time

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AUSTRALASIAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC EXPO When?

Thursday November 13 ± S unday November 16, 2014 Where?

AWME 2014 will showcase artists across a range of Melbourne venues ± Ar ts Centre Melbourne, The Hi-Fi, The Toff, Ding Dong, Shebeen and Lounge.

Who? Ash Grunwald, Hiatus Kaiyote, Pete Murray, Frank Yamma, Nahko and Medicine for the People (USA), Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Digging Roots (Canada), The Bart Willoughby Band, Myele Manzanza (NZ), Bongeziwe Mabandla (South Africa), Leah Flanagan, Mojo Juju, Estère (NZ), Marlon Williams, Glenn Skuthorpe, Hailey Cramer, Bustamento, Jimblah + more!

Tickets?

A Four-Day Platinum Pass gives access to the whole AWME program including: - All AWME Conference Sessions - All AWME Live Showcase Concerts - AWME bag, with AWME sampler CD & AWME program - Unique networking opportunities Platinum Pass Standard Rate ± $220A UD (October 1 ± N ovember 9) Platinum Pass Late Rate ± $260A UD (November 10 ± N ovember 12) Platinum Pass Walk-Up Rate ± $2 80AUD (November 13 ± N ovember 16) Individual showcase tickets now on sale ranging from $15 ± $30 All available at www.awme.com.au

The Philosophy: Attracting around 500 national and international music industry delegates, AWME provides a platform to foster stronger relationships between music industry associates by bringing together musicians, industry partners/representatives and festival audiences from all corners of the globe for four days of non-stop music, networking and conference sessions.

AWME creates opportunities for artists from the region to market their product to Australian and international buyers whilst simultaneously offering a platform for local, interstate and international audiences to sample an incredible program of music from the region and from around the globe, thereby increasing the sustainability for artists from Australia and the region.

Make sure you bring: Your dancing shoes and lots of energy to enjoy four days of the finest roots music.

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

Keep dancing.

What is the possibility of your festival releasing Hypercolour t-shirts?

There is always a chance.

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EARTH FREQUENCY FESTIVAL When?

Friday February 13 ± M onday February 16, 2015 Where?

Ivory’s Rock, Peak Crossing, QLD. Who? Beats Antique, The Opiuo Band, Dub FX, Perfect Stranger, Desert Dwellers, Electrypnose, Spoonbill, Dubmarine, Talpa, Andreilien, Tijuana Cartel, Grouch, K+Lab, Kingfisha, Organikismness, Dose, Digital Rust, JPOD, Kliment, Dov1, D-Sens, Combat Wombat, Stickybuds, Knobs, Hypnotech, Evil Oil Man, David Mayer, Anodyne Industries, SQL, Kayla Scintilla featuring Eve Olution, Beat Fatigue, Lubdub, Soulware, bioLuMigen, The Riddler, Thankyou City, Terrafractyl, Bullhorn, San and Tac and many more.

Tickets? $220 ± $260 a vailable at www.earthfrequency.com.au/buy_tickets The Philosophy: While drawing from many cultural niches such as transformational festival, tribal gathering, doof and boutique festival, the aim of Earth Frequency Festival is to go beyond these traditional tags and exist as a multi-faceted gathering focused broadly on creativity, community, connection, intention and inspiration. Our aim is to co-create nothing short of a lifechanging, transformative experience. Nurtured by the setting of the beautiful Australian outdoors, a space where we can gather, celebrate life with music, art and other creative forms, educate, connect, heal and inspire.

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Eco Friendly / Sustainability: Earth Frequency Festival celebrates connection and intention as much in our relationship with the land as within the community we bring together. We aim to act with awareness and respect for the Earth, educating and engaging our community in environmentally friendly behaviours while upholding the same values in all stages of the event. With a focus on nurturing a culture of responsibility and kinship, Earth Frequency is investing in existing and new initiatives to create a more sustainable festival for the future VIP Options: Deluxe Camping options available at earthfrequency.com.au/ camping Make sure you bring: Tent, mattress, torch, water, hat and sunscreen, eski, clothes for all weather, fun costumes and outfits to bring some fun to the dancefloor, cash because there’s no ATMs onsite, and enough supplies for four days so that you don’t have to leave early!

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

Find the stage where the MJ Thriller dance is happening.

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

Considering our diverse crowd, it’s hard to tell. It could be anything from a full hippy nature-loving child, to an urban techy wonderkid or musician, but there’s no doubt they will be the festival-loving type! EFF is a very community-focused festival with many amazing young ones attending each year, and it’s easy to see that they all turn out to be very happy and positive young festival goers!

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EARTHCORE ANCIENT FUTURE PAST When?

Thursday November 27 ± Monday December 1, 2014 Where?

Pyalong, Victoria.

Who? 1200 Micrograms, Ace Ventura, Ann Clue, Astrix, Asura, Audiophonic, Audiotec, Behind Blue Eyes, Bliss, Boris Brejcha, Chicago, Da Vinci Code, Day Din, D-Nox & Beckers, Exosomatika, Fishimself, Format:B, Gaudi, GMS, Gus Till, Hallucinogen, Hux Flux, John 00 Fleming, Klopfgeister, Liquid Soul, Lucas, Nick Sentience, Raja Ram, Ritmo, Shpongle, Ticon, Tripswitch, Vibe Tribe, Victor Ruiz, Zen Mechanics, Zentura + over 150 of Australia’s most talented and forward thinking local acts and crews!

Tickets?

From $295, available at earthcore.com.au/ticketfaq.php The Philosophy: Music - Lifestyle - Culture - Arts - Experience. It’s all here.

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: Our approach to festivals is defined by the following principles: - Support host communities by sourcing local products, services and materials wherever possible - Conserve resources by promoting renewable energy, sustainable transport and adopting water and waste efficient practices - Protect environmental biodiversity by identifying and avoiding impacts on local wildlife, endangered species, waterways and sensitive areas

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- Minimise waste impacts by considering waste in event planning and purchasing decisions.

- Support local charities, initiatives or programs and respect local culture, heritage and traditions - Raise the bar at every event through planning, monitoring and a culture of continuous improvement VIP Options: Helicopter to Earthcore Why drive when you can fly from Melbourne to Earthcore and back? Take the ultimate trip and fly via helicopter straight to the festival. Price includes return flight from Melbourne CBD to the festival site. Departing from 12pm Friday November 28 and returning from 4pm Sunday November 30. Full details can be found @ dashtickets.com.au/event/helicopter Glamping (Boutique Camping Solutions) - Bell Tent: A well-pitched bell tent (central poled tee-pee hybrid) with mattresses. Deck it out to your heart’s content.

- Bell Luxury: A well-pitched bell tent with mattresses, bedding and furnishings. Congratulations, you are now a Bedouin Chieftain.

- Mongolian Yurt: The ultimate experience. Consummate luxury.

Wood paneled walls, lavish decorations, wooden floor, furnishings, mattresses and bedding. Partying in Paradise.

Make sure you bring: This is a Leave No Trace event. You are responsible for everything you bring onsite, including the waste you generate. Clean and sorted aluminium cans, plastic bottles and cardboard can be deposited at one of the recycling stations onsite. There will be free drinking water available. Bring a reusable drinking bottle.

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vodafone.com.au/spotify The nitty gritty: Compatible handsets only. Data not included. Extra data automatically added at $10/GB. Plan chosen determines free Spotify access period. Spotify access starts when you activate your Vodafone account not when you activate with Spotify. Usually $11.99/mth. A plan upgrade in the future will not increase your offer period. Full terms at www.vodafone.com.au/spotify/terms

FUTURE MUSIC SUMMER ‘15 When?

Saturday February 28 ± R oyal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney Sunday March 1 ± Ar ena Joondalup, Perth Saturday March 7 ± B risbane Showgrounds, Brisbane Sunday March 8 ± F lemington Racecourse, Melbourne Monday March 9 ± A delaide Showground, Adelaide Who? Drake, Avicii, The Prodigy, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Nero, Example, Die Antwoord, Sigma, Chainz, Kiesza, Tchami, Blasterjaxx, Robin Schulz, Klingande, Gorgon City, Carnage, Bassjackers, Yellow Claw, Throttle, Cocoon presents Sven Väth, Art Department, Apollonia + many more to be announced.

Tickets?

Tickets on sale Thursday October 30 viafuturemusicfestival.com.au GA First release prices: NSW, WA, QLD, VIC ± F rom $139.90 + bf and service charge SA ± F rom $135.00 + bf and service charge Sunset Club upgrades ± $65 First Class Ticket (VIC, NSW, WA Only) ± $345 The Philosophy: Explosive live performances, rumbling drum’n’bass deities, unmissable hip-hop kings and more ± it ’s one outta control lineup! Arrive at the gates ready to go for a full day’s journey, epic bass drops under the sun right through to blowing the roof off with huge, climactic headliners. Future will be the best experience of your summer!

