September
1 -3 Sept Springfest – on the winter moon site in Mackay Cameron’s Pocket
4 -7 Sept Big Sound – Festival and conference with workshops and a chance to get inside the Australian music industry. Fortitude Valley
3rd September Birdsville Races
14 – 16 Sept Nimbin Roots Fest
23 Sept – Moo Oz Festival 2018 – Gimme Shelter – the Care a Spare for the Homeless concert – Kingscliff
21 – 30 September Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
21 – 24 September Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest Kandanga – Noosa Hinterland
21 – 23 Sept Folk by the Sea Kiama – world, folk, Celtic, bluegrass and gypsy
27th – 2nd Oct Deeper Space Red Earth City Matong State Forest NSW – Burning Seed
28 Sept – 7 Oct Parrtjima Festival of Light Alice Springs
28 – 30 Sept – Dashville Skyline – Cosmic Country Weekender – alternate country, Americana and Psychedelia – Belford Hunter Valley.
24 Sept Global Rhythms – Glebe $40
28 Sept – 1 Oct Caloundra Music Festival – gaining momentum as a great beachside festival
28 – 29 Sept Denni Ute Muster
28 – 29 Sept Semaphore Music Festival Adelaide
October
28 Sep – 7 Oct Mildura Country Music Festival
6 – 7 Oct – the 2nd Annual Byron Bay Guitar Festival
5 – 7 Oct Nanga Music Festival – where the music meets nature – Mandurah, Perth WA
13 Oct Out on the Weekend Williamstown
13 – 14 Oct Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival – Kinglake Victoria
19 – 21 Oct Akoostik Wingham NSW – great lineup
13 – 14 Oct Buskers by the Creek Currumbin
19 – 21 Oct Marysville Jazz and Blues Festival – Yarra Valley – 90 minutes from Melbourne
19 – 21 Oct Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
25 – 28th Oct Island Vibe Festival – Stradbroke Island Soul, dub, reggae
26 -28 Oct Tablelands Folk Festival – Yungaburra 65 minutes from Cairns
26 -28th Oct Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival $145 p/p including camping (Sat Sun)
November
2 – 4 November Wangarratta Festival of Jazz and Blues
First Tuesday in November – Melbourne Cup
9 – 11 Supanova Brisbane – Convention Centre
17 – 25th Nov Melbourne Music Week
3-6 Nov Dragon Dreaming Wee Jasper NSW $200 per person Yass
3 -5 Nov Return to Rio Wiseman’s Ferry Resort
10 – 12 Nov SupaNova Brisbane
15 – 18th Mullum Music Festival
17th – 19th Nov 2017 Strawberry Fields – Murray River music art and installations festival
24 -26 Nov 2017 Queenscliff Music Festival
25th Nov 2017 Earthcore Scheyvelle National Park NSW
23 -27 Nov 2017 Earthcore Pyalong Victoria
December
2nd Earthcore Qld – no venue
1 – 3 Dec Sydney Blues & Roots Festival – Windsor Sydney
1 – 3rd Dec Broadmeadow Riverwood Downs Newcastle Subsonic $180 p/p
7-10 Dec, 2017 Festival of the Sun Port Macquarie
8 -10 Dec 2017 Meredith – tickets available by ballot only must be a subscriber
27th Dec – Ist Jan Lost Paradise Glenworth Valley NSW
29 – 31 Dec The Falls Festival Marion Bay Tasmania
1 Jan – Field Day – The Domain Sydney
January
5th Jan – FOMO – Riverstage Brisbane
6th Jan – FOMO – Elder Park – Adelaide
12th Jan – FOMO – Parramatta Park – Sydney
13th Jan – FOMO – Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne
18 – 27th Jan 2019 Tamworth Country Music Festival
25 – 28th Jan 2019 Lexton Victoria Rainbow Serpent Festival
To be advised – subscribe to newsletters for updates St Jerome Laneway Festival
February
2nd Feb 2019 Let Go Fest Mornington Racecourse Victoria
14th – 17th Feb 2019 Babylon Festival St Arnaud in the Grampians
8th – 24th Feb 2019 Sand Safari Festival – Surfers Paradise
March
1st – 3rd March 2019 Silverton Sunsets Music Festival just outside of Broken Hill if you were wondering!
9th – 11th March 2019 Golden Plains Festival – Victoria
9th March – Download Festival Parramatta Park
11th March – Download Festival Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne
March 2019 TBA Quicksilver and Roxy Pros
8th – 11th March 2019 – sign up for updates here Pitchfest Mafeking Victoria Grampians
Extended until Dec 2020 – Field of Lights – Uluru – a light installation at Uluru experiences include dinner in a field of light, camel ride to the site, helicopter over site, sunrise experience. Tours start from $42 per person – transfers and walk the exhibition to $600 approx for a night helicopter ride over the installation.
April
18th – 22nd Apr Bluesfest
17th – 28th April 2019 Bleach Festival
12 – 14th April 2019 Supanova – GC Convention and Entertainment Centre
25 – 28th April 2019 The GumBall Music Lovers Paradise Belford Hunter Valley
May
3rd – 6th May The Town Melbourne Strathbogie Ranges 25 km out of Melbourne
Long weekend in May The Planting – Woodfordia
Long weekend in May NT Wide Open SpacesRoss River, Central Australia
Long weekend in May Cameron’s Pocket Mackay Wintermoon
2 -5th May 2019 Surfers Paradise Live including Gold Coast Music Awards
16th – 19th 2019 Blues on Broadbeach
TBA Big Pineapple Woombye Qld
Groovin the Moo All states
26th May – June 4th International Jazz Fest Brisbane
June
5 – 9 2019 June Long Weekend – Cooly Rocks On Festival
31 May – 2nd June 2019 Happy Daze Festival electric, eclectic, electronic and live music festival. Mushroom Valley Airlie Beach and Mackay in the Cathu State Forest
6th – 9th June 2019 – Palm Creek
July
TBC July 2019 Modifyre – Goondiwindi
9 – 11 2019 July Big Red Bash – Birdsville
TBC usually July Bello Winter Music Festival
July Splendour in the Grass
26 – 28 July 2019 Broadbeach Country Music Festival
August
Black Mountain Festival – Unplugged – just off the Bloomfield Track near Cooktown Qld There are no programs, no workshops, no children’s festival, no late night electoninca, one focus and thats all – and its small
August O Heart Festival – Tyalgum Northern NSW
Last weekend in August Gympie Muster
Others
Sugar Mountain Festival Melbourme