Mountain Sounds (festival)

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Mountain Sounds Festival
GenreAustralian, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Hip-hop, Electronic
DatesFebruary
Location(s)Mount Penang Parklands, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia [1]
(2014-2019)
Years active2014–2019
Website http://mountainsoundsfestival.com.au/

Mountain Sounds Festival was an annual over 18's boutique music festival that is held in Central Coast (New South Wales), Australia. The first festival was held on Saturday March 15, 2014. [2] [3] The festival was cancelled in 2019 just a week before it was set to begin in February 19 due to New South Wales’ strict festival legislation, with organisers citing the imposition of further conditions and financial obligations on the festival which were impossible to meet. [4] [5]

Contents

Lineups year by year

As listed on the official website. [6]

2014

2015

[7] [8]

2016

plus:

[9] [10]

2017

Magic Mountain Party Lineup

[11]

2018

Los Scallywaggs

LTPD DJs

Luca Cavallaro

Mason Clarke

Moondogs

Nelipot

Not Eve

Oh?

Peekay

Persian Rug

Pist Idiots

PITD

Rachel Maria Cox

Raave Tapes

Sam Kirk

Sammi Constantine

Seany P

Sequel

Soy

Steamboat Hollow

Steve Pike

Stoive

The Jim Mitchells

The Moving Stills

The Sea Gypsies

Tilldawn

Triple j unearthed winner

Tropical Zombie

Vena Klymo

Wales

Waxfinz

Will Collard & Josh Gapes

[12]

2019

[13]

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References

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  2. "Mountain Sounds Drop 2014 Line Up".
  3. "Mountain Sounds 2014 Final Acts".
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  8. "Final Acts 2015".
  9. Murphy, Sam. "Set Times". Music Feeds.
  10. "2016 Line Up". TheMusic.com.au.
  11. "Set Times 2017".
  12. "2018 Line Up".
  13. "Mountain Sounds Festival 2019 Cancelled Nsw Govt War On Festival".