	{"id":62122,"date":"2022-11-25T04:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=62122"},"modified":"2022-11-25T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T23:11:54","slug":"qmf-steps-on-stage-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/qmf-steps-on-stage-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"QMF steps on stage this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFTER three years off stage, the Queenscliff Music Festival (QMF) will return in a big way this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets have sold out to the popular three-day event, which begins today (Friday, November 25) and will feature dozens of local, national and international artists and musicians across 12 stages and venues.<\/p>\n<p>Festival director Andrew Orvis said on Tuesday that the festival&#8217;s familiar big tents were set up earlier this week despite the hail and thunderstorms, and preparations were well in hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Friday, gates open at 3.30pm &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be great.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Friday actually kicks off a little early, at 1pm at one of the venues [The Pelican Bar], so we&#8217;re trying to encourage people to come down early to get their wristband and enjoy themselves; why not make a full three days of it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>QMF was cancelled because of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020, and cancelled again for the same reason in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Orvis said the 2022 running of the event would be &#8220;as normal we can possibly make it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be as close to normal as possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85626\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85626\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/IMG_8440WorkerBillG_87029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Grosgrove wipes out an old QMF program, ready for a new one to be written in. 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