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what a wonderful world
Organisers are 1000000000% DELIGHTED with the lineup. Thanks kindly for all the great feedback via the survey on the home page. Glad to see y'all are as excited as we are. Its a genuine mixed bag, but thats what a festival is all about. Lots of amazing things going on every day the likes of which you have never seen (and you wont see anywhere else), several total crowd pleasing favourites, some of the greatest rock and roll in the history of the world, and some bona fide party-ass action late at nite.
Here's how it is looking:
The galaxies-beyond-legendary RADIO BIRDMAN in their only Victorian show (Sat Nite), one of the world’s finest spinners, the erstwhile Avalanche DEXTER (late Sat nite), the sublime THE SLEEPY JACKSON (Sat arvo), the million-man hippest hoppest party phenomenon THE CAT EMPIRE (late Sat nite), uncompromising Welsh punks MCLUSKY(Sat arvo), Albuquerque New Mexico’s finest and creators of the Album of the Year THE SHINS (Friday Nite), electric one man band from the US of A Mr BOB LOG III (Sat Nite), Canadian alt-hiphop kingpin BUCK 65 (Sundee), Melbourne’s finest, now taking on the world AUGIE MARCH (Sunset Saturday nite), Geelong Supercats MAGIC DIRT (late Friday Nite), cool school prom party pop group THE BRUNETTES (NZ) Sat arvo, one of the globe’s finest musicians, Afghani sitar guru MASTER KHALIL GUDAZ - Sunday morning (who fled the Taliban and ended up in Australia), earthy soulful solo star XAVIER RUDD (Sat arvo), Latin big band and perennial Meredith party-starters COMBO LA REVELACION , Rock and Roll Goal Kicking Machine and Australian of the Ear TIM ROGERS AND THE TEMPERANCE UNION (primetime Sunday), two-wheel drivers THE MESS HALL ('round The Gift on Sundee), dirty stinking rock and rollers WARPED (Friday Nite) , Pittsburgh’s finest and Jack White’s favourite new band the cyclonic MODEY LEMON (early Sat arvo), magnetic new rock stars THE MORNING AFTER GIRLS (Friday evening), the most compelling new band in the country GROUND COMPONENTS (you have to see this band - 11am Saturday), precious natural musical resource CLARE BOWDITCH AND THE FEEDING SET (Friday evening), lionhearted mercurial popsters TREETOPS (Friday evening), beautiful mass of music ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI (Sunday morning), original hip hop hangsters 2DOGS (Sat evening), extraordinarily costumed cutting edge crew CURSE OV DIALECT (Friday nite) , Melbourne rock and roll band THE CANTS, 4 piece noisemakers RIFF RANDOM (first on Friday), the indescribable funny and sexy SPOD (early Sat arvo), the funk DJ with the greatest record collection on the continent, that now has members of J-5 and The R oo ts as fans DJ JOHN IDEM (Sat nite late late late till dawn playing a Rough History of Funk), and the infamous Underground Uberband, the legendary, reformed BEASTS OF BOURBON (last band Saturday day) . Jeeeeeeez. And its all on the one stage .
PLUS Meredith favourite, GREG FLEET as special guest comedian and specail guest Commentator for The Meredith Gift.
ALLNITE DANCING MACHINE Speaking of bona fide latenite party action, the overnite Saturday lineup is Melbourne phenomenon THE CAT EMPIRE, followed by world renowned party starter DEXTER and brough home till dawn by a man with one of the biggest and best funk record collections in the world DJ JOHN IDEM. So if you choose to dance loose-limbed until the dawn cracks the appropraite facitities will be provided.
TICKETS ARE LIMITED and are on sale right now and already going crazy . Don’t dick around and miss out.
playing times
Friday 12 December
6 -6:40pm Riff Random
7 - 7:40pm Treetops
8-8:40 Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set
9-9:40 the morning after girls
10-10:40 Curse Ov Dialect
11-11:45 Warped
12:05-1:10am The Shins
1:30-2:30 Magic Dirt
3am CAMPSITE NOISE CURFEW
Saturday 13 December
11-11:40am Ground Components
12-12:40pm The Brunettes
1-1:40pm Modey Lemon
2-2:30 Spod
2:50-3:40 The Sleepy Jackson
4:00-4:40 Xavier Rudd
5:00-5:55 McLusky
6:10 -7 2Dogs
7:25-8:25 Beasts of Bourbon
8:45-9:40 Augie March
10:00-10:55 Combo La Revelacion
11:15-12:00 Bob Log III
12:30-1:45am Radio Birdman
2:05 - 3:20 The Cat Empire
3:30-4:45 Dexter
4:45 - 7:30am DJ John Idem
Sunday 14 December
Special guest MC Greg Fleet
9-9:40am Master Jin Song Han Tai Chi
10-10:40 Master Khalil Gudaz (sitar master)
11-11:40 Architecture In Helsinki
12-12:40 Buck 65
1pm-2pm Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union
2:15 -3 The Mess Hall
3pm The Meredith Gift (heats and Grand Final)
3:30 The Cants
4:30 Finish
5pm GATES CLOSE NO CAMPING SUNDAY NIGHT
) AUGIE MARCH |
) ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI |
) THE CAT EMPIRE |
) CURSE OV DIALECT |
) GROUND COMPONENTS |
) MASTER KHALIL GUDAZ |
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) XAVIER RUDD |
) TREETOPS |
) CLARE BOWDICH & THE FEEDING SET |
) THE TOWN BIKES |
) RIFF RANDOM |
) THE CANTS |
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BEASTS OF BURBON
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RADIO BIRDMAN
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DEXTER
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TIM ROGERS
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MAGIC DIRT
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MCLUSKY
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WARPED
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SLEEPY JACKSON
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ROB YOUNGER
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MODEY LEMON
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BOB LOG III
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CROWD AT NIGHT
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COMBO
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THE SHINS
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THE BRUNETTES