Supafest was an annual music festival held in Australia during April, created by Paper Chase Touring and Entertainment. It started in 2010, spreading out to in five major capital cities (Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney), though in 2011 the festival was reduced to four shows with the Adelaide leg withdrawn as well as the second show in Sydney. Dubbed as Australia's largest urban music festival, the festival promises to deliver some of the most exciting and leading performers in the urban music world.
History The festival began in 2010 with an announcement in December 2009 introducing the "Ladies And Gentlemen Tour", scheduled for February 2010 with Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Kelly Rowland and Chris Sorbello. After this was announced the show was renamed into "Jamfest" in February 2010 and was rescheduled for April 2010. Due to a potential legal conflict, the promoters changed the name again to "Supafest".
Supafest Australia kicked off in Adelaide, 13 April 2010 and ended in Perth on 18 April 2010. The tours headlining acts were Akon, Kelly Rowland, Jay Sean, Sean Paul, Pitbull and Eve. Each city had separate opening acts. Tickets for the Sydney show on 15 April were quickly sold out. A second show in Sydney on 16 April had been scheduled due to ticket demands.NEW SYDNEY SHOW ANNOUNCED!, supafest.com.au, The organisers of the festival expanded the Supafest to one show outside of Australia and tried to place it at Colombo, Sri Lanka, but was later cancelled. Akon didn't get a Visa for Sri Lanka.
Since 2010 the lineups have expanded and the structure and locations of the shows have changed to accommodate the crowd figures.
In 2013, the Supafest was postponed from April to November, and then ended up never happening at all without a trace.
In 2016, Paper Chase Touring was listed as deregistered on the Australian Securities & Investments Commission website.
Tour dates and artist lineups
2010 13 April 2010 – Adelaide Showground, Adelaide 14 April 2010 – Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne 15 April 2010 – Sydney SuperDome, Sydney 16 April 2010 – Sydney SuperDome, Sydney 17 April 2010 – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane 18 April 2010 – Perth Oval, Perth
ArtistShowAdelaide MelbourneSydneyBrisbanePerthKelly RowlandYesPitbullYes Jay SeanYesSean PaulYes EveYes DJ Nino BrownYesChris SorbelloYes AkonCancelled Yes
2011 9 April 2011 – Stadium Australia, Sydney 10 April 2011 – Arena Joondalup, Perth 16 April 2011 – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane 17 April 2011 – Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
ArtistShowSydneyPerthBrisbaneMelbourneSnoop DoggYesNellyYesTaio CruzYesBusta RhymesYesT-PainYesGameYesCiaraYesKeri HilsonYesBow WowYesFat JoeYesNew BoyzYesBenny D (Akon's DJ)YesDJ Nino BrownYesIsrael CruzYes MiracleYes TimbalandCancelled
2012 14 April 2012 – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane 15 April 2012 – Stadium Australia, Sydney 21 April 2012 – Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne 22 April 2012 – Arena Joondalup, Perth
ArtistShowPerthSydneyMelbourneBrisbaneChris BrownYesT-PainYesIce CubeYesTrey SongzYesKelly RowlandYesLupe FiascoYesBig SeanYesNaughty by NatureYesDJ ScratchYesDJ Nino BrownYesCulture CrewYesJessLynYesLudacrisYesNoP.DiddyCancelledMissy ElliottCancelledRick RossCancelled
See also
List of hip hop music festivals Hip hop culture
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