I love music festivals. They are probably my most favourite things in the whole world and where I am my most happiest.
For that one day or weekend, people from all walks of life congregate to celebrate the awesomeness that is live music and performance…and to have fun, relax and take care of each other.
It’s such a blissful existence. And I will forever be indebted to the people who make them possible – the promoters and tour managers and security peeps and sound techs and of course, the musicians.
It goes without saying that festivals are big business these days and there has been a lot of commentary about ticket prices and attendance numbers recently. The beauty of music festivals though is their ability to be the ultimate game without losers. As long as no one player gets too greedy, everyone can walk away feeling immensely satisfied…and everybody knows this.
At the core of each stayer in this business – punter, band, promoter, etc – is their fierce love of the festival industry and an inherent bullshit-detector for anything that threatens this utopian societal microcosm operating just the way we like it.
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| Airbourne Sydney Big Day Out 2011 |
It’s such a blissful existence. And I will forever be indebted to the people who make them possible – the promoters and tour managers and security peeps and sound techs and of course, the musicians.
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| 100 cupcakes for 100 Big Day Out shows |
It goes without saying that festivals are big business these days and there has been a lot of commentary about ticket prices and attendance numbers recently. The beauty of music festivals though is their ability to be the ultimate game without losers. As long as no one player gets too greedy, everyone can walk away feeling immensely satisfied…and everybody knows this.
At the core of each stayer in this business – punter, band, promoter, etc – is their fierce love of the festival industry and an inherent bullshit-detector for anything that threatens this utopian societal microcosm operating just the way we like it.
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| Muse Sydney Big Day Out 2010 |
As we head into the summer festival season in Australia, the anticipation is building for the next wave of incredible live music moments coming our way. Some will be main stage exhibitionist extravaganzas shared by thousands, others will be intimate, unplanned acoustic moments stumbled upon by a lucky few. But without doubt, each will be yet another example of just how deep the river of reciprocal music festival love runs.
Maybe I love festivals so much because I wish this is what life was like all the time? A girl can only dream…
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