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
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, 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."
See also New Zealand music festivals
References
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