Offshore Festival

The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia from the late 1990s to 2001.[1] It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve. It interlinked with the Rip Curl Pro surfing event, held at nearby Bells Beach, and festival ticketholders had free admission to the surfing event.

The festival reached its peak in 2000, when it sold a capacity of 20,000 tickets. However, it was opposed by a group of local residents who campaigned against the festival. When some of their demands, such as turning the music off at midnight, went unheeded, they began taking legal action. This resulted in the festival's inability to obtain a liquor license in 2001. The organizers moved the event to the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds (home of the Big Day Out) the following year, but the event was not successful, drawing a crowd of only 10,000.

In 2002, attempts were made to resurrect the festival in Torquay, and after several legal appeals, a liquor license was granted. The organisers claimed they did not have time to book acts, and plans for any more festivals were cancelled.

Artist lineups

Over the years, the Offshore Festival featured a large range of artists including Blink 182, Silverchair, Tool, Rollins Band, NOFX, Pennywise, L7, Primus, Cosmic Psychos, The Living End, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals , The Wailers Band and more. [2]

1995

Silverchair

1997

Saturday March 29
Def FX
Grinspoon

Sunday March 30
Silverchair
Tool

1998

1999

Saturday April 3
Something for Kate
Blink 182

2000

Friday April 21
28 Days
Grinspoon
Ozomatli

2001

References

  1. "Sticky Carpet - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au". Melbourne: theage.com.au. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. "Offshore Festival lineup". Setlist.fm.


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