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The simple and fair Ticketing System that was in place the last few seasons is back.
The majority of tickets to Meredith will be available via The Subscriber Ticket Ballot.
There will be two rounds (draws) of the Ballot. The First Round will be available only to existing Subscribers; the Second Round will be open to new Subscribers as well as existing Subscribers.
After the Ballot is done and dusted, there will be Store Sales, then Online Sales, then Aunty’s Last Chance.

Tickets will again be in the form of wristbands this year. There will be only one type of ticket available – a FriSatSun – which gets you Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the festival. Which means everyone can come for the full festival. The old SatSun tickets will not be available this year.

The majority of tickets to Meredith will be available via The Subscriber Ticket Ballot.

There will be two rounds (draws) of the Ballot. The First Round will be available only to existing Subscribers; the Second Round will be open to new Subscribers as well as existing Subscribers.
After the Ballot is done and dusted, there will be Store Sales, then Online Sales, then Aunty’s Last Chance.

THE BALLOT
If you are already a Meredith or Golden Plains Subscriber, enter the ballot before 10pm Monday 17 August 2009.
If you are not a Subscriber, enter the ballot before 10pm Tuesday 26 August to become one and enter the Ballot. It’s free and easy.

BALLOT RESULTS
Two rounds of ticket offers will be made via email to successful applicants; one on August 19, and one on August 28. You only have to enter once.
Any Subscribers who were unsuccessful in the first round will be automatically entered into the second round ballot.

PUBLIC SALES - STORES
Tickets will be available in select stores from September 8.

PUBLIC SALES - ONLINE
Open to all comers on September 10, here at www.mmf.com.au.

AUNTY'S LAST CHANCE
Designed for long-time Meredith-goers, this allocation opens after Online Sales finishes.

This year tickets will again be in the form of wristbands. The ticket is a wristband, the wristband is a ticket.When you purchase a “ticket” you actually receive a wristband. Your wristband is your passport in, around and out of the festival.

Each wristband will have a unique code on it, and each person’s wristband will be electronically scanned on entry to ensure it is valid. Once you are in the festival, you need to keep your wristband on for the duration of the event. The wristband is made of a durable yet soft, waterproof material that won’t irritate.

When you receive your wristband, do not put it on until the day of the festival. When that day does arrive, our suggestion is to put it on before you depart for the festival, so you know it’s on your wrist and you definitely packed it! Don’t leave home without it (on your wrist).
No sponsorship or advertising messages will be printed on the wristbands, we are very mindful of the wristband being on your person for a day or three.
The benefits of the wristband include:
• Speeding up the entry process at the festival gates
• Canceling stolen or scalped tickets
• Keeping the number of people at the festival as low as it should be, by visually identifying anyone at the festival who does not have a legitimate ticket (wristband) and politely showing them the door

Take place on Tuesday 8 September. Please note the last few years have seen queues at each store before the store even opens that are long enough to account for all the available tickets inside.

Before you purchase a ticket at a store, you must Click here to read the festival's Terms and Conditions.

Here are the stores that will be selling tickets on that day. Do not hassle them before then!! They have nothing they can give you.

There is a limit of 3 tickets per customer. Some stores only take cash.

Polyester Records 387 Brunswick Street Fitzroy
Missing Link Basement of 405 Bourke Street Melbourne
Greville Records152 Greville Street Prahran
Polyester City 288 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Go Café 37 Bellarine St, Geelong
Karova Lounge Cnr Field and Camp Sts Ballarat
Swell Café CASH ONLY Stuart Avenue Jan Juc

Thursday 10 September, here at www.mmf.com.au, using online ticketing experts GreenTix.

You do not need to be a Subscriber or have a Meredith Key code to purchase online on this day.

Here's some FAQs about Online Sales:

How is the Online Tickets Allocation sold?
Via expert festival online ticketing company GreenTix. GreenTix can do everything we require and a whole lot more. Their system can handle the volume of traffic it needs to. They are experts in ticketing and handle many large events.

Why have online sales?
It is clear that many people prefer to have the online sales method, as long as the process is orderly. This means we pick a date and time and put some tickets on sale then. Whoever gets through online before others do gets the tickets. This is how the majority of tickets to events are now sold. GreenTix will be able to comfortably handle the volume here; the system will work effectively.

How many can we buy?
Up to 3 tickets per person.

Is there a queuing system for Online sales?
Yes. Here’s how GreenTix describe it. “It is a fair system that can handle the volume and demand, and importantly it does so in an orderly fashion. It is first in best dressed: if you are in the right place at the right time before the next person, you will be ahead of them in line. Once the queue has formed, we will tick through it as efficiently as possible. There will be no advantage to opening up multiple windows, clicking refresh or trying to 'beat' the system”.

How long do we have to complete our transaction in the Online Allocation?

You will have 8 minutes to complete your transaction. If you plan on using PayPal instead of a credit card you MUST have an account set up before this. (note – this 8 minute window does not apply to sales in the Ballot. Ballot winners have around 5 days to make their transaction).

