How NOT to Run a Music Festival gives audiences the hilarious tales of the behind the scenes of running a successful music festival.
As we emerge from the storm of sunken festivals, the lesson book is starting to fill on the do’s and don’t’s of running a successful festival in Australia.
Loch Hart Festival is one of the festivals that always gets it right in their punters eyes. Their sustainability approach is unparalleled, their punter experience is to the highest degree and their lineup is always a celebration of the best in music and art.
Behind the scenes, the festival director’s partner, Tess Birch has gained insight into the operations and management of Loch Hart, culminating her own experience of inadvertently starting and running a multiday music festival five times into a hilarious standup show.
Titled ‘How NOT to Run a Music Festival’, the show premiered to a sell-out audience at Melbourne International Comedy Festival the show doubles as an essential guide to music festival success and a hilarious comedy experience.
How NOT to Run a Music Festival
- Thursday 7 November – Barwon Heads Hotel
- Friday 8 November – South Colac Football Club
- Saturday 9 November – Port Campbell Hotel
- Sunday 10 November – Mozart Hall Warrnambool
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From how to find a site by door-knocking at remote country properties (without getting murdered), to tips for cleaning portaloos at 3am. With tales of tracking down missing vegan food truck workers, to keeping the show going during an Omicron outbreak. Through bushfires and freak storms, How NOT to Run a Music Festival is the essential guide for anyone who thinks running a music festival is fun.
How NOT to Run a Music Festival is making its way back to the home of Loch Hart Music Festival in southwest Victoria, with four venue back to back shows this month. The string starts at Barwon Heads Hotel on Thursday 7 November, onto South Colac Football Club on Friday 8 November, over to Port Campbell Hotel on Saturday 9 November and wraps up at Warrnambool’s Mozart Hall on Sunday 10 November.
Delivered during a music industry crisis and featuring a presentation packed with call-backs, original music and real-life photos and videos, How NOT to Run a Music Festival is a must see for the moment!
To grab tickets or find out more about ‘How NOT to Run a Music Festival’ head here.
