Gotye discusses post-ARIA fame Dec 9, 2007
Gotye, Meredith Music Festival, Dec 15, sold out; Falls Festival, Lorne, Dec 30, and Marion Bay, Dec 31, sold out; The Hot BBQ, Birrarung Marr, Jan1, $84. 85 to $104. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
The next big things Nov 30, 2007
"The BBC has picked up one of our songs and our album just came out in the UK, and we are playing Falls Festival and Southbound [in WA]. And we played at a kindie a few months back, that was a definite highlight, getting four-year-olds dancing to our music.". Genre: Soul, roots, blues. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Niagara Falls Festival of Lights Nov 14, 2007
Enjoying Canadas Spectacular Attraction in the Holiday Season. A trip to Niagara Falls is a great way to enjoy the holiday season. (Suite101.com)
Falls Festival line-up amps up Nov 9, 2007
BRITISH groups Mattafix and New Young Pony Club, and local acts the Panics and the Cops have been added to the Falls Festival line-up ... The 2007 Falls Festival will be held at Lorne for the 15th successive year, and at Marion Bay, in south-east Tasmania, for the fifth year running from December 30 to January 1. (The Age)
Falls organisers plan cleaner, greener gig Aug 17, 2007
American band Kings of Leon will headline this year's Falls Festival ... Enter the Falls Festival, whose organisers yesterday announced plans to plant a tree for each ticket purchased for this year's event ... The Falls Festival began in 1993 on a farm near Lorne that belonged to organiser Simon Daly's parents. (The Age)
Feast of Falls talent Aug 16, 2007
SOUTHERN US rockers Kings of Leon and UK dance duo Groove Armada will headline this year's Falls Festival. Kings of Leon and Groove Armada will be joined by several other international acts, including raucous LA rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Argentinian-Swedish troubadour Jose Gonzalez, LA hip hop maestros Blackalicious, Idaho indie-rockers Built To Spill, Pittsburgh DJ Girl Talk, six-piece UK pop band The Go. (NEWS.com.au)
Funding woes sink Jones Falls festival Aug 9, 2007
Movies, Arts and Entertainment. Would you pay your doctor an annual retainer fee of $1,500. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)
Sturgis Falls festival wraps up Jun 26, 2007
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Police Host Annual Fundraiser Jun 22, 2007
And we'd enjoy having an even better time with the entire community," Chief Daniel Varrenti, Monroe County Chief of Police said The Scintas will perform at the High Falls festival site Friday July 27. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Groups should call 585-423-2918. kmv Email this Story to a Friend Print Friendly Version The commitment Wegmans makes to one of our community assets is on display this week at Locust Hill Country Club. The Wegman family extended its commitment to another... (R News)
Apple, Nickel Creek Teaming For Tour... May 19, 2007
16: Rochester, N.Y. (High Falls Festival Site)Aug. 17: Boston (Bank of America Pavilion)Aug. (Billboard.com)
Paintin' the town May 11, 2007
Sturgis Falls Festival, downtown. Entertainment stages, food vendors and a whole lot of people overtake downtown for this annual three-day event. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The song lingers on Jan 2, 2007
MARION Bay is a sleepy seaside town again, following the mass exodus yesterday from the hugely successful Falls Festival ... The Falls Festival will return to Marion Bay in December and, even with the success of this year's event, Ms Daly has no plans to increase the number of tickets sold. (NEWS.com.au)
Tas Falls Festival hailed best yet Jan 2, 2007
The organisers of Tasmania's Falls Festival in Marion Bay have declared the event the best so far. Fourteen-and-a-half thousand people attended the two-day music extravaganza, which wrapped up early yesterday morning with no major incidents reported by organisers, police or the ambulance service. (ABC News Online, Australia)
One dead as car slams into cafe Jan 2, 2007
Police investigate a fatal incident in which a car hit a patron at a Footscray cafe. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Survivors found in jet wreckage Jan 2, 2007
January 2, 2007 - 1:24PM. A woman waits tearfully for news of a relative on board the Adam Air jet that crashed in Sulawesi. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Revenge blamed for car attacks Jan 2, 2007