If you are already a Meredith or Golden Plains Subscriber, enter the Ballot before 10pm Monday 17 August 2009.

If you are not a Subscriber, enter the Ballot before 10pm Tuesday 26 August. It’s free and easy.

Two rounds of ticket offers will be made via email to successful applicants; one on August 19, and one on August 28. You only have to enter once.
Any Subscribers who were unsuccessful in the first round will be automatically entered into the second round ballot.
A maximum of 3 tickets per person applies to Ballot sales.
If you are a Ballot winner or have purchased tickets online and have a question click here.( http://meredith2.greentix.com.au/contact)

MORE ABOUT THE BALLOT
The Subscriber Ticket Ballot has been used for the previous five festivals at the Supernatural Amphitheatre to get tickets into the hands of subscribers in an equitable and stress-free manner. The ballot is simple, fair and efficient.
It’s done online and via email.
1. Enter the Ballot before it closes.
2. You will be notified via email by Aunty Meredith as to whether or not you have been successful in the ballot. Two rounds of offers will be made – on August 19 and August 28.
3. If successful, you will be emailed a unique alpha-numeric code (a “Meredith Key”) which you can use to log in to our secure Online Box Office within a 6 day period, purchase up to 3 tickets, and have them sent to you.
If you don’t have a credit card, that’s ok - we offer PayPal.
If you are not drawn in the ballot, do not despair….there are two further allocations of tickets to go on sale.

The Ballot Application Process
Please note that the speed of your internet connection doesn’t matter – dialup or broadband are both fine. When applications close, all the applications go into a ballot pool, and successful applicants are selected from the pool of subscribers until the allocation is exhausted.
The successful applicants are then emailed a unique alpha-numeric code (called a “Meredith Key”) which acts like a password. They then have 6 days to go online to our secure site, log in using the Meredith Key and make the purchase. No rush, no fuss. No stress. No competing with the rest of Australia for tickets. Each Meredith Key can only be used once.
Many long-running festivals internationally now use this system, it is popular because it is quick and easy, and in this case you would only be competing for tickets with other Subscribers.
You don’t even need a credit card – we also offer PayPal. But you must set up a PayPal account in advance – it takes about 5 days. All you need is a bank account in your name, and of course enough money in it for the tickets when the time comes to pay.
Subscribers who enter the ballot will know whether or not they have been successful in getting tickets in the Ballot before the later allocations go on sale.

Meredith tickets will be $239 this year plus booking fee. If you purchase Online or in the Ballot an additional charge for postage will be incurred of around $5.95. Your festival ticket price includes free parking and free camping and gives you access to the full three days of the festival.
Only one type of ticket is sold to Meredith - a FriSatSun - and it gets you Friday Saturday and Sunday at the event. Friday will start earlier this year with gates opening at 8am and live music starting in the late afternoon.

You can Ask Aunty Meredith - aunty@mmf.com.au

Please note that all tickets purchased online will be sent out from the start of November, even if they were purchased in the Ballot or Online in August or September. Delaying their delivery to you decreases the chance of tickets being lost or stolen. It is also an anti-scalping measure.

Please be aware that a ticket (wristband) to an event at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre cannot be re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial advantage. If this occurs, the Festival wristband is voidable and the Festival wristband holder may be refused entry to or be ejected from the festival site. Note that each wristband ticket has a unique code on it and each and every wristband will be scanned at Reception when each and every patron enters the event to determine that the ticket is valid.
However, patrons are welcome to pass on their ticket if they wish to, as long as they do not do so for profit or gain. In other words, if you bought a ticket and can no longer attend, you are very welcome to pass that ticket onto someone else, as long as you do not sell it for more than face value. If you bought it for say $239 plus $8 booking fee, you can on-sell it for $247.
Practically, how this works is that for any and every event there are a certain amount of people whose circumstances change after purchasing a ticket and can no longer attend. We encourage those people to pass on their ticket to others or sell it for face value or less. You are welcome to use ebay or any other legal method to on-sell your ticket, as long as it is at face value. For every scalper that tries to sell at an inflated price, there is at least one or more legitimate person who just wants to sell their ticket at face value. Market forces dictate that the scumbag scalpers or opportunists can’t sell for inflated prices as there are other tickets for sale at normal price. Good triumphs over evil. The free market reigns. That’s how it’s been working, and it works fine, power to the people etc etc.
But if you want to go, don’t wait till then, cos there just aren’t that many tickets available.

