Falls Festival

Falls Music & Arts Festival (commonly known as Falls) is a multi-day music festival held annually in Byron Bay (New South Wales) and Fremantle (Western Australia), Australia over the New Year's Eve and January period.^[1] The festival hosts contemporary music performances, dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other art forms. Camping is available and all locations have nearby beaches which are either walking distance or a short bus ride away. Artists playing at the festival include rock, hip-hop, indie music, electronic music, blues and roots.

Falls Festival
Genre	rock, indie, hip hop, electronic, blues & roots.
Dates	Ranging between 28 Dec and 8 Jan
Location(s)	Australia Lorne, Victoria (Until 2018) Marion Bay, Tasmania (2003 - 2019) Byron Bay, NSW Fremantle, Western Australia Melbourne, Victoria (2022)
Years active	1993–present
Organised by	Secret Sounds
Website	fallsfestival.com

The Festival was previously held in Lorne, Victoria from its inception until 2018,^[2] Marion Bay, Tasmania between 2003 and 2019^[3] and Melbourne, Victoria in 2022.^[2]

The Falls Festival in Byron Bay features a rave party hidden behind a washing machine in a laundromat.^[4]

History

The festival started in 1993, with a small one-day concert, held in Lorne, Victoria, Australia, and was named Rock Above The Falls. The initial event attracted nearly 11,000 people, exceeding the organisers' expectations, and the organisers negotiated the use of neighbouring land to accommodate the crowd.

In 1995, the event adopted a two-day format, and in 1996 the name was changed to The Falls Music & Arts Festival. The 1999 festival was the first to be held off the Lorne site, moved temporarily to the Torquay site of the Offshore Festival due to poor weather.

Two events were held simultaneously for the first time in 2003; one in Lorne, and an additional event at Marion Bay, Tasmania. The same acts played at both events; the 30 December acts who played at Lorne, play 31 December at Marion Bay, and vice versa. Both the Lorne and Marion Bay festivals have continued to run simultaneously and artists continue to be exchanged between the two locations over the course of the festival. Subsequent festivals retained this two-location format.

The Byron edition of the event was introduced in 2013, increasing the reach of the festival across the country.

In 2019, the festival at the Lorne site was cancelled due to extreme bushfire risk during the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.^[5] All editions of the festivals in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with organisers citing interstate travel restrictions.^[6]

In 2021, the Marion Bay edition of the festival was cancelled permanently, with organisers citing low revenue from the event.^[3] In March 2023, Secret Sounds, the organisers of the festivals, placed the 273 hectare Marion Bay property that hosted the Tasmanian festival on the market, to be sold under expressions of interest.^[7]

In 2022, the Victorian edition of the festival was held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in inner city Melbourne, after originally being planned for the town of Murroon, located 35 km from Lorne. Organisers of the Festival pulled out of the planning process after a small local group opposed the planning permit approval.^[2]

The festival will not run in 2023 as the organisers decided to take the year off.^[8]

Awards

In 2008, the Falls Festival won the FasterLouder Festival Award for 'Best Lineup' and the following year the Marion Bay site received the 'Favourite Venue and Location' award.^[9]

The festival has a strong focus on sustainability, taking home the following awards over the past few years:

• Winner – Excellence in Sustainability Victorian Tourism Awards 2012
• Winner – Excellence in Sustainability Victorian Tourism Awards 2013
• Winner – Excellence in Sustainability Victorian Tourism Awards 2014 (inducted into the Hall of Fame)
• Outstanding in the Greener Festival Awards 2012
• Outstanding in the Greener Festival Awards 2013
• Outstanding in the Greener Festival Awards 2014
• Winner – Major Festivals & Events Tasmanian Tourism Awards 2013
• Winner – Major Festivals & Events Tasmanian Tourism Awards 2014
• Winner – Major Festival Australian Event Awards 2014

Awards and nominations

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
National Live Music Awards of 2016[10]	Falls Festival	Best Live Music Festival or Event	Nominated
National Live Music Awards of 2018[11][12]	Falls Festival	Best Live Music Festival or Event	Nominated
National Live Music Awards of 2019[13][14]	Falls Festival	Victorian Live Event of the Year	Won
		Tasmanian All Ages Achievement	Won

Timeline

1996

• Pennywise
• Radio Birdman
• Regurgitator
• Custard
• Powderfinger
• The Living End
• Even
• Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes
• Sidewinder
• Pollyanna
• Bodyjar
• Snout
• Moler
• Rebecca's Empire
• Meantime

1997

• Iggy Pop
• You Am I
• The Cruel Sea
• Hard Ons
• Lagwagon
• Superjesus
• Jebediah
• Shihad
• Grinspoon
• Guttermouth
• The Living End
• Even
• Something For Kate
• Deadstar
• Front End Loader
• Pre Shrunk
• Sprung Monkey
• Liberty (Triple J Unearthed Winners "Porcelein")