VIP Options: In 2015, we’ve improved and upgraded The First Class Experience at Future Music Festival to take it to the next level. Presenting a better experience than ever before, it includes priority entry into the festival and access to the First Class Lounge overlooking the main stages. The First Class Lounge includes premium comforts ± couches, cocktail lounge, cloak room, private toilets with a bathroom attendant and full-time cleaning crew, First Class bar with premium drink selections and an array of cocktails, table service, free WiFi access and phone charging, air-conditioning, gourmet food & beverage pass (includes five drinks and a meal voucher), and access to the Sunset Club.

Make sure you bring: Sunscreen, hat, comfy shoes and your best dance moves!

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

Luckily for us they’re still alive, ‘cause they’re back on the bill!

The Prodigy are absolutely KILLER on stage ± no matter what sort of music you’re into, these guys are pretty much the best in the game. We’d have them every year!

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

This has likely happened... if not on site, at least afterwards!

He is named Martin, after our youngest superstar DJ ± M artin Garrix, whose dirty drops will have you blushing and feeling hot under the collar in no time.

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Nas performs Illmatic Body/Head (Kim Gordon + Bill Nace) A Summit of Music & Art

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Leif Podhajsky • Hisham Bharoocha Ash Keating • Abby Portner • Robin Fox • Nonotak Johann Rashid • Cara Stricker x John Kirby Keith Deverell • Ghostpatrol • Sean Morris Cornelius Brown • Poppy Lane • Confetti System

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MAITREYA ARTS & MUSIC EXPLOSION When?

Friday March 6 ± M onday March 9, 2015 (Labour Day long weekend) Where?

Sea Lake, Victoria Who? Tube & Berger, Dosem, Wehbba, Matan Caspi, DJ Tristan, Atmos, Avalon, Killerwatts, Sonic Entity, Captain Hook, Yahel, Freedom Fighters, and many more!

Tickets? $220 or $250 at the gate The Philosophy: Hakuna Matata! Maitreya Festival invites you to co-create, and dream collectively a place where anything is possible, where the imaginations of ourselves are free to be anything and everything all at once, all there ever was, is, and will be!

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: It’s not brain surgery ± y ou’re in nature, leave it how it was when you came!

VIP Options: If you want to act better than everyone else you should already know how to please yourself.

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Make sure you bring: Enough to share. Your best friend. Loin cloth.

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

The Great and Powerful Oz… because because because.

Justin Bieber attends your festival. Why does he walk away a better person?

He meets some people who really understand his pain. He joins a drum circle, then meditation, body paint, soma, and hippy logic sort him right out. Last we saw, he left on a bus headed for Nimbin with a flower in his hair.

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

Feed them the meth heads?

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

Purple. He’s a cool cat in the future, breaks down old paradigms, reunites the tribes, manifests reality, wears funny t-shirts, scruffy hair… kinda like baby Jesus.

What is the possibility of your festival releasing Hypercolour t-shirts?

Actually it’s really hard to find the tech anymore, and we have tried. Hypercolour defined a generation! We will not sleep until this is achieved.

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MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK When?

Friday November 14 ± S unday November 23, 2014 Where?

40 locations across Melbourne.

Who? Melbourne Music Week proudly works with a staggering 250 local and international artists whose musical expertise is applied across genres ± r ock, pop, folk, electronic, RnB and many more.

Playing side-by-side, acts stimulate iconic spaces with performance and celebrate Melbourne as a world-class music city.

Featured artists include: - The ever-amazing Tangerine Dream - Melbourne favourites Architecture in Helsinki @ the MMW Opening Night - Underground Resistance presents Timeline - The epic Midnight Juggernauts - Aussie living legends, The Church There’s heaps more acts too, including Pachanga Boys, Dusky, Oneohtrix Point Never, DJ Spinn, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Cut Copy (DJ set), Optimo, Ten Walls, Remi, Allday, The Harpoons, Laura Jean, Black Cab, Safia, and Milwaukee Banks to name just a few. Truly something to please any taste. For the full lineup, head to melbourne.vic.gov.au/mmw.

MMW also features a range of other performances, installations and conferences, including the Face the Music industry event featuring a keynote address from legend Steve Albini, kids hip hop workshops, and even an intergalactic roller disco.

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All in all there are 110 dynamic events taking place in 40 venues across our vibrant city, celebrating music, art, film, food and design. For the full lineup, head to melbourne.vic.gov.au/mmw.

Tickets?

See website ± mel bourne.vic.gov.au/mmw All tickets on sale now.

The Philosophy: Produced and owned by City of Melbourne, MMW is a ten-day program dedicated to illuminating the city’s robust, worldrenowned music scene. More than just a music festival, MMW’s imaginative lineup explores the crossover between art, film, design, hospitality and music.

On the back of Kubik in 2011, 2012’s Where?House and last year’s The Residence, once again MMW transforms a unique Melbourne location with a custom-designed flagship venue. This year it’s the Queen Victoria Market (QVM).

MMW at QVM stages a luminous lineup of local and international headline acts, plus day parties and a range of free morning and lunchtime gigs. With a wholesome daily menu of market-sourced food, a revolving lineup of Melbourne’s most popular food vendors and a well-stocked bar, MMW converts the QVM space ± r ecognised as the culinary heart of the city ± into a sensational meeting place for music punters, art lovers and foodies throughout the ten-day program.

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MOTOR CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL When?

Friday March 6 ± S unday March 8, 2015 Where?

Geelong Showgrounds, Geelong Who? AC/DSHE, Amber Lawrence, Appetite for Destruction, Broderick Smith, Cass Eager & The Velvet Rope, Chris Wilson, Claude Hay, Creedence Clearwater Recycled, Dazzling Dan, Defrhyme, Doug Bruce, Electric Mary, Eurogliders, Geoff Achison, Glitter Gang, Gwyn Ashton, INXSIVE, James Blundell, Jason Singh (Taxiride), Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain, Jimi Hocking, JP Reyne, Lloyd Spiegel, Michael Stangel, Mick Thomas, Pevan & Sarah, Phil Para, Pugsley Buzzard, Rhiannon ± A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Shed Zeppelin, Sweet Felicia & The Honeytones, The Black Sorrows, The Detonators, Thunder Road ± The Songs of Bruce Springsteen, The Wayne Jury 4 with Brian Fraser, To Hell & Back Meatloaf Tribute, Vika & Linda + more to come!

Tickets?

Tickets from $39 through Ticketmaster, on sale now.

The Philosophy: Celebrating Geelong - past and present - over three days with a great live soundtrack and something for everyone. Friday night is Rockin’ Roots, Saturday is Blues & Tributes, Sunday is Family Fun Day with the Country & Contemporary Showcase.

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Eco Friendly / Sustainability: Motor City Music Festival aims to be an environmentally responsible and sustainable festival. Food & beverage vendors all utilise biodegradable products where possible and recycling is encouraged. The festival utilises existing structures and repurposes equipment on site, reducing the event’s carbon footprint.

VIP Options: Stand out from the crowd with the Motor City VIP ticket (strictly limited). Check out the website for all the details.

Make sure you bring: An open mind, a thirst for adventure, and your dancing shoes!

Friday & Saturday, leave the kids at home and rock out to the best in classic rock, roots, blues and tributes. On Sunday, be prepared to let the kids run wild with free carnival rides and children’s entertainment. Whilst the kiddies are entertained you can chill out in the Craft Beer & Cider Hall, groove to the music across five stages, indulge in delights from our onsite food trucks or check out the vintage machinery and car displays ± t here is literally something for everyone!

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

Over the years Geelong has laid claim to many household names and Chrissy Amphlett ± a Geelong girl ± epitomises all that was and is great about Geelong. In the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s a lot of Australia’s biggest bands toured through here, and we’re celebrating those halcyon days through the Motor City Music Festival while looking towards Geelong’s music future.

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NATURAL NZ MUSIC FESTIVAL When?

Saturday November 22, 2014 ± R ed Hill Auditorium, Perth Saturday November 29, 2014 ± R iverstage, Brisbane Who? New Zealand has left the world a rich musical legacy that just keeps getting richer and Natural NZ is here to show off our wares to the world. With past acts including Shihad, Katchafire, Tiki Taane and Hollie Smith, Aussie crowds have been treated to the cream of Kiwi music. This year features our best lineup yet, including drum & bass powerhouse Shapeshifter, bona fide NZ music legend Dave Dobbyn, reggae-funk outfit The Black Seeds, roots-reggae heavyweights House of Shem and Sons of Zion, hip hop masters Scribe and P-Money, as well as pop-rock songstress Anika Moa. Basically all the best music NZ has to offer!

Tickets?

