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A single day event held in late September, Parklife offers a variety of electro, hip hop, house, breaks, beats and more. Parklife is held each year in Melbourne on the banks of the Yarra River overlooking Melbourne's skyline. The Number One aim is to provide ultimate doses of Every Shade Of Fun.

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Meredith has been hailed as Australia's answer to Woodstock, but is best summed up by the Festival OrganisersĪ Full Weekend of Fluctuating, Hi-Fidelity Freedom in the Supernatural Amphitheatre. The first festival was in 1991 and attracted only 250 punters but by 2007, more than 10,000 people were heading to Meredith. From Melbourne CBD it'll take you about 2 hours to drive there by car. Meredith is halfway between Geelong and Ballarat on the Midland Highway (A300), about 90kms due West of Melbourne. Held in early December, Meredith Music Festival is held at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre over 3 days.

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For those travelling to Grasshopper from Melbourne, a free shuttle bus is usually run from the main Geelong Train Station.

Tickets are generally released in stages and gradually increase in price the closer it is to the event. A one-day festival, Grasshopper features rock/indie/hip-hop/electro music across three stages. The Grasshopper Festival is held in Geelong on the first weekend in October each year. Tickets generally go on sale in late October / early November and sell out within a few days. Camping onsite at the festival is a tradition, with passouts allowing access to the beach and town centre of Lorne. From its humble beginnings when a young surfer and his mates decided to put a shout-out to their favourite bands to play at the farm on new year's eve, the festival has grown to now attract big-name international bands and more than 10,000 music lovers each year. Held in Lorne over the New Years Eve period, the Falls Festival has been running since 1993. Earthcore endeavours to create amazing events that incorporate performance, installation art, dance culture and alternative lifestyle opportunities within a 'festival' and party atmosphere. Each earthcore event is dedicated to all aspects of electronic music and features a large range of local, interstate and international artists, musicians and associated hangers-on. Music centers around all genres of dance music, but with offshoots into many areas that encompass the ever growing street culture. Outdoor events run several times throughout the year, can be between 1 and 7 days and are usually held in forest environments around Victoria. EarthcoreĮarthcore is best known as one of Australia's biggest outdoor raves. Tickets usually go on sale in November and are often sold out within a week. Starting in Sydney in 1992, the 1 day festival now attracts around 300,000 people and offers a wide variety of local and international acts across 7 stages. The Big Day Out music festival tours throughout Australia during January, but is always held in Melbourne on the Australia Day Weekend (last weekend in January). The Apollo Bay Music Festival features an eclectic range of performers from Australia and overseas. When he’s not booking festival shows, you’ll find Rich DJing at weddings, teaching Yoga and Qi Gong, or giving someone a shiatsu massage.Some of the most popular Music Festivals in and around Melbourne, Victoria include (in alphabetic order): Apollo Bay Music Festival Most of the work Rich has done – from booking bands in pubs, to programming festivals, to self-publishing magazines – has started out on a voluntary basis. Arranged music, sorted publishing and booked bands to appear on Channel Nine's Mick Molloy Show Hosted Triple R drive-time radio show ‘Incoming’ for 15 years, showcasing new Australian and New Zealand music Founded Way Over There, an artist-run record label (distributed via Shock) that released 65 full-length albums from artists such as Machine Translations, The Dead Salesmen, Gersey, Mississippi Barry and Blue Grassy Knoll Wrote and edited Form Guide, a monthly 60-page magazine featuring interviews, album reviews and a gig guide In addition to being an active presence in Melbourne’s music community, Rich has busied himself with a bunch of other music-related stuff over the years: In the early 2000s, he started programming festivals, including Queenscliff Music Festival (1998-2003), Falls (2005-2015), Groovin’ the Moo (2010-current), Parklife (2009-2014), and Splendour in the Grass (2014). Castlemaine-based Rich Moffat got his first job booking bands in pubs at age 17, and spent several decades programming artists for venues such as The Punters Club (1992-1998), Corner Hotel (1995-2014), Evelyn Hotel (1990-1992), Northcote Social Club (2004-2014) and more.