Oz Music Festivals
  • Home
    • About
  • Festivals
    • Oz Festival Finder
  • Performers
    • Book A Band >
      • Book A Blues Band
      • Book A Country Music Band
      • Book An EDM/Dance Band
      • Book A Folk Music Band
      • Book A Jazz Band
      • Book A Rock Band
      • Book A World Band
      • Book Something Different
    • Book a Festival Workshop
    • Invite Performer Submissions
  • News
    • Oz Latest
    • Making Headlines
    • Newsletter
  • Opportunities
    • For Musicians >
      • Festival Applications Alert
      • Artist Profile Pages
      • #TEES4PERFORMERS
    • For Stallholders >
      • Festival Applications Alert
    • For Event Organisers >
      • Book a Band
      • Book Festival Workshop
      • Invite Performer Submissions
      • Promote Your Music Festival
  • Store

Oz Music Festivals
​Newsletter

8th January 2018
​Australian Music Festival round up from the past week
Subscribe
Index
Music Festivals Coming Up!
Connect With Us
General Music Festival News
Ticket Updates
Lineup Latest
Music Festival Callouts
​Awards & Grants
 

Music Festivals Coming Up

Picture
 Coming Up Soon In
​NEW SOUTH WALES
​

Sydney Festival (Sydney)
Parkes Elvis Festival (Parkes)
Honk! Oz (Wollongong)
FOMO (Sydney, SOLD OUT)
Illawarra Folk Festival (Bulli)
Thredbo Blues Festival (Thredbo)
Tamworth Country Music Festival (Tamworth)
Thrashville (Lower Belford)
See more
Picture
​Coming Up Soon In
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
​

Electric Gardens (Red Hill, Perth, SOLD OUT)
Fringe World (Perth)
Perth Festival (Perth)
Laneway Festival (Fremantle)
Boyup Brook Country Music Festival (Boyup Brook)
See more
Picture
Coming Up Soon In
​​VICTORIA
​

FOMO (Melbourne, SOLD OUT)
Unify (Tarwin South, SOLD OUT)
Sugar Mountain (Melbourne)
Newstead Live! (Newstead)
See more
Picture
​​Coming Up Soon In
QUEENSLAND
​

Electric Gardens (Brisbane)
Little Big Fest (Mackay)
Laneway Festival (Brisbane)
Earth Frequency (Peak Crossing)
​See more
 
We're working on festival listings for ALL Australian States and Territories. South Australia is next!  
Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
 

Connect With Us

If you're a dedicated music festival goer.  If you're looking for something to do on a weekend. If you're on holiday and exploring the region, or planning a holiday.  If you're all three!  Connect with us and we'll keep your finger on the pulse of Oz music festivals around Australia  :)
Weekly Newsletter.  Click Subscribe and sign up to receive this weekly newsletter in your inbox.  
Subscribe
Twitter.  Click the Twitter button to view our Twitter profile and then Follow us to receive our tweets. 
Twitter
Facebook.  Click the Facebook button to view our Facebook profile and then Follow us to receive our posts.  We generally post the same content to both Twitter and Facebook simultaneously.  So if you don't have a Twitter account, then Facebook might be the place for you.
Facebook
 

General News

Picture
Picture
A New Service For Musicians Is Coming - Performer Applications Alert
Are you a performer trying to get into the Australian music festival scene?  It's not surprising!  Australian music festivals are a great way to get your name out there.

​Check out the details of this new service from Oz Music Festivals here.

Picture
​Why I’ll be boycotting music festivals this year.  (Ali Moore, www.smh.com.au) Over the weekend, the Falls Music and Arts Festival, held in Marion Bay, Tasmania, received two complaints of sexual assault.  Full article here.

Teenager critical after possible overdose at music festival  (Gippsland, VIC, www.theage.com.au)  A teenage festival-goer is in a critical condition after a suspected drug overdose at a music festival in Gippsland.   Full article here.

Bringing In The New Year.  Woodford folk festival 2017-18: music, magic and mandalas – in pictures (Woodford, QLD, www.guardian.com)  Bob Hawke, Dr Karl and Tracey Spicer joined revellers across six days and nights of talks, music, workshops, parades, circus, cabaret, comedy, film and dance in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast hinterland  See the full article here.

Lost Paradise Aftermath - One Side of the Story.  Catastrophic aftermath of Lost Paradise party trashed by punters (Glenworth Valley, NSW, www.dailytelegraph.com.au)  ORGANISERS of an annual New Year’s Eve music festival on the NSW Central coast have apologised after video showing the “catastrophic” aftermath of the event went viral on social media.  Full article.

Lost Paradise Aftermath - The Other Side.  Lost Paradise Festival: Abandoned camping equipment goes to the homeless, not the bin (Glenworth Valley, NSW, www.abc.net.au)  It's the final day of a music festival — a sea of brand new and now abandoned tents, camp chairs and air mattresses span the horizon.​  Full article.

