- Homebake
Homebake is an annual
Australia nrock festival , featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist fromNew Zealand ). The festival was first held onJanuary 4 ,1996 at Belongil Fields inByron Bay , on the far north coast ofNew South Wales . The same year saw a second event held at the grounds of theUniversity of Sydney .The festival returned in January 1998 as an East Coast event happening in
Melbourne , the Gold Coast andSydney . In December of the same year, it was held again in Sydney this time at the Domain. In late 1999 the event went on the road again, but this time to only the Gold Coast and Sydney. In 2000 the festival reverted back to just Sydney, and since then has been held at the Domain every December.Tickets for the festival regularly sell out in advance, the fastest sell out was the 2006 event which sold out on the first day of sale, but this was then dwarfed with the 2008 show selling all 20,000 tickets in less than 10 minutes.
The 2007 Homebake took place on Saturday
8 December , once again at The Domain. It was announced that the event would be 18+ for the first time in its history. Despite a few upset underages making some noise, Homebake orgainsers explained on Triple J's Hack program that each year the all ages liquor licence was becoming harder to obtain, and compared to their research showing that attendance for the event by underagers was between 5 to 8% influenced the decision to go 18+.Artists lineups by year
1996
Byron Bay
December - Sydney
2001
2004
2007
2008
The first line-up announcement for the 2008 Homebake festival includes:
*Crowded House
*Sneaky Sound System
*The Vines
*Cut Copy
*Gabriella Cilmi
*PNAU
*Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
*Died Pretty
*The Potbelleez
*Bliss N Eso
*Karnivool
*You Am I
*Headless Chickens
*British India
*The Getaway Plan
*Infusion
*Sparkadia
*Bluejuice
*Eddy Current Suppression Ring
*Drapht
*Little Red
*Bag Raiders
*Snob Scrilla
*Pegz
*Dash and Will External links
* [http://www.homebake.com.au/ Homebake official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/homebake Homebake official Myspace page]
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