Beyond The Valley (commonly known as BTV) is a multi-day music festival held annually at Gippsland Parklands in Lardner, Victoria, Australia over the New Year's Eve period.[2][3][4] It has previously taken place at Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island and Lardner Park, Warragul.[5][6]
In 2019 the festival launched a fundraiser campaign to support those affected by the 2018-2019 Australian bushfire season.[7] Later that year, organisers received site management related criticism amid extreme weather conditions during the event.[8] The festival's official website stated that the 2020 event won't take place between 28 Dec and 01 Jan 2021[9] and director Nicholas Greco has commented that it is being placed on hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] He has also admitted however, that the business has come to a "complete standstill" due to the circumstances.[11]
^Welby, Augustus (11 December 2019). "How Beyond The Valley moves with the times without losing its roots". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2020. BTV has never been a minor festival – 2014’s inaugural event included international headliners MØ, AlunaGeorge and Danny Brown plus Allday, Pond and Peking Duk
^John, Brandon (2 October 2017). "The story behind the meteoric rise of Beyond the Valley". The Brag Media. Retrieved 10 November 2020. Beyond the Valley – a name that already feels like an established brand in the Australian music scene, and one of the mainstays of our yearly festival calendar.
^Rychter, Tacey (30 December 2014). "Beyond the Valley 2014". Broadsheet. Retrieved 27 October 2020. ...Phillip Island's brand new summer festival.
^Donoughue, Paul (7 May 2020). "Coronavirus restrictions have put music festivals on hold. When might they come back?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 27 October 2020. ...we are still planning and booking for all of our end-of-year festivals and events and are prepared to work within any of the government social distancing guidelines presented to us
^Lefevre, Jules (21 October 2020). "The Australian Music Festival Scene Is Hanging By A Thread". Junkee. Retrieved 27 October 2020. “We have come to a complete standstill and we legally cannot operate our businesses,” Nicholas Greco, Director of Untitled Group, which runs events like Pitch (Music & Arts Festival) and Beyond The Valley.