Tickets are $110 through naturalmusicfest.com.au/#tickets Tickets also available throught Oztix (Per + Bris) and Ticketmaster (Bris Only), $110 + BF Perth Shuttle Bus tickets $19.90 via the Natural NZ website, or $19.90 + BF via Oztix There is also a special offer of Buy 10, Get 1 Free ± s trictly limited ± a vailable via email at tickets@naturalmusicfest.com.au The Philosophy: The success of this festival really is a testament to Kiwi passion for our homeland, and our music is an important way that we stay connected with Aotearoa (New Zealand). It’s the largest

showcase of premier Kiwi music (and the only festival of its kind) outside NZ, and we’re gearing up for our biggest year yet! With the highest population of NZ ‘cuzzies’ living in Queensland, it was only “natural” to bring the festival to the Sunshine State for the first time. Natural Touring is pumped to share this special event with its east coast brothers and sisters, and to return to Perth for its fourth massive year of Kiwi musical goodness. Natural’s success is not just down to Aussie-based Kiwis either ± we hope that the fine locals of Perth and Brisbane join us in this celebration of NZ music, and help grow awareness of what a depth of talent NZ can offer.

VIP Options: The never-before-seen Exclusive Backstage Experience tickets include: - An Access All Areas pass to get backstage with all the artists - Side of stage access to watch the artist of your choice - Free food and beverages - A killer merch pack - Perth punters get free shuttle bus tickets to and from the venue too.

There are only 10 of these tickets available for each show, so get in fast!

Exclusive Backstage Experience tickets ± $440 only from backstage@naturalmusicfest.com.au Make sure you bring: All the usual festival trappings ± h at, sunnies, ID, money, tickets and dancing shoes ± plus the very best of Kiwi cheer bro! We’ll provide everything else you need on-site, so come along and soak up some Kiwi hospitality.

Anika Moa

The Black Seeds

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QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL When?

Friday November 28 ± S unday November 30, 2014 Where?

Princess Park, Queenscliff Who? The Jezabels, Xavier Rudd, The Waifs, Dan Sultan, The Church, Skunkhour, Perfect Tripod, Hiatus Kaiyote, Husky, Dyson Stringer Cloher, The Delta Riggs, Stonefield, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Tkay Maidza, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Steve Smyth, Tijuana Cartel, The Little Stevies & heaps more.

Tickets?

On sale now via www.qmf.net.au Various prices The Philosophy: We’re all about quality Australian music (with the odd international guest), showcased in the picturesque coastal seaside village of Queenscliff. Plus we think good food, beer, wine, laughs are extremely important too.

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: Yep. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

VIP Options: Gold & Silver packages available. Benefits include side-of-stage viewing, lounge facilities, cash bar with extended menu, award winning local café, nicer dunnies, avoid the queues, etc.

The Jezabels

Make sure you bring: Your ticket. Cash for important things like beer & food. Your phone to take rad selfies with random celebrities in attendance.

A tent if you’re camping. A change of undies.

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

Snoop Dog & Dr Dre. That whole Coachella show, Tupac Hologram and all. It’d be worth it just to see the look on some of the locals faces!

Justin Bieber attends your festival. Why does he walk away a better person?

Have you had a Calamari Cone before? Everyone is a better person after eating one of those. That and he’d experience all that Queenscliff has to offer!

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

I’d surround my house with treadmills.

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

Cliff (see what I did there?!). He turns out to be a music-loving hippy with a keen taste for calamari and gozleme.

What is the possibility of your festival releasing Hypercolour t-shirts?

We’re just cancelling all merch orders as we speak so we can get them… brilliant idea.

Dan Sultan

Indoors, Outdoors, Licensed, Camping, ATM, All Ages

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Pets, BYO

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RAINBOW SERPEANT FESTIVAL When?

Friday January 23 ± Monday January 26, 2015

VIP Options: At Rainbow Serpent Festival, we are all VIP’s.

Where?

Lexton ± Western Victoria

Make sure you bring: Water, and refill container. Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses. Warm clothes and spare clothes (conditions at night can be cold). Camping equipment, tent, sleeping bag, tarp and poles for shade. Swimming gear (for the short trip to the pool party or to visit the local lake). Spending money, torch, earplugs. Dancing feet, smile, costumes and anything fun!

Who? Beats Antique, Desert Dwellers, Christopher Lawrence, Audiomatic, Electric Universe, Marcel Dettmann, Lee Burridge, Petar Dundov, Vaishiyas, Laughing Buddha, Broken Toy, Pena, Ben Coda, Odjbox, The Floozies, Kukan Dub Lagan, James Copeland, Solid Snake, Symbolic, Treavor Moontribe, Amani, Perfect Stranger, LOUD, Rinkadink, Talpa, Super + heaps more to come!

Tickets?

Early Bird ± SOLD OUT, General Presale ± $320 + BF On the Gate (if available) ± $360 The Philosophy: Tucked away at the end of midsummer is a uniquely Australian celebration of culture, art, music and people: smiling beings from around the globe, all aware of their connectedness, united around a common purpose. As anyone who’s experienced Australia’s premier alternative festival before will tell you, Rainbow is Rainbow because of Everybody.

So make it happen, make it resonate, make it sing. Dust off your finest smiling gear, because the countdown to Rainbow Serpent 2015 has officially begun.

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: The Rainbow culture has always embodied respect for self, others and the land that becomes our playground. By bringing to the site only what you intend to take home with you, you leave the land beautiful and your culture a little cleaner. We go to immense lengths to minimize waste: we spend ten hours (or more) per day separating and reclaiming all the good things that would otherwise go to landfill. Everything used on site is recycled/re-used/composted, but no matter how hard the festival works to recycle we rely on you to reduce your waste in the first place.

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Justin Bieber attends your festival. Why does he walk away a better person?

Justin only becomes a better person when Justin becomes self-aware and Rainbow shines a light on the quieter corners of your soul. No seriously… we’re going to lock Justin in the info tent all weekend and show him Rap News on repeat ± that should get through to him.

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

If only we had a place to congregate outside of the city, a place where we can all live harmoniously with each other… a place with compost toilets and large speaker stacks and inappropriate lycra. Loud music doesn’t attract them does it??

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

I can probably find out if you want. I know of more than a few kiddies that were conceived at Rainbow and to date they all seem completely normal, other than a slightly increased tendency to lose it when they hear 138 bpm progressive trance.

What is the possibility of your festival releasing Hypercolour t-shirts?

I’d say there’s more chance of seeing Justin Bieber at Rainbow to be honest. All the kids were doing Hypercolour back in the 90’s. Our garment range has grown vastly in sophistication since then and you won’t find piffle like that at Rainbow. We’re all about pink tutus, crossdressing and groomed moustaches these days.

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SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL When/Where?

Saturday February 21 ± S unday February 22, 2015 Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne & Bonython Park, Adelaide Saturday February 28 ± S unday March 1, 2015 Olympic Park, Sydney & Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane Who? DAY ONE ± M elbourne & Brisbane DAY TWO ± A delaide & Sydney: SLIPKNOT + Slash, Marilyn Manson, Fall Out Boy, Judas Priest, Godsmack, All Time Low, Papa Roach, Of Mice & Men, Escape The Fate, Apocalyptica, Lagwagon, Tonight Alive, Crossfaith, Butcher Babies, Confession, The Swellers, Conditions, Coldrain, King 810, Dayshell, This Wild Life DAY ONE ± A delaide & Sydney DAY TWO ± M elbourne & Brisbane: FAITH NO MORE, SOUNDGARDEN + Incubus, Lamb Of God, Ministry, Antemasque, Gerard Way, Mayhem, New Found Glory, Fear Factory, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, The Aquabats, Area 7, Godflesh, Crown The Empire, The Interrupters, Icon For Hire, Emily’s Army, Patent Pending, Fireworks, The Bennies, The Color Morale, Monuments, Nothing More, Deathstars, Ne Obliviscaris, The Treatment

The Philosophy: The Real Deal ± r eal people, real music, real guitars, real loud.

VIP Options: Everyone who attends Soundwave is a VIP. Make sure you bring: A passion for music, comradery, hat, sunnies and a smile.

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

AC/DC ± an Aussie band that rocks the world.

Justin Bieber attends your festival. Why does he walk away a better person?

The only way JB would leave Soundwave is in an ambulance.

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

Zombie Apocalypse sounds like a Soundwave band!

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

They have, his name is Cash, and he turned out like a perfect angel.

Tickets?

Single Day Festival Ticket $132.00 + BF Two-Day Festival Ticket $188.00 + BF

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ST KILDA FESTIVAL When?

Saturday January 31 ± S unday February 08, 2015 Where?

The only place to be in Melbourne throughout summer… St Kilda.

Who? Not telling! Ask us again in December 2014.

Tickets?

Free!

TheP hilosophy: An unforgettable summer experience of wicked Australian music for everyone at the best bars, venues and beachside locations across St Kilda.

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: Litter on our beaches can harm people, marine wildlife and our environment. We really don’t like it when that happens.

