Tess Birch - How NOT To Run A Music Festival

When Tess Birch's partner asked if she wanted to hear about his business idea, she said "no thank you."  He then said the seven words that would haunt her for the next seven years of her life: "I'm going to run a music festival."

In this solo stand up show, How NOT to Run a Music Festival, Tess tells the story of how she went from a law graduate to a full-blown event organiser, somewhat against her will and despite the fact that she doesn't even like music that much. 

From how to find a site by door knocking at remote country properties (without getting murdered), to tips to cleaning portaloos at 3am, from tracking down missing vegan food truck workers and keeping the show going during omicron outbreaks, bush fires and freak storms, this is the essential guide for anyone who wants to be talked out of running a large-scale event.

So don your best festival shirt, grab your doof stick, gather 20 mates and come along on a journey of what it takes to start and run a music festival. 

“Brilliant” ★★★★  The Age

Rated: PG, course language (occasional/mild) and references to drug use.

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