Mountain Sounds (festival) explained

Music Festival Name:	Mountain Sounds Festival
Location:	Mount Penang Parklands, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia^[1] (2014-2019)
Years Active:	2014–2019
Dates:	February
Genre:	Australian, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Hip-hop, Electronic
Website:	http://mountainsoundsfestival.com.au/

Mountain Sounds Festival was an annual over 18's boutique music festival that is held in Central Coast (New South Wales), Australia. The first festival was held on Saturday March 15, 2014.^{[2] [3]} The festival was cancelled in 2019 just a week before it was set to begin on February 19 due to New South Wales’ strict festival legislation, with organisers citing the imposition of further conditions and financial obligations on the festival which were impossible to meet.^{[4] [5]}

Lineups year by year

As listed on the official website.^[6]

2014

• • Ball Park Music Beni
• Canyons (DJ Set)
• Cosmo's Midnight
• Emma Louise
• The Holidays
• Jinja Safari
• LDRU
• Midnight Juggernauts (DJ Set)
• Snakadaktal
• Softwar
• Sticky Fingers (band)
• Wordlife (live)
• Yacht Club DJs
• Yolanda Be Cool
• World’s End Press
• SOSUEME DJs
• Sea Legs
• Tropical Zombie
• The Lazys
• Buzz Kull
• Roof
• Elliot The Bull
• Thieves
• Slow Blow
• Parkside

2015

• Alison Wonderland
• Touch Sensitive
• Carmada
• D.D Dumbo
• DZ Deathrays
• The Griswolds
• E^ST
• Winterbourne
• Odd Mob
• Little Earthquake
• Acaddamy
• PH Fat
• Nova & the Experience
• Dr Kong & the Stem Cells
• AViVAA
• Owen Rabbit
• Colour Cage
• White Walkers
• Rookie
• Via Alchemy
• East of Here
• Coda
• Daniel Lee Kendall
• Harper
• Hatch
• The Jungle Giants
• Kilter
• Lemond
• The Kite String Tangle
• Luke Million
• Northeast Party House
• Pepa Knight
• Ratlife DJs
• Safia (band)
• Stephane 1993
• Sydney Social DJs
• Tkay Maidza
• Tropical Zombie
• Zavier

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2016

• Albert Hammond Jr. (USA)
• Alpine (band)
• Art Vs Science
• Cut Snake (band)
• The Delta Riggs
• Green Buzzard
• Harts
• Hockey Dad
• Holy Holy
• I Know Leopard
• Jack Beats (UK)
• The Jezabels
• The Lazys
• Motez (producer)
• Nina Las Vegas
  • Ocean Alley Odd Mob
• Sea Legs
• Set Mo
• Skegss
• Slumberjack
• Tropical Zombie
• World Champion
• Violent Soho

plus:

• Bass RQ
• Bodega Collective
• Catalyst
• Elwood Myre
• Goonz
• Ivy
• J-Ray
• Jaket
• Jimmi Walker
• Man To Moon
• The Moving Stills
• Paperfox
• Pear
• Peekay
• Roof
• Savilian
• SnilluM
• Stay Sane
• The Sea Gypsies
• Tom Hogan
• Twin Caverns
• Voyage IV

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2017

• RÜFÜS
• Hermitude
• DMA's
• Dune Rats
• Ngaiire
• Skegss
• Mosquito Coast (band)
• The Gooch Palms
• Bec Sandridge
• Poolclvb
• These New South Whales
• The Ruminaters
• Tropical Zombie
• Rackett
• Betty & Oswald
• Stay At Home Mum
• Voyage IV
• Raave Tapes
• Catayst
• Sammi Constantine
• The Moving Stills
• Elaskia
• Vacations
• Geords
• Man To Moon
• Hayden Shepherd
• Joel & Leroy
• Bodega Collective
• Nelipot
• David Bangma
• Soy
• Strange Associates
• Lunar DJs
• Cabal DJs
• TillDawn
• Seany P
• Stoive
• Samuel Kirk
• BBQ Baz
• J-Ray
• Terminus43
• Steve Pike
• Bass RQ
• Bad Decisions

Magic Mountain Party Lineup

• Torren Foot
• Nicky Night Time
• Motorik Vibe Council
• Commandeur (Drummer) (DJ set)
• Barney Cools DJs
• Bare Essentials DJs
• Kinder (band) DJs
• Cabal DJs
• Lunar DJs

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2018

• Peking Duk
• Alex The Astronaut
• Ali Barter
• Amy Shark
• The Creases
• Fisher
• Gang Of Youths
• GL
• Grouplove (USA)
• Hayden James
• Hockey Dad
• Hot Dub Time Machine
• Kirin J. Callinan
• Motez (producer)
• Nathan Barato (CAN)
• Paces (musician)
• Safia (band)
• Touch Sensitive
• The Preatures
• Barney Cools DJs
• Bard
• Bass-RQ
• Baz
• Bean Dip
• Bodega Collective
• Cabal DJs
• Cassette
• Charles
• Chymes
• Classica
• Club Raiders DJs
• Conspiracy Crew
• Cosmic Ken
• Cpt Rhys
• David Bangma
• Desiki Dominique
• Elaskia
• Elijah Something
• Eluera
• Exhibitionist
• Fripps & Fripps
• Geords
• Gibson Brothers
• Hannah
• Hayden Shepherd
• Ivy
• Jimmi Walker
• Jimmy 2 Sox B2B Tim Fuchs
• Joel Leggett
• Joseph Raymond & Louis Stenmark
• Kurt King
• Little Quirks

Los Scallywaggs

LTPD DJs

Luca Cavallaro

Mason Clarke

Moondogs

Nelipot

• Ninajirachi

Not Eve

Oh?

Peekay

Persian Rug

Pist Idiots

PITD

Rachel Maria Cox

Raave Tapes

Sam Kirk

Sammi Constantine

Seany P

Sequel

Soy

Steamboat Hollow

Steve Pike

Stoive

The Jim Mitchells

The Moving Stills

The Sea Gypsies

• Tia Gostelow

Tilldawn

Triple j unearthed winner

Tropical Zombie

Vena Klymo

Wales

Waxfinz

Will Collard & Josh Gapes

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2019

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Mountain Sounds Festival Unveils Huge 2018 Line Up. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 September 2017.
2. Web site: Mountain Sounds Drop 2014 Line Up. 8 January 2014 .
3. Web site: Mountain Sounds 2014 Final Acts. 29 January 2014 .
4. Web site: Duncan . Alasdair . Mountain Sounds Festival 2019 Has Been Cancelled, Organisers "Devastated" . Pedestrian . 9 February 2019 . 31 March 2024.
5. Web site: Iqbal . Soaliha . Off The Back Of Splendour, Here's A List Of Aussie Music Festivals That Have Carked It Recently . Pedestrian . 27 March 2024 . 31 March 2024.
6. Web site: Mountain Sounds Festival Lineups .
7. Web site: Mountain Sounds Festival 2015. 23 February 2015 .
8. Web site: Final Acts 2015. 6 January 2015 .
9. Web site: Set Times. Murphy. Sam. Music Feeds . 11 February 2016 .
10. Web site: 2016 Line Up. TheMusic.com.au .
11. Web site: Set Times 2017. 2 February 2017 .
12. Web site: 2018 Line Up. 3 October 2017 .
13. Web site: Mountain Sounds Festival 2019 Cancelled Nsw Govt War On Festival. . 8 February 2019 .