The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001. It was run by the same organisers as the Falls Festival, held at nearby Lorne on New Year's Eve. It interlinked with the major Rip Curl Pro surfing event, held at nearby Bells Beach. The policy reason behind starting the festival was to keep the youth entertained and off the streets of Torquay while the contest was on. Ticketholders had free admission to the Pro, significantly boosting its attendance. Easter is considered the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after his death by crucifixion (see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year around AD 30-33. ... Torquay, seen from the Great Ocean Road Torquay is a township in Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Snout playing at the 2001 Falls Festival The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Australia since 1993-94. ... Lorne is a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. ... The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the year. ... Bells Beach is an internationally famous surfing beach in Victoria. ...

The festival reached its peak in 2000, when it sold a capacity of 20,000 tickets. However, it was plagued by a small group of local residents who campaigned vociferously against the festival. When some of their demands, such as turning the music off at midnight, went unheeded, they began taking legal avenues. This resulted in the festival's inability to obtain a liquor license in 2001, and marked the end of their reign in Torquay. They moved the event to the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds (home of the Big Day Out) the following year, but the event was not successful, drawing a crowd of only 10,000. Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, opened in the 1930s, located in the suburb of Flemington, Victoria, Australia is the home of the Melbourne Royal Melbourne Show and various other events. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Datsuns playing at the Melbourne BDO, 2004 The Big Day Out is an annual one day music festival which tours Australasia. ...

In 2002, attempts were made to resurrect the festival in Torquay, and after a string of appeals, a liquor license was granted. However, it had taken so long to obtain the licence that the organisers claimed they did not have time to book acts, and plans for any more festivals were cancelled. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...