Nick Cave’s Grinderman are the first official band announced for the 21st Meredith Music Festival in Meredith, Victoria.
Exciting, huh? It’ll be the first time “our Nick” (take that, Kylie!) has ever played at the festival. If the last time he was playing in the country is anything to go by, this show will be a highlight of the gig-going year.
Who else is playing? According to the Festival, the lineup “will more than ever involve Bespoke Programming based on Supreme Live Experience, where collective anticipated mood and Time of Day or Night is the Guiding Light. It will rock, it will roll, and it’ll do everything else betwixt and between. It’ll be revealed a bit later.”
For 2011, the festival is not increasing ticket numbers, but it most definitely is increasing in physical size, with an entire new camping ground added.
As of last year, the tickets will still be $279 + b/f, the festival will still be BYO (no glass) and the “no dickhead” policy is still in place. Oh, and the organisers are very sorry, but pergolas are now banned from the amphitheatre. It turns out they block people’s view and they kind of wanted to see some of these bands.
Oh, for food lovers, “several more healthy, unhealthy and gourmet food options will be on offer” and for those of you whole like to stay awake for three days straight, “The Interstitial Soundtrack (that’s the DJs between bands) will be tweaked back up to ‘party‘ mode when appropriate”.
So, want tickets to this glorious festival? Get your arse over to www.mmf.com.au to enter the ballot (it’s free to do so!) before August 12th.
See you in the amphitheatre.
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