General Information
General Information
A few things worth knowing:
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- Gates open Friday 18th November at midday. Do not arrive before this time unless you want to wait for hours on end in an empty paddock!
- Music and other activities start at 5pm Friday.
- All scheduled performances and stages finish at 5pm on Sunday.
- All patrons are required to leave the site prior to midday Monday 21st November.
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The program schedule/line-up will be available on the website around one week before the festival.
Leave No Trace
This is a Leave No Trace event. You are responsible for everything you bring onsite, including the waste you generate. Clean and sorted aluminium cans, plastic bottles and cardboard can be deposited at one of the recycling stations onsite. No facilities for general waste collection will be provided. Visit the Environment section of the website for more information.
Family Friendly Event
Yes Shine On is a family friendly event. Shine On is an all ages event, under 12 year olds are free and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. There will be a family camping area located within the festival. There is no children's area or activities planned at this stage.
What to Bring
- Directions on how to get to Shine On festival
- Your ticket!!!
- $5 deposit for recycling bag deposit (you'll get it back when you surrender your token & bag at the end of the festival).
- $10 for TreeCreds carbon offset - see environment page for more info.
- Tents, extra rope, hammer
- Sleeping matts or mattress ,doona, pillows, warm blankets or sleeping bag
- Shade for you campsite, eg. tarp and poles
- Lightweight camping furniture, eg. folding table, chairs
- Led flashlight or head torch and spare batteries, a camp light.
- Sunscreen, Sunglassess, hat, insect repellant.
- Personal hygeine items.
- Any personal medication if required.
- Really warm clothes and waterproof clothes in case it rains.
- Gumboots if it looks like it is going to be wet
- Money, there is no ATM on site
- Decorations to pimp out your campsite.
- Good shoes for wearing at night.
- Photo ID even if you look 60!
- Drinking Water for your campsite. There is drinking water available on site but it is much more convenient to have it with you when you arrive.
- Esky
- Passouts will be available, however everything you need should be available onsite and we do not encourage you to leave the venue during the event.
Do’s and Dont’s!
- Do not drive to and from the festival while over .05– monitor your alcohol intake, you may face heavy penalties and/or loss of license. If attending with friends or in a group have a designated driver to get you safely to and from the festival.
- Keep all Roads Clear – no parking of any part of your vehicle on roads throughout the festival, they will be towed out of the way if they restrict emergency service vehicle access.
- 10km/hour speed limit or walking pace for all vehicles at all times on the festival site.
- No swimming in any Dams on the festival site!
- Take care under trees, branches can drop from the 200 year old Red Gums on site at anytime and please don’t climb them.
- Smokers please dispose of your butts thoughtfully and don’t butt out on the ground, use portable ashtrays that are available at the info tent and front gate.
- No Dogs or animals of any kind.
- No Bean Bags, those little foam beads don’t mix well with the natural environment when the bean bag breaks.
- No glass.
- No flame policy, no gas cookers, no gas lights, no candles, no fireworks.
- No loud or offensive music that annoys your neighbours at anytime in campgrounds.
- No stage diving, crowd surfing, moshing or aggressive behaviour. Leave any bad behaviour at home, thanks.
- YOUR WRISTBAND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES when at Shine On festival. Do not tamper with it and only remove it when you are on your way home.
- Introduce yourself to your neighbors camped next to you and look out for each others belongings.
- Security staff will be patrolling the camp grounds but please do not leave anything valuable in your tents.
- If you do see a theft-taking place please alert a member of the security staff or report it to the information tent.
- Follow all Terms and Conditions of sale
Location
There’s no better place to hear you favourite music and hang out with your mates than in the beautiful Australian outdoors. Shine On will be hosted in the Pyrenees shire which is an easy two hours drive west of Melbourne and is truly stunning during Spring and the start of Summer. Gently undulating green fields littered with wild flowers and shaded by stunning native trees.
Village market
You'll know you've found the Shine On markets when you find yourself drifting and sifting through a fantasmogorical blend of exotic trinkets, locally handcrafted wonders and artistically inspired inventions just begging you to take them home. Of course you can also expect a fantastic array of sumptuous food and fresh drinks while meandering through the myriad of beautifully decorated stalls.
Cinema
There will be a comfortable cinema at Shine On festival to chill out at, that will operate throughout the night with an assortment of movies and video treats on offer.
Facilities
Drinking Water
There will be free potable drinking water available around the site in the general camping area and in the main festival.
Toilets
Toilets are located in the camping area and also in the festival area. If you see any problem or lack of cleaning please report it to the Information tent. Thankyou
Lost and Found
Where do I report lost or found items at Shine On festival?
If you loose something at the festival, please leave your details at the Information tent. If you FIND something, please do the right thing and hand it in at the Information tent where it will be logged. Remember karma people, and treat people as you would like to be treated yourself.
Where do I report an item that I have lost or found at Shine On festival, now the festival is over?
After the festival, send us an email vial info [at] soundeventgroup [dot] com with the following details:
- Your Full Name
- Description of Lost Item - If lost item is a mobile phone, what make, model or colour is it? What's your Mum's or Dad's phone number? What's the first name in your contacts? What's a recent message in your inbox? Identifying sticker etc, serial number, the PHONE NUMBER?
- Keys: What keys might we find on them - Ford car key, etc, any unique identifying badge or keyring?
- Clothes: colour, fabric, size, brand?
- Cameras: what make, model, identifying markings, photos, serial number, etc?
- Two contact phone numbers
- Mailing address
- Did you register the lost item at the Shine On Info tent by filling out similar details to above?
Trespasser Policy
There will be no exceptions and legal action will be taken if anyone is found trespassing at Shine On festival. A zero tolerance policy is in place for anyone trying to gain entry without a valid ticket, by foot, vehicle or other means. Anyone assisting trespassers will be refused entry or ejected from the festival. If a vehicle is found to be carrying or assisting even one trespasser, all occupants of the vehicle will be refused entry.
Please do not:-
- attempt entry in any manner without a valid ticket or wristband
- trespass on private property, or
- approach or enter/exit the site by any other way, than the authorised entry/exit located at the main festival entry.
Camping with Noisy Neighbours!
We all love going to festivals to see our favorite bands, so why does that person in the campground play music all day and night on a crappy sound system when there is world class musicians playing live music, a couple of hundred metres away on million dollar sound systems? The answer to this question I don't think we will ever know but if this is your neighbor at Shine On festival let us know at the information tent and we will get our operations staff on to them!
You may play music at your campsite but remember you are not there to entertain your neighbours with your personal music taste and cd collection. If you want to play music at your campsite, please keep it down really low as not to disturb your neighbors.
If noise from your campsite is bothering your neighbours, at any time during the festival, you will be asked to turn it down. If you continue to create a disturbance to others camped around you and ignore warnings you may be asked to leave.
Shine On festival is a BYO event!
Shine On festival is a BYO event, although we strongly discouraged excessive amounts of alcohol being consumed or brought into the event . No glass is allowed and if glass is found in your vehicle you will be asked to forfeit the bottle or otherwise you will be refused entry. No kegs that require gas bottles can be used on site. We recommend that you decant any liquid purchased in glass into plastic bottles before you leave home.
Shine On is an all ages event and we ask that you respect your neighbors and the fact that their will be children at the festival and that you drink responsibly. Cars are not to be driven around the site unless you are entering or leaving the festival. We recommend that you have a designated driver for your safe trip home from the festival.
Electricity
There is no access to electricity at the camping areas. There will be a charging point near the Info Tent where you can recharge your mobile phones or other electrical equipment