Make sure you bring: Lots of good energy, friends, and family and don’t forget to slip, slop, slap.

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Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

Any iconic Aussie band or musician to get the crowd moving and singing along.

Justin Bieber attends your festival. Why does he walk away a better person?

Because he just experienced the best of Australian music alongside over 400,000 people on an Australian beach in summer.

It would be a good “learning” experience for him…

The zombie apocalypse begins. What do you do next?

Jump in the beautiful St Kilda Beach (Zombies can’t swim!).

A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

It’s a boy named Theodore; he grows up to a successful career in the music industry and writes for the Good Food Guide, still loves and lives in St Kilda, attends the festival every year and is now only referred to as Ted. Ted is never lonely in a crowd.

What is the possibility of your festival releasing Hypercolour t-shirts?

Extremely possible now we have the idea… thanks guys.

Indoors, Outdoors, ATM, Pets Allowed, Licensed, Markets, All Ages

stkildafestival.com.au

Camping, BYO

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SUGAR MOUNTAIN When?

Saturday January 24, 2015

performances and spaces that will remain with the audience long after the festival finale. Sugar Mountain showcases the best in contemporary music, visual art and new media, focusing on the natural meeting points between different mediums.

Where?

Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Who? Music: Nas performs Illmatic, Body/Head (Kim Gordon + Bill Nace), ODESZA, Ariel Pink, Soul Clap, Horse Meat Disco, The 2 Bears, Anthony Naples, SWANS, Dan Deacon, Terrible Love feat. Kirin J Callinan, How To Dress Well, Midnight Juggernauts MJX Pty Ltd, Bo Ningen, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Twerps, Dexter, NO ZU + Sal P (Liquid Liquid), Chela, Banoffee, Oscar Key Sung x Cassius Select, Rat & Co, Slum Sociable, Wax’o Paradiso, LA Pocock, Noise In My Head Art: Leif Podhajsky, Hisham Bharoocha, Ash Keating, Abby Portner, Robin Fox, Nonotak, Johann Rashid, Cara Stricker x John Kirby, Keith Deverell, Ghostpatrol, Sean Morris, Cornelius Brown, Poppy Lane, Confetti System Tickets?

On sale now via Moshtix. Early birds SOLD OUT. General release ($130 + BF) on sale now.

The Philosophy: Above all, Sugar Mountain is a place for creativity to be absorbed and celebrated. The festival curators are determined to create an environment that is convivial and interactive, with

VIP Options: Executive Sweet ticket: • Ticket to Sugar Mountain • Beat the queues with express entry to the festival and priority service at select bars • Kick your feet up / hang like the legendary special person you are in the Executive Sweet, an exclusive outdoor area featuring your own bar and toilets, plenty of seating and shade, and other VIP goodness • Two drinks on us and free coat check Make sure you bring: For as long as I can remember Australia Day weekend has left everyone looking like lobsters. So, you would want to keep in mind that it’s gonna be HAWT! (knocks on wood). Though, it is Melbourne, so perhaps tuck a rain coat and some thermals into your pockets, just in case. Who are we kidding? We have no idea how the weather’s going to go! Just bring ….pants. Definitely wear pants!

Which act, dead or alive, would you bring out to headline and why?

The late, great Arthur Russell. A prince of New York City’s underground dance and disco scenes during the 1970s and ‘80s.

Russell is one artist whose music has played a big part in the upbringing of Sugar Mountain organisers.

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WOMADELAIDE When?

Friday March 6 ± M onday March 9, 2015

extraordinary music it presents, but also because of its beautiful and friendly vibe. Families are welcome (kids 12 and under get free entry) and the diversity of the audience is almost as astounding as the lineup.

Where?

Adelaide Botanic Park Who? Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet, Astronomy Class, Balkan Beat Box, Bombino, Buffy, Sainte Marie, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Charlie Musselwhite, Che Sudaka, Criolo, CW Stoneking, Depedro, Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Emma Swift and Robyn Hitchcock, Fanfare Ciocarlia, First Aid Kit, Flavia Coelho, FourPlay, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Gruff Rhys, Jambinai, Julia Henning, Jupiter & Okwess International, Kamerunga, Lake Street Dive, Live Live Cinema, Luzmila Carpio, Malawi Mouse Boys, Margaret Leng Tan, Marrugeku - Cut the Sky, Max Savage, Meeta Pandit, Myele Manzanza, Neneh Cherry, Nick Waterhouse, Public Service Broadcasting, Ramzi Aburedwan, Robert Forster with Jherek Bishoff and Zhaphyr Quartet, Rufus Wainwright, Sam Amidon, Sharon Van Etten, Sinead O’Connor, Soil and Pimp, Soley, Tara Tiba, The Gloaming, The Painted Ladies, Timberwolf, Tjintu Desert Band, Toumani & Sidiki Diabate, Typhoon, Willow Beats, Youssou N’Dour The Philosophy: WOMAD is the World of Music, Arts & Dance, founded by the musician Peter Gabriel in 1982, WOMADelaide, the Australian WOMAD festival, kicked off in 1992.

Over the past 21 years it has become one of the nation’s favourite outdoor festivals, not only because of the unique and

Eco Friendly / Sustainability: In 2001 WOMADelaide adopted a waste management strategy that has meant only biodegradable and recyclable wastes are produced by festival goers. All cups, plates, crockery, serviettes and any items sold in packaging at WOMADelaide are fully biodegradable, meaning that they will break down over time and be returned to the earth.

Australia’s largest environmental organisation, Greening Australia, has joined forces with WOMADelaide to offset carbon emissions from this event through local biodiverse tree plantings.

We have planted over 7000 native plants as a result of WOMAD carbon offsets.

Make sure you bring: Hat, sunscreen, and most importantly your dancing shoes A couple conceive a child at your festival. What is the kid’s name and how does it turn out?

If a couple were to conceive a child at WOMADelaide they would undoubtedly name it Peter or Gabriel. The child would have a wonderful temperament and an unrivalled appreciation of music from every corner of the globe; all the while being the most gifted throughout its schooling years due to the innate education received through being present (even in essence) to the world’s brightest minds at the Planet Talks.

Sinead O’Conner

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2014 / 2015 festival listings November 2014

Nov 1 – 30

Southern Highlands Arts Festival, Southern Highlands Region NSW

Nov 6 – 16

Festival of Small Halls, Various AUS

Nov 5 – 7

Nov 6 – 8

Nov 6 – 9

Nov 7 – 9

Nov 7 – 9

Nov 7 – 9

Nov 8

Nov 9

Nov 9

Nov 9

Nov 13 – 16

Nov 14 – 16

Nov 14 – 15

Nov 14 – 16

Nov 14 – 23

Nov 14 – 16 Nov 15 – 30

Nov 15 – 16

Nov 20 – 23

Nov 21 – 22

Nov 21 – 23

Nov 21 – 23

Nov 21 – 23 Nov 22

Nov 22

Nov 26 – 30

Nov 27 – Dec 1 Nov 27 – 30

Nov 28 – 29

Nov 28 – 30

Nov 28 – 30 Nov 29

Nov 29 – Dec 14 Nov 29

Nov 29 – Dec 1 Nov 29

Nov 29 – 30 Nov 29 – 30

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West Coast Songfest, Perth WA

wam.org.au

Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival, Bendigo VIC

bendigobluesandroots.com.au

Blackwood Festival of Music & Culture, Blackwood VIC

blackwoodacademy.org/festival.php

Beechworth Celtic Festival, Beechworth VIC

beechworthcelticfestival.com.au

Blues at Bridgetown, Bridgetown WA

bluesatbridgetown.com

Harbourlife, Sydney NSW

fuzzy.com.au/event

Emerald Hill Festival, Melbourne VIC

multiculturalarts.com.au

Newtown Festival, Sydney NSW

newtowncentre.org/festival

One Electric Day, Werribee VIC

oneelectricday.com.au

Australasian World Music Expo, Melbourne VIC

awme.com.au

Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival, Canberra ACT

canberracountry.com

Face the Music, Melbourne VIC

thepush.com.au

Land of the Beardies Festival, Glen Innes NSW

beardiesfestival.com

Mountaingrass Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, Harrietville VIC Feast Festival, Adelaide SA

Johnston St Hispanic Fiesta, Melbourne VIC

Mullum Music Festival, Mullumbimby NSW Clare Valley Carnival of Music, Auburn SA Majors Creek Festival, Majors Creek NSW

Phillip Island Jazz Festival, Phillip Island VIC Strawberry Fields Festival, Melbourne VIC

Down on the Farm Music Festival, Balnarring VIC Natural New Zealand Music Festival, Perth WA

Huntington Estate Music Festival, Mudgee NSW Earthcore Festival, Pyalong VIC

Oz Manouche Gypsy Jazz Festival, Brisbane QLD Gorgeous Festival, McLaren Vale SA

Paradise Music Festival, Lake Mountain VIC Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff VIC OutsideIn Festival, Sydney NSW

Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival, Brisbane QLD Harvest ‘n’ Graze Festival, Bright VIC Inca Roads Festival, Ballarat VIC

Natural New Zealand Music Festival, Brisbane QLD Stereosonic, Perth WA

Stereosonic, Sydney NSW

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westcoast-songfest.com

festivalofsmallhalls.com

WAM Festival, Perth WA

Melbourne Music Week, Melbourne VIC

southern-highlands.com.au

thatsmelbourne.com.au/mmw

mountaingrass.com.au/harrietville

feast.org.au

hispanicfiesta.com.au

mullummusicfestival.com

hatsincsa.com

majorscreekfestival.org

phillipislandjazzfest.org.au

strawberry-fields.com.au

facebook.com/downonthefarmmusicfestival

naturalmusicfest.com.au

huntingtonestate.com.au

earthcore.com.au

ozmanouche.com

gorgeousfestival.com.au

paradisemusic.com.au

qmf.net.au

brisbaneasiapacificfilmfestival.com

harvestngraze.com

incaroads.com.au

naturalmusicfest.com.au

stereosonic.com.au stereosonic.com.au

December 2014

Dec 5 – 7

National Cherry Festival, Young NSW

Dec 5 – 7

Subsonic Music Festival, Barington Tops NSW

Dec 6 – 7

Stereosonic, Brisbane QLD

Dec 5 – 6

Dec 6 Dec 6 – 7

Stereosonic, Adelaide SA

Torquay High Tide Festival, Torquay VIC Stereosonic, Melbourne VIC

Dec 7

Tropfest, Sydney NSW

Dec 12 – 14

Meredith Music Festival, Meredith VIC

Dec 27 – 28

Gulgong Folk Festival, Gulgong NSW

Dec 12 – 13 Dec 26

Dec 27 – Jan 1 Dec 28 – Jan 1

Dec 29 – Jan 1

Dec 30 – Jan 3

Dec 30 – Jan 1 Dec 31

Festival of the Sun, Port Macquarie NSW Breakfest, Perth WA

Woodford Folk Festival, Woodfordia QLD Falls Music & Arts Festival, Lorne VIC

Falls Music & Arts Festival, Marion Bay TAS

Falls Music & Arts Festival, Byron Bay NSW

NYE on the Hill, Loch Village VIC Harbour Party, Sydney NSW

January 2015

Jan 1

Field Day, Sydney NSW

Jan 1 – 11

Peninsula Summer Music Festival, Mornington VIC

Jan 1

Jan 3 – 5

Jan 7 – 22 Jan 7 – 11

Jan 8 – 26 Jan 9 – 11

Jan 11

Jan 15 – 18

Jan 15 – 18

Jan 16 – 18

Jan 16 – 18 Jan 16 – 25 Jan 17

Jan 18 – Feb 8 Jan 22 – 25 Jan 23 – 26 Jan 23 – 26

Jan 23 – 26

Jan 24 Jan 24 – 26

tropfest.com/au fotsun.com

2014.mmf.com.au

boomtick.com.au/events/breakfest-2014 gulgongfolkfestival.com.au

woodfordfolkfestival.com fallsfestival.com.au fallsfestival.com.au

fallsfestival.com.au

nyeonthehill.com.au harbourparty.com

fielddaynyd.com.au/

southboundfestival.com.au

Little Darlings Night Owls Kids’ Film Festival, Sydney NSW

peninsulafestival.com.au darlingquarter.com

Parkes Elvis Festival, Parkes NSW

parkeselvisfestival.com.au

Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet TAS

cygnetfolkfestival.org

Sydney Festival, Sydney NSW

Kiama International Arts Festival, Kiama NSW

Jan 10

stereosonic.com.au

stereosonic.com.au

Southbound Music & Camping Festival, Bovell WA

Jan 9 – 11

Jan 10

torquay.vic.au/events

letthemeatcakenyd.com.au

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Sydney NSW

Jan 10

subsonicmusic.com.au

Let Them Eat Cake, Werribee VIC

Jan 9 – 18 Jan 9 – 11

visityoung.com.au

stereosonic.com.au

Honk Oz Festival of Street Music, Wollongong NSW Melbourne Latin Summer Festival, Melbourne VIC Mossvale Music Festival, Mossvale VIC

Vintage Blues Music Festival, Albany WA So Frenchy So Chic, Melbourne VIC

sydneyfestival.org.au flickerfest.com.au honkfest.org.au

kissartsfestival.com.au

melbournelatinsummerfestival.com lyrebirdartscouncil.com.au vintageblues.com.au

cartellmusic.com.au/sfsc

Illawarra Folk Festival, Wollongong NSW

illawarrafolkfestival.com.au

Tamar Valley Folk Festival, George Town TAS

tamarvalleyfolkfestival.com

MOFO, Hobart TAS

Thredbo Blues Festival, Thredbo NSW

Toyota Country Music Festival Tamworth, Tamworth NSW So Frenchy So Chic, Sydney NSW

Midsumma Festival, Melbourne VIC Sydney Latin Festival, Sydney NSW

Newstead Live Music Festival, Newstead VIC Rainbow Serpent Festival, Lexton VIC Tunarama Festival, Port Lincoln SA

Sugar Mountain Summit of Music & Art, Melbourne VIC Numeralla Folk Festival, Numeralla NSW

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mofo.net.au

thredbo.com.au/thredboblues

tamworthcountrymusic.com.au

cartellmusic.com.au/sfsc midsumma.org.au

sydneysalsacongress.com.au

newsteadlive.com

rainbowserpent.net tunarama.net

sugarmountainfestival.com numeralla.org.au

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Jan 25

The Piers Festival, Melbourne VIC

Jan 26

Saltwater Freshwater Festival, Coffs Harbour NSW

Jan 26

Jan 26

Jan 30 – Feb 1 Jan 31

Jan 31 – Feb 8

Jan 31 – Feb 1

Globe to Globe World Music Festival, Melbourne VIC Share the Spirit Festival, Melbourne VIC Cool Summer Festival, Mt Hotham VIC

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Brisbane QLD St Kilda Festival, Melbourne VIC

Bungendore Country Muster, Bungendore NSW

February 2015

Feb 1

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Sydney NSW

Feb 5 – 15

MELT Queer Arts & Culture Festival, Brisbane QLD

Feb 5 – 8

Feb 6

Feb 6 – 9

Feb 7

Feb 7 Feb 7 – 28

Feb 8

Feb 9 – 16

Feb 13 – Mar 15 Feb 13 – 15

Feb 13 – 15

Feb 13 – 16

Feb 13 – 15

Feb 13 – Mar 7 Feb 13 – 15

Feb 18 – 22

Feb 20 – Mar 8 Feb 21 – 22

Feb 21 – 22

Feb 21 – 22

Feb 24 – Mar 22 Feb 26 – Mar 1

Feb 27 – Mar 15 Feb 27 – Mar 1

Feb 27 – Mar 1

Feb 27 – Mar 1

Feb 27 – Mar 15 Feb 27 – Mar 2 Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28 – Mar 1

Feb 28 – Mar 1

Feb 28 – Mar 1

Australian Blues Music Festival, Goulburn NSW St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Adelaide SA

Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Hobart TAS St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Melbourne VIC

Whittlesea Country Music Festival, Whittlesea VIC Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne VIC

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Fremantle WA Pause Fest, Melbourne VIC

Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide SA

Adventure Travel Film Festival, Bright VIC

Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival, Bruthen VIC Earth Frequency Festival, Ivory’s Rock QLD

Mar 1 – 15

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sharethespiritfestival.com

coolsummerfestival.com

lanewayfestival.com

stkildafestival.com.au

bungendorecountrymuster.com.au

lanewayfestival.com

austbluesfestival.laing-entertainment.com.au

brisbanepowerhouse.org/festivals

lanewayfestival.com

australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au

lanewayfestival.com

whittleseacountrymusicfestival.com.au slfestival.org

lanewayfestival.com

pausefest.com.au

adelaidefringe.com.au

adventuretravelfilmfestival.com

bruthenblues.org.au

earthfrequency.com.au

National Multicultural Festival, Canberra ACT

multiculturalfestival.com.au

Riverboats Music Festival, Echuca Moama VIC

riverboatsmusic.com.au

Perth International Arts Festival, Perth WA Tandanya Spirit Festival, Adelaide SA

Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, Sydney NSW Soundwave Festival, Adelaide SA s

Soundwave Festival, Melbourne VIC Tumbafest, Tumbarumba NSW

Brisbane Comedy Festival, Brisbane QLD Clipsal 500, Adelaide SA

Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide SA

Apollo Bay Music Festival, Apollo Bay VIC Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo NSW Frances Folk Gathering, Frances SA

