Hair we go! Australia’s annual Mulletfest kicks off with hundreds of contestants flocking to the festival to show off their gorgeous locks
- The annual Mulletfest takes place in Kurri Kurri, a small town in the Hunter region of New South Wales
- The celebration continued on Saturday as participants flocked to the Chelmsford Hotel to be judged.
- Mulletfest celebrates a well-known and scandalous hairstyle, judging the contestants by hairstyle and performance
- Hairy partygoers from all over Australia are invited to sing and dance while showing off their favorite hairstyle
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The annual celebration of the iconic “business front, party back” hairstyle is back in full swing as Covid’s restrictions continue to ease.
All hairy parties can sing and dance while celebrating their favorite hairstyle at the third annual Mulletfest at the Chelmsford Hotel in Curry Curry, Newcastle, on Saturdays and Sundays.
Mullet lovers of all ages were spotted showing off their manes on Saturday.
The annual celebration of the iconic “business front, back party” hairstyle is back in full swing when Mulletfest returns to Kurri Kurri, Newcastle
Mullet lovers of all ages gathered on Saturday to celebrate their favorite hairstyle, as Covid’s restrictions make it easier.
Marlene Sutherland of Budelala was all smiling as she attended the Mulletfest at the Chelmsford Hotel in Kurri Kurri, NSW
Mulletfest is an annual competition and fundraiser for the Mark Hughes Foundation
Kurri local Dylan Dudley has been a huge hit, joining Mulletfest for the fourth time in years.
Mulletfest is an annual competition and celebration to raise money for Mark Hughes Foundation.
Mullets are judged in a number of categories, including “daily”, “backstroke”, “rank” and “vintage”, with the winners competing in the grand final on December 3rd.
The competition is open even to children with categories for children aged one to 17.
The strange celebration attracted attention on social media in Russia, the United Kingdom, North America and Ireland when it launched for the first time in 2018.
Fundraising for the Mark Hughes Foundation is helping the nonprofit to fund research, treatment and care for brain cancer.
Mulletfest will tour the country in 2022 to show unique hairstyles across Australia.
Chelmsford’s third annual mullet festival saw mullet lovers travel everywhere to show off their manes
Competitors can compete in a number of categories and age groups to show off their locks by adding props to their performances.
Everyone took part in the action mullet on Saturday with a number of categories that allow children to show their mullets.
Competitors in Mulletfest 2022 made every effort to obtain the coveted mullet trophy with the title of “Best of all” in the minds of all
The famous or infamous hairstyle for business in front, for a party in the back has a colorful story.
About 1,500 years ago, the Byzantine scholar Procopius described a group of young men who wore their hair long at the back and short at the forehead.
But for others, including the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the term mullet is “obviously invented and certainly popularized by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys.”
Mulleteers competed in a number of categories, including “every day”, “backstroke”, “rank” and “vintage”, with the winners competing in the grand final on December 3.
Mullet players took to the stage on Saturday to compete for a number of titles in categories
Anything but boring: the contestants brought their A-game on Saturday by adding colors to their mullets or props to their performances
List of places at Mulletfest 2022
January 7-9 – Summernats (Canberra, ACT)
February 5 – Summernats Motorvation (Perth, Washington)
February 25 – 27 – Chelmsford Hotel (Kurri Kurri, NSW)
March 18 – 20 – Sodens Hotel (Albury, NSW)
April 15-18 – Rocky Nuts (Rockhampton, QLD)
May 20 – 22 – The Golden Dog Hotel (Glenreagh, NSW)
June 17 – 19 – The Logan Village Hotel (Logan Village, QLD)
September 1 – 4 – Red Center Nats and Monte’s Lounge (Alice Springs, North America)
October 14 – 16 – White Hart Hotel (Murrurundi, NSW)
October 21 – 23 – Gladstone Dookie Hotel (Dookie, VIC)
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