Triple J's One Night Stand Explained

Location:Australia
Years Active:2004–2019; 2024
Organiser:Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Triple J's One Night Stand

Triple J's One Night Stand is an annual music festival held in various regional Australian cities and towns that is promoted and organised by national youth radio station Triple J. The event ran for 15 years from its debut in 2004 until 2019, with one break in 2015 for Triple J's 30th anniversary Beat the Drum event. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented any large-scale music festivals in 2020 and 2021, yet the One Night Stand did not return once restrictions on major events were lifted. After a spate of cancellations of major Australian music festivals, the return of the festival was announced by Triple J on the 8th of April 2024.[1] [2] The One Night Stand will return on 14 September 2024, taking place in Warrnambool, Victoria .[3] [4]

In the early years of the One Night Stand, the host town was selected in the form of a competition where residents of the town had to gain approval from their local government as well as find a suitable venue. Triple J would arranges the artists to perform – usually four to five high-profile Australian bands of a variety of genres, alongside a local band that had uploaded their music to Triple J Unearthed. Entry to the festival was free for all ages, and the One Night Stand was specifically marketed as a drug and alcohol-free event. Attendance peaked in the festival's final years, with crowd estimates for the 2018 event in St Helens, Tasmania reaching a capacity of 20,000 (in a town of approximately 2,000 people), with a further 2,000-plus revellers locked out.

History

The concept of the One Night Stand was the brainchild of Triple J's then-marketing manager Louis Rogers, with the intention of raising the awareness and relevance of the radio station in regional communities. Backed by special funding from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the first event was held in Natimuk, Victoria on Wednesday 28 July 2004 and featured acts such as Grinspoon, The Dissociatives, Koolism and Eskimo Joe. The location was chosen from a pool of submissions sent to the station, which required entrances to produce a letter from their town's mayor, permission from a venue, a petition, and a souvenir. The Natimuk organising committee submitted a petition of 3,000 names, considerably more than the town's population of approximately 500. They also raised $30,000 in pledges from local businesses to support the event.[5]

List of events

!Year!Date!Location!State/territory!Population!Attendance!Performers!Ref.
2004Wednesday 28 JulyNatimukVictoria4239,000Grinspoon, The Dissociatives, Koolism, Eskimo Joe, Less Than Perfection [6]
2005Wednesday 18 MayAyrQueensland8,33410,000Hilltop Hoods, Shihad, Katalyst, End of Fashion, A14[7]
2006Wednesday 12 AprilPort PirieSouth Australia13,20610,000The Living End, Kid Kenobi & MC Shurestock, Xavier Rudd, The Herd, Sector 12[8] [9]
2007Friday 20 AprilCowraNew South Wales10,35810,000Silverchair, FunkTrust, Midnight Juggernauts, Behind Crimson Eyes, Flatline Drama, Leap of Faith[10] [11]
2008Saturday 26 AprilCollieWestern Australia7,40415,000Cog, Pnau, Faker, This End Up[12]
2009Saturday 30 MaySaleVictoria13,04315,000Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, The Butterfly Effect, Miami Horror, Children Collide, And Burn[13]
2010Saturday 27 MarchAlice SpringsNorthern Territory21,6226,000John Butler Trio, Gyroscope, Bluejuice, Washington, Tjupi Band[14] [15]
2011Saturday 2 AprilTumby BaySouth Australia1,82710,000Birds of Tokyo, Art vs. Science, The Jezabels, Joshy Willo[16] [17]
2012Saturday 2 JuneDalbyQueensland12,29915,000The Temper Trap, 360, Stonefield, Matt Corby, Mace and the Motor[18]
2013Saturday 13 AprilDubboNew South Wales32,32718,000Flume, The Rubens, Ball Park Music, Seth Sentry, Peoples Palace[19]
2014Saturday 17 MayMilduraVictoria30,64717,000Illy, Rüfüs, Dan Sultan, Violent Soho, The Jungle Giants, Wzrdkid[20]
2015Not held
2016Saturday 9 AprilGeraldtonWestern Australia31,98215,000Alison Wonderland, Boy & Bear, Urthboy, Alex the Kid[21] [22]
2017Saturday 22 AprilMount IsaQueensland18,3427,000Thundamentals, The Smith Street Band, Tash Sultana, San Cisco, Lucky Luke[23]
2018Saturday 1 SeptemberSt HelensTasmania2,07020,000Peking Duk, Vance Joy, Tkay Maidza, Middle Kids, Alex the Astronaut, The Sleepyheads[24]
2019Saturday 14 SeptemberLucindaleSouth Australia55515,000Hilltop Hoods, Meg Mac, Ocean Alley, G Flip, Chelsea Manor[25]
2020Not held
2021
2022
2023
2024Saturday 14 SeptemberWarrnamboolVictoria32,894[26] G Flip, Ruel, What So Not, Thelma Plum, Sycco, DICE

