Southbound 2016 announces more acts

After recently dropping snippets from the line up, including Hermitude and a plethora of WA’s finest, Southbound 2016 has added a huge stack of names resulting in the most artists in the festival’s history. And there are still more to be announced!

Take a huge breath in before absorbing the artists that will take to the stages over the brand new post-Christmas, pre-New Years dates for Southbound 2016 v.2 (in alphabetical order);

The Bennies / Boo Seeka / The Cat Empire / Catfish And The Bottlemen
Dena Amy / Discovery: Daft Punk Tribute / Elk Road
Grrl Pal / Hermitude / Hideous Sun Demon / Highasakite
Hot Chip (DJ Set) / Hudson Mohawke / HWLS / Hydraulix
Just A Gent / Klue / Koi Child / Kučka / Ladyhawke / Lilt / Luke Million
Mathas / Montaigne / Mosquito Coast / MSTRKRFT / Nicole Millar
Nina Las Vegas / Odd Mob / Paces / Peking Duk / Phantogram
Remi / Running Touch / SAFIA / San Cisco / Set Mo / Slumberjack
The Smith Street Band / Sticky Fingers
Throttle / Thundamentals / Time Pilot / Tired Lion
UV Boi / Vera Blue / ZHU

Plus more to be announced!

First release tickets are moving very quickly and now with more names than you can poke a stick at, the allocation will be gone in no time!

NEW DATES
For Western Australians, the festive holiday period is synonymous with the South West corner of our fair state. As such, Southbound organisers have locked in the period between Christmas and New Years as the new dates of the festival for 2016 and in years to come. The Southbound team are calling out to their loyal supporters to help to rebuild and improve the event due to the subsequent impact of January’s fires and to continue the festival legacy and its future with these new dates.

SOUTHBOUND AND THE SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY
The rebuilding process from the devastating fires that led to the cancellation of the January 2016 festival continue to be a costly exercise in both time and money. After raising over $150,000 towards the appeal with the Southbound Benefit Concert held just days after the January cancellation, the festival will continue to undertake fundraising initiatives leading up to the December event, including collection options made on ground across the three day festival.

More than ever, Southbound feels strongly connected to the South West and is developing programs and strategies to cement the synergy between the local community and the festival.