Homebake

Homebake was an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales. The same year saw a second event held at the grounds of the University of Sydney.

The festival returned in January 1998 as an East Coast event happening in Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney. In December of the same year, it was held again in Sydney this time at the Domain. In late 1999 the event went on the road again, but this time to only the Gold Coast and Sydney. In 2000 the festival reverted to just Sydney, and since then has been held at the Domain every December.

Tickets for the festival regularly sell out in advance, the fastest sell out was the 2006 event which sold out on the first day of sale, but this was then dwarfed with the 2008 show selling all 20,000 tickets in less than 10 minutes.

The 2007 Homebake took place on Saturday 8 December, once again at The Domain. It was announced that the event would be 18+ for the first time in its history. Despite some protests, Homebake organisers explained on Triple J's Hack' program that each year the all ages liquor licence was becoming harder to obtain, and compared to their research showing that attendance for the event by underagers was between 5 and 8% influenced the decision to go 18+.

The last Homebake was held in 2012, and the following year's event was unexpectedly cancelled. The festival has not been held since, and as of now, it is unlikely to be resurrected.^[1][2]

Artists lineups by year

1996

Byron Bay

Hardware Fur Grinspoon Magic Dirt Powderfinger Regurgitator Screamfeeder	Sidewinder Silverchair Spiderbait The Mark of Cain Tumbleweed You Am I

University of Sydney

Ammonia Anne Gibbons Crow Custard Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes Def FX Dirty Three Flyspeak Frenzal Rhomb	John Reed Club Jebediah Lodestar Magic Dirt Pollyanna Powderfinger Rebecca's Empire Regurgitator Screamfeeder Shihad	Sidewinder Smudge Something for Kate Spiderbait Swirl The Fauves The Mark of Cain The Porkers Tumbleweed Underground Lovers

1998

January - Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne

Ammonia Big Heavy Stuff Bluebottle Kiss Custard Emporium Frenzal Rhomb Gaslight Radio Grinspoon	Headless Chickens Jebediah Not From There Pangaea Pollyanna Powderfinger Screamfeeder Shihad	Sidewinder Skunkhour Spiderbait The Superjesus Tiddas Toothfaeries Tumbleweed Underground Lovers You Am I

December - Sydney

Ammonia Bodyjar Custard Endorphin Eskimo Joe Even Fini Scad Frenzal Rhomb Frontside Grinspoon	Jebediah Karma County Nancy Vandal Not From There Pauline Pantsdown Primary Ratcat Screamfeeder Sidewinder Something for Kate	Spiderbait The Avalanches The Feelers The Living End The Mavis's Resin Dogs The Teeth Suckers The Whitlams TISM Toe To Toe Vapourware

1999

Sydney and Gold Coast

		Gold Coast only	Sydney only
Alex Lloyd Area 7 Dirty Three Frenzal Rhomb Gerling Grinspoon iOTA Jebediah	Josh & Amiel Powderfinger Resin Dogs Shihad Silverchair Something for Kate sonicanimation The Avalanches	Custard Gota Cola Not From There Pretty Violet Stain Rollerball Screamfeeder Soma Rasa Sunk Loto The Whitlams	Big Heavy Stuff Bluebottle Kiss Deadstar Del-Emmas Killers on the Loose The Monarchs Neil Hamburger Pound System Rumanastone Shihad The Porkers 51 Monday 78 Saab 28 Days

2000

Main Stage	Big Top	Juice Stage	Hopetoun Stage
The Living End Spiderbait Resin Dogs Frenzal Rhomb Jebediah Regurgitator Bodyjar Magic Dirt Sunk Loto Not From There Superheist Sick Puppies	Sonicanimation DJ Abel Alex Lloyd Something for Kate Friendly Bexta Endorphin Pnau Toby Neal Wicked Beat Sound System 78 Saab John Butler Trio	Testeagles Tumbleweed Skulker On Inc. Machine Gun Fellatio Screamfeeder Nokturnl H-Block 101 Waikiki Pound System	Rocket Science Full Fathom Five Augie March Art Of Fighting Soma Rasa Gersey The Anyones

