Bay Dreams | |
---|---|
Dates | 2 January (North), 4 January (South) |
Location(s) | Tauranga and Nelson, New Zealand |
Years active | 2016–present |
Attendance | 50,000 national (2018) [1] [2] |
Website | baydreams.co.nz |
Bay Dreams is an annual music festival held in Tauranga and Nelson, New Zealand. The festival began in Tauranga in 2016 and in 2019 expanded to Nelson. [3]
Bay Dreams launched on 2 January 2016. It featured Pendulum, David Dallas, Carmada, P-Money, and The Black Seeds. [4]
Bay Dreams 2017 took place on 2 January 2017, quickly arising to become the largest summer festival that season with over 18,500 attendees. It featured Yelawolf, Shapeshifter, Sticky Fingers, Grandmaster Flash, Peking Duk, Ryan Hemsworth, and Mitch James [5]
Bay Dreams 2018 took place on 2 January 2018. It featured DJ Snake, Foster the People, Machine Gun Kelly, Ocean Alley. [6]
Bay Dreams North 2019 took place on 2 January 2019 in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, with a warm up event happening on 1 January. It featured Cardi B, Rich The Kid, Tash Sultana, Shapeshifter, Sticky Fingers, Peking Duk, Suicideboys, Macky Gee, Pnau, Sheck Wes, Katchafire. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Migos were scheduled to perform, however pulled out of the festival and were replaced with Sheck Wes and Rich The Kid. [11]
30,000 attended the event making it New Zealand's largest festival. [1]
Bay Dreams South 2019 launched on 4 January 2019. It featured Tash Sultana, Shapeshifter, Sticky Fingers, Peking Duk, Suicideboys, Macky Gee, Pnau, Katchafire. [7] [9] [10]
20,000 attended this first event making it the largest festival in the South Island. [2]
Bay Dreams 2020 took place in Tauranga on 2 January and in Nelson on 4 January. Both events featured headlining act Tyler, The Creator, as well as Skepta, Yelawolf, Ocean Alley, Gunna, Cordae, and more. [12]
Bay Dreams 2021 was held in Tauranga on 3 January and in Nelson on 5 January. Both events featured headlining DJ sets from Peking Duk, Sub Focus, and Dimension among others.
They also featured sets from artists and bands such as EarthGang, HP Boyz, Dave Dobbyn, Katchafire, Home Brew, Melodownz, and more. The Nelson event also featured a set from L.A.B. [13] [14]
The 2022 event was eventually cancelled in light of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
The line-up included: Netsky, Chase & Status, Tash Sultana, Hybrid Minds, Blindspott, and more.
The upcoming 2023 Bay Dreams event is slated to occur, 3 January (Mount Maunganui) and 5 January 2023 (Nelson).
The line-up includes: Diplo, Denzel Curry, Freddie Gibbs, Hybrid Minds Outlines, ONEFOUR, KOVEN, SG Lewis, Sticky Fingers and more. [15]
The Byron Bay Bluesfest, formerly the East Coast International Blues & Roots Music Festival, is an annual Australian music festival that has been held over the Easter long weekend in the Byron Bay, New South Wales, area since 1990. The festival features a large selection of blues and roots performers from Australia and around the world and is one of the world's leading contemporary music festivals.
Mount Maunganui is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988, which connects Mount Maunganui to Tauranga's central business district.
The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of Woodford, 72 km (45 mi) north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the biggest annual cultural events of its type in Australia. Every year approximately 125,000 patrons attend the festival. Approximately 2000 performers and 438 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests.
Tauranga Airport is an airport serving the city of Tauranga, New Zealand. It is located adjacent to Tauranga Harbour in the suburb of Mount Maunganui, approximately 3 km northeast of Tauranga CBD. The terminal is located to the north of the runway, on Jean Batten Drive, and consists of a two-storey building with four tarmac gates. Air New Zealand serves the airport through its subsidiaries Mount Cook Airline and Air Nelson, with flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A further two regional airlines also operate to the airport, as well as scenic and charter flights, skydiving operations and general aviation.
Mercury Baypark Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tauranga, New Zealand. It is currently used for dirt track Speedway and jetsprints events during summer, and various other events throughout the year.
Rhythm and Vines is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of Gisborne, New Zealand. The festival began in 2003 and was held for the one day of New Year's Eve until 2008 when it expanded to the three days of 29–31 December.
Triple J's One Night Stand is a concert hosted in a remote town or city in Australia annually. It is promoted and organised by national radio station Triple J. In previous years, the host town was selected in the form of a competition where residents of the town must gain approval from local government and a venue. For the 2009 event, triple j itself simply decided to host the event in Sale. The station arranges the artists to perform – usually four high-profile Australian bands of a variety of genres.
Bassinthegrass is an Australian music festival. It is the largest music festival in the Northern Territory, and has been held annually since 2003 in the territory capital. The festival is operated by the Northern Territory Government through the Northern Territory Major Events Company, part of a project of the previous Martin government to bring prominent bands to the territory and showcase local talent. BASSINTHEGRASS has grown rapidly since its inception, resulting in the imposition of cap on ticket numbers in 2007. A sister festival, Bassinthedust, had been held in Alice Springs commencing in 2004, but was shelved in 2008.
Groovin the Moo is an annual music festival that is held in six regional centres across Australia. The festival is held during autumn, typically in May of each year.
Tauranga is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of 161,800, or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by Europeans in the early 19th century, and was constituted as a city in 1963.
Peking Duk is an electronic music group made up of disc jockeys and music producers Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. The pair first garnered attention in 2012 with the release of a Passion Pit bootleg remix. Their biggest hit "High" reached 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart, achieved a triple platinum certification and won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014. Notable festivals Peking Duk have performed include Falls Festival, Spilt Milk, Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out.
The New Zealand Dance Company is an Auckland based, nationally focused contemporary dance company.
La De Da was an annual music festival held at Daisybank Farm, in Martinborough, New Zealand with approximately 10,000 attendees.
BW Summer Festival,, was an annual music festival that was held in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Tash Sultana is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, described as a "one-person band". Sultana rose to international prominence with their 2016 single "Jungle", which was voted into third place in Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown of 2016. The following year, Sultana had three songs voted into Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2017; "Mystik" placing at number 28, "Murder to the Mind" at number 43, and their Like a Version cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel" at number 78.
Spilt Milk is an Australian music festival first held exclusively in Canberra in 2016 before expanding to Ballarat in 2019, Gold Coast in 2022, and Perth in 2023.
The Grass Is Greener is an annual all ages music festival that is held in Cairns and The Gold Coast, Queensland. Their first festival was held on Saturday April 23, 2016 in Cairns, Queensland.
Yours and Owls is a brand and annual music festival that is held in Wollongong, Australia. It originally started as a coffee shop, then a gallery and restaurant space, then a music venue, then pop-up gigs, a record label, and now holds an annual music festival. in addition to events throughout the year in local venues.
The Big Pineapple Music Festival is held annually at the Big Pineapple Landmark, in Woombye, Queensland, Australia. The festival features a range of artists from a variety of genres and first occurred on 21 April 2013 with over 8,000 tickets purchased. The festival was initially developed by the new Big Pineapple landmark owners, in an attempt to pull the business out of bankruptcy. From 2016-2019, the festival has repeatedly sold out, with the 2019 Big Pineapple Music Festival reporting a record attendance of 16,000 people. The Big Pineapple Music Festival has consecutively won the ‘People’s Choice Award Festival of the Year’ for 2018 and 2019 at the Queensland Music Awards.
The 2020 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 23 January 2021. It is the 28th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. The countdown was announced on the fourth weekend of January.