Pyramid Rock Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = The Pyramid Rock Festival


caption =
location = Phillip Island, Victoria
years_active= 2004 - present
dates = December 30 - January 1 (held annually)
genre = Rock, Hip Hop
URL = [http://www.thepyramidrockfestival.com]
website= [http://www.thepyramidrockfestival.com www.thepyramidrockfestival]

The Pyramid Rock Festival is a New Year's Eve camp-out rock music festival at Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

It runs over two nights with two stages - the Main Stage, and the Pharaoh's Annex. As its name suggests, the Main Stage hosts the major local and international acts, while the Pharaoh's Annex features lesser-known local acts, and in the later evening, the more dance-oriented acts of the festival. There is also a variety of market stalls. Beginning in 2004, it can be compared with the long-running Falls festival, which offers camping for two days over the New Year.

Artist lineups and festival related information by year

2004

Lineup: Dallas Crane, Magic Dirt, The Butterfly Effect, Resin Dogs (list not complete)

Philip Island musician Christy Mahon organized a team of youths to attend the festival where they managed to collect $600 in one night for victims of the tsunami disaster.Fact|date=February 2007

2005

Lineup: John Butler Trio, Grinspoon, Stereo MC's, Scribe, The Datsuns, Cog, Butterfingers, DJ Format, The Butterfly Effect, The Herd, Clare Bowditch & the Feeding Set, Sonic Animation, The Panics, Epicure, Airbourne, The Flairz, MO Black (list not complete)

The 2005 event was held over the hottest new year’s eve on record (based on Melbourne weather) Fact|date=February 2007. The event was heavily criticized for poor organisation, including:
* giant queues of cars to the distance of 15 kilometres past the San Remo-Phillip Island Bridge to get to and from the festival;
* an inadequate supply of food vendors causing waiting times of up to two hours to get food, of which only a small variety was available; and
* organisers failing to provide rubbish facilities, forcing campers to dump their rubbish at their camp sites.

2006

Lineup: Silverchair, The Living End, Ugly Duckling, Xavier Rudd, Evermore, The Freestylers, End of Fashion, Mylo Dj Set, The Grates, The Beautiful Girls, Brant Bjork and the Bros, Faker, Lior, Karnivool, Crazy Penis, Tzu, True Live, Mia Dyson, Ash Grunwald, That 1 Guy, Sunk Loto, The Casanovas, Bomba, Bertie Blackman, Foreign Heights, K-Oscillate, Carus and The True Believers, Behind Crimson Eyes, The Josh Owen Band, Rob Sawyer, Jess McAvoy, The Loose Cannons, The Spazzy's, Bliss n Eso, Something with Numbers, The Red Eyes, Illzilla, Mammal, Sub Focus, Ben Quin, Durbeyfield, Lowrider, Digital Primate, Simon Sleiker, Bushido, The Legs, The Long Walk Home, Crimson Flames, Mushroom Giant, Des Peres, Dj Cecille

The 2006 festival was the largest to date, with estimates of the crowd being as high as 15,000. The catering facilities were largely improved for 2006, along with a wider variety of merchandise and general stalls.

2007

Lineup: Hilltop Hoods, Grinspoon, The Cat Empire, You Am I, Apsci, Sneaky Sound System, Scribe, Chromeo, The Matches, Spank Rock, Shihad, Josh Pyke, Little Birdy, People Under The Stairs, COG, Blue King Brown, Kora, Kisschasy, Buck 65, True Live vs Bliss N Eso, The Audreys, Howling Bells, Wolf & Cub, That 1 Guy, Ash Grunwald, Airbourne, British India, Dappled Cities Fly, Koolism, Horsell Common, Caged Baby, Mammal, Dallas Frasca, The Scare, Symbiosis, The Exploders, Young and Restless, Damn Arms, Lowrider, Bluejuice, Dardanelles, The Getaway Plan, Loren, Ben Quin, The Go Set, Ghostwood, The Currency, DJ Perplex, Spikey Tee, Smash Bang, Nic Nac, Bass Bin Laden vs Farmer Suitical

The initial line-up was announced on Monday the 10th of September, with the second line-up announcement being made on Tuesday the 23rd of October. The Black Keys and Fun Lovin' Criminals were also due to play, but cancelled in late December.

2008

Lineup: THE BLACK KEYS(USA), THE LIVING END, MORCHEEBA(UK), CUT COPY, FAT FREDDY'S DROP(NZ), MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS, THE VINES, STARS(CAN), DIGITALISM LIVE(GER), LADYHAWKE(NZ), KARNIVOOL, GYROSCOPE, THE TEENAGERS(FRA), THE HERD, DR. DOG(USA), BIRDS OF TOKYO, BOB EVANS, THE MESS HALL, THE GETAWAY PLAN, LITTLE RED, SALMONELLA DUB(NZ), THE BLACK SEEDS(NZ), RESIN DOGS, PPP aka PLATINUM PIED PIPERS(USA), BEHIND CRIMSON EYES, FRIGHTENED RABBIT(UK), DRAPHT, MUPH & PLUTONIC, YO! MAJESTY(USA), BANG GANG DJS, MAMMAL, CHILDREN COLLIDE, DJ VADIM & YARAH BRAVO(USA), DOWNSYDE, THE PAPER SCISSORS, YVES KLEIN BLUE, CARUS & THE TRUE BELIEVERS, GOOD BUDDHA, THE GALVATRONS, THEREDSUNBAND, SUGAR ARMY, BONJAH, THE SCIENTISTS OF MODERN MUSIC, THE FUNKOARS, SUNSHINE BROTHERS, ROGERTHAT, HERCULES IN NY, THE JEZABELS, TWELVE FOOT NINJA!

External links

* [http://www.thepyramidrockfestival.com The Pyramid Rock Festival official website]