1998

• Blondie
• Mudhoney
• Bentley Rhythm Ace
• Rocket From The Crypt
• Unwritten Law
• Area-7
• The Avalanches
• Magic Dirt
• Moler
• You Am I
• Grinspoon
• Superjesus
• Nancy Vandal
• Ammonia
• Screamfeeder
• Even
• Bodyjar
• Something For Kate
• Frenzal Rhomb
• Violetine
• Voitek
• Honeysmack
• Pound System

1999

• Violent Femmes
• The Tea Party
• Freddy Fresh
• Regurgitator
• Something For Kate
• You Am I
• Frenzal Rhomb
• Superheist
• Killing Heidi
• DJ Boppa
• 28 Days
• Alex Lloyd
• Area-7
• Rhubarb
• Pollyanna
• The Fauves

2000

• Silverchair
• Reef
• The Vandals
• Freestylers
• Killing Heidi
• Superjesus
• The Avalanches
• Magic Dirt
• Bodyjar
• Groove Terminator
• John Butler Trio
• Skulker
• Pre Shrunk
• Sunk Loto
• 78 Saab
• Superheist
• Rocket Science
• Dallas Crane
• Nokturnl
• Nitocris
• The Waifs
• George
• Machine Gun Fellatio
• Resin Dogs
• Friendly (musician)
• Josh Abrahams
• 1200 Techniques
• Honeysmack
• Voitek

2001

• The Hives
• Stanton Warriors
• Grinspoon
• Regurgitator
• John Butler Trio
• Something For Kate
• 28 Days
• Resin Dogs
• Groove Terminator
• Alex Lloyd
• Paul Kelly
• Bodyjar
• Dr. Alex Paterson
• George
• Superheist
• Area-7
• One Dollar Short
• 1200 Techniques
• Dern Rutlidge
• Warped
• NuBreed
• On Inc
• Pound System
• Blueline Medic
• For Amusement Only

2002

• Jack Johnson
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Ozomatli
• Timo Maas
• The Vandals
• The Ataris
• Brad
• Grinspoon
• Machine Gun Fellatio
• Infusion
• Xavier Rudd
• 1200 Techniques
• The Casanovas
• You Am I
• Magic Dirt
• Jet
• Rocket Science
• The Drones
• Underside
• Antiskeptic
• The Gels
• The Butterfly Effect
• Groove Terminator
• Offcutts
• Warped
• Pete Murray
• Even
• Melatonin
• The Beautiful Girls
• The Sleepy Jackson
• Phil Smart
• Goodwill
• Samuel Jackson
• The Alias
• Ballpoint
• Three Rounds Shy (JJJ Unearthed)
• Ransom
• Quirk

2003

• Michael Franti and Spearhead
• Rollins Band
• Groove Armada
• Pennywise
• Reel Big Fish
• G. Love and Special Sauce
• Turin Brakes
• Ozomatli
• Mason Jennings
• Paul Kelly
• The Waifs
• Xavier Rudd
• Regurgitator
• The Beautiful Girls
• Cog
• The Mess Hall
• Trey
• Bodyjar
• Dallas Crane
• Dexter
• Bit By Bats
• Nubreed
• Krafty Kuts
• Cut Copy
• Missy Higgins
• TZU
• James De La Cruz
• Offcuts
• Danny Kelly and the Alpha Males
• The Butterfly Effect
• After The Fall
• Degrees K
• The Pictures
• Riff Random
• Ember Swift
• Bomba
• Gerling
• Harry Manx
• DJ's Kano & Ennio Styles
• Flagrant and Ben Shepard
• John Course and Goodwill
• Bugdust
• Epicure
• The Swedish Styles
• Carus
• Whalebone
• The Charlie Parkers
• Damon
• The Go Set
• The Double Agents
• Mick Hart
• SMC
• Unleash The Nugget
• Reflex
• Waiter
• Peter Cornelius and the Devilles
• The Fat Band
• Enola Fall
• Taiko Drum
• S. Jackson and Somantik
• Sharif Galal
• DJ Selekt and B Dub

Performers at the 2003-04 event include Australian artists Xavier Rudd, The Beautiful Girls, Gerling, Regurgitator and The Waifs; and international acts Michael Franti and Spearhead, Pennywise, Reel Big Fish, and Ozomatli. Like many Australian festivals, the event also promotes local bands, with Victorian and Tasmanian artists also performing at their respective state's festival. Solo female performer Missy Higgins promoted the release of her album and several singles, for which she was later recognised by receiving multiple awards at the ARIA Awards in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

2004

The 2004/05 festival was again held at both venues. Both sites sold out early – the only Falls Festival to sell as fast was the 1999 event. Artists performing at the event included:

