Nickelodeon SlimeFest

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Nickelodeon SlimeFest
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GenreMusic festival
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time90 mins (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
Release15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 
9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)
Related
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards

Nickelodeon SlimeFest is an annual music and entertainment festival organized by the American children's network Nickelodeon. [1] Originally held in Australia, other SlimeFest festivals were then held in various parts of the world, including the United States, which held its most recent edition in June 2019. [2]

Contents

The event was set to return to the United States on 21–22 March 2020 at The Forum as a tie-in with the 2020 Kids' Choice Awards, [3] however, the event was cancelled as a result of local health concerns about the international coronavirus pandemic. [4]

Hosts and Cities

EventDateHostCityVenue
EventAired
1st Annual (2012)15 September 201216 September 2012Luke Ryan
&
Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd
Sydney Hordern Pavilion
2nd Annual (2013)27 September 201330 September 2013 Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
3rd Annual (2014)26 September 2014
28 September 2014
29 September 2014Sydney &
Melbourne
Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre &
State Netball and Hockey Centre
4th Annual (2015)25 September 2015
27 September 2015
28 September 2015Rahart Adams [5] Sydney &
Melbourne
Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre &
State Netball and Hockey Centre
5th Annual (2016)25 September 2016 (Melb)
30 September 2016 (Syd)
30 September 2016 Delta Goodrem [6] Sydney &
Melbourne
Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
&
Margaret Court Arena
SlimeFest US

(2018)

9–10 June 2018 (Chicago) [1] Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion
SlimeFest US

(2019)

8–9 June 2019 (Chicago) [2] Chicago Huntington Bank Pavilion
SlimeFest US

(2020)

Cancelled
(Los Angeles) [3]
N/AN/ALos Angeles The Forum

SlimeFest Performances

SlimeFest 2012

SlimeFest 2012 included performances by [7] and appearances by: [8]

SlimeFest 2013

SlimeFest 2013 included performances by [9] and appearances by:

SlimeFest 2014

SlimeFest 2014 included performances by [10] and appearances by:

Performers

Appearances

SlimeFest 2015

SlimeFest 2015 included performances by [11] and appearances by:

SlimeFest 2016

SlimeFest 2016 included performances by: [12]

SlimeFest U.S. 2018

SlimeFest U.S. 2018 included performances by [11] and appearances by:

SlimeFest U.S. 2019

SlimeFest U.S. 2019 included performances by [11] and appearances by:

Performers

Appearances

SlimeFest U.S. 2020

SlimeFest U.S. 2020 was cancelled on 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] This is what would have been the lineup: [3]

Performers

Appearances

  • Ryan Alessi
  • Aria Brooks
  • Reece Caddell
  • Kate Godfrey
  • Gabrielle Nevaeh Green
  • Nathan Janak
  • Lex Lumpkin
  • Chinguun Sergelen
  • Cooper Barnes
  • Sean Ryan Fox
  • Michael D. Cohen
  • Young Dylan

International

Following on from the success of Nickelodeon SlimeFest in Australia, the music festival has since been exported to several other countries with local performers and artists. SlimeFest events have taken place in Spain, Italy [13] and the UK [14] (September 2016). Nickelodeon announces its first Slimefest in Asia in August 2019. It was held at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds in the Philippines on 28 September 2019.

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