BW Summer Festival, (commonly known as BW or BayWatch), was an annual music festival that was held in Gisborne,

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History

The festival began in 2004 as BW Campgrounds, to help host the thousands of visitors visiting the district for the

Rhythm and Vines Rhythm and Vines (commonly known as R&V, RnV or Rhythm) is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, northwest of Gisborne, New Zealand. The festival began in 2003 and was held for the one day of New Year's Eve until 2008 whe ...

New Year's Eve festival. BW operates a range of camping grounds hosting over 16,000 people each year. In 2007, BW Summer Festival added the Jim Beam Sound Shell amphitheatre to host its own artists in the lead-up to Rhythm and Vines. BW holds the

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event On the evening of 31 December 2014, a riot broke out at the campground between the two sectioned off campsites when some campers decided to set tents on fire and started throwing things at each other. It resulted in 68 arrests and 83 injuries. Since 2015 this festival has been merged with the

Rhythm & Vines Rhythm and Vines (commonly known as R&V, RnV or Rhythm) is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, northwest of Gisborne, New Zealand. The festival began in 2003 and was held for the one day of New Year's Eve until 2008 whe ...

festival.

Line-ups

2014/2015

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, Home Brew.

References

External links

BW Summer FestivalRhythm and Vines website
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