Bassinthedust

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = BassintheDust


caption =
location = flagicon|AUS Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
years_active= 2004 - present
founded_by= Northern Territory Government
dates = September/October
genre = Rock, Hip hop, Electronic, Indie, Heavy metal
website = http://bassinthedust.com.au

Bassinthedust is an Australian music festival. It is the second largest music festival in the Northern Territory, and has been held annually since 2004 in Alice Springs. The festival is an offshoot of Bassinthegrass and is operated by the Northern Territory Government through the Northern Territory Major Events Companycite web |author=unstated |publisher=NT Major Events Company Pty Ltd |date=undated |url=http://www.bassinthegrass.com.au/v1/ |title="BASSINTHEGRASS 08 - " |accessdate=2008-01-18 |format=html, Flashmedia ] , part of a project of the previous Martin government to bring prominent bands to the territory and showcase local talent. Bassinthedust has grown rapidly since its inception. It is a sister festival of Bassinthegrass, replacing an Alice Springs leg of Bassinthegrass which had been held at the first festival in 2003.

History

Bassinthegrass was first held in 2003, to fulfill a campaign promise by the Martin government to hold a Big Day Out-style youth concert in the territory. ["It's music to ALP". "Northern Territory News", July 15, 2003] It was held in both Darwin and Alice Springs in its inaugural year, with the Alice Springs leg later becoming the Bassinthedust festival. [Burton, Alice. "Local acts signed for big day out". "Northern Territory News", July 4, 2003.] 5000 people attended the Darwin leg, with a further 1500 in Alice Springs, listening to headline acts The Living End, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, and NoKTuRNL. ["It's music to ALP". "Northern Territory News", July 15, 2003.] ["Crowe quietly flies in". "Northern Territory News", July 11, 2003.] [Burton, Alice. "Local acts signed for big day out". "Northern Territory News", July 4, 2003.] It was widely hailed as a success in the territory media, and became an annual event. [Carter, Chris. "Darwin ready as Alice swings". "Northern Territory News", July 12, 2003.]

The Alice-only Bassinthedust festival was first held in 2004 at the Memo Club on 11th September 2004 to an audience of around 1200. [ [http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/1133.html Aussie Hip Hop] ] The 2005 festival, featuring Spiderbait, Frenzal Rhomb, The Flairz, Screaming Jets, and Dallas Crane, was held at Anzac Oval (where all but the first festival have been held) on Saturday 10 September. [ [http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=2070&d=5 BASSINTHEDUST To Rock For 11-Hours] ] The 2006 festival, featuring End of Fashion, Pete Murray and The Living End, was held on Saturday 23 September with an audience of around 2300. [ [http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=318&d=5 Record Crowd Rocks Bassinthedust] ] Hilltop Hoods were meant to play but were unable to make it to Alice Springs for the show. They later put on a show to make up for missing the festival. Jet headlined the 2007 festival on Saturday 22th September. [ [http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=2889&d=5 Jet to Headline Bassinthedust] ]

Bassinthedust 2008 will be held on October 4 at Anzac Oval.

Artist lineup by year

2008

*Paul Kelly
*Jebediah
*The Getaway Plan
*Bliss n Eso
*Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock
*NT bands TBA

2007

*Jet
*The Waifs
*TZU
*Lowrider
*Behind Crimson Eyes
*Mammal
*Exit Earth
*Bloom
*Tara Stewart
*Nights Plague
*Through Bullets and Bravery

2006

*End of Fashion
*Pete Murray
*The Living End
*Blistered
*Nights Plague
*Sweet Surrender
*Zenith ASP
*The Moxie
*Eternal Crusaders

2005

*Spiderbait
*Frenzal Rhomb
*The Flairz
*Screaming Jets
*Dallas Crane
*Letterstick Band
*Tashka Urban
*Exit Earth
*Zenith ASP
*Robotik Coq
*Teknikal Onslaught
*Super Raelene Bros
*Wild Weekend's Samah n Grab
*RnB $elebrity DJ Lenno and MC Jaz

2004

*The Superjesus
*Hilltop Hoods
*Christine Anu
*Resin Dogs
*TZU
*C-Kalibration
*Tecoma
*Blacktide
*Cinco Locos

References

External links

* [http://www.bassinthedust.com.au/ Official BASSINTHEDUST site]