Stereosonic was an annual electronic dance music festival held in Australia in November and early December. Stereosonic was held in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, and Melbourne, attracting attendances of up to 200,000 patrons nationally featuring the biggest electronic artists in the world.
Stereosonic was a collaboration of two major Australia promoters Totem Industries and Onelove Music Group. In 2010 Totem Industries and Onelove Music Group created Totem Onelove Group, Australia's leading electronic music companies. In 2013 Totem Onelove Group was acquired by U.S. based global electronic music company SFX Entertainment of New York.
As of 2012, it was regarded as Australia's fastest growing music festival. In 2016 however, the event was cancelled with the promise that it would return "bigger and better". The festival did not return in 2017, and no announcements have been made regarding its revival for 2018 or beyond.
Onelove Music Group announced new event – Festival X. It was planned for 2018, but did not happen: "Due to unforeseen last-minute changes in artist availability, the partners involved in Festival X have agreed not to proceed with the 2018 event. We set out to deliver the very best experience and the compromises to the proposed line-up did not meet the vision that we have for FestivalX. More news will follow on our future plans for FestivalX – stay tuned to the website and Facebook page for more information". No event was planned in 2019.
History 2007: Totem Industries and Onelove Music Group started Stereosonic music festival in Melbourne.
2008: Stereosonic expands and is held in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
2009: Stereosonic was held as a truly national event across (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
2010: Totem Industries and Onelove Music officially form the joint company “Totem Onelove Group”. Tiesto headlined Stereosonic for his first Australian festival appearance since 2003.
2011: The Sydney Stereosonic event was held with the incorporation of ANZ Stadium as the main arena, attracting a crowd of 70,000 people. The Sydney event is the largest single day festival attendance ever in Australia.
2012: Stereosonic attracts over 200,000 patrons across five Australian capital cities. The festival is awarded the most popular festival in Australia at the inthemix awards.
Totem Onelove partners with AIDs charity, (RED) for the first ever live stream of Stereosonic in an effort to raise awareness of the fight against AIDs.
2013: Totem Onelove Group purchased by SFX Entertainment.
Stereosonic, Australia's premier electronic music festival, expands from a one-day festival to a two-day festival across five Australian capital cities. David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Armin van Buuren lead a lineup of over 350 artists.
Totem Onelove supports leading world AIDS charity for DANCE (RED) SAVE LIVES 2 by supporting the live YouTube stream of Stereosonic Sydney.
Patronage
The festival promoters originally began working in Melbourne nightclubs forming the company Totem OneLove, which was in turn purchased by SFX Entertainment in 2013.
The 2009 event was the first to see all five cities host."Stereosonic lineup lands for 2009!" by Angus Paterson. inthemix, 6 August 2009
The 2011 Stereosonic Sydney was the largest festival ever held in Australia. 60,000 people were in attendance with more than 50 people charged for drug possession offences. The Public Order and Riot Squad were called in after patrons attacked police who were trying to break up fights and to assist with other crowd management issues. That year Stereosonic also sold out in Melbourne and Adelaide.
The 2012 Perth event attracted almost 31,000 people. The 2012 Melbourne event was attended by around 45,000 people. That event saw the arrest of 92 festival-goers on drugs charges. In 2013, Stereosonic expanded to a two-day festival format across all five cities, enabling more than 50 international artists and over 300 local emerging Australian acts to perform. This was the first time an Australian festival, held on such a large scale across five cities, had been held on multi-days in densely populated cities. Calvin Harris, David Guetta and Armin van Buuren headlined the event, with the Sydney event streamed online to raise awareness for leading AIDS charity, (RED) on World AIDS Day.
The 2015 Sydney event attracted a crowd of over 48,000, with 69 people being charged for drug supply and possession.
Incidents A 25-year-old woman became ill at the 2015 Sydney festival and died in hospital from a drug overdose. A man was arrested on 4 December for supplying the woman with drugs. Also in 2015, a 19-year-old man died at the Adelaide Stereosonic event.
