Innovative Blueprint Festival Kicks off the 09/10 Festival Season

Festival's seem to be popping up in the Australian Summer calendar far beyond the rates of regular stick-shaking, so when a festival comes along with a fresh, pocket friendly approach, people listen; in fact, WE listen. As our feature festival for the next couple of months, Victoria's Blueprint Festival is something we think you should pencil in.

Okay, so imagine arriving at a festival having only payed $120 for entry, seeing a reformed Jebediah on the line-up, 90's legends the Fauves around somewhere too and drinking GOOD beer out of a vessel not made from aluminium.

Well, as of September 18th you're not going to have to imagine these things anymore. Tucked away in Victoria's North-East, Ararat will host the 2009 Blueprint Festival, a shindig delivered with the sole aim of stripping away the festival negatives and replacing it what everybody loves about a weekend in a tent.

The organisers of Blueprint have defined the following priorities for their festival:

- A well-rounded line-up
- Low prices on tickets, beer and food
- Quality grub and booze
- Shorter queues for toilets and entry
- Good, solid transport to and from the festival grounds

They've ensured these to be the case with the tasty line-up listed below this article, ticket prices are already looking phenomenal at $120 (food and beer to be advised,) and transport looks pretty breezy from Melbourne city.

It's a brilliant festival concept, and from the outset, looks like the makings of an absolutely brilliant festival experience. Keep tabs on Soulshine for news and updates as we feature Blueprint throughout August and September. Also be sure to check out their enthusiasm inducing official website at: http://www.blueprintfestival.com for ticketing info and more.

And that line-up you asked?

Jebediah, The Panics, Blue King Brown, The Beautiful Girls, Tim Rogers, Drapht, Clare Bowditch, Funkoars, Wagons, Ash Grunwald, Resin Dogs, Bertie Blackman, The Galvatrons, Phrase, Shane Nicholson, Old Man River, The Basics, The Boat People, Epicure, Red Ink, Bonjah, Pablo Discobar, The Fauves, Calling all Cars, The Dirty Secrets, The Vandas, Nation Blue, Lowrider, Calerway, Sleep Parade, Hungry Kids Of Hungary, Ryan Meeking and the Few, Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves, The Frowning Clouds, The Hello Morning, Gun Street Girls, The Spazzys, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Labjacd, Husky, Zoophyte, Twelve foot Ninja, Royal Chant, Me, Sierra Fin, The New Black, Matt Katsis, Polygon Palace, Matheson, Shannon Kennedy, Goodbye Motel, Winter Street