#80: From Music Festivals to Farming with Mark Vass

#80: From Music Festivals to Farming with Mark Vass

March 27, 2026 · 1h 10m · Season 7 · Episode 8

About this episode

Mark Vass shares his unconventional journey from music festivals to becoming a fifth-generation cane farmer in North Queensland.

Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Mark Vass, a fifth-generation cane farmer from the Burdekin in North Queensland. Mark’s journey into agriculture hasn’t been a straight line. Starting out as a boilermaker, Mark spent time working across the country before jumping into running a music festival with his brother in his early 20s — ...

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