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