One Night Stand (festival)

One Night Stand
Map of the towns where One Night Stand has been hosted, as of 2025.
Frequency	Annual
Country	Australia
Years active	2004–2019; 2024–present
Inaugurated	28 July 2004;20 years ago (2004-07-28) (Natimuk, Victoria)
Most recent	24 May 2025 (2025-05-24) (Busselton, Western Australia)
Organised by	Triple J

One Night Stand is an annual music festival held in various regional Australian towns that is organised and promoted by national youth radio station Triple J. It started in 2004 in Natimuk, Victoria, and ran every year until 2019, with one break in 2015 for the broadcaster's Beat the Drum event. One Night Stand did not run for four years from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned to Warrnambool, Victoria in 2024 despite a series of major Australian festivals cancelling due to financial difficulties. ^{[1] [2]}

In the early years of the One Night Stand, the host town was selected in the form of a competition where residents of the town had to gain approval from their local government as well as find a suitable venue. Triple J would arranges the artists to perform – usually four to five high-profile Australian bands of a variety of genres, alongside a local band that had uploaded their music to Triple J Unearthed. In its initial run, tickets were free for all ages, however since 2024, they have been at a cost of at least $10, with all proceeds donated to charity. ^[3] The festival's record attendance was its 2018 event in St Helens, Tasmania, reaching a capacity of 20,000 in a town of approximately 2,000.

History

The concept of the One Night Stand was the brainchild of Triple J's then-marketing manager Louis Rogers, with the intention of raising the awareness and relevance of the radio station in regional communities. Backed by funding from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the first event was held in Natimuk, Victoria on Wednesday, 28 July 2004 and featured acts such as Grinspoon, the Dissociatives, Koolism and Eskimo Joe. The location was chosen from a pool of submissions sent to the station, which required entrances to produce a letter from their town's mayor, permission from a venue, a petition, and a souvenir. The Natimuk organising committee submitted a petition of 3,000 names, considerably more than the town's population of approximately 500. They also raised $30,000 in pledges from local businesses to support the event.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of events

Year	Date	Location	State/territory	Population [a]	Attendance [b]	Performers	Ref.
2004	Wednesday, 28 July	Natimuk	Victoria	423 [4]	9,000	Grinspoon, The Dissociatives, Koolism, Eskimo Joe, Less Than Perfection	[5]
2005	Wednesday, 18 May	Ayr	Queensland	8,334 [6]	10,000	Hilltop Hoods, Shihad, Katalyst, End of Fashion, A14	[7]
2006	Wednesday, 12 April	Port Pirie	South Australia	13,206 [8]	10,000	The Living End, Kid Kenobi and MC Shurestock, Xavier Rudd, The Herd, Sector 12	[9] [10]
2007	Friday, 20 April	Cowra	New South Wales	10,358 [11]	10,000	Silverchair, FunkTrust, Midnight Juggernauts, Behind Crimson Eyes, Flatline Drama, Leap of Faith	[12] [13]
2008	Saturday, 26 April	Collie	Western Australia	7,404 [14]	15,000	Cog, Pnau, Faker, This End Up	[15]
2009	Saturday, 30 May	Sale	Victoria	13,043 [16]	15,000	Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, The Butterfly Effect, Miami Horror, Children Collide, And Burn	[17]
2010	Saturday, 27 March	Alice Springs	Northern Territory	21,622 [18]	6,000	John Butler Trio, Gyroscope, Bluejuice, Washington, Tjupi Band	[19] [20]
2011	Saturday, 2 April	Tumby Bay	South Australia	1,827 [21]	10,000	Birds of Tokyo, Art vs. Science, The Jezabels, Joshy Willo	[22] [23]
2012	Saturday, 2 June	Dalby	Queensland	12,299 [24]	15,000	The Temper Trap, [c] 360, Stonefield, Matt Corby, Mace and the Motor	[25]
2013	Saturday, 13 April	Dubbo	New South Wales	32,327 [26]	18,000	Flume, The Rubens, Ball Park Music, Seth Sentry, Peoples Palace	[27]
2014	Saturday, 17 May	Mildura	Victoria	30,647 [28]	17,000	Illy, Rüfüs Du Sol, Dan Sultan, Violent Soho, The Jungle Giants, Wzrdkid	[29]
2015	Not held						[30]
2016	Saturday, 9 April	Geraldton	Western Australia	31,982 [31]	15,000	Alison Wonderland, Boy & Bear, Urthboy, Alex the Kid	[32] [33]
2017	Saturday, 22 April	Mount Isa	Queensland	18,342 [34]	7,000	Thundamentals, The Smith Street Band, Tash Sultana, San Cisco, Lucky Luke	[35]
2018	Saturday, 1 September	St Helens	Tasmania	2,070 [36]	20,000	Peking Duk, Vance Joy, Tkay Maidza, Middle Kids, Alex the Astronaut, The Sleepyheads	[37]
2019	Saturday, 14 September	Lucindale	South Australia	555 [38]	15,000	Hilltop Hoods, Meg Mac, Ocean Alley, G Flip, Chelsea Manor	[39]
2020	Not held						[40]
2021
2022
2023
2024	Saturday, 14 September	Warrnambool	Victoria	32,894 [41]	15,000 [42]	G Flip, Ruel, What So Not, Thelma Plum, Sycco, DICE, Flynn Gurry	[40]
2025	Saturday, 24 May	Busselton	Western Australia	40,640 [43]	TBA	Spacey Jane, Luude, Ruby Fields, 3%, Blusher, Velvet Trip	[44]

Notes

1. Population figures are sourced from the Census in Australia nearest to the event date.
2. Attendance figures are approximate.
3. The Temper Trap's headline set was cancelled due to extreme weather.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	Triple J's One Night Stand	Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album	Nominated	[45]
2014	Triple J's One Night Stand: Mildura		Nominated

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