Festivals

"Competition between festivals has caused artist fees to rise..."

The rain came down, the tunes were banging and the cops were out in force at the inaugural Up Down Festival in Newcastle on the weekend. Organisers and a handful of performers on the dance-heavy…

Some of the biggest music festivals in Australia have come together today to launch the #VoteMusic campaign in hopes of saving New South Wales' live music scene. If you found yourself on Facebook…

Michael Chugg is a guy you want on your side. The legendary concert promoter is never shy to roll up his sleeves and, right now, Chugg and many others have a fight on their hands. This evening, Chugg…

The global music industry congregated in Amsterdam late last week to discuss some of the most pertinent issues affecting its sector, and to share the kind of knowledge you don’t often get at less…

While events operators and music fans ring their hands over Gladys Berejiklian’s so called “war on festivals” in NSW, it’s a different story in the ACT where officials have approved pill testing at…

Martin Foley loves live music almost as much as he loves shading the Liberals. The Victorian MP has been tweeting up a storm, with his political counterparts in NSW taking a thrashing over their…

In the wake of the Mountain Sounds cancellation, a new initiative is calling on NSW music-lovers to come out and show their support at the Don't Kill Live Music rally. Over the last few days, there…

"I am saying now, Bluesfest will leave NSW. We have no choice; it's a matter of survival. Will the last festival to leave NSW please turn out the light of culture in this soon to be barren state?"…

For this very special finale edition, TMN takes a look at a team of friends that took a backyard bash to an Aussie institution to an event empire.