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Southbound 2010 – 2nd round of acts!

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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With massive acts like Moby and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who would have thought Southbound 2010 could get any bigger?

How does Wolfmother sound? Whatabout Jamie T? Whilst we’re at it, why don’t we chuck in a bunch more acts like:

  • Datarock (Norway)
  • Amanda Blank (US)
  • Kate Miller-Heidke
  • Paul Dempsey
  • Kisschasy
  • Little Red
  • Children Collide
  • Bertie Blackman
  • The Inspector Cluzo (France)
  • Dappled Cities
  • Washington
  • Oh Mercy
  • Miami Horror
  • The Yacht Club DJs
  • The John Steel Singers
  • Sugar Army
  • The Canyons
  • The Kill Devil Hills
  • Abbe May & The Rockin’ Pneumonia
  • Felicity Groom & The Black Black Smoke
  • Boys Boys Boys
  • KingGeorge

The Southbound powers-that-be have also promised that there will be MORE announcements in the upcoming weeks, including MORE artists, new fringe entertainment and an upgrade to basecamp never seen before at past Southbound festivals.

Two full days. More than 60 international and national acts. Plenty more local acts. Three nights camping. One festival.

Phew!

For more details about the entire line-up at the EP! event page.

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Southbound 09 2nd line-up announcement

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Looking for Southbound 2010 details? Try here!

The second line-up announcement for Southbound 2009 in Busselton has been made!The new artists announced are:

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Santogold
Blue King Brown
Bliss N Eso
The Cribs
Late Of The Pier
Lykke Li
Murs
South Rakkas Crew
CW Stoneking
Ash Grunwald
Cut Off Your Hands.
Grafton Primary
Tame Impala
Dash And Will
Violent Soho
Drapht
The Autumn Isles
End Of Fashion

Still to come:
Acts from Sonicbids, StageBound band competition winner and a very special guest from the JB Seed programme. DJs galore for the Groove Tent on Friday night – campers only – and a spicy selection of vinyl fiddlers for the Coconut Club.

Tickets on sale this Monday, 15 September, see the Southbound website!

Now, so far, the line-up is as follows:

FRIDAY 2 JANUARY
The Hives, Pete Murray, Donavon Frankenreiter, Birds Of Tokyo, Bliss N Eso, Architecture In Helsinki, The Cribs, End Of Fashion, The Drones, South Rakkas Crew, TZU, Liam Finn, Wolf Cub, CW Stoneking, Grafton Primary, Drapht, Autumn Isles and more to be announced.

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
Franz Ferdinand, The Kooks, The Cat Empire, Pete Murray, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Santogold, Gomez, Tegan And Sara, Faker, The Grates, Blue King Brown, Jamie Lidell, Atmosphere featuring Brother Ali, A-Trak, Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed And The True Loves, Karnivool, Mystery Jets, Lykke Li, Murs, Soko, Late Of The Pier, Ash Grunwald, Cut Off Your Hands, Dash And Will, Violent Soho, Tame Impala and more to be announced.

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Southbound 2008 sold out + more announcements

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Southbound Festival (4 and 5 January 2008, Busselton) has sold out in record time.
For those of us who already bought tickets, there have been a few more announcements!

Joining The Waifs, The Beautiful Girls, Lior and Angus & Julia Stone on Friday night in the Big Top (for campers only) are New Rules For Boats, Abbe May & The Rockin’ Pneumonia and Institut Polaire.
Read about the full line-up at my original Southbound 2008 article.

Other entertainment on Friday night includes dance, circus and comedy on the Carnival Stage, an outdoor cinema, the Groove Tent, the Lounge/Open Mic stage, Karaoke and Healing Circle workshops.
Some of this entertainment will still be happening on Saturday night, after the main festival closes.

See part of the program already on the Southbound website. The full list of artist playing times will be available in December.

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