Australia's favourite winter festival and annual Byron pilgrimage Splendour in the Grass will be returning to North Byron Parklands for another year of grassy festival fun. The music, arts, comedy and craft packed three day bender will see the Strokes grace the amphitheatre for their only Australian show. Similarly, the ominous Avalanches will be returning to the stage for their only Australian show following a lengthy hiatus. The festival must be a good one to play because James Blake, Flume, Hermitude, At the Drive In, Sigur Ros and Years and Years will all be playing the festival for a second (and some a third) time. The bill then runs local mainstays like Dro Carey, Nicole Millar, Little May, Montaigne and Sampa the Great, alongside a few excellent international surprises like Peter Bjorn and John, Crystal Fighters and Tegan and Sara. Not bad, Splendour...
Tickets go on sale 9am Thursday 21 April and start at $159 for a single day ticket and $375 for a three day ticket.
Splendour in the Grass 2016 line-up
The Strokes (only Aus show)
The Cure
Flume
The Avalanches (only Aus show)
James Blake
At The Drive-In
Violent Soho
Hermitude
Band of Horses
Sigur Ros (only Aus show)
Santigold
Matt Corby
Sticky Fingers
Boy & Bear
Courtney Barnett
Jake Bugg
The 1975
Leon Bridges
Duke Dumont (DJ set)
James Vincent McMorrow (only Aus show)
The Kills
The Preatures
What So Not
Years And Years
Gang Of Youths
Illy
Peter, Bjorn & John
Band Of Horses
Golden Features
Crystal Fighters
Ball Park Music
Tegan & Sara
DMA'S
Jack Garratt
Hayden James
City Calm Down
Snakehips
Mark Lanegan
Michael Kiwanuka
Jagwar Ma
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
The Jungle Giants
The Internet
Motez
Marlon Williams
Lido
Emma Louise
Kim Churchill
Nothing But Thieves
Lapsley
Kacy Hill
Slumberjack
Robert Forster (10 Years On)
Beach Slang
Urthboy
Little May
Boo Seeka
Ganz
Spring King
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Fat White Family
Total Giovanni
Methyl Ethel
Slum Sociable
L D R U
In Loving Memory of Szymon
Blossoms
High Tension
Roland Tings
Sampa The Great
The Wild Feathers
Harts
Ngaiire
Montaigne
Tired Lion
Green Buzzard
Jess Kent
Gold Class
Lucy Cliche
Opiuo
Mall grab
Dom Dolla
Paces
Just A Gent
Dro Carey
Running Touch
Wafia
World Champipn
Sui Zhen
Remi
Nicole Millar
Dreller
Feki
Kllo
Banoffee
Plus DJs
Moonbase Comander
The Meeting Tree
Twinsy
Purple Sneaker Djs
Human Movement
Planete
Swick
Amateur Dance
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