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Meredith Music Festival 2011

Victoria's Meredith Music Festival has long been one of the country's most beloved music festivals, returning to the Supernatural Amphitheatre for its anticipated 21st.

16 December 2011

Australasian World Music Expo 2011

The 4th Australasian World Music Expo took place over the 17-20th of November this year and was a feast of musical delights for all. With revered international artists such as; Ethio-Jazz maestro Mulatu Astatke, reggae starsThe...

4 December 2011

Harvest Festival - Parramatta Park, Sydney (November 13, 2011)

Run by the same crew behind 70-band metal-fest, Soundwave, the touring Harvest Festival promised a relaxed take on the one-day festival. As Max Easton writes of Harvest's Sydney leg, it was a promise well kept.

16 November 2011

Splendour in the Grass (2011)

Featuring the likes of Kanye West, Pulp and Coldplay, 2011's Splendour in the Grass featured the biggest names of the festival's existence. As Max Easton writes, it was not only their most adventurous bill, but one of their most successful festiva...

2 August 2011

The Gum Ball - Belford, NSW

Wedged three hours North of Sydney, The Gum Ball festival has long been one of New South Wales’ lesser known additions to the festival calendar. With a line-up featuring the likes of The Vasco Era and CW Stoneking, this year’s was a fe...

11 May 2011

Bluesfest plays host to the icons on days three, four and five

Days three, four and five of Bluesfest mixed the legendary with the virtuosic, headlined by the impressive double header of Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello.

26 April 2011

Bluesfest brings the blues on day two

Day two of Bluesfest 2011 is behind us and as the sun shines, and what remains of the mud-soaked grass dries and the festival found its groove with B.B. King's long-awaited Bluesfest appearance.

23 April 2011

Golden Plains 2011 in Review

Featuring the likes of The Hold Steady, Os Mutantes and Belle & Sebastian, Victoria’s Golden Plains festival promised to be a varied weekend of music set in the rural bounds of the Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre. Soulshine’s Max...

17 March 2011

Playground Weekender 2011

A February feature of the utmost proportions, Sydney’s Playground Weekender has fast become a highlight of the festival calendar. Existing as one of our favourite festivals since its inception, Soulshine was on the ground for all the action ...

24 February 2011

Sunset Sounds (2011)

Set in the gorgeous surrounds of Brisbane's Botanical Gardens, Sunset Sounds features the best of the Falls line-up over two afternoons. Braving the torrential downpour, Soulshine was on ground to catch all the action.

18 January 2011

Peats Ridge Festival Review (2010/2011)

Nestled in the depths of the New South Wales Central Coast, the Peats Ridge Festival proved to be three days of pulsing sun and pulsating tunes from Australia and abroad. As Max Easton writes, it's one of the finest New Year's options on the festi...

8 January 2011

Bellingen Global Carnival

Bellingen Global Carnival is one of those festivals, which you attend and feel completely at home and swear you will go year in, year out. Every festival goer has them; in Australia mine would be Folk Rhythm & Life, Island Vibe, Meredith...

12 October 2010

Splendour in the Grass Review (2010)

From Woodford, QLD came the 10th anniversary of one of Australia's most popular festivals, Splendour in the Grass. Soulshine was lucky enough to be on-site for the festival featuring names like Ben Harper, The Strokes and the Pixies.

5 August 2010

The 2010 Gum Ball Review (Hunter Valley, NSW)

The Gum Ball is two nights and a day of music wedged in the heart of one of the country's most beautiful regions, the New South Wales Hunter Valley. With a line-up encompassing a handful of the best unknown local acts, 2010's festival was as much ...

2 June 2010

Bluesfest in Review (2010)

Billing itself as Australia's Premier Blues & Roots Festival, Byron Bay's Bluesfest has been a staple of live entertainment for 21 years. Heading along for the festival's debut at a new site on its 21st anniversary, photos and words duo Leigh ...

14 April 2010

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