Residents in Mill Park took matters into their own hands after waiting for police to investigate people doing burn outs in their street. Dan OakesJanuary 2, 2007 - 3:05PM. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Organisers happy with 'best ever' NYE fireworks Jan 1, 2007
Police and traders say the huge numbers of young people heading to the Falls Festival contributed to the smaller crowd. Police made at least seven arrests in the city, including one for smashing windows. (ABC Online)
Falls Festival clean-up begins in Marion Bay Jan 1, 2007
About 14,500 people have been departing Marion Bay en-masse today, marking the end of the two-day Falls Festival ... Falls Festival director Naomi Daly says a team of people has been working throughout the festival to minimise the mess. (ABC Regional Online)
On the beach and the hills, revelry reigns on Lorne Jan 1, 2007
As the Falls Festival at Lorne headed into its third night, Johnny the Kid and Jess Caclaire tried to hide their tired eyes ... AS THE alcohol began to soak in this year at the Falls Festival, the atmosphere grew increasingly euphoric and a little daft ... The 14,500 people who saw in the new year last night at Lorne's Falls Festival were a mixed crowd. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Falls Festival clamps down on underage drinking Dec 31, 2006
Organisers of the Falls Festival in south-eastern Tasmania have cracked down on underage drinking at the event. This year's festival is the biggest yet, with about 14,500 people setting up camp at the Marion Bay site. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Police warn New Year revellers to behave Dec 27, 2006
Police will also be targeting people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs around the Falls Festival. Held on a farm nestled in the Otway rainforest above Lorne and Victoria's Great Ocean Road, the festival consists of two days and nights of entertainment on two stages. (The Age)
Wolfmother amazed to be in Grammy hunt Dec 14, 2006
After Christmas, the band play the Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria, and Marion Bay, Tasmania, for the second year running. The Falls, which is in its fourth year in Tasmania and 14th year in Victoria, starts on December 29 and runs through to January 1. (Ninemsn)
Music festivals - fab or fad? Dec 1, 2006
New Year is covered by the Falls Festival in Victoria and Tasmania, Pyramid Rock on Phillip Island and the Peats Ridge festival just north of Sydney, to name a few. The Big Day Out travels all around the country in January followed by Good Vibrations in February. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Homecoming heroes Nov 30, 2006
"Over the last few years, WaveAid, even back in 2001 when we did Rock in Rio before the record came out - we hadn't been doing anything. Then our first show [in 2001] was the Falls Festival. You're not doing anything for months and months, then you're thrust in front of 15,000 people and that's a warm-up for 250,000! It's a little weird. But we're conditioned now, we can pull it off somehow, if we have enough rehearsal time.". Apart from a few shows and their ARIA performance, Silverchair spent... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tourism body says industry must get smarter Nov 25, 2006
The Falls Festival won the award for significant festivals and events, while the Boags Centre for Beer Lovers won the tourism retailing award. Wrest Point's food and beverage training program was judged best in education and training, while Moorilla Estate took out the award for tourism wineries. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
Modest Mouse Wraps Tour With New Songs, Comic Surprise Nov 19, 2006
Modest Mouse will continue on for a London show Tuesday, followed by appearances Dec. 30-31 at the Falls Festival in Australia. "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" will follow during the first quarter of 2007. (Billboard.com)
The Falls Festival Salutes Unknown Artists Oct 20, 2006
The Falls Festival has been a stalwart of the Australian Festival Circuit for over a decade now, and each year they try to use their position to show the people they care. This year, four unknown Tasmanian artists will be performing at the Marion Bay festival The Embers, Modus, The Scientists of Modern Music and Unleash The Nugget will all be given the chance to win over the general public. (VHI.com -- Undercover Music News)
