Meredith_Music_Festival

Meredith Music Festival

Meredith Music Festival

Annual outdoor music festival in Meredith, Victoria, Australia


The Meredith Music Festival (otherwise known simply as Meredith or MMF) is a three-day outdoor music festival held every December at the "Supernatural Amphitheatre",[1] a natural amphitheatre located on private farmland near the town of Meredith in Victoria, Australia. A self-funded, non-commercial event that was first held in 1991,[2] the festival spawned Golden Plains, a music festival that takes place over the Labour Day long weekend in March.[3]

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At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, the festival won Licensee of the Year Award.[4]

The 2022 festival was the first to occur in 3 years, following no festivals since 2019.

Description

The festival is held on a private property owned by the family of one of the organisers, Chris Nolan[5] near the town of Meredith. Since the Nolans own the site, permanent infrastructure has been built including showers, compost toilets, and recycled water with the surrounding areas set up for usage of tents, vans, caravans or motorhomes. The culture and music of the festival reflects the strength, and diversity of the Melbourne and surrounding music scene. Warren Ellis (musician) (Dirty Three / Grinderman) referred to it as "the world's best festival" in a recent interview.[6]

Artist lineup

Attractions

  • The Meredith Gift (a reference to the Stawell Gift) is a nude running race, with the chance to win The Golden Jocks trophy.[7]
  • The Pink Flamingo Bar, an ever-popular cocktail bar[8]
  • Eric's Terrace, cocktail bar with a large selection of food and drinks.[9]
  • A sportsfield which includes the Meredith Eye Ferris wheel.[10]
  • The Ecoplex Cinema displays both short and feature-length films, including outdated informational films, advertisements and television shows intended to humour the audience.[11]

Ticketing

The event is usually "sold out" before the date. Ticketing is implemented via a system which sees the first allocation distributed through a 'Subscriber Ticket Ballot' - allowing half of the total allocation of tickets randomly distributed to 'subscribers' already on MMF's email list. Subscribers are notified in August and need to purchase their tickets within a set period of time.[12]

The second allocation is sold in record stores in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and the Surf Coast as has been the case in previous years. These go on sale after the Ballot closes. The third allocation is distributed online.[12]

Then...finally...despite all our best efforts, we assume there will still be some disappointed people out there. So...in an effort to mend some potential broken hearts...there will be a finite quantity of tickets issued by Aunty at her complete personal discretion. These will be allocated to some of those that she considers to be, for example, most passionate, or deserving, or unlucky, or having traveled the farthest, or been there the most times, etcetera. These can only be applied for after the rest of the tickets have sold out.

Meredith Music Festival (2008)[13]

List of Meredith Music Festival lineups by year

This is a list of Meredith Music Festival lineups by year:

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Awards

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. The award for Best Festival was introduced in 2013.

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See also


References

  1. Time Out Sydney (2007–2012). "Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre". Time Out Sydney. Time Out Group Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. Larissa Dubecki (24 November 2006). "Mud, sweat and beers". The Age. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. Consequence of Sound (2007–2011). "Golden Plains 2011". Festival Outlook. Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  4. Cooper, Nathanael (25 May 2020). "Tones and I, Hilltop Hoods dominate 2020 APRA Music Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. Patrick Donovan, 7 March 2009. "Merediths golden child turns three, and the rock kids join in the party" The Age, Retrieved on 30 July 2009
  6. "Meredith is 'world's best festival'". The Age. Australian Associated Press. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  7. Dewi Cooke, 12 December 2005. Meredith Music Festival. The Age, Retrieved on 30 July 2009
  8. "Pink Flamingo Bar · The 19th Meredith Music Festival". 2009.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. "Erics Terrance Bar · The 19th Meredith Music Festival". 2009.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  10. Jo Roberts, 14 December 2004 Finding treasure in Meredith. The Age, Retrieved on 30 July 2009
  11. "Ecoplex Cinema · The 19th Meredith Music Festival". 2009.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  12. Michelle Griffin, 9 December 2007. Summer will rock - if you're lucky enough to get a ticket. The Age, Retrieved on 30 July 2009
  13. "The 18th Meredith Music Festival - 12, 13 & 14 December 2008 - Ticketing information". Mmf.com.au. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  14. "Meredith Music Festival 24". 2014.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  15. "Meredith Music Festival 2015". 2015.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  16. "Meredith Music Festival 2016". 2016.mmf.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  17. "Meredith Music Festival 2018". Meredith Music Festival 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  18. "Meredith 2019". Meredith 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  19. "Meredith 2022 - Meredith Music Festival". Meredith 2022 - Meredith Music Festival. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  20. "Meredith 2023 - Meredith Music Festival". Meredith 2023 - Meredith Music Festival. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  21. "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  22. "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

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