Australia’s iconic outback music festivals are back for 2024
Don’t miss the iconic Birdsville Big Red Bash and Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash in 2024 — organise your tickets now!
The Birdsville Big Red Bash and Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash music festivals have become iconic events on the Aussie outback calendar, drawing thousands upon thousands of travellers to these beautifully remote destinations each year.
Held in the heart of the Australian outback, the 2024 events are expected to be bigger and better than ever, and tickets are now on sale. And conveniently, the festivals are held with just over a month between them so that you’ve got plenty of time to attend both if you want to keep the festival train going.
The Birdsville Big Red Bash will be running from 2 to 4 July 2024, and tickets can be purchased here.
The Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash will run from 15 to 17 August 2024. Get your tickets here.
Volunteer tickets have sold out at both events.
Festival owner and managing director of the Outback Music Festival Group, Greg Donovan, said the events are run at two of the most iconic outback locations in Australia, with the Big Red Bash also taking bragging rights as the most remote music festival in the world.
“I don’t think there’s anything like our events anywhere else on the planet,” Donovan said. “People come in from every corner of the country for a unique bucket-list experience that’s all about celebrating Aussie music, this incredible outback land, community spirit and just getting stuck in and having a good time.”
Aussie icons
The community spirit, stunning surroundings and numerous activities are major drawcards for all visitors to each festival, but we can’t forget the star-studded lineup of Aussie musicians who will be performing at each event.
For the first time, music legends Tina Arena and Jon Stevens will be the headlining acts at the Birdsville Big Red Bash. They’ll be joined by more than 30 other fabulous artists, including Ian Moss, Richard Clapton, Colin Hay, Tim Finn, Diesel, Baby Animals, Casey Barnes, Pierce Brothers, Rolling Stones Revue, Chocolate Starfish and many more.
Another Bash festival first-time headliner is James Reyne, who will be performing at the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash, alongside a long all-Aussie roster featuring Jon Stevens, The Living End, Daryl Braithwaite, Vanessa Amorosi, Sarah McLeod, Mundi Mundi Bash Band and many others.
The full lineups can be found on the festivals’ websites (linked below).
On what will be her very first performance at the Birdsville Big Red Bash, Tina Arena said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be headlining 2024’s Big Red Bash. I’ve stood on many interesting stages in my time, but never on one nestled in front of a 30-metre-high sand dune — I can’t wait.”
Join in the fun!
Both the Birdsville Big Red Bash and Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash are all-ages, dog-friendly camping events that run across three days. The festivals offer a uniquely Australian adventure for families, grey nomads, camping and caravanning enthusiasts and intrepid travellers. Festivalgoers can expect an exciting lineup of artists, bands and cover acts representing a slew of music genres from rock, pop, folk, country and more.
Off stage, each iconic event will also feature a wide-ranging program of outback activities from a Nutbush City Limits World Record dance-off attempt (the current record of 6594 boot-scooters was set by the Mundi Mundi Bash in August 2023) to a Mad Max costume dress up world record attempt at the Mundi Mundi Bash events, sunrise yoga on the iconic Big Red sand dune, dunny door painting, comedy and outdoor film screenings, scenic helicopter flights, camel rides and charity initiatives like the ‘Bashville Drags’ at the Birdsville Big Red Bash and the ‘Mundi Undi Run’ at the Mundi Mundi Bash — both runs raising funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The Big Blue Day will also become a fixture for both events in 2024. The newly created day was a highlight of the 2023 Big Red Bash, with a new world record set for the largest human image of a country with 5467 participants dressed head to toe in blue.
The Big Blue Day charity partner at the Big Red Bash will be JDRF, while the Mundi Mundi Bash will partner with Beyond Blue and both events will attempt to smash the world record for the largest human image of a country, so be sure to join in the fun next year and help raise money for these good causes.
More information
To find out more about each festival or to organise your tickets, go here:
Birdsville Big Red Bash 2–4 July 2024
Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash 15–17 August 2024
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