Lineups
2007
Fedde Le Grand Booka Shade Trentemoller DJ Mehdi Tim Deluxe Kevin Saunderson Stacey Pullen Paul Harris Vicarious Bliss Steve Rachmad Martijn Ten Velden Klaas Alex (Chicks on Speed) Meat Katie The Potbelleez John Course Grant Smilie Ajax Acid Jacks Kaz James
2008
Sneaky Sound System Paul van Dyk Carl Cox PNAU Midnight Juggernauts Booka Shade Infected Mushroom DJ Hell Crookers Kaz James TV Rock Vitalic Japanese Popstars DJ Funk (ed banger) Tommie Sunshine Headman Don Diablo Mowgli Giuseppe Ottaviani Stu Stone Sam La More Dave Nada Devlin and Darko (BBC/Spank Rock DJs) Mr Maqs (ed banger) Ajax
2009
Deadmau5 Axwell Fedde Le Grand John Dahlbäck Crookers Surkin The Bloody Beetroots feat MC Justin Pearson Miss Kittin & The Hacker Marco Carola Chicane Cut Copy DJs Dragonette Drop the Lime Renaissance Man Alter Ego Zombie Nation Umek Hudson Mohawke Tim Sweeney (DFA) The Cobra Snake Kidda Juan Kidd Grant Smillie Andy Murphy Acid Jacks Grafton Primary Canyons Knightlife Bag Raiders
2010
Tiesto Calvin Harris Robyn (Cancelled) Major Lazer Sebastian Ingrosso Benny Benassi Wiley Ricardo Villalobos Infected Mushroom Jeff Mills Afrojack Luciano DJ Sneak Annie Mac Caspa and MC Rod Azlan Giuseppe Ottaviani (GO! Live) Reboot DJ T Optimo DJ Dan Congorock Sied van Riel Technasia Russ Chimes Redshape L-VIS 1990 Aly and Fila Butters & Jaydee
2011
Armin Van Buuren Carl Cox LMFAO Empire of the Sun Afrojack The Bloody Beetroots Avicii Benny Benassi Ferry Corsten Dirty South Kaskade Dash Berlin Sub Focus live Andy C Mr Oizo Chris C (Aus) PNAU Pretty Lights Annie Mac Crookers BT Live Caspa MC Dynamite Claude VonStroke Datsik Lucy Love Bag Raiders Zombie Nation LED Show Drop the Lime Band The 2 Bears (Joe Hot Chip and Raf Daddy) Guy Gerber The Gaslamp Killer Deetron EDX Jochen Miller Arty Yousef Madeon Dream Peter Van Hoesen Myon & Shane 54 Destructo Acid Jack Live Jon Rundell MC Stretch ShockOne Beni (musician)
2012
Tiesto Avicii Calvin Harris Example (musician) Carl Cox Major Lazer Laidback Luke Martin Solveig Dash Berlin Markus Schulz Diplo Sander Van Doorn Infected Mushroom Chuckie Flux Pavilion Mr Oizo Porter Robinson Chris C (Aus) Loco Dice Bassnectar JFK MSTRKRFT Excision (musician) Adam Beyer Aly and Fila Caspa Datsik Joris Voorn Bingo Players Tommy Trash Simon Patterson Gesaffelstein Orjan Nilsen Dillon Francis Foreign Beggars Zedd Brodinski Krewella Nina Kraviz Van She Alvin Risk Destructo MaRLo Club Cheval Treasure Fingers French Fries Beni (musician) Duke Dumont Mickey Kaz James Feenixpawl Acid Jack
2013 Headline acts for the 2013 festivals include David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Armin Van Buuren.
