This article is about the music festival. For the slang word, seeHomebake (slang).
Homebake 2006 - The Domain
Homebake was an annualAustralianrock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist fromNew Zealand). The festival was first held on 3 January 1996 at Belongil Fields inByron Bay, on the far north coast ofNew South Wales. The same year saw a second event held at the grounds of theUniversity of Sydney.
The festival returned in January 1998 as an East Coast event happening inMelbourne, theGold Coast andSydney. In December of the same year, it was held again in Sydney this time at theDomain. In late 1999 the event went on the road again, but this time to only theGold Coast and Sydney. In 2000 the festival reverted to just Sydney, and was held at theDomain every December until 2012.
Tickets for the festival have regularly sold out in advance and typically quickly, evidenced by the 2006 event which sold out on the first day of sale. The fastest sellout, however, was in 2008, when all 20,000 tickets sold 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'sHack 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]
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]
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 predominantlyAustralasian, American bandBlondie has been selected as theheadlining act. Pond, Tame Impala, Kimbra, Something For Kate, Hilltop Hoods, Sonic Animation, and Birds of Tokyo are some of the other performing artists.[4]
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