Splendour in the Grass 2014
Highway Driving
Byron Bay Beach
Wategos
Ball Park Music
THE 1975
Splendour in the Grass.... Where can I start!
After staying with a friend in Lismore, and day
tripping to Byron Bay Sarah, Rach and myself set off to North Byron Parklands
on Wednesday 23rd of July.
Around 5pm we met up with our fellow campers and
our convoy of 3 cars joined the line driving down the lantern lined, dirt track
towards the festival. Setting up a tent is hard enough, let alone in the
dark but we managed and got on to cooking dinner (if you excuse nearly blowing
up our stove).
The perks of camping at the festival started to show on
Thursday when we had a day to explore the markets and festival grounds before the
fun really began.
Friday was the first day of the festival and we kicked off
the day with the DMA’s, followed by The Preatures and The Kite String Tangle.
When you’re listening to Ball Park Music at the amphitheatre as the sun sets
you know you’re in for a good night. Asgeir, the Hoodoo Gurus and Childish
Gambino prepared us for Friday nights headliner act Outkast - Let me here you
say “Hey Ya…. Hey Ya.” Outkast had us so pumped that we went to the Global
Village Drank Coconut Chai and danced till 1 in the morning, then found a
garden filled with floating hammocks, so jumped the fence and hung out there
until it got to cold to sit in summer clothes in winter weather in the early
hours of the morning.
Saturday morning was spent sticking jewels on and painting
our faces before heading into the festival to catch the second half of Cicra
Waves (only regret not seeing the first ½ of the set). Sticky Fingers was up
next followed by The 1975 – they were amazing, I have been having a obsession
with The 1975 since. We went to Art vs Science which was also incredible, the
vibe during ‘Parlez-vous Francais was something else! We saw The Jezabels that
night, it was the only time it rained the whole weekend, and the lead singer
Hayley Mary was so emotional and appreciative because they grew up about 20
minutes from Byron. She crowd surfed and their music was awesome. We also saw
Foals and Rufus before heading back to the Global Village, where my sister and
I spotted Sean Keenan.
We painted and bejewelled our faces once again on Sunday
morning and headed to Broods, followed by Jungle. We danced like crazy people
at Buraka Som Sistema, which was so much fun. That night we saw Grouplove as
the sunset, and Chvrches, both were incredible. We ended the night with Nina
Las Vegas, Foster the People and Ben Howard.
We packed up on Monday morning and headed off after
jumpstarting one of our cars (what’s a road trip without at least one flat
battery?) Making a few food stops along the way it wasn’t until we were nearly
back in Sydney that it hit me the awesome adventure was coming to an end. I cannot
wait for my next festival experience!
xo
