Homebake on backburner 'til 2011

Iconic Sydney music festival, Homebake, has been put on the backburner until December 2011.

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ONE of Sydney's most iconic music festivals, Homebake, won't take place this year with organisers putting the event on the backburner until December 2011.

Failed attempts to secure a decent line-up for the festival have been blamed for the year off.

The festival has been held at Sydney's the Domain in recent years after starting in Byron Bay in 1996.

Organisers released a statement on Wednesday to confirm the 12-month hiatus.

"As we've not been able to have the planets align to a standard we feel appropriate to the long-standing reputation of Australia's largest locals-only event, we'd rather focus on a positive future and are instead planning for a unique return version of Homebake Festival to take place during the first week of December 2011," it said.

Last year's Homebake line-up boasted Midnight Juggernauts, Hilltop Hoods, Decoder Ring and The Aston Shuffle.