DO YOU HAVE A CAMPING BUDDY?

A new solution to reduce waste at Australian music festivals this summer has been launched with Camping Buddy set to help music fans tackle a major source of landfill waste at our many camping festival events. Green Music Australia in partnership with QUT has proudly launched its innovative festival waste reduction tool.

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Michelle Symes
Coochin Fields is coming!!!

Australia, we have some very exciting news for festivals, the Queensland based Comiskey Group has acquired a large area of land at Coochin Creek on the Sunshine Coast near Caloundra. The purchase of Coochin Fields by the Comiskey Group will bring festivals the size of which we have not seen here in Australia.

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Michelle Symes
Happy Networks for Happy Punters

Happy Networks noticed the problem and knew the technology they had could be modified to supply temporary WiFi across the whole area of an event, regardless of how remote or out of the way a festival or rave’s location may be. The Happy Networks system provides Internet connectivity which is then available to staff and patrons on all their mobile devices, computers, laptops, etc.

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Michelle Symes
Gigl Festival App Technology

Gigl have produced a user friendly product that will be the “go to solution” in the future for all festivites and hosts. Using a progressive web app (used by the likes of Pinterest and Uber Eats ) will allow promoters to swap their ‘existing website with a more user friendly online experience that serves as your event app as well’ The app is compatible across mobile devices and desktops and can be accessed via a QR code, making it so simple to use.

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Michelle Symes
2023 Indie-Con

Australia’s leading independent music conference, Indie-Con is happening again in Adelaide from 2nd-4th August, thanks to continued support from the South Australian Government’s Music Development Office. The three day conference programming includes international guest speakers, global music industry experts, label representatives, independent artists & journalists, and representatives from over 40 domestic and international companies.

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Michelle Symes
The History of Hardware

From Apollo to Two Tribes, Stereosonic to Festival X, no one can dispute Hardware’s impact on the Australian electronic music scene. Now you can relive all the memories with True Faith : 30, a 440 page book full of stories, photos and flyers which tells the history of the company and its contribution to Australian Music Industry.

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Michelle Symes
Clean Vibes the future of festivals

One thing all festivals have in common regardless of its genre, location or size is Rubbish! A new partnership between Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC) and Clean Vibes has been created with the aim to reduce the waste at the Gold Coast’s major music festivals which it is hoped will minimize the impact on the environment. The partnership sees Clean Vibes become the Official Cleaning and Waste Management Services Provider for all four of MEGC's festivals in 2023 including Blues on Broadbeach, Cooly Rocks On, SPRINGTIME and Groundwater Country Music Festival

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Michelle Symes
Front Row With Stone Temple Pilots

90’s alternative giants, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush will be rocking their way around the country next month. The Australian Department of Immigration have granted clearance for all Under The Southern Stars Artists and Crew to enter Australia under strict Covid guidelines for the long, long awaited concert series. Sharing the stage with Cheap Trick and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are local legends Rose Tattoo and Electric Mary. All existing tickets are 100% valid for the 2022 event, with promoters in the process of completing all ticket transfers for the re-scheduled dates in March.

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Michelle Symes
NEXT EXIT ……On Your Right

It’s May and that means its finally time for the latest franchise in the Australia’s Festival circuit, NEXT EXIT. The beautiful people at MJR Presents are no first timers when it comes to Tours, Big Names or the the Festival scene itself with Summer Series, One Love and the Port Macquarie Beer and Cider Festival already on their resume of outdoor events and that is only reinforced with their newest instalment, now they bring us Next Exit.

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Michelle Symes
Lunar on the Goldy

Lunar Electric bring you the third installment in their festival resume on 13th of March 2021 at the Gold Coast’s Doug Jennings Park, and it is shaping up to be an event you will talk about for the rest of the year.

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Michelle Symes