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Melbourne VIC Nannup Music Festival, Nannup WA Future Music Festival, Sydney NSW Pako Festa, Geelong VIC

Mordialloc Food, Wine & Music Festival, Mordialloc VIC Soundwave Festival, Brisbane QLD Soundwave Festival, Sydney NSW

March 2015

Mar 1

multiculturalarts.com.au

kingston.vic.gov.au/Explore-Kingston

Future Music Festival, Perth WA

Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne VIC

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perthfestival.com.au

tandanya.com.au/event/spirit-festival

mardigras.org.au

oundwavefestival.com

soundwavefestival.com

tumbafest.com.au

brisbanepowerhouse.org/festivals

clipsal500.com.au

adelaidefestival.com.au

apollobaymusicfestival.com

cobargofolkfestival.com

francesfolkgathering.com.au

melbournefoodandwine.com.au

nannupmusicfestival.org

futuremusicgroup.com.au

pakofesta.com.au

kingston.vic.gov.au/Explore-Kingston

soundwavefestival.com

soundwavefestival.com

futuremusicgroup.com.au

brunswickmusicfestival.com.au

Mar 6 – 15

Byron Bay International Film Festival, Byron Bay NSW

Mar 6 – 8

Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival, Kiama NSW

Mar 6 - 9

Mar 6 – 9

Mar 6 – 9

Mar 6 – 8

Mar 6 – 9

Mar 6 – 22

Mar 6 – 9

Mar 7

Mar 7

Mar 7 – 9

Mar 8

Mar 9

Mar 12 – 15 Mar 13 – 15

Mar 13 – 22

Mar 13 – 15

Mar 14 – 22

Mar 20 – 22

Mar 20 – 29

Mar 20 – 22

Mar 21 – 22

Mar 25 – Apr 19

Inverloch Jazz Festival, Inverloch VIC Maitreya Festival, Sea Lake VIC

Moomba Festival, Melbourne VIC

Motor City Music Festival, Geelong VIC

Port Fairy Folk Music Festival, Port Fairy VIC

Mar – Apr TBA

April 2015

futuremusicgroup.com.au

Future Music Festival, Melbourne VIC

futuremusicgroup.com.au

Golden Plains, Meredith VIC

Future Music Festival, Adelaide SA

Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne VIC

Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba NSW Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine VIC CMC Rocks, Willowbank QLD

Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne VIC

Apr 11 – May 26 Apr 9 – 12

Apr 10 – 12

Apr 17 – 19

Apr 20 – 17

Apr 24 – 27

Apr 24 – May 3 Apr 24 – 26 Apr 24 – 26

Apr 24 – 26

bmff.org.au

castlemainefestival.com.au

cmcrocks.com

vamff.com.au

Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah VIC

yackfolkfestival.com

Tasmanian International Arts Festival, Various TAS The Basin Music Festival, The Basin VIC

Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne VIC

Candelo Village Festival, Candelo NSW Forth Valley Blues Festival, Forth TAS

Hot Sauce & Fiery Foods Festival, Jindivick VIC

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Various AUS West Coast Blues & Roots, Fremantle WA

National Folk Festival, Canberra ACT

Apr 4 – 5

futuremusicgroup.com.au

spiritfestival.com.au

Apr 2 – 6

Apr 3 – 7

goldenplains.com.au

Byron Spirit Festival, Mullumbimby NSW

Byron Bay Bluesfest, Byron Bay NSW

Apr 3 – 6

womadelaide.com.au

Future Music Festival, Brisbane QLD

Apr 2 – 6

Apr 2 – 5

portfairyfolkfestival.com

breathoflifefestival.com

Burke & Wills Folk Festival, Mia Mia VIC

Mar – Apr TBA

motorcitymusicfestival.com.au

Breath of Life Festival, Launceston TAS

WOMADelaide, Adelaide SA,

Mar TBA

Mar TBA

maitreyafestival.com

thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Festivals

sheppartonfestival.org.au

Deadly Funny, Melbourne VIC

Mar TBA

kiama.com.au/events

SheppARTon Festival, Shepparton VIC

Mar 25 – Apr 19 Mar 28

bbff.com.au

inverlochjazzfestival.com

Easterfest, Toowoomba QLD

Boogie Festival, Tallarook VIC Confest, Moulamein NSW

Big Sky Blues & Roots Festival, Deniliquin NSW National Trust Heritage Festival, Various NSW

The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong VIC Fairbridge Festival, Fairbridge WA

Julia Creek Dirt n Dust Festival, Julia Creek QLD May Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney NSW Tjungu Festival, Uluru NT

Bright Autumn Festival, Bright VIC Ironfest, Lithgow NSW

Mount Beauty Music Festival, Mount Beauty VIC

St Albans Folk Festival, St Albans NSW

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tendays.org.au

thebasinmusicfestival.org.au

comedyfestival.com.au

comedyfestival.com.au

candelovillagefestival.org

wineandmusic.net

forthvalleyblues.com

hsfff.com

affrenchfilmfestival.org westcoastbluesnroots.com.au

bluesfest.com.au

easterfest.com.au

folkfestival.org.au

boogie.net.au

dte.org.au

bigskybluesfestival.com

nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/Heritage-Festival

bushfestival.com.au

fairbridgefestival.com.au

dirtndust.com

sydneycomedyfestival.com.au

ayersrockresort.com.au/tjungu

brightautumnfestival.org.au musicmuster.org.au

stalbansfolkfestival.com.au

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Apr 29 – 17 May

Perth Comedy Festival, Perth WA

Apr TBA

Hyper Festival, Midland WA

Apr 30 – May 3 Apr TBA

Apr TBA

Apr – May TBA

Apr – May TBA Apr TBA

May 2015

Australian Celtic Festival, Glen Innes NSW Koroit Irish Festival, Koroit VIC

Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise QLD Groovin the Moo, Various AUS

Next Wave Festival, Melbourne VIC

Tarpari Wellbeing Day, Port Pirie SA

May 1 – 3

Generations in Jazz Festival, Mount Gambier SA

May 1 – 4

Wintermoon Music Festival, Camerons Pocket QLD

May 1 – 3

May 2

May 16 – 26

May 18 – 24

May 21 – 24

May 21 – 24

May 21 – 30

May 22 – 31

May 22 – Jun 8 May 23

May 29 – Jun 8 May 29 – 31

May 29 – Jun 8 May TBA May TBA

May TBA May TBA

May TBA

May – Jun

May – Jul TBA

June 2015

Urban Country Music Festival, Caboolture QLD Festival of the Falling Leaf, Tumut NSW

Stonnington Jazz Festival, Melbourne VIC Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney NSW

Blues on Broadbeach, Broadbeach QLD

Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, Penola/Coonawarra SA St Kilda Film Festival, St Kilda VIC

Port Douglas Carnivale, Port Douglas QLD Vivid LIVE, Sydney NSW

Bass in the Grass Festival, Darwin NT Cooly Rocks On, Coolangatta QLD

Planet Dungog Music Festival, Dungog NSW

South Australian Country Music Festival, Riverland Region SA Charters Towers Country Music Festival, Charters Towers QLD Karuah Bluegrass Music Festival, Karuah NSW Kellybrook Cider Festival, Wonga Park VIC Merrepen Arts Festival, Nauiyu NT

Redlands Country Music Festival, Thornlands QLD Denmark Festival of Voice, Denmark WA Emerge Festival, Melbourne VIC

perthcomedyfest.com.au

australiancelticfestival.com

hyperfest.com.au

koroitirishfestival.com.au

surfersparadisefestival.com

gtm.net.au

nextwave.org.au

sahealth.sa.gov.au

generationsinjazz.com.au

urbancountry.com.au

wintermoonfestival.com

fallingleaffestival.com.au

stonningtonjazz.com.au

swf.org.au

bluesonbroadbeach.com

artsfestival.com.au

stkildafilmfestival.com.au

carnivale.com.au

vividsydney.com

bassinthegrass.com.au

coolyrockson.mybigcommerce.com

planetdungog.com

riverlandcountrymusic.com

charterstowerscountrymusic.com

karuahbluegrassmusicfestival.com

kellybrookwinery.com.au/ciderfestival.php

merrepenfestival.com.au

redlandscountry.asn.au

denmarkfestivalofvoice.com.au

multiculturalarts.com.au

Jun 1 – 30

Kuranda Roots Festival, Kuranda QLD

kurandaroots.com

Jun 5 – 20

Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Adelaide SA

adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

Jun 3 – 14

Jun 5 – 8

Jun 5 – 14

Jun 5 – 8

Jun 5 – 8

Jun 5 – 8

Jun 5 – 8

Jun 6

Sydney Film Festival, Sydney NSW Barunga Festival, Katherine NT

Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne VIC National Celtic Festival, Portarlington VIC