2001

Main Stage	Big Top	Juice Stage	Hopetoun Stage
Hoodoo Gurus Alex Lloyd You Am I Something for Kate 28 Days The Superjesus Bodyjar Gerling Superheist One Dollar Short Commissioner Gordon	TISM DJ Love Tattoo Sonicanimation Resin Dogs DJ Declan Pnau Paul Mac DJ Bexta Skunkhour Endorphin Primary The Hive	John Butler Trio Kasey Chambers George Augie March Machine Gun Fellatio Eskimo Joe Big Heavy Stuff Speedstar Lash	On Inc. Pound System 1200 Techniques Art Of Fighting Bluebottle Kiss Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows MC Trey The Pedestraians Decoder Ring

2002

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage	Acoustic Pavilion
Alex Lloyd Grinspoon You Am I Radio Birdman Machine Gun Fellatio Shihad Wilcannia Mob Jebediah Eskimo Joe Superheist Serpahs Coal For Amusement Only	Sonicanimation Kid Kenobi Pnau 1200 Techniques James De La Cruz Gerling Salmonella Dub Mark Dynamix Wicked Beat Sound System Katalyst Offcuts Sneaky Sound System	Kasey Chambers George Paul Kelly Rocket Science The D4 Bluebottle Kiss Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows The Sleepy Jackson Jet Antiskeptic	Waikiki Decoder Ring David McCormack & The Polaroids Gersey Gelbison Rhubarb The Butterfly Effect Crank Isherwood	Paul Dempsey Killing Heidi Speedstar Tim Rogers Stiff Gins Darren Hanlon Simon Day Shane Nicholson Laura Imbruglia

2003

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Vines Something for Kate The Superjesus 1200 Techniques Magic Dirt John Butler Trio The Sleepy Jackson For Amusement Only Best Kept Secret	Pnau DJ Ben Korbel Resin Dogs Gerling DJ Bexta Katalyst Amiel DJ Alex Taylor Downsyde The Bumblebeez Zephyr Timbre Maya Jupiter	Frenzal Rhomb The Beasts Of Bourbon The Church The Cat Empire Pete Murray The Butterfly Effect Screamfeeder The Casanovas Offcuts Blindspott	The Mess Hall Little Birdy Dallas Crane Peabody Spod The Morning After Girls Riff Random Second Dan

2004

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
Jet Grinspoon Eskimo Joe Spiderbait Rocket Science The D4 After the Fall Gyroscope Wolfmother Ground Components	Hilltop Hoods DJ Bexta Sonicanimation Regurgitator DJ Sharif Wicked Beat Sound System Spod (DJ Set) Machine Gun Fellatio Katalyst Cut Copy Koolism Dei Hamo	Pete Murray Kasey Chambers Missy Higgins Xavier Rudd Gelbison End Of Fashion 78 Saab Sarah Blasko The Morning After Girls The City Lights	Art Of Fighting Gerling (DJ Set) The Panics The Cops The Spazzys Theredsunband The Tremors The Camels Die!Die!Die! The Golden Age

2005

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
The Finn Brothers The Living End Something for Kate Ben Lee Wolfmother Evermore Cog End Of Fashion The Mess Hall Kisschasy	Dirty Three P-Money Cut Copy Pnau Katalyst & RUCL Decoder Ring DJ Peril & Suburban Intellect The Rogue Traders The Herd The Presets Sneaky Sound System Local Knowledge	The Cat Empire Alex Lloyd The Saints The Beautiful Girls Sarah Blasko The Go-Betweens Architecture in Helsinki Amiel Expatriate British India	The Morning After Girls Die!Die!Die! The Grates Wolf & Cub Dappled Cities Fly The Hot Lies The Scare N'fa The Golden Age Beau Young Pomomofo

2006

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
Silverchair Eskimo Joe Hilltop Hoods You Am I The Butterfly Effect Scribe Little Birdy Parkway Drive Something With Numbers The Vaine	Björn Again The Presets Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock The Vines Gotye Wolf & Cub Infusion Midnight Juggernauts N'fa Macromantics Mountains In The Sky	Something for Kate Augie March Models Youth Group Bob Evans Toni Collette And The Finish Jen Cloher and The Endless Sea British India Angus & Julia Stone Young & Restless	Red Riders Ground Components Die!Die!Die! The Valentinos Children Collide Tucker B's Whiskey Go Go's Tom Cooney The Basics Regular John