Not groping: a manual for everyone (Jill Poulsen, www.couriermail.com.au)  WHEN I was a kid we used to put body glitter everywhere… well almost everywhere.  I can’t count how many photos I have at home where my face looks like a shiny, spectacular disco ball.  Full article.
Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
 

Ticket Updates

Sort out your January now - we've got plans for three big long weekends at #sydfest, whether you want to dive deep into culture, see the best of Sydney or party on https://t.co/g9bOkosUGn

— Sydney Festival (@sydney_festival) January 2, 2018



Not long to go now! Hope everyone has brought their tickets and booked time off work! #BoyupBrookCMFest2018 #BoyupBrookCMFest pic.twitter.com/NVO2XX6D5e

— Boyup Brook CMC (@BBCMC) January 7, 2018

Get your seat at the table for the heats of the 2018 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest - see the best of the best #Elvis Tribute Artists battle it out! Tickets on sale at https://t.co/nsYTosF1yS #ueta #parkeselvis pic.twitter.com/WrYJDX7dy6

— ParkesElvisFestival (@ParkesElvisFest) January 5, 2018

Tix available at https://t.co/UNvPWewl29 pic.twitter.com/MPFv2xi1Sc

— BeechworthMusicFest (@beechymusicfest) January 3, 2018

Come play with us? Much laughter and happiness awaits us for yet another Earth Frequency Festival at the beautiful Ivory’s Rock, make sure you’ve got your tickets & friends ready for this amazing journey. (Tickets via the link in our bio) □ Photo by: @julianfreesphotography pic.twitter.com/2UrbbT6FsN

— Earth Frequency (@earth_frequency) January 7, 2018

Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
 

Lineup Latest


Don't miss accomplished singer, songwriter and entertainment Gavin Chatelier at the 2018 #parkeselvis festival appearing at various venues - visit https://t.co/y47ukjBFYJ for details. #parkeselvis pic.twitter.com/6D2la3vwjA

— ParkesElvisFestival (@ParkesElvisFest) January 6, 2018

Marisa Quigley & her Sunday Best! This bunch of understated groovers (with excellent chops) compliment and invigorate Marisa’s powerhouse vocals and slide right into the groove! Playing BMF2018 - tix https://t.co/UNvPWewl29 pic.twitter.com/BElfy1TrWr

— BeechworthMusicFest (@beechymusicfest) January 7, 2018

Adelaide Fringe is thrilled to see The Royal Croquet Club returning in 2018 â–¡ https://t.co/5GYVNX8xOZ

— Adelaide Fringe (@ADLFringe) January 5, 2018

Catch @Thestringfamily at the #parkeselvis Festival: Friday at the Memphis Stage at 1pm and Saturday on the ARTC Main Stage at 2pm #string #quartet pic.twitter.com/JUXsA5Fp0y

— ParkesElvisFestival (@ParkesElvisFest) January 6, 2018

Intricate riffs and exhilarating dual guitars backed by a galvanising drummer, a sagacious bass player and a real raw lead singer make The Faculty truly a singular entity. tix at https://t.co/UNvPWewl29 pic.twitter.com/mctNTevZmD

— BeechworthMusicFest (@beechymusicfest) January 7, 2018

Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
 

Festival Callouts

Artist & Venue applications are now open for the 2018 Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival to be held on the... https://t.co/Zrf3QPHJcv

— Bendigo Blues Fest (@BendigoBlues) January 3, 2018
Picture
A New Service For Musicians Is Coming - Performer Applications Alert
Are you a performer trying to get into the Australian music festival scene?  It's not surprising!  Australian music festivals are a great way to get your name out there.

​Check out the details of this new service from Oz Music Festivals here.


Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
 

Awards, Grants, Other

Tick tock! Entries to the Vanda & Young Songwriting comp close 17 Jan - open to all genres, all ages, and to songwriters worldwide! https://t.co/zuj32ajWBr #vandaandyoungsongcomp #songwriting pic.twitter.com/PvcwhVoNMM

— V&Y Song Competition (@VandaYoungComp) January 6, 2018

Enjoying our newsletter?  Let us know by Liking us on Facebook and/or Sharing with your friends :)
DISCLAIMER:  We are a festival directory website.  We do not organise the festivals.  Please make sure that you confirm all details with the festival organisers.  If you find any omissions or errors, please  contact us.
DISCLOSURE:  We partner with organisations to offer services on this website and may receive a commission from these partners.  These partners have been carefully selected for providing leading services within Australia.  We are an Amazon Associate and receive payment from qualifying purchases.


Copyright 2020 Website by Remote Consulting Pty Ltd
  • Home
    • About
  • Festivals
    • Oz Festival Finder
  • Performers
    • Book A Band >
      • Book A Blues Band
      • Book A Country Music Band
      • Book An EDM/Dance Band
      • Book A Folk Music Band
      • Book A Jazz Band
      • Book A Rock Band
      • Book A World Band
      • Book Something Different
    • Book a Festival Workshop
    • Invite Performer Submissions
  • News
    • Oz Latest
    • Making Headlines
    • Newsletter
  • Opportunities
    • For Musicians >
      • Festival Applications Alert
      • Artist Profile Pages
      • #TEES4PERFORMERS
    • For Stallholders >
      • Festival Applications Alert
    • For Event Organisers >
      • Book a Band
      • Book Festival Workshop
      • Invite Performer Submissions
      • Promote Your Music Festival
  • Store