Wollongong’s Yours and Owls festival is back for another year, with a stellar lineup featuring the absolute best in Australian music and beyond. Featuring an incredible selection of names from indie, rock, hip-hop and electronic. Highlights include Big Scary, set to drop their long-awaited new album later this year, COG in their triumphant 2016 comeback, rappers Remi and Sampa the Great, and live scene mainstays Ball Park Music, Thelma Plum, Client Liaison and Tkay Maidza, who all have new albums set to drop this year – so fans can look forward to brand new sets all around. Meanwhile, international acts include Antwon, Black Mountain, Bleached, Chastity Belt and The Coathangers and The Sonics.
Here’s the full lineup:
Antwon (USA)
Ball Park Music
Bec Sandridge
The Belligerents
Big Scary
Black Mountain (CAN)
Bleached (USA)
Chastity Belt (USA)
Client Liaison
The Coathangers (USA)
COG
DMA’s
The Hard Aches
Hermitude
Hockey Dad
Kilter
KLP
Ladyhawke
Little May
The Living End
Nicole Millar
Pinheads
PUP (CAN)
Remi
Sampa The Great
Skeggs
The Sonics
Stonefield
TEES
Thelma Plum
Tired Lion
Tkay Maidza
Totally Unicorn
Vera Blue
Pre-sale tickets are available to Yours and Owls subscribers from June 17 at 9 am, with general tickets on sale from 9 am on Monday, June 20 from moshtix or the Yours & Owls website.
The festival will host a lot more than just music, including art installations, visual projections and films, along with specially curate food and drinks for those journeying to the Gong this October.
Yours & Owls festival takes place October 1 – 2 2016 at Start Park, North Wollongong NSW.
Below, check out the 2016 announcement video: