Festival No. 0000360 · Est. 1992
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Where it happens
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Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Sydney Showground
- Address
- 1 Showground Road 2127
- City
- Sydney, Australia
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Abbe May was born in Bunbury, Australia, on 19 July 1983. Plays dance, electronic, pop, rock. -
Architecture in Helsinki formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2000. Plays chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, pop, twee pop.
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Art vs Science plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, electronica, indietronica, new rave.
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BASSNECTAR was born in San Francisco, United States, on 16 February 1978. Plays breakbeat, brostep, downtempo, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Best Coast formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2009. Plays dream pop, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, surf.
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Bluejuice formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2001, and split up on 24 October 2014, after 13 years.
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Boy & Bear formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2009. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Calling All Cars formed in 2005.
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Cavalera Conspiracy formed in Phoenix, United States, in August 2006. Plays death metal.
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Das Racist formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008, and split up in December 2012, after 4 years. Plays hip hop.
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Drapht was born in Perth, Australia, on 4 September 1982. Plays hip hop.
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Faker formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1996. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Foster the People formed in Los Angeles, United States, in October 2009. Plays dance-pop, indie pop, pop.
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Frenzal Rhomb formed in 1991. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Girl Talk was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 26 October 1981. Plays experimental, glitch, hip hop, plunderphonics.
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Hilltop Hoods formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1991. Plays hip hop.
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Kanye West was born in Atlanta, United States, on 8 June 1977. Plays art pop, chipmunk soul, christian hip hop, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, deep house, electropop, experimental hip hop.
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Kasabian formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave, rock.
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Kimbra was born in Hamilton, United States, on 27 March 1990. Plays art pop, indie pop, singer-songwriter.
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King Cannons formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2007, and split up on 28 August 2013, after 6 years.
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Kitty, Daisy & Lewis formed in 2000. Plays r&b, rockabilly.
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Mariachi El Bronx formed in Los Angeles, United States, in August 2006. Plays mariachi.
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Miss Kittin was born in Grenoble, France, on 15 July 1973. Plays electroclash, electronica.
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My Chemical Romance formed in Newark, United States, on 12 September 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, emo pop, hard rock, indie rock, pop punk, pop screamo, post-hardcore.
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NERO formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electro, electronic, liquid funk.
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Noel Gallagher was born in Longsight, United Kingdom, on 29 May 1967. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, rock.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, baroque pop, britpop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, post-britpop.
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OFWGKTA formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2007. Plays hardcore hip hop, hip hop, horrorcore.
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Parkway Drive formed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2003. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Regurgitator formed in Brisbane, Australia, in March 1994. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Röyksopp formed in Tromsø, Norway, in 1998. Plays ambient, ambient house, club, dance, dance-pop, downtempo, edm, electro house.
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Shock One plays hip hop.
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Soundgarden formed in Seattle, United States, in 1984, and split up in 2017, after 33 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, psychedelic, psychedelic rock.
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Stonefield formed in Victoria, Australia, in 2006. Plays hard rock, heavy psych.
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The Amity Affliction formed in Gympie, Australia, in 2003. Plays emocore, post-hardcore.
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The Getaway Plan formed in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore.
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The Jezabels formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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The Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
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The Vaccines formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, power pop.