After a two-year break the Rapid Festival is back, bigger and better then ever.

Dozens of artists will be performing across four stages on Saturday 4 October 2008 at the Lawnton Showgrounds, in Brisbaneʼs north.

So far the 30-strong line-up includes Brisbane bands Avalon Drive and My Fiction as well as finalists of the lead-up battle of the bands series, Medusaʼs Manifesto and break-out solo artists Levi Hendy and Sian Denny.

The Rapid Festival provides young artists, event managers and sound engineers an opportunity to be involved in a large scale festival and create networks within the arts industry.

For the first time, twenty young people have been employed as trainees to organize the Rapid Festival.

The trainees have been working with Catalyst Youth Arts to co-ordinate every aspect of the event, whilst earning a Certificate III in Arts Business.