The Australian music festival market is a volatile beast, with events both old and new disappearing seemingly every month. There’s only one thing we can all agree on – we’ve all had some great times at Aussie music festivals.

We’ve also had the opportunity to see some absolutely incredible and world-class bands over the years. Our Aussie music festival promoters have been able to work wonders when it comes to bringing big acts to their stages.

With another year of what will no doubt be some more absolutely cracking Aussie festival lineups ahead of us, we’ve decided to reflect and look back on what we reckon are some of the best Aussie music festival lineups of all time.

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