Angus and Julia Stone, Xavier Rudd and The Rubens were just a few of the huge name artists who travelled to Forbes over the weekend for VANFEST.
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Musicians from across the country gathered in the Central West with more than 7500 fans in tow, road tripping from places including Sydney, Canberra, Mildura, Wauchope and the Gold Coast.
Organiser Matt Clifton was very happy with how well the two-day event went.
“I have not received one negative piece of feedback. I am extremely proud,” he said.
On Monday Clifton followed up with the artists about their VANFEST experience.
“They all admired how fun the Central West was,” he said. “They didn’t expect it to be this good. They were very impressed.”
Bondi Lifeguards ‘Reidy’ and ‘Hoppo’ had a blast, with Andrew Reid taking to social media: “So much awesome in one weekend!,” he posted.
The tag #VANFEST gained Instagram traction with thousands of festival-goers uploading on the platform.
Jadehunter56 from Sydney said, “So many beautiful moments at @vanfestofficial this weekend! Music, dancing, camping, smiling & laughing. Thanks to the community of Forbes for showing us a great time! Well worth the road trip to country NSW!”
“Such an awesome weekend in Forbes,” wrote Tash Bellero.
Sarah Louise (aqualou82) said, “Peace out Forbes thanks for making my first music festival one never to forget – Till next year.”
“To say it was epic would be an understatement!!” – posted Tindafella.
“Very entertaining weekend in Forbes” – Nic Elwin said.
“Vanfest is well worth the trip to country Australia,”— Urbanlistmelb.
Lachlan LAC police are praising festival goers for a relatively trouble-free event.
Sergeant Ben Dawson said it was a good event with no major police issues.
“There were 10 drug detections, but only for minor quantities,” Sgt Dawson said.
Drug dogs worked the festival on both days, checking people at the gate and conducting random checks throughout the evenings.
“There were some cannabis joints detected, some MDMA (ecstasy) and one plastic satchel containing cocaine,” Sergeant Dawson said.
“A couple of minors were ejected due to alcohol consumption and two $550 tickets were issued to people who re-entered after being ejected.”
Sergeant Dawson said the crowd was very well behaved.
