Bassinthedust

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Australian music festival

title: "Bassinthedust" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["music-festivals-in-the-northern-territory", "music-festivals-established-in-2004", "recurring-events-established-in-2004", "alice-springs"] description: "Australian music festival" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassinthedust" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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music_festival_nameBassintheDust
locationAUS Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
years_active2004 – present
foundersNorthern Territory Government
datesSeptember/October
genreRock, Hip hop, Electronic, Indie, Heavy metal
websitehttp://bassinthedust.com.au
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| music_festival_name = BassintheDust | image = | caption = | location = AUS Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | years_active= 2004 – present | founders= Northern Territory Government | dates = September/October | genre = Rock, Hip hop, Electronic, Indie, Heavy metal | website = http://bassinthedust.com.au

Bassinthedust is an Australian music festival. It is the second largest music festival in the Northern Territory, and has been held annually since 2004 in Alice Springs. The festival is an offshoot of Bassinthegrass and is operated by the Northern Territory Government through the Northern Territory Major Events Company, part of a project of the previous Martin government to bring prominent bands to the territory and showcase local talent. Bassinthedust has grown rapidly since its inception. It is a sister festival of Bassinthegrass, replacing an Alice Springs leg of Bassinthegrass which had been held at the first festival in 2003.

History

Bassinthegrass was first held in 2003, to fulfill a campaign promise by the Martin government to hold a Big Day Out-style youth concert in the territory. It was held in both Darwin and Alice Springs in its inaugural year, with the Alice Springs leg later becoming the Bassinthedust festival. 5000 people attended the Darwin leg, with a further 1500 in Alice Springs, listening to headline acts The Living End, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, and NoKTuRNL. It was widely hailed as a success in the territory media, and became an annual event.

The Alice-only Bassinthedust festival was first held in 2004 at the Memo Club on 11 September 2004 to an audience of around 1200. The 2005 festival, featuring Spiderbait, Frenzal Rhomb, The Flairz, Screaming Jets, and Dallas Crane, was held at Anzac Oval (where all but the first festival have been held) on Saturday 10 September. The 2006 festival, featuring End of Fashion, Pete Murray and The Living End, was held on Saturday 23 September with an audience of around 2300. Hilltop Hoods were meant to play but were unable to make it to Alice Springs for the show. They later put on a show to make up for missing the festival. Jet headlined the 2007 festival on Saturday 22 September.

Bassinthedust 2008 will be held on 4 October at Anzac Oval.

Artist line-up by year

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

References

References

  1. unstated. (n.d.). "BASSINTHEGRASS 08 –". NT Major Events Company Pty Ltd.
  2. "It's music to ALP". ''[[Northern Territory News]]'', 15 July 2003
  3. Burton, Alice. "Local acts signed for big day out". ''[[Northern Territory News]]'', 4 July 2003.
  4. "It's music to ALP". ''[[Northern Territory News]]'', 15 July 2003.
  5. "Crowe quietly flies in". ''[[Northern Territory News]]'', 11 July 2003.
  6. Carter, Chris. "Darwin ready as Alice swings". ''[[Northern Territory News]]'', 12 July 2003.
  7. [http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/1133.html Aussie Hip Hop]
  8. link. (1 August 2008)
  9. link. (26 July 2008)
  10. link. (29 July 2008)

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