2007

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
The Divinyls Missy Higgins Gotye Scribe The Beautiful Girls Kisschasy Operator Please British India Behind Crimson Eyes Mammal	Pnau Architecture in Helsinki Muscles Cut Copy Midnight Juggernauts The Bumblebeez Blue King Brown Wicked Beat Sound System Expatriate Red Eye Society Foreign Heights	Paul Kelly Paul Dempsey Sarah Blasko Josh Pyke Angus & Julia Stone The Mess Hall Ed Kuepper & The Kowalski Collective Art Of Fighting Kid Confucius Number Station	The Scare Old Man River Belles Will Ring Pivot The Brunettes Teenage Fairytale Dropouts The Checks SubAudible Hum Bridezilla Bridgemary Kiss

2008

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
Crowded House Sneaky Sound System PNAU Karnivool British India The Getaway Plan Bluejuice Eddy Current Suppression Ring Die!Die!Die! Numbers Radio	Cut Copy Bliss N Eso Drapht The Potbelleez Headless Chickens Infusion Snob Scrilla Bag Raiders Pegz The E.L.F.	You Am I Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Gabriella Cilmi Died Pretty End Of Fashion Little Red SubAudible Hum Dash and Will The Holidays	Grafton Primary Sparkadia Children Collide Mercy Arms N'fa 78 Saab Violent Soho Hamish Macleod Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! Deep Sea Arcade

2009

Main Stage	Big Top	The Dome	Hopetoun Stage
Powderfinger Jet Hilltop Hoods Eskimo Joe Tumbleweed Funkoars Short Stack Closure in Moscow The Scare Philadelphia Grand Jury	Midnight Juggernauts Daniel Merriweather Shockone Decoder Ring Phrase The Aston Shuffle The Bumblebeez Tiki Taane Record Producer Catcall	Sarah Blasko Tim Finn Sia Paul Dempsey Underground Lovers Gin Wigmore with The Cardinals Dappled Cities The Middle East Sugar Army	Eddy Current Suppression Ring Yves Klein Blue Howling Bells Red Riders Die!Die!Die! Bridezilla Parades Jonathan Boulet Boy And Bear Kyu

Rowland S. Howard was advertised to play but was forced to cancel citing health concerns. Dappled Cities played in his allotted timeslot.

2010

On 25 August 2010, the organisers of Homebake announced the festival would not take place in 2010, and would instead return in 2011. The organisers cited "not being able to have the ‘planets align’ to a standard we feel appropriate" as a reason for cancelling the festival in 2010.^[3]

2011

Grinderman Pnau Gotye Gurrumul Yunupingu Cut Copy Icehouse Ladyhawke Drapht Daniel Merriweather The Triffids	Eskimo Joe Architecture in Helsinki The Church The Vines Illy The Jezabels Kimbra CW Stoneking Kids of 88 Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Papa vs Pretty Hungry Kids of Hungary Passenger Killaqueenz Avalanche City Vents Noah Taylor and the Sloppy Boys 360 Ratcat Bleeding Knees Club	Damndogs Owl Eyes Gold Fields Big Scary Split Seconds Rüfüs Seeker Lover Keeper Lanie Lane Daniel Lee Kendall

2012

Event organisers announced that the 2012 Homebake would be a "Global" edition. While the line-up for the event, scheduled for 8 December 2012, is predominantly Australasian, American band Blondie has been selected as the headlining act. Kimbra, Something For Kate, Hilltop Hoods, Sonic Animation, and Birds of Tokyo are some of the other performing artists.^[4]

After 2012

The event was cancelled in 2013.^[1] Organizers acknowledged that there was a hiatus for 2014. It is unlikely the festival will ever return.

References

1. Lewis, Maria (24 October 2013). "Future looks bleak for Australian music festivals after Homebake cancelled hot on the heels of Harvest and Pyramid festivals". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. Vincent, Peter (23 October 2013). "Festival bubble bursts as Homebake cancelled". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
3. "Homebake takes a year off in 2010". [inthemix]. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
4. "2012 Homebake line up goes 'global'". triple j. ABC. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

External links

• Homebake official website
• Homebake official Myspace page
• Homebake 2011 review "Homebake Festival: Classic Aussie Rockers Still Have the Stuff!" - Rocker Magazine