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Party In The Paddock Announces That 2020 Will Be The Festival’s Last Year

Absolutely devastating news for Tasmanian festival goers as Party In The Paddock is packing up after their 2020 event, in a huge loss for the Tasmanian live music scene.

In a statement, festival organisers Vibestown Productions said that they believe it’s time for this festival to end.

“One of the hardest decisions of our lives, it feels like we’re saying goodbye to a dear old friend, a loved one… like we’re putting down the family dog,” the statement reads.

“But we’ve had to be really honest with ourselves. All things – no matter how special – must at some point come to an end, and we want the most special project of our lives to go out on top. We believe that PITP is at the top of its game and ‘only the good die young’.”

“This thing that started back in our early twenties, as a WILD and fairly innocent party,” the statement continues.

“We invited our mates and they invited theirs and it just kept growing, until the smell of an independent music and arts festival was in the air. The council tried to close us down, and tragically, one of our best of friends passed away overseas on the eve of the first official PITP back in 2013… But whatever came our way, one thing was certain – Party in the Paddock, Tasmania, was meant to be.”

The 2020 festival will be taking place in early February in White Hills, and is sporting a huge lineup including Matt Corby, Hermitude, Dune Rats, Mallrat, Broods and stacks more. On top of that, the festival has teased the return of some of the biggest acts from years past.

The festival has also submitted a petition for pill testing to be trialled at their final iteration as well.

Check out all the details of the final Party In The Paddock below.

RIP Party In The Paddock, 2012 – 2020

Party in the Paddock 2020 Full Lineup

Matt Corby

Hermitude

Dune Rats

Broods (NZ)

Cosmo’s Midnight

Jack River

Sneaky Sound System

Briggs

Mallrat

Mahalia (UK)

Lime Cordiale

Confidence Man

Odette

The Chats

Dear Seattle

Tora

I Know Leopard

Press Club

These New South Whales

Arno Faraji

True Vibenation

The Dead Love

Ninajirachi

The Butlers (NZ)

Claire Anne Taylor

The Vanns

Miiesha

Bakers Eddy

Klue

First Beiege

Ro

Batz

Denni

Raccoon Dog

Cool Out Sun

100

The Buoys

Ant Beard

Karate Boogaloo

The Embers

Isla Ka

Darvid Thor

Hurricane Youth

Jay Jarome Band

Celeste

Slaughterhäus Surf Cult

In the Flowers

Meg Hitchcock (UK)

Medhanit

Mangana Dancers

Triple J Unearthed Act

Party In The Paddock 2020

Thursday, 6th – Saturday, 8th February

White Hills, Tasmania

Tickets: Official Website

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