Peats Ridge
Sustainable Arts & Music Festival
What? Peats Ridge is three full days of festival fun. Over New Year the valley becomes a feast for the senses filled with music, arts, culture and camping. Filling ten stages, to the brim over three days with musical acts. There is also a theatre, cabaret and comedy program, a children's festival and dozens of free workshops.
On the music side, Peats Ridge is an eclectic mix of emerging and established artists ranging from Acoustic, Folk, Indie and World to Dub, Roots, Hip Hop and Electronic with a sprinkling of Funk, Soul and Blues thrown in.
There is a fully curated theatre and arts program and two dedicated art venues where painting, performance and installation artists sit alongside a gallery, sculpture, new-media and cabaret performers. The Indigenous ‘Boardi’ space is an area run by and devoted to the culture of the local Darkinjung people.
The Festival also features workshops, a healing area, markets and an extensive selection of international food. Renowned for it’s child friendliness there is a fantastic children’s festival and family camping facilities.
Peats Ridge is also one of the most sustainable festivals on the planet and has won numerous national and international awards. The whole event runs entirely on renewable energy and there is an area devoted to eco-living education and extensive environmental initiatives, so you can party completely guilt free.
Where?Peats Ridge, Glenworth Valley NSW - Just off the Sydney to Newcastle F1 Freeway
When?December 29th 2010 to January 1st 2011
Who? 2010/2011 - Angus & Julia Stone * Trentemøller (Live) [DENMARK] * Built to Spill [USA] * Freestylers [UK] * Kate Miller-Heidke * Shout Out Louds [SWEDEN] * The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker [USA] * Born Ruffians [CAN] * Lightspeed Champion [UK] * PVT * Decoder Ring * The Audreys * The Break * Washington * Cloud Control * Jonathan Boulet * Freq Nasty [UK] * Space Invadas * The Jezabels * Dan Mangan [CAN] * Thundamentals * Steve Poltz [USA] * Joel Plaskett [CAN] * King Tide * Horrorshow * Watussi * Parades * Big Scary * Spit Syndicate * Belles Will Ring * Kim Churchill * THE Chemist * The Gin Club * Tom Fun Orchestra [CAN] * Carmen Townsend [CAN] * Matt Barber [CAN] * Chase the Sun * The Lovetones * THE E.L.F * The Seabellies * McCartney * The Delta Riggs * Holly Martin * Spooky Land * Alter Ego Mania * Dereb the Ambassador [ETHIOPIA/AUD] * The Strides * loads more artists to be announced.
Past Festivals? Sarah Blasko * The Panics * Blue King Brown * Liam Finn * Dappled Cities *
Whitley * Bertie Blackman * Jeff Lang * Ash Grunwald * Leader Cheetah * Jack Ladder * Astronomy Class * Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea * Ember Swift/Lentic (CAN) * Diafrix * deepchild * The Bird * The Nomad (NZ) * Mark
Pritchard/Harmonic 313 * The Tongue * The Jezabels * Tijuana Cartel * The Kin * Steve Poltz (US) * Dead Letter Chorus * The Last Kinection * Declan Kelly and the Rising Sun * Circle of Rhythm * Sherlock’s Daughter *
Spoonbill * Deep Street Soul * Zennith Boyz * Young Heretics *Thundamentals * Ghoul * The Bakery * Lions at your Door
Lamb (UK) * Jeff Martin (CAN) * Lost Valentinos * Telepathe (USA) * Mount Mocha Kilimanjaro (Japan) * Ripperton Live (Switzerland) * Mama Kin * Passenger (UK) * The Barons of Tang * Christian Vance Live * OKA * Kid Sam * Tom Ugly * Dan Mangan (CAN) * The Strides * Dizz1 * Oakley (OG) Grenell (NZ) * Tinpan Orange * Sacred Earth * Mic Conway's National Junk Band * Greg Sheehan * Seekae * The Crooked Fiddle Band * Marshall and the Fro * Fergus Brown * Saritah * Deep Sea Arcade * Brian Campeau * Castanets (USA) * Ernest Ellis * Jack Shit * Monkfly * Meem (DJ) * The Medics * Kira Puru and the Very Geordie Malones * Chase the Sun * Darth Vegas * Emma Davis * Peret Mako * Pan Electric (UK) * Sarah Humphreys * Melatonin * Abbie Cardwell * Royal Chant * Bushwalla (US) * The Paper Scissors * The Levitators * Tommee * Goldie Feather * Leroy Lee * Monkey Boy: Mick Hart * Jason Lowe * Cabins * Cameras * Miso * Leena * The Sins * Seagull
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