MMF PTY LTD ABN 15157031720 Terms and Conditions of Sale
Please be aware that a ticket (referred to as a Festival wristband) to an event at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre cannot be re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial advantage. If this occurs the Festival wristband is voidable and the Festival wristband holder may be refused entry to or be ejected from the festival site.
This Festival wristband is sold by MMF PTY LTD ABN 15157031720. Purchase of this Festival wristband constitutes a contract between MMF Pty Ltd and the purchaser. Wristbands are sold subject to the following terms and conditions, as well as terms and conditions available for view at www.mmf.com.au.
The Terms and Conditions of Sale include the following:
1. A change in personal circumstances of the Festival wristband Holder does not entitle the return or exchange of the Festival wristband.
2. Festival wristbands will not be refunded under any circumstances, including but not limited to, the possible non-appearance of any particular person or group expected by the Festival wristband-holder, whether advertised or not, or any adverse weather conditions beyond the reasonable control of the event organiser.
3. Festival wristbands will not be replaced: lost, stolen or damaged Festival wristbands will not be replaced.
4. Festival wristbands only provide access to the areas as indicated by signage at the event.
5. Audio visual equipment (including but not limited to cameras, video recorders, mobile phones and pagers) are permitted subject to the discretion of the venue. The Presenter reserves the right to remove a Festival wristband holder if they are in breach of the requirements regarding audio visual equipment.
6. Children under 10 are free. Everyone else needs a Festival wristband to gain entry. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a ticket-holding parent or legal guardian at all times. There are no concessions or discounts.
7. Festival wristbands must be worn at all times around the wrist of the Festival-wristband-holder when at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre.

Click here for info.

Please email Aunty for info on this.

Booking fees vary from store to store, and online, but are generally around $8.50 per ticket.
Registered Post is an additional $5.95 if you purchase online.

Please note there are no refunds. Here are the terms and conditions by which each ticket is sold:

MMF PTY LTD ABN 15157031720 Terms and Conditions of Sale
Please be aware that a ticket (referred to as a Festival wristband) to an event at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre cannot be re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial advantage. If this occurs the Festival wristband is voidable and the Festival wristband holder may be refused entry to or be ejected from the festival site.
This Festival wristband is sold by MMF PTY LTD ABN 15157031720. Purchase of this Festival wristband constitutes a contract between MMF Pty Ltd and the purchaser. Wristbands are sold subject to the following terms and conditions, as well as terms and conditions available for view at www.mmf.com.au.
The Terms and Conditions of Sale include the following:
1. A change in personal circumstances of the Festival wristband Holder does not entitle the return or exchange of the Festival wristband.
2. Festival wristbands will not be refunded under any circumstances, including but not limited to, the possible non-appearance of any particular person or group expected by the Festival wristband-holder, whether advertised or not, or any adverse weather conditions beyond the reasonable control of the event organiser.
3. Festival wristbands will not be replaced: lost, stolen or damaged Festival wristbands will not be replaced.
4. Festival wristbands only provide access to the areas as indicated by signage at the event.
5. Audio visual equipment (including but not limited to cameras, video recorders, mobile phones and pagers) are permitted subject to the discretion of the venue. The Presenter reserves the right to remove a Festival wristband holder if they are in breach of the requirements regarding audio visual equipment.
6. Children under 10 are free. Everyone else needs a Festival wristband to gain entry. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a ticket-holding parent or legal guardian at all times. There are no concessions or discounts.
7. Festival wristbands must be worn at all times around the wrist of the Festival-wristband-holder when at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre.

Note that it is a term and condition of sale that Lost or Stolen tickets are not replaced. Generally.

Email Aunty Meredith if you have questions about lost or stolen tickets.

There is a Zero Tolerance Policy in place for anyone trying to gain entry without a valid ticket, by foot or vehicle. Such persons are trespassers and are therefore breaking the law. The maximum penalty for trespassing is approximately $2750 or 6 months imprisonment. Anyone assisting trespassers will be refused entry or ejected from the festival, and banned from future festivals at the site. If a vehicle is found to be carrying a trespasser, all occupants of the vehicle will be refused entry.

SO PLEASE DO NOT:

* attempt entry in any manner without a valid wristband, or
* trespass on private property, or
* approach or enter/exit the site by other than the authorised entry/exit located at the corner of Mount Mercer and Nolan Road, or
* assist anyone with any of the above.

Capacity for Meredith Music Festival this year is 11,000 patrons

Over the last two years the number of non-paying people on site has been reduced by about a thousand. In this time the number of tickets available has risen from 10,000 to 11,000, meaning the same total number of people are on site as in previous years.

The 'size' of Meredith is just right for Meredith and will be not be increased. The only change in size of crowd in recent years came in 2006 when the festival was reduced in size by a thousand people; that reduced size is the size that Meredith is still at this year.

The festival runs from 8am Friday 11 December to 4:30pm Sunday 13 December. Two nights camping is included in the ticket price.

Gates open 8am Friday to 1am Saturday morning, then from 8am Saturday to 4:30pm Sunday. Everyone must leave by 4:30pm Sunday - there is no camping Sunday night.

Live music from the stage runs thus:

Friday 4pm - 4am Saturday
Saturday 11am - 5am Sunday
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm.
Gates close 4:30pm Sunday.

Please click here for info on selling or on-selling your ticket.

Locals should check the Meredith Community Newsletter for information about tickets, traffic, fundraising and other issues. If you need to contact the festival please do so by emailing Aunty Meredith - aunty@mmf.com.au