Sounds of Summer Down Under

 

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Summadayze festival

If you want to immerse into a party atmosphere of you favorite music even during the winter, Australia with its sunny beaches and numerous music festivals is where you should go. One of the most popular celebrations that should not be missed is Summadayze festival, which is an annual event taking place in Adelaide, Perth, the Gold Coast and Melbourne. Attendees enjoyed Scissor Sisters, Snoop Dog, Moby, Calvin Harris and many other artists on different stages. Their performances welcomed the New Year.

The next version of Summadayze is planned to be even better and bigger than ever, with the performances of the greatest names in Dance Music, like The Chemical Brothers DJ Set, Fedde Le Grand, HOT CHIP, Knife Party, Eddie Halliwell, Breakbot Live and so on.

Stereosonic

Another great annual Australian music festival is the popular Stereosonic, being held in the end of November till the beginning of December in several cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Two main corporations, Hardware and Onelove promote this event that combines dance culture with electronic music. Stereosonic is definitely the fastest growing festival in Australia that attracts visitors from all over the world.
Initially, the festival began in Melbourne only, supported by the Totem Company, with Richie McNeill being the festival director. Due to the great interest, however, the organizers decided the shift the festival format to a two day festival.

Future Music Festival

Another popular summer festival is Future Music.It will take place on 1st March, 2014 in Brisbane before touring to other major cities:Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne. This years line up features big music names, such as Eric Prydz,

Phoenix, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Deadmau5.

This festival began in 2006 as a single day event at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Some of the initial performers were the headliner Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Steve Angello and Markus Schulz. Although the famous Two Tribes festival treated to dissolute the event, Future Festival not only survived, but ascended to the position to be among the favorite electronic music festivals in Australia.

Parklife Festival

When the festival season in Australia ends, revelers need not worry as it is just beginning in Europe. The prime summer festival in the UK, Parklife is a two-day event that takes place in the city of Manchester in the beginning of June. Famous bands like Plan B, Rudimental, King Krule, Toy, Liars, Macao Plex, etc. are only a part of this festival’s color. World famous DJs and bands perform crazy creations in cooperation with local acts. The stalls with tasty food ensure that the pleasure will be complete.

The weekend of The Parklife Festival also features interactive performers, immersive theatre groups and spontaneous performances from the New York Brass Band, Jungfraus Psychedelic Parade, Cosmic Junk Band Woodland Animals and Cirque Du Manc.

The Parklife Express that started to work last year enables all holders of Parklife Weekender tickets to travel cheap and easy from the student district called Fallowfield, as well as from the City Centre by dedicated busses that will transport the attendees directly to Parklife’s bus station, located at Heaton Park.

Join all the revelers who assemble in Manchester from the entire country to take part in Parklife Festival that is usually a scene of music, dance combined with madness and a lot of fun. Attendees describe this event as a hell of a party, so join this incredible mixture of Dubstep, House, Tech and Drum and Bass for your 2 day music festival.

All of these four festivals offer great experience to all music fans around the world!