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The Strokes
Pixies
Frightened Rabbit
LCD Soundsystem
Broken Social Scene
The Drums
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Yeasayer
Mumford and Sons
The Temper Trap
Band Of Horses
Passion Pit
Florence and the Machine
Laura Marling
Grizzly Bear
Band Of Skulls
Surfer Blood
Alberta Cross
Two Door Cinema Club
Midlake
Foals
Goldfrapp
Jonsi
Ash
Scissor Sisters
The Ting Tings
Hot Chip
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
We Are Scientists
Richard Ashcroft and the United Nations Of Sound
K-Os
Delphic
School Of Seven Bells
The Magic Numbers
The Temper Trap
Angus and Julia Stone
Empire Of The Sun
Wolfmother
The Vines
Tame Impala
Paul Kelly
Operator Please
Lisa Mitchell
Midnight Juggernauts
Little Red
Space Invadas
British India
Oh Mercy
The Middle East
Bluejuice
Washington
Whiteley
Dan Sultan
Cloud Control
Miami Horror
Clare Bowditch
Philadelphia Grand Jury
The John Steel Singers
Violent Soho
The Mess Hall
Jonathan Boulet
Boy and Bear
Gypsy and the Cat
Last Dinosaurs
Ernest Ellis
Tim and Jean
Yacht Club DJs

woodford folk fest site. end of july

so there

fuckin hell.
sounds awesome.

was planning trip to cairns on the way to bali round then...hmmmm

man see this is why i don't look at these, cause trying to save, and now the line up just makes me want to go!

ggrrrrrr

what you don't know won't hurt DAMIT

oh man- up near maleny- magic!

i'd pay for band of horses in maleny ALONE

it prob means we have to camp though. i really hate camping. like really

some mixed feelings about this, due to qjump being sold to moshtix.

however, prior to all of that going down, i did a site inspection of the event venue about 3 weeks ago and i can say with conviction that this year's splendour in the grass will eclipse any of the previous events held at belongil fields. the plans, the changes on site, the surrounding landscape - all of this is going to make this an absolutely epic festival. (let alone the COLOSSAL lineup.)

i seriously cannot wait.

hmm i dont know how i would camp if im on route to going OS.

Charlie73 wrote:man see this is why i don't look at these, cause trying to save, and now the line up just makes me want to go!

ggrrrrrr

what you don't know won't hurt DAMIT

sell everything! party party party!

Wouldn't mind seeing BMRC.
Tried to blag my way into their gig in 2002. FA1LED

system wrote:

Charlie73 wrote:man see this is why i don't look at these, cause trying to save, and now the line up just makes me want to go!

ggrrrrrr

what you don't know won't hurt DAMIT

sell everything! party party party!

well mr.....

it does look like a total cracker doesn't it...

hmmmm OK talks with les fella tonight me thinks...

that's one hell of a lineup.

still, think i'd rather go here.

blimey.

witty_pseudonym wrote:that's one hell of a lineup.

still, think i'd rather go here.

haha fuck yeah, i clicked the link, looked at it for about 3 seconds and saw Slash, Orbital and Pet Shop Boys

win

THEN i saw

Snoop Dogg
Willy Nelson
Corinne Bailey-Rae
Stevie Wonder
The Stranglers
Mos Def (with full live band)
Femi Kuti
Breakestra with Chali 2na
Bonobo
George Clinton with Parliament / Funkadelic
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Toots & the Maytals
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro

and that's only from the top half of the page

holy fucking shit

SITG looks like its going to be fucking awesome!! what's the damage/$$$?

epic lineup but will probably see the bands i want to see at sideshows. too old

i heard the tickets are $450. surely they jest! i want a gram with my ticket if that's the case

blaxter, i saw BRMC back then- they were great

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2010 TICKET PRICES

Event-only tickets will cost $350 (inc gst) + booking fees, which gains entry to the festival for 3 days, from Friday 30th July to Sunday 1st August.

Event/camping tickets will cost $450 (inc gst) + booking fees, which gives access to the campgrounds from Wednesday 28th July with the actual event site opening 4pm Thursday 29th July until 12 midday on Monday 2nd August. Please note the Amphitheatre, Mix-Up and McLennan stages will be operating on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.


That is pretty $$$$$

Charlie73 wrote:SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2010 TICKET PRICES

Event-only tickets will cost $350 (inc gst) + booking fees, which gains entry to the festival for 3 days, from Friday 30th July to Sunday 1st August.

