Festival No. 0000358 · Est. 1997
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Voices from the field
Reviews
Nothing written about this edition concerts yet - pick whoever you watched and be the first.
Four questions, one answer each
Rate this festival
Nobody has said what this weekend was like
2+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Big Day Out 2005 was actually like to be at.
Every edition since 1997
Big Day Out editions
Somewhere in Penrose
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Mt Smart Stadium
- Address
- Beasley Avenue 1061
- City
- Penrose, New Zealand
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Mt Smart Stadium, Penrose for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Beastie Boys formed in New York, United States, in 1979, and split up in 2014, after 35 years. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative rock, east coast hip hop, electro, experimental hip hop, funk, hardcore hip hop, hardcore punk. -
Chemical Brothers formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno.

