Narara Music Festival - 1983

1983

For the first year, the concert ran over the Australia Day weekend, from Friday 28 January 1983 to Monday 31 January 1983.

The event featured an all Australian bill including Austen Tayshus as M.C.

Australian bands and artists that appeared at the event include:

• Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of Australian band INXS, along with INXS.

• Men at Work.

• Cold Chisel.

• The Angels.

• The Choirboys.

• Uncanny X-Men.

• The Church.

• Australian Crawl.

• Margret Roadknight, (could have appeared in 1984, but 1983 is more likely)

Between 30,000 and 45,000 people are believed to have attended this concert, a few thousand of which were stranded at Narara railway station, believing the concert was being held in Narara.

A highlight of the event was The Angels playing with a blood red full moon rising over the stage behind them.

The Angels performed 11 songs at the concert, which were released as an album, "Live at Narara".

The songs on this album are:

1. Comin Down
2. Eat City
3. Mr. Damage
4. Stand Up
5. No Secrets
6. Take a long line
7. After the rain
8. Shoot it up
9. Shadow boxer
10. Is that you
11. Marseilles

This album was released on VHS in 1988, and has also been released on DVD.

INXS put on a show stopping performance and a fan presented Michael Hutchence with a baby lamb which, made for great press.