Palm Creek Folk Festival, Mountain View Lake QLD Peak Festival, Perisher NSW

Top Half Folk Festival, Alice Springs NT

Old & Gold Festival, Brunswick Heads NSW

Jun 6 – 8

Woodend Winter Arts Festival, Woodend VIC

Jun 13 – 14

Williamstown Literary Festival, Williamstown VIC

Jun 8 – 14

Jun 18 – 28

Jun 19 – 22

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Queensland Cabaret Festival, Brisbane QLD

Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Melbourne VIC

Alice Springs Beanie Festival, Alice Springs NT

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sff.org.au

barungafestival.com.au

melbournejazz.com

nationalcelticfestival.com

palmcreek.com.au

peakfestival.com.au

topendfolkclub.org/top-half-folk-festivals

brunswickheads.org.au/festivals-events woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au

brisbanepowerhouse.org/festivals

willylitfest.org.au

melbournecabaret.com

beaniefest.org

Jun 26 – 28

Kilmore Celtic Festival, Kilmore VIC

Henry Lawson Festival of the Arts, Grenfell NSW

henrylawsonfestival.com.au

Jun TBA

Katherine Fringe Festival, Katherine NT

katherineregionalarts.org.au

Jun TBA

July 2015

Jul 12

Beer Can Regatta, Darwin NT

Jul 23 – 26

Devonport Jazz in July, Devonport TAS

Jul 17 – Aug 2 Jul 31 – Aug 3

Jul 31 – Aug 3

July 31 – Aug 2 Jul 31 – Aug 3 Jul TBA

Jul TBA

Jul TBA

Jul TBA

Jul TBA

Jul TBA Jul TBA

Jul – Aug Jul – Aug

kilmore.info

beercanregatta.org.au

Queensland Music Festival, Various QLD

queenslandmusicfestival.org

devonportjazz.com

Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville QLD

afcm.com.au

Garma Festival, Darwin NT

yyf.com.au

Greazefest, Brisbane QLD

greazefest.com

Tara Festival of Culture & Camel Races, Tara QLD

tarafestivalncamels.org.au

Cairns Ukelele Festival, Cairns QLD

cairnsukulelefestival.net

Camel Cup, Alice Springs NT

camelcup.com.au

Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Melbourne VIC

gspf.com.au

Noosa Long Weekend Festival, Noosa QLD Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay NSW

noosalongweekend.com

splendourinthegrass.com

Walking with Spirits Festival, Malkgulumbu NT

djilpinarts.org.au/visit-us/walking-with-spirits

Speargrass Festival, Darwin NT

TBA Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne VIC

miff.com.au

TBA Midwinta Festival, Melbourne VIC

midsumma.org.au/midwinta

August 2015

Aug 8 – 9

Greazefest, Melbourne VIC

greazefest.com

Aug 27 – 30

Gympie Music Muster, Gympie QLD

muster.com.au

Aug 20 – 30 Aug TBA Aug TBA

Aug TBA Aug TBA

Melbourne Writers’ Festival, Melbourne VIC Bangalow Music Festival, Bangalow NSW Bellingen Jazz Festival, Bellingen NSW b

Aug TBA

Kelly Country Pick, Beechworth VIC

Aug TBA

Aug TBA

Aug TBA

darwinfestival.org.au

Desert Harmony Arts & Cultural Festival, Tennant Creek NT

Aug TBA

Aug TBA

ellingenjazzfestival.com.au

Desert Smart Eco Fair, Alice Springs NT Dubbo Jazz Festival, Dubbo NSW

Aug TBA

southernxsoloists.com/web/bangalow-music-festival-2014

Darwin Festival, Darwin NT

Aug TBA

Aug TBA

mwf.com.au

Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney NSW

Magnetic Island Jazz Festival, Magnetic Island QLD Redlands Bluegrass Festival, Kindilan QLD SCINEMA Film Festival, Canberra ACT Valley Fiesta, Brisbane QLD

Village Festival, Yeppoon QLD

September / October / November 2015 Birdsville Races, Birdsville QLD

Sep 18 – 20

Bony Mountain Music Festival, Bony Mountain QLD

Sep 18 – 20

Sep 19 – 20

Sep 22 – 26

Sep 25 – Oct 4

dubbojazz.com.au

sydneyoperahouse.com/about/festival_of_dangerous_ideas

Sep 4 – 5

Sep 11 – 13

ecofair.org.au

barklyarts.com.au/desert-harmony-festival

Wagga Wagga Jazz & Blues Festival, Wagga Wagga NSW Turning Wave Festival, Yass NSW

kellycountrypick.org

magneticislandjazz.org

redlandscountry.asn.au

csiro.au/scinema

valleyfiesta.com

thevillagefestival.org.au

birdsvilleraces.com

waggajazz.org.au

bonymountainmusicfestival.com

turningwave.org.au

Gold Coast Folk Music Festival, Nerang QLD

goldcoastfolkfestival.com.au

Mildura Country Music Festival, Mildura VIC

milduracountrymusic.com.au

Outback Festival, Winton QLD

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outbackfestival.com.au

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Sep TBA

Alice Desert Festival, Alice Springs NT

Sep TBA

Brisbane Festival, Brisbane QLD

Sep TBA

Sep TBA Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sep TBA Sep TBA

Sep TBA

Sept – Oct

Sep – Oct

Oct 2 – 3

Oct 2 – 4

Oct 3 – 5

Sep TBA

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

DEFQON, Sydney NSW

Guildford Banjo Jamboree, Guildford VIC

Wallaby Creek Festival, Homerule Rainforest QLD wallabycreekfestival.org.au Wave Rock Weekender, Wave Rock WA

Wollombi Music Festival, Wollombi NSW

Oct TBA

Oct – Nov TBA

Oct – Nov TBA

Oct – Nov TBA

Oct – Nov TBA

Oct – Nov TBA Nov TBA

Nov TBA

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missionevolve.com.au

Boomerang Festival, Tyagarah NSW

boomerangfestival.com.au

Redland Spring Festival, Cleveland QLD

redfest.com.au

Anglesea Music Festival, Anglesea VIC

angleseamusicfestival.com.au

Black Stump Festival, Appin NSW

blackstump.org.au

Burning Seed Festival, Matong State Forest NSW

burningmanaustralia.com

Caloundra Music Festival, Caloundra QLD

caloundramusicfestival.com

musicfeast.com.au

docklandsartsandlaughsfestival.com.au

Fleurieu Folk Festival, Willunga SA

Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, Kangaroo Valley NSW

Nanga Music Festival, Dwellingup WA

Oct TBA

deniutemuster.com.au

Mission Evolve Music Fest, Mission Beach QLD

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

melbournefringe.com.au

Deniliquin Ute Muster, Deniliquin NSW

Listen Out Festival, Various AUS

waverockweekender.com.au

dpti.sa.gov.au/vibrant

TBA Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne VIC

Oct TBA

suff.com.au

wollombimusicfestival.com.au

TBA Vibrant Indigenous Arts Festival, Various SA

Granite Town, Moruya NSW

Oct TBA

sydneyfringe.com

Sydney Underground Film Festival

Oct TBA

defqon1.com.au

neurumcreekfestival.com

Sydney Fringe Festival, Sydney NSW

Docklands Arts, Laughs & Blues Festival, Melbourne VIC

coffsharbourbuskers.com

folkbythesea.com.au

Neurum Creek Music Festival, Neurum Creek QLD

Darebin Music Feast, Melbourne VIC

brisbanefestival.com.au

banjojamboree.org

Folk by the Sea, Kiama NSW

Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Dorrigo NSW

Oct TBA

bigsound.org.au

Coffs Harbour International Buskers & Comedy Festival, Coffs Harbour NSW

Oct TBA

Oct TBA

alicedesertfestival.com.au

BIGSOUND, Brisbane QLD

dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au

fleurieufolkfestival.com.au

granitetown.com.au

kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au listen-out.com.au

Melbourne Festival, Melbourne VIC

melbournefestival.com.au

Tablelands Folk Festival, Yungaburra QLD

tablelandsfolkfestival.org

This Is not Art Festival, Newcastle NSW

Uranquinty Folk Festival, Uranquinty NSW Adelaide Film Festival, Adelaide SA Fremantle Festival, Fremantle WA

Jamgrass Music Festival, Melbourne VIC Maldon Folk Festival, Maldon VIC

Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival, Wangaratta VIC Big West Festival, Melbourne VIC

Bitter & Twisted International Boutique Beer Festival, Maitland NSW

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nangamusic.org.au

octapod.org

uranquintyfolk.com

adelaidefilmfestival.org

fremantlestory.com.au

jamgrass.com.au

maldonfolkfestival.com

wangarattajazz.com

bigwest.com.au

bitterandtwisted.com.au

road trip games

Tricky Trivia

So – you’re on the road to your favourite festival with your favourite friends and boredom starts to set in.

How on earth can you pass the time? Well, look no further than the Big Ticket Road Trip section to while away the hours. Enjoy!

