A Large Day Out is an annual of these day music festival which tours Australasia. It principally features contemporary rock music, though there is likewise a "Boiler Room" which features electronic music and variety of more stages which feature slightly less mainstream acts, including the stage dedicated to hip hop.

History
A festival began within 1992 as a Sydney-only indicate, & was extended within 1993 to Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. Inside 1994, shows in Auckland, New Zealand, and the Gold Coast were added. Within 1997 it was announced that that year's event would exist as a go. A below season promoters, Vivian Lees and Ken West, organised a preponderantly electronic & dance festival, nonetheless a event was cancelled, & the Heavy Day Out returned around 1999.

A festival was stricken by tragedy around 2001, when adolescent Jessica Michalik was crushed to death within the crowd surge when you took the performance by Limp Bizkit. A coroner's finding criticised a crowd control measures in use at a instance, however as well criticised lead singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments after the saving effort was afoot. Subsequent shows inside 2002, 2003 and 2004 have featured a "D-barricade" (the different barricade design reducing the chance of the crowd crush).

Inside 2004, ascribable a popularity of the Sydney event, the historic 2nd event was proclaimed for Sydney - the foremost so far lone period this has happened in the festival's history. A line-higher for each times was equivalent except for the little local acts.

Performers
Notable acts that develop played a festival include a Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Screaming Trees,TISM, Silverchair, Metallica, Nirvana, and a Foo Fighters, amongst many more leading light acts from either a region & around the world. A Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and Basement Jaxx have played in the Boiler Room.

Artist lineups by year

1992
Beasts of Bourbon, Box The Jesuits, Celibate Rifles, Cosmic Psychos, The Clouds, Club Hoy, Died Pretty, Falling Joys, The Hard Ons with Henry Rollins Hellmen, Massappeal, The Meanies, Nirvana, Smudge, Sound Unlimited Posse, Rat Cat, The Village Idiots, Violent Femmes, The Welcome Mat, Yothu Yindi, You Am I, Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes

1993
Beasts of Bourbon, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Clouds, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The Hard Ons, Iggy Pop, Mudhoney, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sonic Youth, You Am I

Melbourne & Sydney just: Helmet and Not Drowning Waving

1994
Tons venues: The Breeders, The Cruel Sea, Smashing Pumpkins, Straitjacket Fits, Soundgarden, Tumbleweed, Def Fx,

Australia just: Björk, The Meanies, The Ramones, Severed Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Tiddas

Melbourne & Sydney single: Primus and Dave Graney

Melb, Syd, Gold Coast, & Adelaide simply: DJ Pee Wee Ferris, DJ Sugar Ray, Itch-E & Scratch-E

Melb, Syd & Perth merely: Celibate Rifles

Melb, Syd & Auckland just: Urge Overkill

Melb & G.C. sole: Powderfinger and Robert Forster

Syd, G.C. & Adel lone: TISM and Screamfeeder

Syd & G.C. exclusively: Southend

Syd & Adel simply: The Mark of Cain and Boxcar

G.C. & Auck. sole: You Am I and The Hard Ons

1995
Ministry, Primal Scream, Hole (Auck, Melb, Syd), The Cult, The Offspring (Auck, Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), Screaming Trees (Aust. single), Luscious Jackson, Fundamental, The Clouds, You Am I, Silverchair, Allegiance, Kim Salmon (Aust. single), The Fireballs (Aust. single), The Mark of Cain (Aust. sole), 3D's, Fur (Aust. single), DJ Pee Wee Ferris (Aust. single), DJ Sugar Ray (Aust. single), Vision Four 5 (Aust. merely), Snog (Aust. merely), Cosmic Psychos (Melb, G.C., Adel), Sisters Underground, Omc, Magic Dirt (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Supergroove (Auck, Melb, Syd), Dave Graney (Melb, Syd), Spiderbait (Melb,Syd), Southend (Syd, G.C., Adel), Single Gun Theory (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Boxcar (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (Auck, Syd), Front End Loader (Melb, G.C.), Mantissa (Melb, Adel)