Mountain Goats Announce Australian Tour Sep 12, 2006
The Mountain Goats will also appear at the sold-out Falls Festival over New Year s Eve in Lorne (Vic. and Marion Bay (Tas. (VHI.com -- Undercover Music News)
Falls Festival Announces More Acts Sep 7, 2006
The Falls Festival has announced the second instalment of acts to appear at the New Year s Eve event in Lorne, Victorian and Marion Bay, Tasmania. Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Scribe, The Sleepy Jackson, The Mountain Goats, Little Birdy, The Exploders, Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea and Dan Sultan will join the likes of Modest Mouse, Michael Franti and Wolfmother for the event which takes places December 30 January 1. (VHI.com -- Undercover Music News)
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Adding a few more features each year, the Little Falls festival has grown into something people hear about miles away, as evidenced by the distances visitors traveled Saturday. This year's festival featured nine more vendors than previous occasions, Badger said. (Herkimer Eening Telegram, NY)
Sticky Carpet Aug 26, 2006
Basement Jaxx, who blew the Glastonbury crowd away after filling in for Kylie, Built to Spill and the Mountain Goats are expected to join Wolfmother, Modest Mouse and the Bees at the Falls Festival; the Models, Teddy Thompson and Don Walker have joined the Queenscliff Music Festival in November. This year for the first time The Falls shares its bill with Margaret River's new Southbound festival and it looks as though Byron Bay's East Coast Blues and Roots Festival will be making its way to... (The Age)
UK's V Festival is a muddy beauty Aug 24, 2006
Like the Falls Festival in Victoria and Tasmania, V runs concurrently across two separate festival sites in Chelmsford and Staffordshire. The bands alternate between the two muddy, seething, ecstatic venues over two nights, with a combined audience of around 150,000 ticket holders (plus numerous festival "staff"). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Weekend Guide Aug 24, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Falls Festival ticket queue mess angers alderman Aug 16, 2006
Hobart City Council Alderman Marty Zucco is angry about the behaviour of some young people queuing in North Hobart for Falls Festival tickets. He says people are urinating in the street and the area has become a sewer pit. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Festival line-up falls into place Aug 3, 2006
AUSTRALIAN rock trio Wolfmother will perform at this year's Falls Festival. The event will take place between December 30 and January 1 at Lorne, and also at Marion Bay, Tasmania. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Wolfmother leads Falls line-up Aug 3, 2006
"One of the things I love about coming to the Falls Festival is there's so many great bands and I just get a day to watch live music so I'm super excited about that," he said. Tickets go on sale to the general public in two weeks. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Franti to headline Falls Festival Aug 3, 2006
MICHAEL Franti and Spearhead, Wolfmother, The John Butler Trio and You Am I will headline this year's Falls Festival. The annual event is the largest New Year's Eve festival in Tasmania and Victoria. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
The Falls Festival Announced Aug 3, 2006
The Falls Festival, held over two nights simultaneously in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria, has announced it s first run of bands. In the predictability stakes, Michael Franti and Spearhead will return to Australian shores again, and Wolfmother will continue their mission to play almost every Australian festival in 2006. (VHI.com -- Undercover Music News)
Festival frenzy foiled Jul 10, 2006
TASMANIAN music fans have the chance to avoid the usual Falls Festival ticket frenzy this year thanks to a new allocation scheme being offered by event organisers ... But this year, by simply subscribing -- or re-subscribing -- to the Falls Festival website between now and July 24, music fans will have a far better chance of securing tickets, with an option to buy tickets before they go on sale to the general public on August 16 ... The same process will be used to allocate tickets to patrons... (The Mercury)
Fans upset at night one of MusicFest Jul 8, 2006
The Rochester MusicFest began Friday at the High Falls Festival site and apparently too many tickets were distributed. Rochester police officers were then called to the event for crowd control. (10NBC.com, NY)
Corn Hill Festival, MusicFest Begin Jul 8, 2006
This years MusicFest will be held at two venuesFrontier Field and the High Falls Festival Site. Busta Rhymes and Ruben Studdard top the list of acts for Saturday, while Charlie Wilson, K.C. and Jo-Jo will take the stage on Sunday. (R News)
Weekend of Big Festivals Jul 7, 2006
It is at Frontier Field and at the High Falls Festival site this year as opposed to Genesee Valley Park and Brown's Square Park. For a complete list of artists and show times, click on the link below. (R News)
The Falls Festival Ticketing Details Revealed Jul 6, 2006
Undercover Search: Powered by. Black Eyed Peas (photo by Tim Cashmere). (VHI.com -- Undercover Music News)
Rochester Musicfest getting ready to kick off Jul 4, 2006
There is also a free concert at the High Falls festival site Friday night, sponsored by WDKX. For a full list of concerts click on weblinks. You can get tickets at the Frontier Field box office, Ticketmaster, or by calling 423-9464. (10NBC.com, NY)
Prison break Jun 17, 2006
You Am I frontman Tim Rogers is wrestled offstage by security after taking a swing at guitarist Davey Lane a few songs into the band's set at the Tasmanian leg of the 2004 Falls Festival on New Year's Eve. Lane is seen crying and there is talk the band is over. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Changes at Saddle Ridge Jun 8, 2006
High Falls Entertainment Resort will participate in the High Falls Festival next Friday---which will feature 13 bands and of course---beer. Do you support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. (WROCTV.com, NY)
MusicFest 2006 line up May 10, 2006
The first night will be all about old school hip-hop at the High Falls Festival site. Then on Saturday, American Idol favorite Fantasia will be among the long list of acts at Frontier Field. (WROCTV.com, NY)
Music festival attracts huge crowds Jan 2, 2006
The Falls Festival attracted huge crowds yesterday and it seems last year's traffic chaos was avoided. Organisers have spent thousands upgrading access roads and amenities to keep up with demand and changed traffic flows. (ABC Online)
Falls an event worth recycling Jan 2, 2006
Getting down to The Grates at the Falls Festival ... SORE heads, heavy rain and sluggish traffic concluded the holiday weekend for many of the 14,000 party-goers making their way home from the Falls Festival, outside Lorne, yesterday ... Getting down to The Grates at the Falls Festival. (The Age)
Thousands gather for Falls Festival Jan 1, 2006
More than 27,000 punters were expected to ring in the New Year at the Falls Festival in Tasmania and Victoria on Saturday ... The Falls Festival is held on farming properties in both states and was first held in Lorne in 1993 ... A permanent staff of seven work on the Falls Festival for 12 months of the year and a further 2,400 people work in the two events over New Years. (Ninemsn)
Blistering end to a record year Jan 1, 2006
Muddying the waters: A group of lads race to cool off at the Falls Festival near Lorne yesterday ... "We're also advised from Halls Gap and Pomonal that there are a lot of reports of people travelling on the roads, which is exceptionally dangerous at the moment because of the What a night for a party VICTORIANS last night ushered in 2006 in wildly different ways, each with their own distinctive soundtrack. At countless barbecues, there was the singing of Auld Lang Syne; at the Falls Festival... (Sydney Morning Herald)
What a night for a party to remember Jan 1, 2006
At countless barbecues, there was the singing of Auld Lang Syne; at the Falls Festival near Lorne and the Pyramid Rock Festival on Phillip Island, the howl of rock and roll; around the CBD, the timeless crackle of fireworks. But for all their differences, all these locations had one thing in common - exposure to the last blast of the Big Heat of December 2005. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Concert set to rock in New Year Jan 1, 2006
Tasmanians have turned out in force to the third annual Falls Festival, which sold out in August. Event manager Naomi Daly said the crowd was about 93 per cent local a stark contrast to its sister festival in the Victorian town of Lorne, which mostly caters to tourists. (NEWS.com.au)
