Strawberry Fields Music Festival

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Strawberry Fields Music Festival, were a series of large outdoor events in New Zealand, featuring music as the central theme. They ran in 1993, 1994, 1995 for 1 day, at farms at Te Uku, 30 kilometres west of Hamilton, near Raglan, and at Queenstown.

Strawberry Fields Management also ran other festivals, such as: The 'Raglan Blues & Roots Festival' April 2001

Strawberry Fields AAA (Access All Areas) Pass
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Strawberry Fields AAA (Access All Areas) Pass
Vehicle Pass at Strawberry Fields 1994
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Vehicle Pass at Strawberry Fields 1994
Kite at Strawberry Fields 1994
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Kite at Strawberry Fields 1994
Hipshooters with their Sound Engineer Paul Moss
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Hipshooters with their Sound Engineer Paul Moss
Hipshooters Tippy (Anton Elkington)
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Hipshooters Tippy (Anton Elkington)
Hipshooters Billy Williams
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Hipshooters Billy Williams


Contents

[edit] Festival Management

  • Jim Rowe
  • Brenda
  • Gos
  • Jonesy
  • Alan Judd
  • Paul Moss

[edit] Performers

'A' Stage

  • Steady Eddy
  • Hello sailor
  • Diesel
  • Midge Marsden

'B' Stage

  • Hipshooters
  • John Michaelz
  • Kokomo Blues

[edit] Sound Engineers

  • Morrisound (house engineers)
  • Mark Judd
  • Paul Moss (Hipshooters, John Michaelz [1], Kokomo Blues)

[edit] Sound Rigs

  • Morrisound

[edit] Recording

Video and sound track of Hipshooters performance

[edit] Emergency Management

Karl - Machinery and Marine, 4WD's, Bulldozer, Fire Extinguishers. [2] Paul Moss - towing, battery jump starts, fire fighting, crowd control, electricity issues.

[edit] Publicity

Traffic jams reported by Waikato Times

[edit] Part of New Zealand History

" Large music festivals, for example Sweetwaters, Nambassa and The Big Day Out, have been staged periodically since the 1970s .." [3]

[edit] References

Books - John Dix - 'Stranded In Paradise' (Paradise Publications 1988 )


[edit] External References