Festival No. 0000360 · Est. 1992
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- Venue
- Olympic Park Showgrounds
- Address
- Showground Road
- City
- Sydney, Australia
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About the artists
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360 was born on 12 July 1986. Plays hip hop. -
Adventure Club formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2011. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic.
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Against Me! formed in Gainesville, United States, in 1997. Plays acoustic rock, alternative punk, country rock, cowpunk, folk punk, pop punk, punk, punk rock.
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Alabama Shakes formed in Athens, United States, in 2009. Plays blues rock, rock, soul, southern rock.
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Animal Collective formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2000. Plays avant-folk, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental, freak folk, neo-psychedelia, noise.
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Avalanche City formed in Auckland, New Zealand. Plays folk, indie folk.
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B.o.B was born in Winston-Salem, United States, on 15 November 1988. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative rock, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, dirty south, future bass, hip hop, pop.
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Band of Horses formed in Seattle, United States, in 2004. Plays americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, pop rock.
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BT was born in Rockville, United States, on 4 October 1971. Plays ambient, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, edm, electronic.
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Childish Gambino was born in Edwards Air Force Base, United States, on 25 September 1983. Plays contemporary r&b, hip hop, neo soul, r&b.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Death Grips formed in Sacramento, United States, on 21 December 2010. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, digital hardcore, electronic, electropunk, experimental, experimental hip hop, glitch.
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Delta Spirit formed in San Diego, United States, in 2005. Plays americana, indie rock.
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Every Time I Die formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1998, and split up on 17 January 2022, after 24 years. Plays hardcore punk, mathcore, metal, metalcore, post-hardcore, punk, southern metal, southern rock.
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Foals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, math rock, new wave, rock.
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Gary Clark Jr. was born in Austin, United States, on 15 February 1984. Plays blues, blues rock, contemporary r&b, hard rock, rock and roll, soul.
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Grinspoon formed in Lismore, Australia, in 1995.
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Helena was born in 1960.
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House vs. Hurricane formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. Plays electronic, experimental, post-hardcore, screamo.
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Hunting Grounds formed in Ballarat, Australia, in 2009, and split up in 2014, after 5 years.
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Jagwar Ma formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2011. Plays psychedelic pop.
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JEFF the Brotherhood formed in Nashville, United States, in 2001. Plays garage rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
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Kaskade was born in Chicago, United States, on 25 February 1971. Plays deep house, electronic, house.
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Morgan Page was born in Burlington, United States, on 31 May 1981. Plays electro house, electronic, house, progressive house.
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Nicky Romero was born in Amerongen, Netherlands, on 6 January 1989. Plays dutch house, edm, electro house, house, progressive house.
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Nina Las Vegas was born on 18 December 1984.
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Off! formed in 2009, and split up on 26 July 2024, after 15 years. Plays hardcore punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Pretty Lights formed in Fort Collins, United States, on 18 June 2004. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, glitch hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, soul.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, funk, funk metal, funk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, indie rock, pop rock.
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Sleigh Bells formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008. Plays noise pop.
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The Bloody Beetroots plays bass house, club, dance, dance-punk, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house.
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The Killers formed in Las Vegas, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, christmas music, heartland rock, indie rock, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk revival.
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Vampire Weekend formed in New York, United States, on 6 February 2006. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in New York, United States, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie rock, post-punk, rock.