Sweetwaters Music Festival
Sweetwaters Music Festival was a series of events held between 1980 and 1999, at venues such as a farm in Ngāruawāhia, then further north on a farm near Pukekawa, and finally at South Auckland, New Zealand.
Events
- 1980 - Ngāruawāhia
- 1981 - Ngāruawāhia
- 1982 - Pukekawa
- 1983 - Pukekawa
- 1984 - Pukekawa
- 1999 - South Auckland
A related event, Sweetwaters South, was held in Christchurch in 1984[1]
Music
Elvis Costello, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music,Ultravox, Dragon, Mi-Sex, Split Enz, Jo Jo Zep, Cold Chisel, The Tigers, Midge Marsden, Th' Dudes, The Crocodiles, UB40, The Wiggles.
1999 - The festival in 1999 was the largest festival event ever held in New Zealand, [citation needed]with a number of stages representing many genres/cultures of music, theatre, dance, comedy, and children's entertainment.
Film and television
Radio With Pictures: Sweetwaters Festival, Television New Zealand, 1980 Reporter: Dylan Taite
Books
- Keighley, Daniel. Sweetwaters: The Untold Story. Reviewed by Simon Sweetman: "Daniel Keighley was the man behind the financial disaster that was Sweetwaters ’99. He was charged with fraud and jailed and Sweetwaters: The Untold Story is his account of what went wrong. Billed as an autobiography."[1]
See also
References
- ^ "NZ Rock Music Festivals Timeline". www.nzhistory.net.nz.
External links
- AudioCulture story Pt.1
- AudioCulture story Pt.2
- Sweetwaters: The Untold Story
- History of New Zealand rock music festivals (NZHistory.net.nz)
- New Zealand University Days - Sweetwater Music Festival
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