Falls Festival er en musikkfestival som holdes hvert år rundt nyttår i Marion Bay på Tasmania og i Lorne i Victoria i Australia. Festivalen går over tre dager, fra 29. desember til 1. januar hvert år. De største artistene spiller som regel den 30. og 31. desember. Festivalen på Tasmania og festivalen i Victoria arrangeres samtidig og med de samme artistene.

Festivalen ble første gang avholdt i Lorne i Victoria i 1993 som en mindre én-dags-konsert, da kjent som Rock Above The Falls. Konserten trakk over 11 000 tilhørere, langt mer enn hva arrangørene hadde forventet. Man gikk derfor raskt i gang med å forhandle med bønder i området om å få bruke av deres grunn til arrangementet.

I 1995 ble festivalen for første gang holdt over to dager og i 1996 endret man navnet til The Falls Festival. Festivalen i 1999 var den første som ble holdt utenfor Lorne, den ble da midlertidig flyttet til Torquay.

I 2003 avholdt man for første gang to utgaver samtidig; én i Lorne og én i Marion Bay på Tasmania. De samme artistene spilte på begge utgavene. Artistene som spilte i Lorne 30. desember, spilte i Marion Bay 31. desember og omvendt. Alle etterfølgende festivaler fulgte dette formatet.

På grunn av arrangementets lengde bringer publikum ofte med seg telt til festivalen. Mange av artistene som opptrer på Fall Festival spiller innen blues – og folksjangeren, men rock, hiphop og elektronika er også representert.

Falls Festival 1996

Pennywise Radio Birdman Regurgitator Custard PowderfingerThe Living End Even Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes Sidewinder PollyannaBodyjar Snout Moler Rebeccas Empire

Falls Festival 1997

Iggy Pop You Am I The Cruel Sea Hard Ons Lagwagon SuperjesusJebediah Shihad Grinspoon Guttermouth The Living End EvenSomething For Kate Deadstar Front End Loader Pre Shrunk Sprung Monkey

Falls Festival 1998

Blondie Mudhoney Bentley Rhythm Ace Rocket From The Crypt Unwritten Law Area 7 The Avalanches Magic DirtYou Am I Grinspoon Superjesus The Avalanches Amonia Screamfeeder Even BodyjarSomething For Kate Frenzal Rhomb Violetine Area 7 Voitek Honeysmack Pound System

Falls Festival 1999

Violent Femmes The Tea Party DJ Freddy Fresh Regurgitator Something For KateYou Am I Frenzal Rhomb Superheist 28 DaysAlex Lloyd Area 7 Pollyanna The Fauves

Falls Festival 2000

Silverchair Reef The Vandals Freestylers Killing Heidi Superjesus The Avalanches Magic Dirt Bodyjar Groove TerminatorJohn Butler Trio Skulker Pre Shrunk Sunk Loto 78 Saab Superheist Rocket Science Dallas Crane Nokturnl NitocrisThe Waifs George Machine Gun Fellatio Resin Dogs Friendly Josh Abrahams 1200 Techniques Honeysmack Voitek

Falls Festival 2001

The Hives Stanton Warriors Grinspoon Regurgitator John Butler Trio Something For Kate 28 Days Resin Dogs Groove TerminatorAlex Lloyd Paul Kelly Bodyjar Dr Alex Paterson George Superheist Area 7 One Dollar Short1200 Techniques Dern Rutlidge Warped Nu Breed On Inc Pound System Blue Line Medic For Amusement Only

Falls Festival 2002

Jack Johnson Black Eyed Peas Ozomatli Timo Maas The Vandals The Atari's Brad Grinspoon Machine Gun Fellatio Infusion Xavier Rudd 1200 Techniques The CasanovasYou Am I Magic Dirt Jet Rocket Science The Drones Underside Antiskeptic The Gels The Butterfly Effect Groove Terminator Offcuts WarpedPete Murray Even Melatonin The Beautiful Girls The Sleepy Jackson Phil Smart Goodwill Samuel Jackson The Alias Ballpoint Ransom

Falls Festival 2003

Michael Franti and Spearhead Groove Armada Pennywise Reel Big Fish G. Love and Special Sauce Turin Brakes Ozomatli Mason Jennings Paul Kelly The Waifs Xavier Rudd Regurgitator The Beautiful Girls Cog The Mess Hall Trey Bodyjar Dallas Crane Dexter Bit By Bats NubreedKrafty Kuts Cut Copy Missy Higgins Tzu James De La Cruz Offcuts Danny Kelly and the Alpha Males The Butterfly Effect After The Fall Degrees K The Pictures Riff Random Ember Swift Bomba Gerling Harry Manx Flagrant and Ben Shepard John Course and Goodwill Bugdust EpicureThe Swedish Styles Carus Whalebone The Charlie Parkers Damon The Go Set The Double Agents Mick Hart SMC Unleash The Nugget Reflex Waiter Peter Cornelius and the Devilles The Fat Band Enola Fall Taiko Drum S. Jackson and Somantik Sharif Galal DJ Selekt and B Dub

