Inside the Aussie outback music festival built on a 'crazy gamble': Big Red Bash | Australian Story
Greg Donovan was in his early 50s when he was made redundant from the Sydney insurance company he’d worked at for 20 years. Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5
Instead of investing his payout, he took a massive gamble and used it to bankroll a musical passion project in Munga-Thirri country, on the outskirts of the Simpson Desert near Birdsville.
Eight years later, the Big Red Bash has evolved into the world’s most remote music festival, playing host to some of Australia's most famous musicians.
Promoters and managers around the country were awestruck that someone with no experience in the industry could pull off such an event.
For musician Jimmy Barnes' manager, John Watson, it's proof yet again that a "crazy person with a good idea" will always be able to find a place in showbiz.
Featuring music from Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins and John Williamson.
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Can't help but compare this to the fiasco of Fyre Festival back in 2017 ... the opposite in just about every way!!!! Another Aussie making us proud!!!!!
@amelia_k1082
Жыл бұрын
Yes, nothing like Fyre Festival and yet everything like it was supposed to be! That concert ended up being an insult to the entire music industry. There used to be a documentary on Netflix about that fiasco, was certainly interesting to say the least! This Aussie guy def got it right!
Thank you ABC I so enjoyed that
What an inspiring story! Kudos to Greg for going off the beaten track....it's what great people are made of! 👏🏽
Unbelievable story 😊
I've always wanted to go this festival. Roadtrips are so fun. But didn't know this started with a marathon fundraiser. Wow, such a great story.
Great story. Congratulations to Greg on his achievements.
Such an awesome bloke 👏
Interesting that it wasn't mentioned that they're not just doing the Birdsville Big Red Bash anymore, they've expanded and started doing the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash as well - which is a little more accessible for many people that can't make it to the Big Red.
@theStevenPowell
7 ай бұрын
what do u mean? They are still doing the Big Red Bash. Where did you hear that from?
@grandmothergoose
7 ай бұрын
@@theStevenPowell I'll rephrase. They're not ONLY doing the big red bash anymore, they've expanded... there's now two of them. The big red, and the mundi mundi.
So cool. Going for the first time in 2023!
Oneday I will go there
Unbelievable, congrats Aussie Go,go
That was absolutely fantastic. Amazing story from beginning to the end. Brilliant 👏👏👏👏
That's the Spirit ❤ 🇦🇺
Great success story!
Wow, A-MAZING!!!
That's the best story ever!!! 😀❤️🇦🇺🎸🤘
What an inspirational story ,,fantastic stuff,,what spirit and perseverance ,,well done to you,,it gives people hope to never give up in life and to follow your instincts,,they say follow your gut feeling and you did,,,,,,cheers my friend
Dream...
Get Kevin Bloody Wilson out there and you'll double the crowd !!
What’s that song jimmy is signing plz
@aussieaussieaussie8158
Жыл бұрын
Lay your guns down 😊 got it 🎉
Well done, what a big set of dusters, putting his redundancy money on the line to pursue a dream.
Oh look: Burning Man. Who'd have thought that doing what Burning Man had been doing since 1991 would be a proven business plan?
@bev9708
Жыл бұрын
Black Rock Desert is 100 miles from Reno, a city of about 300,000 people and a major tourist destination with intense transport infrastructure, in a state of well over 3 million in a country of well over 330 million!! Birdsville is 450 miles from Mt Isa, a town of about 19,000 people or 1000 miles from Brisbane, a city of 2.6 million, in a country of almost 26 million people! So your "proven business plan" sarcasm does seem kinda ignorant!!
@wyldflwr
Жыл бұрын
@@bev9708 I've seen Burning Man leave a lot of garbage behind when they're done...I don't believe that's happening at this Festival or the Indigenous man who owns it would shut it down.
@williamchamberlain2263
Жыл бұрын
@@bev9708 Reno has a lot of stuff going on, in a state with a lot of stuff going on, in a country with a lot of stuff going on. Australia is pretty quiet so, despite your ignorance of how competition works, there's a large population of people who don't have many alternative outlets to draw on.
@bev9708
Жыл бұрын
@@wyldflwr Gosh yes I saw a truly shocking documentary about that side of Running Man!!
@matthewmcdonald8504
Жыл бұрын
@@wyldflwr in fact I have herd him on a interview and no rubbish is left behind