Unique music festival Big Red Bash is a huge success
BIRDSVILLE Big Red Bash founder Greg Donovan has been overwhelmed with the fantastic response to this year’s event.
“The atmosphere over the three days has been electric, the performances have been spectacular and put huge smiles on the faces of the audience,” he said.
“Next year will be bigger and better than ever – for those that want to tick off a bucket list experience, add July 3 to 5, 2018, to your diaries – we’ll see you there.”
More than 6500 festival-goers camped out in a pop-up town in the dry lake-bed on the edge of the Simpson Desert for the fifth annual event, which is the most remote music festival in the world.
Travellers from across Australia gathered to rock out at the Big Red Sand Dune with headline acts Missy Higgins, James Reyne, Mark Seymour, Lee Kernaghan, Russell Morris, Troy Cassar-Daley, Ian Moss, Ray Ryder and Kate Ceberano.
Missy Higgins kicked off the three-day outback music festival with crowd favourites The River, Scar and Oh Canada.
“We had an amazing time at the Birdsville Big Red Bash,” she said.
“It’s by far the most remote place I’ve ever played, and such a stunning location. It’s a powerful experience playing in the desert amongst the giant red sand dunes and the crowd were wonderful.”
While taking in the breathtaking surroundings of the Australian outback festival-goers put on their best Priscilla Queen of the Desert outfits for the Bashville Drags and Fashions in the Desert, which raised funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The village was built in three days with 30 truckloads of gear and supplies taken to the site and about 350 volunteers and crew for about 8000 hours.