Festival of the Sun

Festival of the Sun (FOTSUN) is an annual outdoor music festival held in December at the Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park[1], Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It was first held in 2001 and first ticketed in 2005.[2]

A celebration of the east coast summer culture and Australian Music, the festival makes full use of the unique location - right on Town Beach, the existing facilities of the Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park[1], and the central location next to the CBD. The festival completed its third year in 2007 to a sellout crowd. Since then, FOTSUN has continued to grow, attracting sell-out crowds and boasting an impressive line-up of breakthrough and up-coming artists, as well as some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry. Coming up to its 6th ticketed year, FOTSUN has firmly established itself as one of Australia’s coolest, most intimate BYO music festivals. The Festival of the Sun website provides information about the event and artists, including festival announcements, ticket and camping event details and links to artist’s music pages.

• 2010 Line up- Xavier Rudd, Regurgitator, Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, British India, Calling All Cars, That One Guy, Dallas Frasca, Mojo Bluesmen, Lissa, Bob Corbett, The Mcmenamins, Lee Rosser, Ebb N Flo, Mojada, Sierra Fin, Slow Down Honey, Barrel House, The Chemist, The Seabellies, The Gin Club, Minnie Marks, Fans Dj's and one lucky band selected from triple j Unearthed.

FOTSUN Past Artists

• 2005 Line Up: included Sarah Blasko, The Herd, The Mess Hall

• 2006 Line Up: included Augie March, The Beautiful Girls, Mia Dyson, Blue King Brown^[1] and The Black Market Rhythm Co.

• 2007 Line Up: included Gotye, Cog, Butterfingers, Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set, Ash Grunwald, The Fumes, Kid Confucius, Subaudible Hum, The Boat People, Aurora Jane & Massive Change, The Sins]], Tjupurru, Mr Percival and George Byrne

• 2008 Line Up: included The Panics, [[Lior, Kate Miller-Heidke, True Live, Operator Please, Wolf & Cub, That 1 Guy, The Vasco Era, Watussi, Mary Trembles, Dallas Frasca, Flamingo Crash, Barrel House, Roger That, The Jezabels

• 2009 Line Up: included Spiderbait, Little Birdy, The Beautiful Girls, Children Collide, Urthboy, Pez, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Bob Log III, The Wilson Pickers, Grant Walmsley & The Agents Of Piece, Bonjah

References

http://www.sundownerholidays.com/

http://www.fotsun.com/