What started as a Violent Femmes headline tour with Nirvana supporting, ended in a one-day music festival with 21 bands. When Nirvana released Nevermind just before coming to Australia, the Big Day Out found themselves dealing with the biggest band in the world.

• Host: Gemma Pike
• Producer: Gab Burke
• Supervising Producer: Mike Williams
• Executive Producer: Meagan Loader
• Sound Engineers: John Jacobs, Tim Jenkins
• Theme music: Lindsay McDougall
• Music: Hamish Camilleri
• Artwork: Brad Cook
• Digital Team: Dan Condon, Luanne Shneier