1996
Porno for Pyros, Rage Against the Machine, Elastica, The Prodigy (Aust. single), Rancid, The Jesus Lizard, Tricky (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Billy Bragg (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Reef (G.C., Syd,Melb), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, TISM, Tumbleweed, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, Radio Birdman (Aust. merely), Shihad, Dirty Three (Aust. merely), Sidewinder (Aust. sole), Magic Dirt (Aust. sole), Ammonia (Aust. exclusively), Custard (G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Powderfinger (G.C., Syd, Melb), Pollyanna (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), DJ Sugar Ray (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Single Gun Theory (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Southend (G.C., Syd), Even (Syd, Melb, Adel), Amunda (Syd, Adel), Continuum (Syd, Melb), Groove Terminator (Adel, Perth), FSOM (Aust. lone)

1997
Soundgarden, The Offspring, The Prodigy, Fear Factory, Supergrass, Shonen Knife, Lemonheads (Auck), Patti Smith (G.C., Syd, Melb), Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Melb, Syd), Rocket From The Crypt (Syd, Adel), Aphex Twin (Melb, Syd), You Am I, Powderfinger, Beasts of Bourbon, Tiddas, Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes, Boo Boo Mace and Nutcase, Superjesus (Aust. just), Snout (Aust. simply), The Clouds (G.C., Syd, Perth), Insurge (G.C., Melb, Syd), Screamfeeder (G.C., Syd), Even (G.C., Melb, Adel), Drop City (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (G.C., Syd), Dlt (G.C., Melb, Syd, Adel), Omc (Aust. single), FSOM (G.C., Melb, Syd), Bexta (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Pocket (G.C., Adel, Perth), Frenzal Rhomb (Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), The Fauves (Melb, Syd), The Mavis's (Melb, Adel)

1999
Ash, Deejay Punk-Roc, Fatboy Slim, Fun Lovin' Criminals (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Hole, KoЯn, Luke Slater Freek Funk, Manic Street Preachers (Syd, Melb, Adel, Perth), Marilyn Manson, Roni Size, Sean Lennon, Soulfly, Underworld (Syd, Melb), Sparklehorse (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Warumpi Band (Aust. lone), Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Jebediah, The Living End, Superjesus, Garageland (Auck, G.C., Syd), Fur (Aust. exclusively), Sonic Animation, Bexta (Aust. lone), Ransom (Aust. merely), Groove Terminator, Happyland (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), TISM (Syd, Melb), Antenna (G.C., Syd, Melb), Even (Aust. lone), Not From There (Aust. simply), Bodyjar (Aust. sole), The Mark of Cain (Melb, Perth), Resin Dogs (G.C., Syd), B(if)tek (Syd, Melb), Frontside (Syd, Melb), Coda (G.C., Syd), Soma Rasa (G.C., Syd)

2000
Atari Teenage Riot, Basement Jaxx, Beth Orton, Blink 182, The Chemical Brothers, The Foo Fighters, Goldie & MC Rage, Hardknox (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), The Hellacopters, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Nine Inch Nails, Primal Scream (Aust. simply), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozomatli (Syd, Melb), 28 Days (G.C., Syd, Melb), Chunky Move (Aust. sole), The Cruel Sea (Aust. single), Gerling (Aust. exclusively), Grinspoon, Honeysmack (Aust. sole), Icecream Hands (G.C., Melb, Adel, Perth), Jebediah (Aust. exclusively), Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion (Aust. simply), Killing Heidi (Syd, Melb), Magic Dirt (Aust. single), The Monarchs (G.C., Syd), Nokturnl (Aust. exclusively), Peewee Ferris, Pitch Black (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Pound System (Aust. sole), Resin Dogs (Aust. sole), Salmonella Dub (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Sean Quinn (Aust. exclusively), Shihad, Six Ft Hick ( Melb, Adel), Something for Kate (G.C., Syd, Melb), Spiderbait, Testeagles ( G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Yothu Yindi

2001
At The Drive-In (G.C., Syd, Melb), Black Eyed Peas (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Coldplay, Darren Emerson, Happy Mondays, Limp Bizkit (Auck, G.C., Syd), Mudvayne, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age (Syd,Melb,Adel,Perth), Rammstein, Roni Size Reprazent, Zoo Bombs, Carl Cox, Adam Freeland, Sugardrive (Syd, Adel, Perth), 28 Days, Alex Lloyd (Aust. exclusively), The Avalanches (Aust. just), Bexta, Frenzal Rhomb, Friendly, John Butler Trio (G.C., Syd, Melb), Killing Heidi, Nitocris (Aust. exclusively), Powderfinger, Pnau, Resin Dogs, Skulker (G.C., Syd, Melb), Sunk Loto (Aust. sole), Sonic Animation (Aust. exclusively), You Am I (Aust. lone), King Kapisi (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Greg Churchill, Declan (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Coloured Stone (G.C., Syd, Melb), Augie March (G.C., Melb, Adel), The Go-Betweens (Aust. sole), Digital Primate (G.C, Syd, Melb)

