Splendour in the Grass

splendour in the grass is an annual music, arts and youth culture event that has taken place each july/august since 2001. it was held in byron bay (nsw, aus) for the first 9 nine years and in woodford (qld) for 2010 and 2011. splendour then made a spectacular return to its home town of byron bay in 2012 and then in 2013 the event was held at splendour’s new permanent home, north byron parklands with a capacity of 25,000 people per day (over 3 event days). splendour in the grass is on the top of most discerning australian music fan's wish-lists of must-go camping festivals, which results in feverish activity on the day tickets go on sale. past years have featured a staggering array of the world's leading music talent including smashing pumpkins, bloc party, jack white, coldplay, the pixies, the strokes, kanye west, tv on the radio, the national, mumford & sons, jane’s addiction, lcd soundsystem, arctic monkeys, death cab for cutie, queens of the stone age, interpol, yeah yeah yeahs, flo