To conclude our journey through the world of festivals we bring our final segment of Festivals for Dummies. Check out our newest vlog up on YouTube today, giving you all the down-low on how to prep and what to look for in a good festival! it's got a tonne of information!
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You'll find out what to expect, what to bring, how to stay safe and first hand experience of the best festivals in the world. We have special reporter, Thomas Blake, who will ask the questions that matter. Henry King gives a vast insight into what to expect and suitable attire. Festival enthusiast, Rohaan Mathew discusses how to have an enjoyable and safe experience at a festival. Finally, Nathaniel and Alex have covered a number of the top festivals and their personal experiences.

Hope you Enjoy!

Top Lineups for Rock Festivals!

Rock Festivals!

Rock festivals are some of the greatest festivals that you will attend! They are held over numerous days, usually in rural open areas and can hold up to 10 000+ people. They feature long rosters of musical performers and die hard fans, loyal to the genre. 

Many festivals offer camping or to allow easy multi-day access to the festival's features. 
Some of our top picks for rock festival include;

1. America
2. INXS
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Skyhooks
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Supertramp
7. Cold Chisel 
8. Led Zeppelin 
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Paul Kelly

If you are planning of attending a rock festival, make sure you take plenty of water, food and drink as occasionally it can be difficult to visit the facilities available as the crowds are so large.

We hope that you enjoy your new rock festival experience!

Country Lineups for you Folk Lovers!!!

Country

Some of the greatest festivals that are available to attend are those that play country music, as the vibes and atmosphere is one like no other. 

The comradeship that is formed within these festivals is one of a kind as everyone is passionate about the music genre and the bands and artists which perform for them. There is also a large decrease in drug and abuse charges that occur at other festivals making it the most family friendly event to take your children (6 Months +).

Top Country artists;

1. Taylor Swift
2. Jason Aldean
3. Luke Bryan
4. Lady Antebrella
5. Eric Church
6. Blake Shelton
7. Toby Keith
8. Keith Urban
9. Lionel Richie
10. Scotty McCreedy

If you are looking for one of the greatest experiences of you're entire life then i would highly recommend that you attend!

Top Music Line Up For Electro Festivals

Electro / Dance 

Electro Dance Music (EDM) Festivals are often considered to be some of the most thrilling and engaging festivals of them all - combining progressive dance with an array of visual effects.

Top 10 artists to look for at a festival near you:
1. Steve Aoki
2. Will Sparks
3. Congorock
4. Nielsen 
5. Martin Garrix 
6. DIPLO
7. Oliver Koletski
8. Sven Vath
9. Martin Solveig 
10. Rest in Pepperoni's 

Keeping these in mind, the general demographic for EDM festivals ranges from 18-30 and tickets from anything between $90-300.

If you're looking for the best of the best, I recommend looking around for international festivals rather than simply Australia - as places such as America, Brazil and Ireland host some of the largest in the world, pulling in the best artists from around the globe and gathering close to 200,000 festival goers each year!

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Happy hunting!

Worlds Largest EMD Festivals 

Top Music Line Ups for Hip Hop Festivals!

Hip Hop

Many of the worlds largest and most popular festivals involve Hip-Hop artists. 

The general demographic for these festivals include 18-24 and 25-34 year olds with a stronger male presence within the festival. 

If you are looking to attend your first Hip-Hop festival, lookout for our 15 favourite artists; 

1. Kanye West
2. Childish Gambino
3. 50 Cent
4. A$AP Rocky
5. J. Cole
6. Kid Ink
7. Chris Brown (coming to Australia is December)
8. Kendrick Lamar 
9. Meek Mil
10. Nicki Minaj 
11. Omarion
12. Schoolboy Q
13. T-Pain
14. TYGA
15. Drake

We also recommend looking out for up and coming artists who can have some of the greatest impact at festivals when unheard songs are played, arousing the crowd and building on the overall experience.

Below is a link provided to find Sydney's latest Rap concerts and festivals.

Sydney Rap Guide

Hopefully this page assists you in helping to have the greatest Hip-Hop festival of your life!

Byron Bay Blue's Festival!

If you’re after a more relaxed and hipster style festival, then Blue’s Festival is definitely for you.

Being a fair way away, I flew up on the day to experience the true tourist feel of Byron Bay – embracing the music, the culture, as well as the food.

I chose to camp out for the first two days, the blaring music and drinks acting as a blanket for the cold nights, however the 3^rd day was by far the greatest.

Kicking the tunes off in the early hours of the morning, Byron hit an all time high with thousands of people flocking from across the region to delve into the beats that were being thrown down. An array of deep house, alt, and RNB were played throughout the day with a line-up of heavy later on into the night, and the horridly expensive alcohol was masked by the great group of people surrounding the place.

Although different from most festivals, its definitely an insightful and cultural opening experience for people of any ages, and a definite for festival lovers in my mind.

DEFQON - what a time!

DEFQON 1 was definitely a night to remember. 

With the Weekend Warrior Camp allowing us to bridge the gap between festival and holiday - the boys got together for the three day adventure with beer and high spirit in hand.

Being known as Australia's biggest leading hard-style festival, we entered the days with high hopes. DEFQON offered a one-of-a-kind experience, connecting and array of visuals with an extraordinary lineup of artists to top it all off, fulfilling one of the greatest nights in memory – filled with laughter, drinking, and a whole lot of dancing.

Despite the expectation of a very aggressive and grouped off feel to the show, the festival turned out to be similar to the likes of GTM and Future, with each and every person propelling the heights of their hype from one to the next.

With this said, DEFQON is a definite must go if you’re into your festivals – a must do for the bucket list.

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