How different is the Australian music festival scene in comparison to the UK/Europe?
The Aussie music scene is fast catching up with the UK’s – there have been so many new festivals entering our market in the last few years, ours included. I would say there’s definitely less mud at Aussie festivals perhaps with Good Vibrations Sydney being the exception this year. The concept of camping overnight at a festival is really only beginning to take off here in New South Wales whilst in the UK this is the norm. Hopefully this changes as more of the Australian public deserve to experience a proper festival which has to be more than one day. The police presence is much higher here which I’m not entirely sure is good news in the long run and I’m sure will cause more harm than good. Is there such thing as a global festival culture? Each festival has its own unique style – Big Chill (my favourite) is completely different to Glastonbury, here in Oz the BDO has its own place in the world vs a Parklife or a Peats Ridge. All the festivals that survive have generally done so as a resul
