The Basin Music Festival

Every March the peaceful quite suburb of The Basin at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges gets disrupted by the by the loud noise and bright lights of The Basin Music Festival.

The Basin Community Festival runs for three days over March in The Basin Triangle and surrounding shops attracting many visitors to the live music and community stalls, heading into its 7^th year the festival has been moved back a week from its usual time due to St Patricks Day so now the festival will be from the 23^rd to the 25^th of March.

Across 7 venues festival goers will be treated to many different styles of music that are found in the local region from Folk music to Rock, Blues to Jazz , and even Death Metal Mongolian Throat Singers as John Mortimore President of The Basin Music Festival association would say to describe the range of music that the festival offers.

Another major component of the music festival has been the Big Break Youth Stage which has offered young musicians an amazing opportunity to perform in a fun professional environment as they start their way into the music world, the youth stage is run with an opt-in competition with past winners going onto performing in a variety of music concerts around Victoria. The Big Break Youth Stage has been moved to its own weekend in July (21^st to 23^rd July) to better benefit young musicians.

The festival is the largest community music festival on the east side of Melbourne, been supported by the local Council (Knox City Council), community groups and local businesses The Basin Music Festival is a music event you can’t miss! Especially with half the stages been free to enter and enjoy, but we would like a donation to help pay for it all!

If you would like any more information about the festival check out http://www.thebasinmusic.org.au/

Anthony Osborne

Youth Coordinator

The Basin Music Festival