Wollongong’s Yours & Owls Festival has announced the lineup for its 2023 event, which will take place over the weekend of Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th October at its new home, the University of Wollongong. Leading the lineup are American rappers Earl Sweatshirt and Lil Tjay, plus British singer Bakar.
Other international highlights on the bill include American punk rock veterans Descendents, trap-jazz fusion luminary Masego, New Zealand duo Broods, indie-pop outfit Peach Pit and Hobo Johnson. Big local names include producer Golden Features (who recently announced his forthcoming second album), hip-hop trio Hilltop Hoods, homegrown favourite Chet Faker, Meg Mac, Ocean Alley, Safia and Vera Blue.
Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Tabula Rasa’ (feat. Armand Hammer)
Further down the bill, you’ve got rockers Angel Du$t, viral Canadian singer-songwriter Ekkstacy and British indie band Sorry. The lineup also features the likes of Oliver Tree, Wallice, Fazerdaze, Forest Claudette, Royel Otis, RVG, Pacific Avenue, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and plenty more.
See the full lineup below. Tickets will go on sale next Thursday, 29th June at 8am AEST via Moshtix. There’s a pre-sale beginning a day earlier on Wednesday, 28th June, which you can register for here. There are both general tickets and VIP packages.
Last month, Yours & Owls organisers Ben Tillman, Adam Smith and Baluun Jones announced they had inked a three-year partnership with the University of Wollongong for the university to host the event. As part of the deal, the Yours & Owls team will take over the UOW campus for the festival, with the university’s grounds, ovals and laneways being utilised.
“We are delighted to be returning home to UOW to present Yours and Owls within the campus grounds,” Tillman said in a statement at the time. “We are excited to welcome patrons to experience the festival in the space where the initial idea was hatched all those years ago. Our team have been busy creating ways to bring the multitude of spaces available to us alive across the campus.”
The relocation comes after last year’s edition of Yours & Owls was cancelled just days before it was due to begin as a result of extreme flooding, with the former Stuart Park site unable to be used. The festival last took place in 2020.
Yours & Owls Festival 2023
Saturday, 14th – Sunday, 15th October – University of Wollongong
- Bakar
- Broods
- Chet Faker
- Descendents
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Golden Features
- Hilltop Hoods
- Hobo Johnson
- Lil Tjay
- Masego
- Meg Mac
- Ocean Alley
- Oliver Tree
- Peach Pit
- Safia
- Vera Blue
- Angel Du$t
- Big Wett
- Daily J
- Dice
- Ekkstacy
- Fazerdaze
- Forest Claudette
- James Marriott
- King Mala
- Old Mervs
- Pacific Avenue
- Phony Ppl
- Redhook
- Royal Otis
- RVG
- Shagrock
- Sorry
- Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
- Teenage Dads
- The Grogans
- The Rions
- The Terrys
- The Vanns
- Tia Gostelow
- Wallice
- Babyface Mal
- Billy Otto
- Full Flower Moon Band
- Girl and Girl
- Go-Jo
- Lazywax
- Phoebe Go
- Possehot
- Rum Jungle
- Stevan
- Stumps
- These New South Whales
- Towns
- YB
- Wiigz
- Archie
- Blue Vedder
- Dust
- Flowertruck
- Garage Sale
- Greatest Hits
- Gut Health
- Hallie
- Lucy Sugerman
- Nerve Damage
- Our Carlson
- Pirra
- Sesame Girl
- Terminal Sleep
- The Empty Threats
- Bronte Alva
- Busty
- Charbel
- Chimers
- Chloe Dadd
- Circadia
- Drift
- J.Rumz
- Kid Pharoah
- Kloker
- Lizzie Jack and the Beanstalks
- Major Arcana
- MFV
- Plastic Bath
- Private Wives
- Ricky’s Breath
- Steve Bourk
- Tawny Port
- The Morning Star
- The Sweaty Bettys
- Cleo
- Club Angel
- DJ PGZ
- Jon Watts b2b LGL
- Kornel Kovcas
- Lauren Hansom b2b Mike Who
- Luca Lozano
- Object Blue b2b TSVI
- Sam Alfred
- Seb Wildblood
- Skatebard
- Tangela
Tickets on sale Thursday, 29th June
Further Reading
Yours & Owls Festival Moves to the University of Wollongong, Confirms 2023 Dates
A Guide to Every Australian Music Festival Happening in 2023
