The last of the festivals in Australia’s warmer months are well and truly behind us, and Splendour’s just around the corner. So what have we got to look forward to? Well, the all important line-up announcements, of course! We’ve out together a list of the festivals we’re most excited about – check out when you can expect to learn who’s coming Down Under for the spring-summer festival season!
Festival Lineups To Get Excited About - July-Dec 2013
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Warped - Promoter AJ Maddah has promised the line-up for the returning festival will be with us by mid to late June, but since announced on Twitter that the announcement is coming 10th July! We're looking at our calendars, AJ...
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Fat As Butter - This year's line-up has been delayed twice, rumoured to be caused by the expansion to a camping festival, but has now been given an announce date of 23rd July. Last year's headliners: 360, Grinspoon, Mystery Jets
Soundwave
Soundwave - Expect a first announce this August for the February festival but rumours are already flying thick and fast. 2013 headliners: Metallica, Linkin Park, Blink-182
Meredith
Meredith - The discerning music lover's festival normally drops the names of the main players in mid-August. Last year's headliners: Primal Scream, Spiritualized,
Woodford
Woodford - The folk festival will be telling us who's playing in October. Last year's highlights: Angus & Julia Stone, Hermitude, Jeff Martin, Kate Miller-Heidke
Falls
Falls - The NYE party in Lorne and Marion Bay made its first announcement in early July last year, so we could have the first lot of names any day now. Last year's headliners: The Hives, The Flaming Lips, Coolio
Stereosonic
Stereosonic - Stereosonic is expanding to a 2-day event this year, with the line-up announce set for next Thursday, 4th July. Last year's headliners: Tiesto, Avicii, Calvin Harris
Field Day
Field Day - If last year is anything to go by, we won't be seeing a line-up for the Sydney New Year's Day party by the Fuzzy team until October. Last year's headliners: Two Door Cinema Club, Hot Chip,
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Summadayze
Summadayze - The first announce for the Melbourne New Year's Day mainstay should happen mid-September. Last year's headliners: The Chemical Brothers, M.I.A, Mark Ronson
Pyramid Rock
Pyramid - The New Year's Eve event should reveal its line-up in late August. Last year's headliners: Tame Impala, Karnivool, 360
Shore Thing
Shore Thing - Wanna know who you'll be ringing in the new year with at Bondi? Organisers Fuzzy will let us know in September. Last year's headliners: Chemical Brothers, Knife Party, Fedde Le Grand
Laneway
Laneway - It's a late September, early October announce for the festival born in a Melbourne laneway and now taking over the world. This year's headliners: Alt-J, Of Monsters And Men, Flume
Golden Plains
Golden Plains - Meredith's baby sister announces her line-up in late October but there's sure to be a few leaks in the preceding months. This year's headliners: Cat Power, Dinosaur Jr, Tallest Man On Earth
Future
Future Music - The festival takes place in February and March and the line-up normally comes our way in October. This year's headliners: Stone Roses, The Prodigy, PSY
Big Day Out
Big Day Out - Of course, who could forget BDO? The first announce for the summer festival should be coming our way in late September. This year's headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs