Homebake

Homebake was an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). The festival was first held on 3 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales. The same year saw a second event held at the grounds of the University of Sydney.

This article is about the music festival. For the slang word, see Homebake (slang).
Homebake 2006 - The Domain

The festival returned in January 1998 as an East Coast event happening in Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney. In December of the same year, it was held again in Sydney this time at the Domain. In late 1999 the event went on the road again, but this time to only the Gold Coast and Sydney. In 2000 the festival reverted to just Sydney, and since then has been held at the Domain every December.

Tickets for the festival regularly sell out in advance, the fastest sell out was the 2006 event which sold out on the first day of sale, but this was then dwarfed with the 2008 show selling all 20,000 tickets in less than 10 minutes.

The 2007 Homebake took place on Saturday 8 December, once again at The Domain. It was announced that the event would be 18+ for the first time in its history. Despite some protests, Homebake organisers explained on Triple J's Hack' program that each year the all ages liquor licence was becoming harder to obtain, and compared to their research showing that attendance for the event by underagers was between 5 and 8% influenced the decision to go 18+.

The last Homebake was held in 2012, and the following year's event was unexpectedly cancelled. The festival has not been held since, and as of now, it is unlikely to be resurrected.[1][2]

Artists lineups by year

1996

Byron Bay

University of Sydney

1998

January - Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne

December - Sydney

1999

Sydney and Gold Coast
Gold Coast onlySydney only
  • Josh & Amiel
  • Powderfinger
  • Resin Dogs
  • Shihad
  • Silverchair
  • Something for Kate
  • sonicanimation
  • The Avalanches

2000
Main StageBig TopJuice StageHopetoun Stage
  • The Living End
  • Spiderbait
  • Resin Dogs
  • Frenzal Rhomb
  • Jebediah
  • Regurgitator
  • Bodyjar
  • Magic Dirt
  • Sunk Loto
  • Not From There
  • Superheist
  • Sick Puppies

2001
Main StageBig TopJuice StageHopetoun Stage
  • TISM
  • DJ Love Tattoo
  • Sonicanimation
  • Resin Dogs
  • DJ Declan
  • Pnau
  • Paul Mac
  • DJ Bexta
  • Skunkhour
  • Endorphin
  • Primary
  • The Hive

2002
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun StageAcoustic Pavilion
  • Alex Lloyd
  • Grinspoon
  • You Am I
  • Radio Birdman
  • Machine Gun Fellatio
  • Shihad
  • Wilcannia Mob
  • Jebediah
  • Eskimo Joe
  • Superheist
  • Serpahs Coal
  • For Amusement Only

2003
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage

2004
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage

2005
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage

2006
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage
  • Silverchair
  • Eskimo Joe
  • Hilltop Hoods
  • You Am I
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Scribe
  • Little Birdy
  • Parkway Drive
  • Something With Numbers
  • The Vaine

2007
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage
  • Paul Kelly
  • Paul Dempsey
  • Sarah Blasko
  • Josh Pyke
  • Angus & Julia Stone
  • The Mess Hall
  • Ed Kuepper & The Kowalski Collective
  • Art of Fighting
  • Kid Confucius
  • Number Station

2008
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage

2009
Main StageBig TopThe DomeHopetoun Stage

Rowland S. Howard was advertised to play but was forced to cancel citing health concerns. Dappled Cities played in his allotted timeslot.

2010

On 25 August 2010, the organisers of Homebake announced the festival would not take place in 2010, and would instead return in 2011. The organisers cited "not being able to have the 'planets align' to a standard we feel appropriate" as a reason for cancelling the festival in 2010.[3]

2011

2012

Event organisers announced that the 2012 Homebake would be a "Global" edition. While the line-up for the event, scheduled for 8 December 2012, is predominantly Australasian, American band Blondie has been selected as the headlining act. Kimbra, Something For Kate, Hilltop Hoods, Sonic Animation, and Birds of Tokyo are some of the other performing artists.[4]

After 2012

The event was cancelled in 2013.[1] Organizers acknowledged that there was a hiatus for 2014. It is unlikely the festival will ever return.

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References
  1. Lewis, Maria (24 October 2013). "Future looks bleak for Australian music festivals after Homebake cancelled hot on the heels of Harvest and Pyramid festivals". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. Vincent, Peter (23 October 2013). "Festival bubble bursts as Homebake cancelled". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. "Homebake takes a year off in 2010". [inthemix]. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. "2012 Homebake line up goes 'global'". triple j. ABC. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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