Facts & figures

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Vital statistics: 48 hours, 1,500 crew, 13,000 Gatherers
Event dates: 31 December 1999 - 2 January 2000
Ticket prices: $105 until 1 October, then $125
Number of (genuine) tickets sold: just over 8,000 (all tickets sold out in just over 5 weeks)
Number of crew onsite: 1,500
Number of Gatherers onsite: est. 13,000
Number of people who got in on forged tickets: est. 5,000
Zones:
  • Trance/Techno
  • House
  • Hardcore/Industrial
  • Drum'n'Bass
  • Ambient/Classical/Jazz
  • Tribal
  • G movie theatre
Number of generators: 6 large generators and 10 small ones, with about 10km of cable linking them with the lights, sound systems, and video screens
Size of sound stystems in each zone:
  • Trance/Techno: 80K
  • House: 35K
  • Hardcore/Industrial: 15K
  • Drum'n'Bass: 40K
  • Ambient/Classical/Jazz : 18K
  • Tribal: acoustic
Number of DJs: 130
Number of live acts: 50
Number of performers: 100
Number of VJs/core video crew: 53
Number of artists working on the decorations: 40
Number of fire performers: 200+
Number of bouncy castles: 2
Number of EFTPOS terminals: 3 (with queues...)
Number of food stalls: over 40
Number of on-site radio stations: 1 - Gathering 100.2 FM
Medical and welfare facilities:
  • Red Cross staff: 8
  • doctors: 3
  • ambulances: 2
  • fire engine: 1
  • emergency helicopter on standby: 1
  • Safe Health for Everyone (outreach) team: 40
Number of portaloos: 120
Amount of drinking water trucked in: 150,000 litres

In this section you will find:

Who played in each zone (DJs and live acts):

Lists of our other performers:

Technical specifications in each zone for:

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