Southern Roots Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Southern Roots Festival


caption = Southern Roots main stage (2007)
location = flagicon|AUS Hobart
years_active = 2007 – present
founders = Charles Touber
dates = Easter
genre = Rock, Hip hop, Electronic
website = http://www.southernroots.com.au

Southern Roots is an annual music festival in Australia, held in Hobart, Tasmania. [cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://entertainment.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=226032 | title = Hobart gets Southern Roots | publisher = ninemsn | accessdate = 2007-02-07] . Similar to the Big Day Out, it is common that the well-known headlining acts will play on the outdoor "Main Stage" which overlooks the venue, and the lesser known (and often local) acts will perform on the indoor "Pavilion Stage". The stages are within a short walking distance of each another.

Other areas at the festival include: amusement rides, food and merchandise shopping areas, and one or more designated alcohol consumption areas to which access is restricted to those of the local drinking age.

2008

The 2008 festival will be held at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. The scheduled line-up is::International acts: John Fogerty, Michelle Shocked, Patty Griffin.

:Australian acts: Keith Urban, Music Maker Foundation, Amali Ward, Angus and Julia Stone, Bridget Pross, Unleash the Nugget, Pete Cornelius and the Devilles.

2007

The 2007 festival was held on 7 April 2007 (the Easter weekend) at the Royal Hobart Showgrounds in Glenorchy and featured the following line-up:

:International acts: Pixies [cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/26487 | title = Australian tour dates | publisher = Pixies | accessdate = 2007-02-16] , Gomez, The Lemonheads, Iain Archer and Ben Kweller.

:Australian acts: Wolfmother, The Vines, Xavier Rudd, Toni Collette & the Finish, Midnight Juggernauts, Dili Allstars, The Scientists of Modern Music, The Devil Rock 4, The Embers, Red Rival, Angus and Julia Stone and Pnau.

TnT (Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins) were also originally listed as attending the event but pulled out for unknown reasons.

Charles Touber, the event co-promoter, stated that with the 2007 event attracting between 8,000 and 10,000 people that the Festival would become an annual event. The showgrounds is an ideal location to host the event with buildings and good facilities, Touber praised the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania, saying they had bent over backwards to ensure the festival's success. [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21520590-921,00.html|title= Let's Do It All Again |publisher= The Mercury |date=2007-04-08|accessdate= 2007-04-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.southernroots.com.au/ Southern Roots Festival website]