Australia is really a host to all things music. They've the best music events turning up every weekend somewhere in the country in most seasons of the year. There are many genres to choose from for music lovers there is going to be people jamming towards the music. After all, concerts and events are fun and better off with the crowd moving to the beat.
As the COVID-19 restrictions ease off, more and more places are allowing for the gathering of large crowds to entertain and be entertained, music festivals are not an exception in Australia. Here are the famous and ultimate music festivals, with dates and locations, that music fanatics cannot miss.
Easter Weekend Events
With the Easter weekend quickly approaching, a terrific way to spend it is at a musical event around australia. Here are events taking place on the long Easter weekend.
Rabbits Eat Lettuce (REL) Event
Rabbits Eat Lettuce is an event that can take place yearly during Easter, hence Rabbit Eat Lettuce. It began in 2008 if this was hosted as a tribal Easter party in New South Wales and has since grown its roots and thrived yearly after that. REL is now a place in which the ‘gone astray’ siblings meet yearly to enjoy an excellent line-up of musical shows and camp underneath the stars. This is a place that is dedicated to Dance Music, Freedom, and Love. Here, the music lovers will camp in a environment and make up a community of like-minded people. It is a place to unwind from the busy stresses of life while hearing great music. REL only accommodates adults 18 years and older.
Rabbits Eat Lettuce includes a line-up that accommodates almost every genre of music. Among their line-up list for the upcoming Easter weekend is:
- House and Techno
- Bass Music
- Prog or PSY
- Live Music or Chill
When: 14 – 18 April 2022 (Easter Weekend)
Where: East QLD, Landcruiser Mountain Park
Tickets: Start from $330, book on > rabbitseatlettuce
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Having been around since 1990, Byron Bay Bluesfest has experience in providing the best music festival to the musical fans – that have grown from 6,000 in its newbie to now more than 100,000 people enjoying their show yearly. It's permanently situated in Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, a 300-acre land located just 11 km north of Byron Bay, featuring 200 different performances on multiple stages for a duration of five 12-hour days. The site allows 6,000 camping guests and it has five licensed bars in the site along with more than 100 food stalls and markets. Blue Fest accommodates children as young as 6 years of age.
Some of the featured common artists on their lineup yearly include:
- John Mayer
- Hozier
- John Legend
- David Gray
- Bob Dylan
- Paul Simon and many more
When: 14 – 18 April 2022 (Easter Weekend)
Where: Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm
Tickets: Vary on age. Book online.
Spring Events
What better way to welcome Spring after the long, winter compared to great music and good vibes? That's exactly what the below festivals brings towards the music lover.
Mushroom Valley
Blooming of all the bright colors and also the sun adding its glorious shine too, Mushroom Valley prides itself in creating a wonderland. In this wonderland, different types of individuals with different stories all get together to celebrate life and experience new, fun things. Music lovers can expect to determine all music genres ranging from the very best drum performances, dubstep, bass music, and tech house, amongst others. Mushroom Valley is set up alongside O’Connell River allowing guests to escape their busy lives and enter this wonderland where they will be rebooted before heading up with their usual lives once more. Besides music, the festival also hosts multiple activities such as dance, theatres, conscious sound healing, and healing spaces to focus on the well-being of the guests. They do not have exactly the same artists arranged every year, so it's important for inquiring minds to regularly check the website for the artists that are arranged. Nonetheless, artists are just a cherry on top, as Mushroom Valley includes a number of fun activities to complete besides constantly jamming to various music from artists.
- Where: situated between Arlie Beach and Mackay adjoining the Whitsundays.
- When: 16 – 18 September 2022
Tickets: Beginning with $180 for Early Birds. Book on their website.
Splendour Within the Grass
This is one of the staple music festivals in Australia. Music lovers wait for this event to take place every year. Splendor in the Grass hosts a maximum of 50,000 people yearly. Therefore, tickets sell out fast. Splendor in the Grass may be the only festival during the cold months season around australia, and still attracts a large number of viewers throughout the country, despite the cold. The festival never gets boring, without doubt no one wants to miss it, because of its spectacular lineup:
- Gorillaz
- Oliver Tree
- Cub Sport
- The Strokes and many more
When: 29 – 31 July 2022
Where: Nsw, North Byron Parklands
Tickets: Book on their own website
For music lovers, every season of the season is music season. If the sun is daunting hot or the winds are cold, the music does not stop, and Australian music festivals prove it so. These festivals focus on every person with all of tastes in music.
