ATP Festival Australia 2009

Poster for ATP Festival in Victoria (at Mt. Duller Ski Resort)

Tickets for Australia's first ATP Festival will soon be on sale on the 10th of November. Curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the festival will feature an absolutely mouth-watering lineup featuring Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Spiritualized, Fuck Buttons, The Necks, Afri-Rampo, Bridezilla, Laughing Clowns, James Blood Ulmer, Rober Forster, Harmonia, Silver Apples and The Saints, with more to be announced shortly.

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The other unique aspect of All Tomorrow's Parties is the location. There will be no football fields or sport stadiums here. Instead, ATP has taken the time to present the festival goer a whole new experience.

In Victoria, All Tomorrow's Parties is to be held over two days - January 9th & 10th - in the remote yet easily accessible location of Mt.Buller Ski Resort, some 3 hrs drive from Melbourne City. Punters will have the option to either stay on the mountain in a selection of ski-chalets, lodges or hotels, or down the mountain in nearby Mansfield. Both on-site and off-site fans alike will have the opportunity to enjoy all that Buller offers: a fully serviced township complete with bars, cafes, restaurants, walking trails, bike trails, ski-lifts and a gymnasium plus ATP's trademark rock 'n' roll trivia, cinema and 30+ bands performing over 3 stages.

In NSW, All Tomorrow's Parties is to be held in conjunction with Sydney Festival on Cockatoo Island over the weekend of January 17th & 18th.
In it's former life, Cockatoo Island has been a prison, a reformatory for wayward girls, and a shipbuilding yard. The industrial and maritime landscape together with the picturesque backdrop of Sydney Harbour make this urban island the perfect setting for this unique event. For 2009, All Tomorrow's Parties (and Sydney Festival) will present a one day program on Saturday January 17th, which will then be repeated on January 18th. There will be three stages - all with amazing views of the harbour and surrounds - a food court (that's real food - not regular festival mush), undercover bars, outside bars, a Bad Seeds video display, green 'chill out' areas, a free ride across the harbour to and from the show plus 20+ Bad Seeds hand picked acts.

In Queensland, All Tomorrow's Parties will present a series of one stands between January 12th - 16th at Brisbane arts & culture venue, The Powerhouse. Featured acts will include Fuck Buttons, Afrirampo and Harmonia with more to be announced. In addition to this, ATP will also present a larger afternoon/evening show on January 15th at the picturesque Brisbane Riverstage headlined by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and featuring Spiritualized, Robert Forster, James Blood Ulmer and others.

The on-sale date for Riverstage is October 13th, with more info on the lineups for that show and the Powerhouse shows coming soon!

Make sure you don't miss this as it looks like it's going to be one of the most exciting festivals to ever reach Australian shore.