Festival Records

Australian (and New Zealand) record label — also appears as "Festival" only.
PLEASE NOTE: This entity should only be used as a label when the release displays the Festival Records logo. For releases on international labels (e.g. Island Records, A&M Records, etc. — see 'release') that don't include a Festival logo, but were distributed by either Festival Records Pty. Ltd. or Festival Records (NZ) Ltd., please use the appropriate international label pages — not this one.

Festival Records Pty. Ltd. was formed in Australia in 1952. It was a primarily a record distribution company representing overseas labels such as Atlantic, Chrysalis, Island, A&M Records, and Virgin. In effect it created de-facto joint venture partnerships with many of the labels it represented and licensed labels rather than acts.

Festival Records Pty. Ltd. also distributed many independent Australian labels over the years.

In New Zealand, the Festival labels were distributed by G.A. Wooller & Co. Ltd from 1952 until 1966. In 1966 Festival Records (NZ) Ltd. was created as a joint partnership between Festival Records (Pty.) Ltd and NZ cinema chain Kerridge Odeon. It operated as a standalone independent entity, albeit one with a close operating relationship, to the Australian entity, until 1999.

In 1999 Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp bought out its partners in NZ and amalgamated Festival Records (NZ) Ltd, Festival Records Pty Ltd, Mushroom Records Pty Ltd and Mushroom Distribution Services (MDS) as Festival Mushroom Records.

In 2012 the new owners, Warner Music Group, revived Festival Records as a reissue label.

For the "Festival" location where such things as the tags 'Recorded At' or 'Mastered At' apply either for recordings on this label or for recordings that credit either of the respective Festival companies (Festival Records Pty. Ltd or Festival Records (NZ) Ltd.), please use Festival Studios. For publishing credits ("Published By"), please use Festival Music Publishing or .