Falls Festival Adds ‘Foster A Band’ Winner To Its Downtown Lineup

Voting has wrapped up for Falls Festival’s Foster A Band initiative, with Fremantle’s The Hunting Birds taking pole position. The band will now be performing on the Falls Downtown stage in Fremantle, where they’ll be rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest acts on the bill.

The folk-rocking five-piece stole the imagination of the majority of the punter votes. Voting was open for the past month, with people from all over the country having their say as to who should perform at Falls, and a plethora of Fremantle-based acts were up for the prize, including Pow Negro, Bells Rapid and Phocal.

Posting to Facebook, The Hunting Birds say, “Massive thanks needs to be handed to our fosters at Music Insight for believing and investing in us, its been a pleasure! Most of all, thanks to everyone that took time to vote. The sheer amount of gratitude and love we have for each one of you is insurmountable.”

The news is on par with the band’s current winning streak. This month they’ll be playing alongside British India and make their TV debut, all while their current single State Of Mind (below) cops a well-deserved flogging.

The band will now have the opportunity to steal the thunder from the likes of Rag N’ Bone, Kari Faux and Mt

Mountain, who will also be taking to the Downtown stage.

UPDATE 1/12/16: Grouplove have cancelled their entire Australian tour including all Falls Festival shows and sideshows.

Catch the Falls Festival Downtown lineup in full, below.

Listen: The Hunting Birds – ‘State Of Mind’

Falls Festival 2016/2017 Lineup

Downtown (WA)

The Hunting Birds

joining…

Rag N’ Bone

joining…

Kari Faux

Mt Mountain

Elli Schoen

Pilerats

The Community

Fungle Club

Boogie Nights Media

Polyrhythmic

Camp Doogs Presents Deep Vibe Sea

Blind Tiger & His Boogie Box with Jimmy Mac

Cottontail Trio & The Supper Club

Manhattons Hot Swing

Stoney Joe

joining…

Childish Gambino (no sideshows)

London Grammar (no sideshows)

The Avalanches

Violent Soho

Matt Corby

Ta-ku

The Jezabels

Ball Park Music

Grouplove

Jamie T

Broods

Grandmaster Flash

Illy



Hot Dub Time Machine

DMA’s

AlunaGeorge

Booka Shade

Client Liaison

Vallis Alps

Parquet Courts

City Calm Down

Modern Baseball

RY X

Lemaitre

Shura

Falls Festival 2016/2017

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Wednesday, 28th December 2016 — Saturday, 31st December 2017 – SOLD OUT

Lorne, Victoria

Thursday, 29th December 2016 — Saturday, 31st December 2017

Marion Bay, Tasmania

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Saturday, 31st December 2016 — Monday, 2nd January 2017 – SOLD OUT

Byron Bay, New South Wales

Saturday, 7th January 2017 — Sunday, 8th January 2017

Fremantle, Western Australia

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