News March 28, 2017

Slew of Aussie acts included in festival announcements

Charts & New Music Editor

Splendour In The Grass might be dropping their artist announcement tomorrow, but there’s plenty of festival excitement today already. Five major Australian events have made artist line-up announcements – from early teasers, to local cherries on top of already stacked lineups.

Sydney’s Curve Ball, held at Carriageworks on June 11 as part of Vivid, released the first artists this afternoon, with the promise of more:

Safia (right)
Client Liaison
Tkay Maidza
Motez
Confidence Man
Thandi Phoenix
Made In Paris
Nyxen

The Blurst Of Times is returning to Fortitude Valley, Queensland for another year. After selling out in 2016, the event has hit back again withan abundance of top Australian names across punk, garage and jangly pop for its 2017 edition.

Byron Bay natives Skegss lead the bill along with Ngaiire and recent SXSW graduate Alex Lahey (right).

Skegss
Ngaiire
Royal Headache
The Creases
Alex Lahey
I Know Leopard
Good Boy
Jarrow
Columbus
Green Buzzard
Horror My Friend
Morning Harvey
Bris 182
Planet
Evan Klar
Hot Spoke
MEZKO
RACKETT
100%
Machine Age
Concrete Surfers
Top Dollar
Sweater Curse
Body Type
Ruby Fields
IVEY
Wolver
Royal & The Southern Echo
Nice Biscuit
VOIID

25 super impressive country music acts have been added to the 2017 Broadbeach Country Music Festival lineup. Featuring on this year’s bill is Australia’s Got Talent stars The Wolfe Brothers, award-winning songstress Sara Storer along with Caitlyn Shadbolt, Tomato Tomato and Drew McAlister.

They will join a healthy batch of previously announced artists including America, Kasey Chambers (right), Troy Cassar-Daley and more.

The Wolfe Brothers
Sara Storer
Caitlyn Shadbolt
Tomato Tomato
Drew McAlister
The Viper Creek Band
The Wilson Pickers
Roo Arcus
Col Finley Band
Round Mountain Girls
Jetty Road
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes
The Weeping Willows
Aleyce Simmonds
Ben Ransom
Freya Josephine Hollick
Georgia Fall
Benn Gunn Band
Dana Gehrman
Alex & Bec Crook
Rex G Miller
Neillyrich
Tori Forsyth
Thor Phillips
Whistle Dixi
Brooke Lambert
Hayley Jensen

Boutique electronic and dance festival Subsonic is currently drip-feeding the 2017 lineup on their Facebook page. They’ll keep coming, but at the time of writing, the acts announced are: