To say the shit hit the fan in the leadup to the Melbourne Harvest Festival would be an understatement. We witnessed timetabling problems, the promoter pissing off his headline act, transport dilemmas, sideshow inconsistencies, you name it. However the beauty of a great music festival is that, come the day itself, all the periphery stuff seems to just fade away and all that matters is the music.
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Last Minute Bright Eyes Sideshow
In a truly surprising move that is indicative of the complete lack of competent organisation of Harvest sideshows, Bright Eyes have announced that they will be playing a Melbourne sideshow a mere two weeks before hitting our shores. This is great news for fans of the band that can’t make it to the festival, given that this is heavily rumoured to be Bright Eyes’ last Australian tour.
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Harvest Festival (Finally) Officially Announced
As has been widely speculated, a new music festival is coming to Australia: The Harvest Festival. And the lineup is just as amazing as we have been expecting.
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Harvest Festival Rumour Mill
If you’re in the mood for getting your hopes up only to have them potentially dashed in the most horrific fashion, then this is the post for you. A couple of weeks ago a music industry insider dubbed ‘Missinfo Chrissy’ claimed that “The Soundwave promoter is diverting his attention from the punk/bogan/emo/rock world and doing a more indie styled event called ‘Harvest’ which I believe will deffo feature Portishead and Bright Eyes and The National. Pretty sure this will be East Coast only”.
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November 14, 2011 
