Before Splendour there was Sunbury ☀️ The much-loved Splendour in the Grass Music Festival kicks off this weekend, bringing together tens of thousands of music lovers from across the country for a community experience like no other. Multi-day festivals have been a mainstay in Australian youth and music culture since the first was held in the early 1970s, which marked the end of the hippy era and the rise of pub rock. These initial festivals set new precedents in the music industry and became par

Birthed out of the popularity of America's freewheeling hippie Woodstock festival, Sunbury Pop Festival was hailed as being Australia's first multi-day camping festival, and saw the beginning of the nations love for pub rock music. After running successful events in 1972 and 1973, the 1974 Sunbury Pop festival introduced a second stage and boasted acts such as Skyhooks, Sherbet and a little British rock band called Queen - who were rumoured to have been booed off stage during their set. We're ki

9.4K views · 308 reactions | Sunbury ’72, footage from the morning after. Song: ‘Observations from a second story window ‘by Greg Quill's band ‘Country Radio’ Their biggest hit, "Gypsy Queen", co-written by Quill with bandmate Kerryn Tolhurst. R.I.P. Greg Quill 18 April 1947 – 5 May 2013. *Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Quill Footage sourced from the Sunbury 30th anniversary dvd released in 2002. | 20th Century Melbourne Australia Photos Videos Memories . | Facebook

11K views · 70 reactions | 50 years ago today, the first Sunbury Pop Festival launched a revolution in Australian music. Considered our version of Woodstock, the festival shocked Melbourne but inspired a new breed of Aussie rockers who are still playing today. 7NEWS at 6pm | More local news: www.7news.com.au/news/vic #7NEWS | 7NEWS Melbourne | Facebook

231K views · 5.4K reactions | In this clip from the Sunbury ’73...