Falls Festival 2004 The Black Keys De La Soul Billy Bragg The Living End The John Butler Trio Missy Higgins The Thrills Veruca Salt Spiderbait The Cat Empire Xavier Rudd Donavon Frankenreiter You Am IThe Beautiful Girls Vusi Mahlasela Hilltop Hoods Rocket Science Dakota Star Bob Brozman Downsyde TZU The New Pollutants Butterfingers The Panics Hayden Sarah BlaskoEven The Cops Betchadupa The Spazzys The Vasco Era Carus & The True Believers Epicure Mia Dyson Ash Grunwald The Hot Lies Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set The Roys

Falls Festival 2005 Blant artistene i 2005 var:

The Dandy Warhols Ozomatli The Shins Ian Brown Wolfmother Pete Murray The Beautiful Girls The Vasco Era Faker TZU The Grates Hoodoo Gurus The ZutonsSarah Blasko End Of Fashion The White Buffalo The Mess Hall Evermore Dallas Crane Lior Matt Walker and Ashley Davies 67 Special Ugly Duckling The Cat Empire Rolling BlackoutsEric Bibb Kelly Stoltz Little Birdy Ash Grunwald Dappled Cities Fly True Live Offcutts Katalyst and RuCL Rob Sawyer Mia Dyson Youth Group Dan Sultan & Scott Wilson The Embers

Falls Festival 2006

Modest Mouse Michael Franti and Spearhead Wolfmother The Bees John Butler Trio Saul Williams The Black Seeds Matt Costa The Vasco Era Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males The Fumes Dallas Frasca & Her GentlemenYou Am I The Audreys Youth Group Josh Pyke Blue King Brown Jamie Lidell Hilltop Hoods Eskimo Joe Unleash the Nugget Wolf & Cub Dexter Timmy Curran LabjacdScribe The Sleepy Jackson The Mountain Goats Little Birdy The Exploders Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea Dan Sultan Cansei de Ser Sexy Ground Components FourPlay String Quartet Custom Kings Muph N Plutonic The Embers

Falls Festival 2007

Kings of Leon Groove Armada Paul Kelly Midnight Juggernauts Black Rebel Motorcycle Club The Waifs Gotye Built to Spill José González The Go! Team Blackalicious The Mess Hall Girl Talk Kev Carmody Whiskey Go Go's Neville Staple's Specials Adam Cousens** Bridget Pross** Magic Dirt* Sarah Blasko* Children Collide*Jackson Jackson* The Pipettes The Herd Lior Little Red Operator Please Old Man River Angus and Julia Stone The Beautiful Girls Regurgitator Clare Bowditch Downhills Home* Jeff Lang Cut Off Your Hands The Scientists of Modern Music Diafrix Mattafix Busdriver The Panics Dirty Harry and the Rockets**The Cops Nathan Weldon and the Two Timers** Special Patrol* Soft Tigers* Dukes of Windsor* Macromantics* The Paper Scissors* Dances With Voices* Goons of Doom* Whitley La Fiesta Sound System* Favela Rock DJs* Tokyo Apartment Party DJs* Thief Featuring DJ Gsan & Mugen with Paris Well* Jennifer Tutty & Katie Drover Hoops* Funktrust DJs* Uber Lingua DJs* New Young Pony Club* (* kun Lorne), (** kun Marion Bay)

Falls Festival 2008

Franz Ferdinand The Hives Santogold Eli `Paperboy` Reed Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings The Cat Empire The Kooks The Grates Gomez Tegan and Sara Fleet Foxes Faker Lykke Li SoKo Donavon Frankenreiter Blue King Brown Jamie Lidell Augie March Ash Grunwald Cut Off Your HandsTZU The Drones Mystery Jets Architecture in Helsinki Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali The Dodos A-Trak Wolf and Cub Liam Finn The Cribs Late Of The Pier Rocket Science British India TinPan Orange Labjacd Violent Soho South Rakkas Crew Tame Impala Grafton Primary MURSCW Stoneking & the Primitive Orchestra Laura Jean & The Eden Land Band Mamadou Diabate Kat Frankie Barons Of Tang Dash & Will Skipping Girl Vinegar

Eksterne lenker

Falls Festival – artikkel i Herald Sun 1. januar 2008 Falls Festival 2007-2008 – forum

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