2002
The Prodigy, Garbage, New Order, The Crystal Method, NOFX, Jurassic 5, Dave Clarke, System of a Down (Auck & East Coast), Alien Ant Farm (Auck & East Coast), The White Stripes, Kosheen, Drowning Pool, Peaches (Auck & East Coast), The Tea Party (Adel, Perth), Tomahawk (Adel, Perth), Audio Active (Auck & East Coast), Basement Jaxx, Amen, Silverchair, Regurgitator, Grinspoon (Aust only), Stephen Allkins (Aust only), Gerling, Something for Kate (Aust only), Spiderbait (Aust only), Magic Dirt (Aust only), Superheist (Aust only), Eskimo Joe (Aust only), The Monarchs (Aust only), Machine Gun Fellatio (Aust only), GT (Aust only), Sonic Animation (Aust only), Betchadupa (Auck, GC, Syd, Melb), Sean Quinn (Aust only), Shutterspeed (GC, Syd), Dern Rutlidge (Syd, Melb), Shihad

2003
Jane's Addiction, Underworld (NZ and East Coast only), The Foo Fighters, Kraftwerk, The Music, Luke Slater, Chicks on Speed, Wilco, Gonzales, Jebediah, Murderdolls, PJ Harvey, Sparta, Xzibit (NZ and East Coast only), Cog, Jimmy Eat World (Syd - Mel - Adel - Perth), Machine Gun Fellatio, The Waifs, DJ Kid Kenobi, Millencolin, Waikiki, You Am I, Jebediah, Queens of the Stone Age, The Living End, Augie March, Deftones, Mark Dynamix, Resin Dogs, Darren Price (East Coast only), The Vines (Aust only), Blindspott (Auck only), Concord Dawn (Auck only), Frenzal Rhomb (Aust only), Pitch Black (Auck only), The D4 (Auck only), The Hard Ons (Aust only), Wash (Auck only), DJ Sir Vere (Auck only), Bexta (Aust only), 1200 Techniques (Aust only), 28 Days, 8 Foot Sativa (Auck only), Dry and Heavy (Syd & Melb), Eight (Auck only), King Kapisi (Auck only), Pacifier (Shihad), Panam (Auck only), Pnau (Syd & Melb), Preshrunk (Syd & Melb), Rocket Science (Aust only), Tadpole (Auck only), The Datsuns (Auck only)

2004
Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Muse, Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, The Datsuns, Hoodoo Gurus, Something for Kate, Gerling, Jet, MC Trey, Downsyde, The Butterfly Effect, Magic Dirt, The Darkness, Blood Duster, Pnau

2005
Beastie Boys, System of a Down, Chemical Brothers, The Music, The Streets, Slipknot, Carl Cox, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Concord Dawn, The Donnas, The D4, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Regurgitator, Scribe and P Money, Freestylers, Le Tigre, Kid 606, Deceptikonz, Atmosphere, Hatebreed, Rise Against, Poison the Well.
Australia merely: Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Infusion, Butterfingers, Little Birdy, Dallas Crane, Wolfmother, Decoder Ring, Bexta, Dimmer.
Just released Zealand just: Misfits of Science, The Bleeders, Trinity Roots, 48may, Steriogram, Shihad, Pluto, Shapeshifter, DJ Sir Vere, Dei Hamo, The Checks.
+ Deja Voodoo. Future Zealand & east coast Australia: The Hives, Polyphonic Spree.

2006
The White Stripes, Iggy & The Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, Mars Volta, Soulwax, AFI, 2 Many DJs, Sleater-Kinney, The Magic Numbers, The Living End, Gerling, Dei Hamo
Australia simply: Magic Dirt, Cut Copy, End of Fashion, Faker, The Grates, Youth Group, Wolf & Cub
Future Zealand simply: Fat Freddy's Drop, Elemeno P, The Bleeders, Che Fu and the Krates, Pluto, Frontline, The Brunettes.