Event/camping tickets will cost $450 (inc gst) + booking fees, which gives access to the campgrounds from Wednesday 28th July with the actual event site opening 4pm Thursday 29th July until 12 midday on Monday 2nd August. Please note the Amphitheatre, Mix-Up and McLennan stages will be operating on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.


That is pretty $$$$$

Tell him he's dreaming

$450?? Get fucked.

for serious.

i got that from the splendor website...

i mean great line up but sorry not worth that sort of dosh.....

Considering ontop is booze and party fav's, plus travels and various camping supplies....

i reckon lineup is snore, but then i'm not really the target audience for this kind of gig.

really i should keep my mouth shut, but history has shown us how unlikely that is.

ROFL they just killed their own festival, fuck paying that much!! i'll be at sideshows

Charlie73 wrote:i got that from the splendor website...

i mean great line up but sorry not worth that sort of dosh.....

Considering ontop is booze and party fav's, plus travels and various camping supplies....

agree.

it will sell out literally in seconds - regardless of price.

might not be seconds, but it will sell out that morning. the camping and ticket price factors will also weed out the wankers.

three days of amazing music. not a bad selling point. 4 bands still to be announced too (and at least 2 of them are MEGA.)

shepherd wrote:it will sell out literally in seconds - regardless of price.

Was thinking the same thing. I'm pretty sure they are not concerned with making it a "fair price" when it sells out every time.

I'm more of a side-show person so can't say I care too much.

my god australia FAILS at festivals xD

system wrote: ticket price factors will also weed out the wankers.

yeah coz if you can afford a ticket to this there's no way you could possibly be a wanker

seriously though, it is an interesting point....me and my gf were talking about how different the crowd would be for this as opposed to, well, any other festival in australia, due to how outrageously expensive it is.....she was saying she knows a couple of people who have applied for credit cards and maxed them out just to get to meredith and back, coz they just HAD to go

I don't really think it is THAT bad??

All relative to what you earn I guess

For most people my age, that's a fuckload of money, particularly if you have to travel from Melbourne

ticket- $450
booze- $100 (probably a modest estimate)
supplies- $100
travel- $100 (modest again)

aroes wrote:

system wrote: ticket price factors will also weed out the wankers.

yeah coz if you can afford a ticket to this there's no way you could possibly be a wanker

seriously though, it is an interesting point....me and my gf were talking about how different the crowd would be for this as opposed to, well, any other festival in australia, due to how outrageously expensive it is.....she was saying she knows a couple of people who have applied for credit cards and maxed them out just to get to meredith and back, coz they just HAD to go

a multiple day festival will always be expensive. the line up that has been booked is also the majority of the price component of the ticket.

i don't understand why people are complaining so much. this is by far the biggest lineup at any australian festival that i've ever seen. sure, glastonbury and coachella have bigger lineups, but they're: a) in the northern hemisphere (the promoters can save the majority of the artists' transport costs); and b) getting crowds of ~200,000 people (which gives the promoters huge economies of scale which can then be passed on to the punter).

aroes wrote:

system wrote: ticket price factors will also weed out the wankers.

yeah coz if you can afford a ticket to this there's no way you could possibly be a wanker

fair point. making punters camp will do much more for the quality of the attending audience.

lol modest indeed!
try at least $300 for flights
$600 for booze and the rest
$300 for food & camping supplies

would easily be a $1500 weekend imo.

FUCK THAT.

witty_pseudonym wrote:lol modest indeed!
try at least $300 for flights
$600 for booze and the rest
$300 for food & camping supplies

would easily be a $1500 weekend imo.

i've spent around that at glasto before.

system wrote:

witty_pseudonym wrote:lol modest indeed!
try at least $300 for flights
$600 for booze and the rest
$300 for food & camping supplies

would easily be a $1500 weekend imo.

i've spent around that at glasto before.

I spent about that much at playground weekender - and that was within driving distance of home (3 hours)

fark me.
i just don't earn enough coin to justify spending that much.
would rather go to bali for a week.

I'd rather go to hell. forever.

mrj wrote:I'd rather go to hell. forever.

off you toddle then....

toddle toddle toddle.

i don't think it's that expensive ... $450 ... let's say you blow another $1-1.5k on getting there and food etc ... $1.5-2k ... for 3 days it's pretty good considering the entertainment.

I think it's reasonable tbh.... just not in my budget nor a priority.

100 bucks I'd consider it... maybe... still too much really

You would pay only $100 for that line up?

That's wishful thinking.

I don't think it's expensive - I think it depends on what value you put on experience.