Splendour in the Grass is celebrating its twentieth year and has one of the better line-ups in recent memories. There are the festival mainstays like the DMAs and Dom Dolla, returning Australian stars like Flume and Violent Soho, and huge international headliners like Tyler, the Creator and The Strokes.
Read moreBad Friday Weekender Adds Sixteen More Artists
Bad Friday recently made the huge announcement that it will be extending from a one-day festival to a two-day, but keen fans would have picked up on the small, albeit packed, line-up.
Read moreSt Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2020
From scorching heat to heavy rain, Laneway began this decade with a rough start. However, the festival was able to literally weather the storm and deliver that classic Laneway experience. From the heart of the city of Sydney, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival made its way to the Domain this year with a huge line-up of international headliners, domestic darlings and home-grown talent.
Read moreBad Friday 2020 Line-up Announced
The annual Bad Friday music festival is making its return to Marrickville this year with a huge expansion to two days. A decade after the festivals humble beginnings in the Annandale Hotel, the Bad Friday Weekender is staying true to form with a line-up filled to the brim with local, home-grown talent.
Read moreNYE In the Park 2019 Wrap
Marketed as the best New Year’s Eve ever, the one night festival had a lot of hype to live up to. Taking place at Victoria Park in the heart of the CBD, NYE In the Park boasted an impressive line-up and special fireworks display for the countdown to 2020.
Read moreNYE In the Park GIVEAWAY
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? If the answer isn’t attending the NYE In the Park festival, then here’s why it should be. Taking place in Victoria Park, Sydney, this one night only festival is promising to give attendees their best New Year’s Eve ever.
Read moreFestival X 2019
One of the year’s most highly anticipated one day festivals swept across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria last weekend. With the Saturday November 30th show taking place at the Sydney Olympic Park, Backyard Opera witnessed the event first hand.
Read moreSpilt Milk 2019
Last Saturday, Spilt Milk 2019 made its way to Commonwealth Park in Canberra and was a huge success. From the crazy outfits to festival food, with a whole lot of music in between, this year’s Spilt lived up to the expectations. Backyard Opera has full coverage of must-see acts and the places to be, just in time for the festival’s appearance in Ballarat this weekend.
Read moreMilky Chance: Collaborating Around the World
German folk group Milky Chance is set to release their third album, Mind the Moon, this Friday. In our previous article, Backyard Opera sat down with bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch to discuss the musical themes on the new album.
Read moreFestival X Double Pass GIVEAWAY
Festival X is coming to Sydney in just over a month and Backyard Opera is your ticket to the best line-up of 2019. The line-up includes huge names like the rare Calvin Harris, the god Armin van Buuren and the Gucci Lil Pump. Other names include Tchami, Alison Wonderland and Steve Aoki.
Read moreOcean Alley: Why They Love Festivals
2019 was Ocean Alley’s year. Between winning triple J’s Hottest 100 with “Confidence”, playing at Splendour in the Grass and touring across Europe, it’s been a wild ride.
Read morePist Idiots: Everyone’s Got Ticker
Heart, grit and a whole lot of beer. These are the ingredients that created one of the nation’s best up and coming bands, the Pist Idiots. From the suburbs of South-West Sydney, these four childhood friends are just as much punters as they are rockers.
Read moreYours and Owls 2019
What a weekend. If, like us, you were at the biggest party to grace North Wollongong’s Stuart Park, Yours and Owls, then you’ll understand how we feel.
Read moreYours & Owls Festival 2019 Full Set Times Revealed
With a crazy lineup for 2019, the Yours & Owls Festival is coming to Stuart Park, Wollongong in less than two weeks. On Saturday October 5 through to Sunday October 6, expect to see some of the biggest Aussie artists for an insane long weekend.
Read moreThe First-Timer Splendour Wrap-Up
A haze of sunshine beats down onto a hill covered in alternating patches of downtrodden grass and dirt. Remnants of glitter are everywhere: scattered on the ground, plastered to the canvas floors of tents, and somehow, inexplicably, dotted on your face.
Read morePeople of Splendour
At the closest festival Australia has to Coachella, it's as much about the music as it is about the fashion. This year at Splendour in the Grass, neon pinks and greens, body harnesses, and crochet flares, skirts and dresses abounded on the hills and fields of North Byron Parklands.
Read moreSplendour Day 3 Wrap
Slowly Slowly warmed up the amphitheatre with a popular cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love, and over on the Mix Up side stage, 17-year-old KIAN played to a packed tent and included a surprise appearance from Kwame. On the same stage, English duo Honne kept the vibes going with their synth pop - a definite set highlight being "Warm On A Cold Night".
Read moreSplendour Day 2 Wrap
Everyone was looking a little dustier than the day before on day two of Splendour, but there was no shortage of hype for the huge day to come. In the amphitheatre, Trophy Eyes surprised the audience with a hilariously unexpected performance of an expletive-riddled Chris Lilley song - performing alongside the comedian himself.
Read moreSplendour Day 1 Wrap
On the first day of Splendour, the energy was running high as eager festivalgoers streamed into North Byron Parklands, ready for the three-day bender to come. Adorned in on-trend neon green snakeskin, golden brown leopard print, flowing boho dresses and glitter galore, punters strutted through the grounds and filtered off in smaller groups to various stages.
Read moreSpilt Milk Drops a Full Cream Line Up
Although teased with the news that US pop and RnB singer Khalid would be touring to Canberra this year, this morning it was announced that the 21 year old singer and songwriter will be headlining Spilt Milk’s 2019 line up.
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