Alcott, 24, 'crowd-surfed' in his wheelchair to centre stage to perform a verse of his favourite rap, Protect Ya Neck, with New York hip hop star Ghostface Killah.
His performance on Saturday came a day after Alcott completed a 24-hour wheelchair tennis marathon in Melbourne to raise $90,000 for the Starlight Foundation and Variety Children's Charity.
'The song I listen to before I play any match is Protect Ya Neck by Wu Tang Clan (of which Ghostface Killah is a member),' Alcott told the Herald Sun.
When Ghostface asked for a punter to join him onstage to perform the rap, Alcott asked his mates to hoist him high in the air. The crowd carried him to the stage in his wheelchair.
'I can't believe I got the verse out perfectly,' Alcott said. 'Sport is my comfort zone. Rapping on stage is not.'
Asked if it matched the highlight of winning a gold medal for basketball at the Beijing Paralympics, Alcott said: 'My brother Zac, who loves hip hop as much as I do, told me: 'I've seen you win a gold medal, I've seen you overcome disability, but without a doubt, (Dylan's rap with Ghostface Killah) was the proudest moment of my life.'
Zack added: 'You could play tennis for 100 hours, and I couldn't care less. That rap was better than anything.'
Alcott posted footage of the performance on his Facebook page tonight.
He met his rap hero backstage after the gig, adding: 'I had ice packs on my hands because my wrists were so swollen from playing 24 hours of tennis.'
The Meredith Music Festival, held on a farm between Geelong and Ballarat, is one of the country's most revered rock events.
Headliners at the 2014 event included The War On Drugs, Jagwar Ma, and De La Soul.
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