This article is about the Australian music festival. For the UK music festival, see The Great Escape Festival.
The Great Escape was a music festival held at Newington Armory, located within Sydney Olympic Park that took place in 2006 and 2007. Initially held over the Easter long weekend for the first two events, in 2008 it was announced the festival would take place on the Labour Day weekend, however the event was cancelled 2 months from the date due to poor ticket sales [1]. It evolved from the 2005 Cockatoo Island Music Festival. The music and other attractions run over three full days (Good Friday to Easter Sunday in 2006–07), with some patrons camping from Thursday evening to Monday morning. Punters could attend either for the full weekend camping, purchase a 3-day pass and commute each day or attend a single day. Many acts also played the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival the same weekend, however The Great Escape line-up is more diverse featuring pop, hip hop, electronic and rock acts that would not fit into a Blues and Roots line-up. In addition to musical acts, there is also a wide range of other features such as comedy acts, bingo and trivia, conspiracy theory talks and yoga. There is no immediate future for the Great Escape at this point, but organisers are confident it will be resurrected in the near future.
Andy Clockwise performs at the 2006 eventSome of the old munitions are on display during the eventSomething for Kate's Pip Branson & Paul DempseyCombat Wombat take to the Big Top stageIncluded at the event is a large mural created by patrons over the weekendBob Evans at the Riverside Stage
Gogol Bordello were advertised to play but were forced to cancel their Australian tour when visa issues prevented some members entering the country. Johnny G & The E Types played in their allotted time.
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This article is about the Australian music festival For the UK music festival see The Great Escape Festival The Great Escape was a music festival held at Newington Armory located within Sydney Olympic Park that took place in 2006 and 2007 Initially held over the Easter long weekend for the first two events in 2008 it was announced the festival would take place on the Labour Day weekend however the event was cancelled 2 months from the date due to poor ticket sales 1 It evolved from the 2005 Cockatoo Island Music Festival The music and other attractions run over three full days Good Friday to Easter Sunday in 2006 07 with some patrons camping from Thursday evening to Monday morning Punters could attend either for the full weekend camping purchase a 3 day pass and commute each day or attend a single day Many acts also played the East Coast Blues amp Roots Music Festival the same weekend however The Great Escape line up is more diverse featuring pop hip hop electronic and rock acts that would not fit into a Blues and Roots line up In addition to musical acts there is also a wide range of other features such as comedy acts bingo and trivia conspiracy theory talks and yoga There is no immediate future for the Great Escape at this point but organisers are confident it will be resurrected in the near future The Great EscapeGenreRock hip hop electronicDatesEaster 2006 07Location s SydneyYears active2006 2007Websitethegreatescape wbr net wbr au Andy Clockwise performs at the 2006 event Some of the old munitions are on display during the event Something for Kate s Pip Branson amp Paul Dempsey Combat Wombat take to the Big Top stage Included at the event is a large mural created by patrons over the weekend Bob Evans at the Riverside StageArtist lineups editFriday 14 April 2006 The Village Green The Grove Riverside Big Top The Tin Shed Bunker 8 Cabaret Ping Pong Club Sigur Ros Silverchair Something for Kate The Beautiful Girls Wolf amp Cub Slightly Stoopid Afro Moses Waiting For Guinness Blue King Brown Mia Dyson Hawksley Workman Dave Graney amp Clare Moore Hat Fitz Tim Ireland Melanie Horsnell Stephen Cummings Martha Wainwright The Darling Downs Dobacoracol Arabesk Declan Kelly Freeway Angus and Julia Stone Sam Shinazzi The Herd DJ Skoob TZU Koolism Def Wish Cast DJ Prince V Hermitude Combat Wombat Local Knowledge The Fumes The Camels Leanne Paris Band Botanics The Pedestrians DJ Jack Shit Uncle Ho Toydeath Layer The Zion Band The Hauntingly Beautiful Mousemoon Garry Who Gary Bradbury Bruce Griffiths Mickey Gee The Red Paintings The Dawn Collective Joel Plaskett Pony Club massacre Saturday 15 April 2006 The Village Green The Grove Riverside Big Top The Tin Shed Bunker 8 Cabaret Ping Pong Club The Black Keys Femi Kuti Juan De Macro s Afro Cuban Allstars Eskimo Joe Daara J Slightly Stoopid Kid Confucius Rastawookie Entropic Andy Clockwise Liz Martin Joel Plaskett Jesse Younan Watussi Brain Campaeu Hawksley Workman Rodrigo Y Gabriela The Girls From The 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Superheavyweights True Live DJ Jack Shit Showa 44 Zombie Ghost Train Bev Killick Chris Radburn Jonas Holt Dave Jory Holidays on Ice The Sins The Handsome Young Strangers Ollo Dane Tucquet Friday 6 April 2007 The Village Green Riverside The Terrace The Tin Shed Bunker 8 Cabaret T Bar Wolfmother Hilltop Hoods The Vines Ben Kweller Amos Lee Waiting For Guinness Blue King Brown Rastawookie Kaki King Dan Kelly amp The Alpha Males Damien Dempsey Nibs Van Der Spuy Fourplay Angus amp Julia Stone The Sins Holly Throsby Joel Plaskett Melanie Horsnell Genevieve Maynard amp The Tallboys The Exploders Expatriate Deerhoof The Mares Iain Archer Ooh La La Wallspace Bertie Blackman Toydeath Emergency Emergency Vulgargrad Spooky Men s Chorale Aleks amp The Ramps Greta Gertler amp The Extroverts DJ Jack Shit Regal Frenzie Trevor Parkee Saturday 7 April 2007 The Village Green Riverside The Terrace The Tin Shed Bunker 8 Cabaret T Bar John Butler Trio Missy Higgins Ziggy Marley Little Birdy Bob Evans The Bird Lee Scratch Perry The Magic Numbers Bliss N Eso King Tide The Flairz Kaki King Kaki King Blue King Brown Waiting For Guinness Coda Damien Dempsey Joel Plaskett Donna Hewitt Julian Knowles Astronomy Class Macromantics The Panda Band Children Collide Sparkadia The Paper Scissors Whiskey Go Gos Wons Phreely Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers Vulgargrad Spooky Men s Choral Aleks amp The Ramps Greta Gertler amp The Extroverts DJ Jack Shit Jamie Lloyd amp Jim Polar Somatik Sunday 8 April 2007 The Village Green Riverside The Terrace The Tin Shed Bunker 8 Cabaret T Bar The Roots The Living End Gomez Fat Freddy s Drop The Fumes Ryan Shaw Fishbone Johnny G amp The E Types Flogging Molly The Lemonheads Lou Rhodes Darren Hanlon Tanzie Alice Russell Waiting For Guinness Damien Dempsey Carla Werner The White Buffalo Joel Plaskett Chris Rainer Mat Watson Stick Figures True Live The Cops The Temper Trap Operator Please Hermitude Bridezilla Slingshot Walrus Vulgargrad Spooky Men s Choral Aleks amp The Ramps Greta Gertler amp The Extroverts DJ Jack Shit TM Juke DJ Fitchie GSAN Gogol Bordello were advertised to play but were forced to cancel their Australian tour when visa issues prevented some members entering the country Johnny G amp The E Types played in their allotted time 2008 The announced 2008 event featured a line up which included Supergrass Black Francis Paul Kelly Conor Oberst amp The Mystic Valley Band Peter Combe Ladytron Faker amp The Panics but it was called off on 8 August just days after single day passes were sold in addition to weekend passes 2 External links edithttp www thegreatescape net au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Great Escape festival amp oldid 1195042140, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
