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Meadow 2019

MEADOW
returns with 2021 festival
revamp announcing
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD,
ANGIE McMAHON
and more for the highly anticipated
weekend this April!

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The time has finally come. Welcome, ​Meadow​ 2021.

The acclaimed regional Victorian multi-day event is returning to the rolling ​Bambra​ hills over the ANZAC long weekend to take two on their anticipated seventh instalment. Announcing 2021 festival headliners: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard​ and A​ngie McMahon​, who will lead an all-Australian lineup of beloved acts traversing all corners of the music landscape. From ​Friday 23 – Sunday 25 April​, catch Meadow’s​ 2020-penned artists: ​Close Counters​, ​Surprise Chef​, ​Elizabeth​, ​Cool Sounds​, ​3K​, ​Sweet Whirl​, ​Darcy​ ​Justice​ and ​Caitlin​ ​Harnett & The Pony Boys​,​ ​alongside 2021 additions: ​HTRK​, ​Mimi Gilbert​, ​Romero​ and ​Emma Volard​ for three days and two nights of aural exploration and collective celebration at the iconic ​Bambra Bowl​.

After cancelling their mammoth 2020 European and US run of dates, Melbourne psych stalwarts ​King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ​will take to the ​Bambra Bowl ​this April with even more releases ready to craftily deploy from their expansive, genre-spanning catalogue over 15 albums strong and counting. 2020’s ​KG​ and 2021’s imminent ​LW​ see the band returning to their idiosyncratic microtonal ways, bringing in a new era as a newfangled six-piece. Joined by Melbourne’s own new-age raconteur, ​Angie McMahon​, who has made waves the world over since the release of her acclaimed debut album ​Salt​, and recent reimagining ​Piano Salt​, the 2021 ​Meadow​ headliners are sure to draw some of the festival’s most devoted and attentive crowds yet.

In parallel to the stellar live showcase, ​Meadow​ introduces a ​Virtual Festival ​in 2021.
14 artists, 2 sunsets, 2 sunrises, dancing, cocktails, camping and more captured live from the ​Bambra Bowl. Meadow​ will partner with ​Hutch Collective​ and ​Baked​ to beam a dusty Autumn sky, rugged bushland and a once in a year-time musical retreat back to the comfort of your living room providing a level of certainty that’s been missing since last March. You buy a ticket. You can watch the festival from home. Access via the Humanitix Virtual Events Hub. Simple. Professionally produced, presented on-demand over a ​3 day period,​ ​two weeks after​ ​Meadow Music Festival. May 7-9, 2021.

Though the earth’s axis has substantially shifted since the festival’s previous iteration, ​Meadow​ promises the same smooth rotation of its own world beyond the trees, with diligent COVIDSafe plans in place to keep everyone spinning safely within its orbit.

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

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Angie McMahon // Photo – Chelsea Sienna

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This means:

– Reduced capacity

– Temperature checks and basic COVID screening upon arrival

– Ticketholders grouped into Eastside and Westside with the site split down the middle to reduce crowding and minimise close contacts.

– Three designated ‘viewing zones’ (front, middle and back) in the amphitheatre to maintain social distancing whilst watching the performances

– Assigned coloured wristbands denoting each attendee’s designated ‘viewing zone’

NOTE: ‘viewing zones’ will rotate at the end of each day, and once between Saturday daytime and nighttime, ensuring all festival-goers get the same amazing Meadow affair even in the presence of social distancing and capacity restrictions.

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HTRK

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Close Counters

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Do not fret, this change in circumstance will not negate the ​Meadow​ experience, with standing, sitting, singing, dancing, BYO and good vibes both permitted and encouraged within your designated zone.

A super limited release of tickets are now on sale at ​$189+BF​ with teenagers accompanied by adults free to join in the festivities with a valid full-priced ticket, and children under 12 invited to attend for free. All 2020 ticketholders will now have been contacted via email by the ​Meadow​ team to reissue their tickets for this year’s event.

Car passes will not be required (this year only!) but ​Meadow​ is still committed to reducing its environmental impact. Carpooling is strongly encouraged, reusable drink bottles will be given to all punters upon arrival, and the ​Meadow​ team have even planted 360 baby trees during our brief hiatus.

Whilst on the topic of improvements, ​Meadow​ has also formed a new 2021 ticketing partnership with Humanitix.​ This means each ticket purchased will contribute valuable funding to support ​educational scholarships for disadvantaged Indigenous students in Australia.

Just 90-minutes southwest of Melbourne, and nestled between rainforest to the west, the ocean to the south and rolling plains to the north, ​Meadow​ is an idyllic spot to gather, reflect and celebrate the end of the year-that-must-not-be-named, welcoming the return of human connection and much needed sonic rejuvenation.

Do not sleep on this one.

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Emma Volard

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Cool Sounds

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Surprise Chef

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AMNPLIFY – DB