Paradise Music Festival

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Paradise Music Festival
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GenreVarious
DatesLate November
Location(s) Lake Mountain, Victoria Australia
Years active2013–19, 2021–
Website

Paradise Music Festival (or simply known as Paradise) is an annual three day camping music festival held in the last weekend of November at Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, located in Victoria, Australia approximately 120 kilometres from Melbourne. The festival was first held in 2013 and has been operating for 10 years. [1]

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No festival was held in 2020.

Description

Paradise is characterised as a boutique [2] festival. Capped at 2000 attendees, the event hosts a large number of Australian artists that span from various genres, including many unsigned artists. The event also displays a range of artworks and installation art from emerging visual artists.

The festival site overlooks Great Dividing Range and Alpine National Park. In previous years, the layout of the festival has involved two areas, an outdoor amphitheatre, "Stage Paradise" and "Clubland," a venue designed for night-time performances. [3]

Artist lineups by year

2013

  • Glass Towers
  • Elizabeth Rose
  • Millions
  • Oisima
  • Naysayer & Gilsun (DJ Set)
  • Client Liaison
  • Forces
  • friendships
  • Albert Salt
  • Alta
  • Animaux
  • B.O.O.M.A
  • Dark Arts Darts
  • David
  • Deer
  • Deja
  • Donny Benet
  • Electric Sea Spider
  • Glass Mirrors
  • Godwolf
  • Hollow Everdaze
  • House of Laurence
  • Hug Therapist
  • I’ll’s
  • Kate Martin
  • Leaks
  • LUCIANBLOMKAMP
  • Michael Ozone
  • Mu-Gen
  • Namine
  • NO ZU
  • OSKR
  • Planete
  • Post Percy
  • SILETJAY
  • SOCCER LEGENDS
  • Squarehead
  • The Demon Parade
  • The McQueens
  • The Red Lights
  • The Supporters
  • Them Swoops
  • Wafia

2014

  • Kirin J. Callinan
  • Oscar Key Sung
  • Crooked Colours
  • Young Franco
  • Drunk Mums
  • Rat & Co
  • UV boi
  • Silent Jay
  • LUCIANBLOMKAMP
  • The Sinking Teeth
  • Banoffee
  • Kllo
  • friendships
  • JPS
  • I’lls
  • Kirkis
  • Apart From This
  • Otologic
  • Tranter
  • Deer
  • Total Giovanni
  • Planete
  • Ecs
  • Lanks
  • Darcy Baylis
  • Air Max 97
  • CC: DISCO!
  • Rara
  • Hubert Clarke Jr
  • Foreign/National
  • Jahnne
  • Null
  • Urban Problems
  • Harold
  • Femi

2015

  • Roland Tings
  • My Disco
  • Lurch & Chief
  • Black Cab
  • Black Vanilla
  • Tired Lion
  • Kirkis
  • Cassius Select
  • The Harpoons
  • Flyying Colours
  • SMILE
  • Dorsal Fins
  • friendships
  • Darts
  • Totally Mild
  • Catlips
  • Oslow
  • Jaala
  • Null
  • Habits
  • The Infants
  • Strict Face
  • Leisure Suite
  • DEER
  • Cale Sexton
  • Alta
  • Tiny Little Houses
  • Broadway Sounds
  • Andrei Eremin
  • 0.1
  • Marcus Whale
  • Amateur Dance
  • Neighbourhood Youth
  • Good Morning
  • ASDASFR BAWD
  • Post Percy
  • Misty Nights
  • Nutrition
  • The Completely Biys
  • IO
  • Thomas Touche

2016

  • Gold Class
  • Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda
  • Baro
  • Pearls
  • GL
  • LUCIANBLOMKAMP
  • Sui Zhen
  • Gabriella Cohen
  • Fortunes
  • Julia Jacklin
  • Lossless
  • BUOY
  • Krakatau
  • Alice Ivy
  • SAATSUMA
  • Corin
  • Simona Castricum
  • Christopher Port
  • Nali
  • Huntly
  • Kangaroo Skull
  • OCDANTAR
  • Couture
  • SHOUSE
  • Dannika
  • River Yarra
  • Tom Baker
  • Jalé
  • DJ Kiti
  • Mu-Gen
  • Paradise DJs

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References

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  2. Tone Deaf (2014). "Paradise Music Festival & 3 More Awesome lineups To Get Excited About". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. Tom Williams (2015). "Paradise Music Festival 2015 Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. Retrieved 28 July 2016.