Triple J Unearthed are once again offering up and coming Aussie artists the chance to play at Splendour In The Grass alongside the likes of The Strokes, Flume, The Cure, and The Avalanches.
Flying the winner from anywhere in Australia to Splendour (prize enough itself with tickets sold out), triple j will give you the full taxpayer funded travel experience our politicians are used to and put you up in VIP accommodation. Admittedly it’s only VIP camping and not a trip in Bronwyn’s chopper, but it’s better than slumming it with the rest of the plebs.
This is all just preamble though, as the real prize of course is the chance to take to the stage yourself and kick off the festivities, playing the opening set of the weekend on the amphitheatre main stage.
If you need further convincing of the size of this prize, just look at last year’s winners Tired Lion, who’ve since gone on to major success, signing record deals and lining up to play Glastonbury this year.
As well as the searching nation-wide for someone to follow Airling, Kingswood and Art vs Science as winners of this prestigious competition, Unearthed is also hunting for a local artist from Byron, Ballina, Lismore, or Tweed to represent the local area on the bill too.
And all you need to do to go into the running for this priceless prize is have your best tracks uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by Sunday 12th June. If your stuff is already up there you’re already in the running.
You can get full details on the comp from triple j Unearthed.
Watch: The triple j textline Reacts to the Splendour lineup
Splendour In The Grass 2016 Lineup
Friday, 22nd July
The Strokes (only Australian show)
The Avalanches (only Australian show)
Violent Soho
Hermitude
Band Of Horses
The 1975
Leon Bridges
James Vincent McMorrow (only Australian show)
The Kills
Years and Years
Illy
Peter, Bjorn and John
DMA’S
Jack Garrett
Motez
Emma Louise
Nothing But Theives
Robert Forster
Fat White Family
Methyl Ethyl
High Tension
Roland Tings
Sampa The Great
Lucy Cliché
Dro Carey
World Champion
Kllo
Nicole Miller
Ribongia
Saturday, 23rd July
The Cure
At The Drive-In
Santigold
Matt Corby
Sticky Fingers
What So Not
Gang of Youths
Crystal Fighters
Ball Park Music
Snakehips
Michael Kiwanuka
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Lido
Beach Slang
Boo Seeka
Slum Sociable
LDRU
Harts
Ngaiire
Opiuo
Dom Dollar
Paces
Running Touch
Dreller
Sui Zhen
Banoffee
The Meeting Tree
Sunday, 24th July
Flume
James Blake
Sigur Ros (only Australian show)
Boy and Bear
Jake Bugg
Courtney Barnett
The Preatures
Duke Dumont (DJ set)
Golden Features
Tegan and Sara
City Calm Down
Mark Lanegan
Jagwar Ma
The Internet
Marlon Williams and the Yarra Benders
Lapsley
Slumberjack
Urthboy
Little May
Ganz
Spring King
Tired Lion
Green Buzzard
Just a Gent
Feki
Remi
Splendour In The Grass 2016
Friday, 22nd July – Sunday, 24th July
North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay