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! |-| 2013| triple j's One Night Stand|rowspan="2" | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album| |rowspan="2" | [27] |-| 2014| triple j's One Night Stand: Mildura| |-

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Creative Australia's report into the music festival sector shows how many of the country's big events are struggling . ABC News . ABC News . 9 April 2024.
  2. Web site: ABC and triple j revive One Night Stand music festival . Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney Morning Herald . 9 April 2024.
  3. Web site: One Night Stand is back for 2024: want to host the big party in your town? . Triple J . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 9 April 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024-07-23 . One Night Stand is headed to this coastal Victorian town! . 2024-07-29 . triple j . en-AU.
  5. Web site: One Night Stand 2004 .
  6. Web site: 2004-09-06 . triple j events: one night stand competition . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 6 September 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040906182014/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/one_night_stand/ . bot: unknown .
  7. Web site: 2009-04-27 . triple j events: one night stand competition . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 27 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427143255/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/one_night_stand_05/ . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: 2006-05-02 . triple j events: one night stand competition . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 2 May 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060502181357/http://abc.net.au/triplej/events/one_night_stand_06/ . bot: unknown .
  9. Web site: 2006-04-29 . Port Pirie Regional Council - Community Information . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 29 April 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060429225901/http://www.pirie.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=228 . bot: unknown .
  10. Web site: 2007-08-25 . triple j events: one night stand competition . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 25 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070825000935/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/one_night_stand_07/ . bot: unknown .
  11. Web site: 2018-06-06 . The best triple j One Night Stand memories we'll never forget . 2023-12-13 . triple j . en-AU.
  12. Web site: 2008-09-17 . triple j : One Night Stand 08 . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 17 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080917050754/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/one_night_stand_08/ . bot: unknown .
  13. Web site: p. 84 . 2023-12-13.
  14. Web site: 2010-04-01 . One Night Stand 2010 triple j . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 1 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100401194347/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/onenightstand/10 . bot: unknown .
  15. News: 2010-03-27 . One Night Stand rocks Alice Springs . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-13.
  16. Web site: 2011-03-09 . One Night Stand 2011 triple j . 2023-12-13 . web.archive.org . 9 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110309041221/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/onenightstand/11 . bot: unknown .
  17. Web site: 2011-04-03 . Triple j rocks Tumby Bay . 2023-12-13 . Radio Info.
  18. Web site: Newstead . Al . 2012-06-04 . Triple J's One Night Stand Abandoned Mid-Set After Rain Causes Damage & Flooding . 2023-12-13 . Tone Deaf . en-AU.
  19. Web site: triple j's One Night Stand in Dubbo . 2023-12-13 . About the ABC . en-AU.
  20. Web site: Writer . Staff . 2014-05-17 . triple j take their One Night Stand to Mildura . 2023-12-13 . Radio Today . en-AU.
  21. Web site: triple j's One Night Stand is going to Geraldton! . 2023-12-13 . About the ABC . en-AU.
  22. Web site: Release . Press . 2016-04-15 . Local community groups reap rewards from One Night Stand . 2023-12-13 . Everything Geraldton . en-AU.
  23. News: 2017-04-24 . One Night Stand music festival in Mount Isa another touring success . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-13.
  24. News: 2018-09-01 . One Night Stand concert at St Helens breaks record . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-13.
  25. News: 2019-09-15 . The best moments you may have missed from triple j's One Night Stand in Lucindale . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-13.
  26. Web site: 2021 Warrnambool, Census All persons QuickStats Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2024-07-29 . www.abs.gov.au.
  27. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 16 July 2022.

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