Geelong will host the Motor City Music Festival in March, 2014.
Geelong will become Geetroit for the weekend. Detroit was named Motor City in the USA for its domination of car production. Ford set up shop in Geelong in 1925 making the Victorian city Australia’s Motor City. The first Ute was built in Geelong in 1934.
The Motor City Music Festival will include Boom Crash Opera, Chocolate Starfish, Daryl Braithwaite, Nick Barker, Rick Price, the Chantoozies and Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk.
The festival will be a three-day event at the Geelong Showgrounds. There will be five stages, food and wine and a beer hall. The organisers of the event are the people behind the legendary Queenscliff Blues Train.
Also on the bill, Alister Turnbull, Andrea Marr, Appetite For Destruction, Blues Eyes Cry, Blues Mountain, Brian Fraser, Chris Wilson, Claude Hay, Die Hard Dolls, Geoff Achison, George Kamikawa, Glitter Gang, Jimi Hocking, John McNamara, Kisstroyer, Lloyd Spiegel, Louis King, Macro Goldsmith, Michael Stangel and Mr Black & Blues.
The full program is:
FRIDAY 7th MARCH
Alister Turrill
Blue Eyes Cry
Chocolate Starfish
Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk
Claude Hay
Crown of Thorns
George Kamikawa & Noriko Tadano
Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine
John McNamara
Lloyd Spiegel
Nick Barker and the Heartache State
oH sopHia
Palace of the King
Raw Brit
Spoonful
Tex Miller
Wayne Jury
SATURDAY 8th MARCH
Andrea Marr Band
Appetite for Destruction – Guns N Roses Tribute Show
Blues Mountain
Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk
Claude Hay
Die Hard Dolls
Geoff Achison
Jimi Hocking with Bert Dievert (US)
Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine with Geoff Achison & Lloyd Spiegel
John McNamara
Kisstroyer – Australia’s Hottest Kiss Tribute
Lloyd Spiegel
Louis King & the Liars Club
Marco Goldsmith trio
Mr Black & Blues
Pearl – The Janis Joplin Show
Shed Zepplin
Spoonful
Sweet Felicia & the Honeytones
The Australian Queen Tribute Show
The Doors Show – Absolutely Live
Thunderstruck – The Ultimate AC/DC Tribute
Wayne Jury
SUNDAY 9th MARCH – FAMILY DAY
Andrea Marr Soul Band
Blue Eyes Cry
Blues Mountain
Boom Crash Opera
Brian Fraser
Claude Hay
Daryl Braithwaite
Geoff Achison
Glitter Gang
John McNamara
Louis King & the Liars Club
Michael Stangel
oH sopHia
Rick Price
Sweet Felicia & the Honeytones
The Chantoozies
The Tuff Tones
Wayne Jury