Above & Beyond Acid Jacks Afrojack Alesso Aly & Fila B2B John O'Callaghan Andrew Rayel Andy C Axwell Bingo Players Boys Noize Breach Bryan Kearney Burns Cajmere Claude VonStroke Clockwork Destructo DJ Falcon DJedjotronic Doctor P Dog Blood Drumsound & Bassline Smith Empire of the Sun Ferry Corsten Feenixpawl Flight Facilities Fritz Kalkbrenner Gareth Emery Generik Giuseppe Ottaviani Heatbeat Hot Natured Hot Since 82 Infinity Ink Jamie Jones Jochen Miller Justin Martin Kaz James Chris C (Aus) Krewella Labrinth Late Nite Tuff Guy Lee Foss Lemaitre M4sonic Maceo Plex MarLo Mat Zo Matrix & Futurebound Nero Nick Thayer Nicky Romero Noisia & Foreign Beggars Presents I Am Legion RL Grime Robert Delong Sebastian Ingrosso Shock:One Showtek Solarstone Solomun Stafford Brothers Sunnery James Ryan Marciano The Bloody Beetroots TJR Tommie Sunshine Tommy Trash UZ What So Not W&W Will Sparks Zedd
2013 Arenas Full on Ferry Hot Creations HARD UKF
2014
Calvin Harris Tiësto Diplo Disclosure (DJ Set) W&W DJ Snake Duke Dumont Will Sparks RL Grime Peking Duk NERVO Cedric Gervais Cosmic Gate Andrew Rayel Tale Of Us Destructo Ørjan Nilsen Nina Kraviz Oliver Heldens Wilkinson Scuba Cash Cash Kölsch MaRLo Mano Le Tough Shogun Uberjak'd Mark Sixma Slumberjack Nina Las Vegas Timmy Trumpet M4SONIC Tigerlily Generik Carmada (L D R U & Yahtzel) Skrillex Alesso Steve Aoki Showtek Dash Berlin Carl Cox Porter Robinson (Live) Laidback Luke New World Punx TJR Ferry Corsten Noisia Deorro Headhunterz MK DVBBS Booka Shade (Live) Markus Schulz What So Not Joel Fletcher John O'Callaghan Foreign Beggars Hot Since 82 Alison Wonderland Crookers Jack Beats The Aston Shuffle Route 94 Simon Patterson Alex Metric Deetron Kaz James Ilan Bluestone Acid Jacks Nick Thayer ZHU
2015 Stereosonic 2015 reverted to a 1-day event unlike the 2013 and 2014 events which were run over 2 days.
Armin van Buuren Major Lazer Axwell Λ Ingrosso Showtek Oliver Heldens Galantis Diplo DJ Snake Duke Dumont Will Sparks Peking Duk Mashd N Kutcher Tchami Generik What So Not Carnage Carmada Jauz Slumberjack Clean Bandit (live) Gareth Emery Andrew Rayel MaRLo Andrew Bayer Emma Hewitt Headhunterz Mark Sherry Jason Ross Exis Dan Burke MK Claptone (immortal – live) Claude VonStroke Hannah Wants Patrick Topping Shiba San Cut Snake Hot Dub Time Machine Timmy Trumpet SHOCKONE Snails Jessie Andrews Tigerlily Glover Yolanda Be Cool JDG Joel Fletcher Samuel James Kyro Andy Murphy Brynny Scndl Who Killed Mickey Matt Watkins
Awards inthemix Annual Awards
2014"The 2015 inthemix Awards results are in" by Katie Cunningham. Inthemix, 24 June 2015 Winner Best Major Festival
2013 Winner Best Major Festival (First year Inthemix has awarded nationally instead of state by state)
2012"The 2012 inthemix awards results are in!" by Jack Tregoning. Inthemix, 18 September 2012 Winner Favourite Festival – New South Wales Winner Favourite Festival – South Australia Winner Favourite Festival – Victoria Runner-up Favourite Festival – Western Australia Runner-up Favourite Festival – Queensland
2011 Winner Favourite Festival – Victoria Winner Favourite Festival – South Australia Winner Favourite Festival – Western Australia Runner-up Favourite Festival – New South Wales Runner-up Favourite Festival – Queensland
2010 Winner Favourite Festival – Victoria Winner Favourite Festival – Western Australia Runner-up Favourite Festival – South Australia Runner-up Favourite Festival – Queensland
See also
List of electronic music festivals Creamfields Australia
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