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Peats Ridge Festival was an Australian sustainable arts and music festival, held in Glenworth Valley, Peats Ridge, 1 hour north of Sydney and 90 minute drive from Newcastle, New South Wales. Established in 2004, one year after the passing of the founder of the Glenworth Valley Horse Riding facility, the Festival had been recognised as one of the world’s leading sustainability events.〔http://www.wwf.org.au/act/events/peats-ridge-sustainable-music-and-arts-festival-nsw-20091229/〕 The festival ran for three days around New Year's Eve, from 29 December to 1 January. The event organisers relied heavily on volunteer support, and this service was rewarded with a free ticket to the person. This type of employment strategy highlighted one of many of the sustainable options chosen by organisers to set up, run and close the event. Following poor ticket sales at the 2012 festival, the company running it has now gone into liquidation and there will be no 2013 festival. Many creditors, including the John Butler Trio, were owed a total of $1.25 million. In addition to the music artists which form the line up, it featured an arts program packed with visual and installation arts, performance, comedy, contemporary dance and theatre. Peats Ridge had been recognised for discovering and presenting up-and-coming bands and artists, supported by an application process for emerging acts. In 2010 Angus and Julia Stone, previous up and coming artists, headlined on the first night of the event, showing the goodwill that the festival harvests between organisers and performers alike.〔http://www.peatsridgefestival.com.au/index.php/applications〕 The festival was a camping event and had been open to all ages, with free entrance for children under 6 and a full program of events and activities for families and children, in addition to family camping areas. Of course, organizers hope to resurrect the Peats Ridge Festival in the not-too-distant future. ==Awards and accreditations== The Peats Ridge Festival has been recognized on both a national and international level for its focus and achievement in sustainability. The festival has been awarded: * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peats Ridge Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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