Part 1 (1 point)

Game 1: The Alphabet Game

Choose a topic (something broad like ‘performers’ is best). Start at A and go around the car progressing through the alphabet, e.g.

AC/DC, Brian Jones, Ray Charles, The Doors, Eazy E. If you manage to double up on a letter (Eazy E), it acts like the reverse card in Uno, and the direction of play goes backwards until the next double. Use a stopwatch (one minute is generous), and if a player fails to come up with something, they’re out. Last one standing wins.

Game 2: No, it’s not _____

The quiz master starts by thinking of a common word, easy to rhyme, like ‘mate’. They offer a clue, e.g. “I’m thinking of a word that rhymes with ‘plate’, but it isn’t ‘state’.” The other players take turns asking cryptic questions to stump the quiz master, e.g. “Do you use it to catch fish?” The quiz master responds, “No, it’s not ‘bait’,” and so on. If the quiz master can’t guess the cryptic clue, they lose. If another player guesses the right clue, they win, and become the quiz master.

Game 3: The Wave Game

This game is simple and lasts the whole trip. Each player must wave to people outside the car – pedestrians, people in other cars etc. If you get a smile back, it’s worth one point. If you get a wave, it’s worth two points. If someone flips you the bird, it’s worth five points. Any vocalised response shall be awarded points on a sliding scale based on the aggression/hilarity of what they say. The person with the most points at the end gets a free drink from the other passengers.

1. The word ‘festival’ is derived from the Latin for a) Party b) Feast c) Day of Rest d) Port-a-loo 2. What is England’s biggest festival?

3. The Roskilde Festival is held in which country?

4. Who famously created Festivus?

5. Why are onesies so popular at festivals?

Part 2 (2 points)

1. Which two acts have curated the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Australia? (1 point each) 2. Name two countries outside Oz that Laneway Festival will travel to in 2015? (1 point each) 3. The first Sunbury Pop Festival in 1972 was headlined by which Aussie act? And which industry guru famously made money selling watermelon slices? (1 point each) 4. Name the two US states which have hosted the Burning Man Festival. (1 point each) 4. Which two of the following artists performed at Woodstock: Joni Mitchell, Ravi Shankar, Jethro Tull, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker? (1 point each)

Part 3 (3 points)

1. Name three acts featured in the ‘Homerpalooza’ episode of The Simpsons. (1 point each) 2. What is Australia’s longest-running music and arts festival?

3. With more than 3 million punters in attendance, what is the world’s biggest festival?

4. Who headlined over Nirvana at the first Big Day Out in 1992?

5. Name three Aussie festivals which share their name with Neil Young songs. (1 point each) 0-10 points – Festival Novice 10-20 points – Festival Master 20-30 points – Festival Guru ANSWERS: Part 1) 1. b)Feast 2. Glastonbury 3. Denmark 4. Frank Costanza 5. Who knows?

Part 2) 1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Drones 2. NZ, Singapore, USA 3. Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Michael Gudinski 4. California, Nevada 5. Ravi Shankar, Joe Cocker Part 3) 1. Cypress Hill, Peter Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth 2. Perth International Arts Festival, since 1953 3.

Donauinselfest (Vienna, Austria) 4. Violent Femmes 5. Harvest, Out on the Weekend, Sugar Mountain

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FESTIVAL GREEN GUIDE While some people out there might be looking forward to endless summers and living closer and closer to the ocean, a lot of people these days are doing their bit to make sure they minimise their environmental impact.

Punters and promoters alike have a responsibility to make sure their carbon footprints don’t dirty up their beautiful festival surroundings. So what can you do to make sure Mother Earth isn’t wearing your grubby boot-marks? Just follow some of these simple tips so your festival fun times won’t make the koalas cry.

Go abovE and bEyond:

We’ve all seen the horrible aftermath left at the end of the night when thousands of people have had their day in the sun, with bottles, cans, trash and discarded onesies strewn far and wide. So why not try to shift the paradigm? It’s not just about finding a bin during the day, it’s about setting an example for all the flatearth denialists out there who think the world is their ashtray.

Find a bin and spend 20 minutes grabbing whatever you can find.

Some festivals even offer drink tokens for every bag of recycling you return, so it’s a pretty easy equation: Earth love = Free booze.

And who knows what else you might find? Karma will smile on you, guaranteed. Plus there’s way less chance of people getting sprains and cuts from run-ins with discarded empties. Win-winwin.

CarPool:

So you’re packing up the car and heading to your favourite festival? Make sure you’re sharing the ride to minimise your impact. It’ll also reduce those long entry queues on the way in.

A lot of festivals have Facebook pages now, so if you have spare seats or want to catch a lift, get on there and see who else is going your way. Plus you get to share petrol costs and maybe make some new friends. Win-win.

rE-uSE and rECyClE:

Like… duh. Every festival should have both rubbish and recycling bins on site (if they don’t, well… boycott?), so there’s no excuse for laziness when it comes to disposing of your empties and waste. Take a water bottle with you and refill it, avoid food/ drink options that come with non-recyclables, and be wary of where your ciggie butts, napkins and broken thongs end up.

If you are using a plastic cup, take it back to the bar for a refill rather than getting a freshie each time. If you’re at a BYO gig, maybe consider taking spirits and 2L mixers, and re-using your drinking vessel ± a standard bottle of spirits has about as many drinks as 15 stubbies, plus less need for ice/refrigeration. And goon is the greenest of them all!

Go Solar:

There’s a pretty awesome array of lights and other gadgets available these days that are powered by nothing but glorious (and free) sunshine. You can light your campsite (also good to stop people stumbling onto your tent), fan yourself, charge your phone and even chill things ± a nd they’re all surprisingly cheap at hardware stores and $2 dollar shops.

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and finally…

If you notice your favourite festival might not be doing its part for the planet, don’t be shy to speak up. It doesn’t take much negative PR for people to clean up their act if they risk losing the almighty dollar. What if there was a carbon offset box you could tick when booking your tickets? What if every festival managed to recycle, re-use or compost all their waste? It’s already happening around the place, but it’s not quite the norm yet.

Small voices can inspire big changes, so imagine what a whole festival chorus could do! It’s not too hard to leave the campsite/ festival grounds as you found them, and you can head home pretty pleased with yourself and basking in the warm glow of Mother Earth love. And the best bit? It’s sustainable for the environment, so we can do it all again, year after year after year.

Yes please.

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YOUR FESTIVAL CHECKLIST CLOTHING Warm jacket

Sunglasses

Gumboots

Hat

Shoes you don’t mind ruining

Clothes you don’t mind ruining Multiple spares of everything

Not thongs ± t hey’re guaranteed to fail Animal onesie

TOILETRIES Deodorant (pretty please everyone)

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

First aid kit

Towel

Soap

Sunscreen

Sunblock

Condoms/tampons

Meds (Berocca, pain relief ) Hand sanitiser

Toilet paper

Insect repellent

Glitter remover (Does this exist? It should.)

EQUIPMENT

OTHER ESSENTIALS

Tent (remember a hammer)

Respect

Tickets

Rubbish bags

ID

Sleeping bag

Money (paper & plastic)

Spare blankets (handy for sleeping, picnics and emergency ponchos)

Camera

Blow-up/roll-up mattress

Water/water bottle Earplugs

Pillow

Torch

Snacks (stuff like muesli bars and trail mix can save your life)

Folding table/chairs

Anything inflatable

Sick stereo bro

Esky

Solar-powered lights

Phone (+ charger)

Plastic poncho

Good juju

Not the brown acid*

Spare batteries

*The Big Ticket does not recommend the use of any acid, but especially not the brown kind

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PUMPS AVAILABLE FROM $12.95

37%

CAN BE USED AS A LANTERN OR TORCH

3

$40

SA V E

Reg $159.95

11995

NOW

$15

Reg $39.95

2495

$

130kg

NOW

COMPACT SLEEPING BAG Size: 210 x 80cm Weight: 700g

Rated at +

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$5

SA V E

OVERSIZED RESORT CHAIR

SA V E

Reg $24.95

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High back and large seat for extra comfort. Includes drink holder. Available in blue or beige.

$

Bourke Dome Tent

+

Oversized Resort Chair

$20

Reg $59.95

3995

95

$

NOW

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OFF

$

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25%

4.5kg

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SA V E

2495

$

125cm

220cm

1695

$

OFF

3 power settings.

3 watt cree LED. 4 x AA batteries included.

Sleeps

Setting up this tent couldn’t be easier with no pole assembly required. Fully seam sealed fly sheet and 2 large side windows and will sleep 3 people comfortably. New generation in Dome Tents.

Single Reg $24.95

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DOME EASY UP 3P

205cm

UP TO

32%

$15

SA V E

15 SA V E $

height 110cm

+

NOW

ff 33% O

+ = 79

Reg $119.80

$

Ranger Sleeping Bag

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95

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