• The Black Keys
• De La Soul
• Billy Bragg
• The Living End
• The John Butler Trio
• Missy Higgins
• The Thrills
• Veruca Salt
• Spiderbait
• The Cat Empire
• Xavier Rudd
• Donavon Frankenreiter
• You Am I
• The Beautiful Girls
• Vusi Mahlasela
• Hilltop Hoods
• Rocket Science
• Dakota Star
• Bob Brozman
• Downsyde
• TZU
• The New Pollutants
• Butterfingers
• The Panics
• Hayden
• Sarah Blasko
• Even
• The Cops
• Betchadupa
• The Spazzys
• The Vasco Era
• Carus and The True Believers
• Epicure
• Mia Dyson
• Ash Grunwald
• The Hot Lies
• Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
• The Roys

2005

Artists who performed at the 2005 event included:

• The Dandy Warhols
• Ozomatli
• The Shins
• Ian Brown
• Wolfmother
• Pete Murray
• The Beautiful Girls
• The Vasco Era
• Faker
• TZU
• The Grates
• Hoodoo Gurus
• The Zutons
• Sarah Blasko
• End of Fashion
• The White Buffalo
• The Mess Hall
• Evermore
• Dallas Crane
• Lior
• Matt Walker and Ashley Davies
• 67 Special
• Ugly Duckling
• The Cat Empire
• Rolling Blackouts
• The Presets
• Eric Bibb
• Kelly Stoltz
• Little Birdy
• Ash Grunwald
• Dappled Cities Fly
• True Live
• Offcutts
• Katalyst and RuCL
• Rob Sawyer
• Mia Dyson
• Youth Group
• Dan Sultan & Scott Wilson
• The Embers

In 2005 tickets for the Marion Bay festival sold out two and a half days after going on sale on 15 August, and Lorne tickets selling out one week after coming on sale.

Further allocations of tickets for both festivals were released during December and sold out within hours of coming on sale. An unlimited number of Falls Festival patrons were able to attend the 'Falls Cinema' on Thursday 29 December (one day earlier than the official kick-off) in an effort to minimize traffic congestion. In Tasmania, the number of tickets available were capped at 9000.

2006

In early July, a new website for the 2006 event was launched. People were able to subscribe to the official mailing list and be entered into the draw to be offered tickets ahead of the official release date of 16 August. Subscribers that were selected were notified by 30 July. Tickets for the 2006 festival were put on sale as of 9 am, 16 August. All tickets to the Lorne event were gone in about 2 hours. The Marion Bay event followed suit, with all tickets sold out within 3.5 hours.

The announced performers as of 28 December, include:

• Modest Mouse
• Michael Franti and Spearhead
• Wolfmother
• Basement Jaxx
• The Bees
• John Butler Trio
• Saul Williams
• The Black Seeds
• Matt Costa
• The Vasco Era
• Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males
• The Fumes
• Dallas Frasca & Her Gentlemen
• You Am I
• The Audreys
• Youth Group
• Josh Pyke
• Blue King Brown
• Jamie Lidell
• Hilltop Hoods
• Eskimo Joe
• Unleash the Nugget
• Wolf & Cub
• Dexter
• Timmy Curran
• Labjacd
• Scribe
• The Sleepy Jackson
• The Mountain Goats
• Little Birdy
• The Exploders
• Jen Cloher and The Endless Sea
• Dan Sultan
• Cansei de Ser Sexy
• Ground Components
• FourPlay String Quartet
• Custom Kings
• Muph & Plutonic
• The Embers

Restrictions on ticket sales were made in 2006 (in the form of a ballot) in an attempt to curb the increasing practice of ticket resale, commonly known as 'scalping', as well as to make the access to tickets more equitable. The changes reflected similar alterations made to ticket sale procedures of other major Australian music festivals such as Splendour in the Grass and The Big Day Out. Previously, tickets had been released for sale in bulk and with no limit on the number of tickets able to be purchased by an individual, resulting in a high incidence of individuals purchasing multiple tickets, and a subsequent sell-out of tickets within 12 – 24 hours.

The restrictions included a purchasing limit of four tickets per any individual, as well as the initiation of an online ticket lottery, which randomly allocated the sale of approximately 50% of all tickets to a list of people who had registered their interest on the Festival's website. Tickets were also released on multiple dates rather than in bulk, to make sales more manageable and to increase consumer accessibility to the sale of tickets.

2007

The artists at the festival of 2007/08 included:^[15]

• Kings of Leon
• Groove Armada
• Paul Kelly
• Midnight Juggernauts
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• The Waifs
• Gotye
• Built to Spill
• José González
• The Go! Team
• Blackalicious
• The Mess Hall
• Girl Talk
• Kev Carmody
• Whiskey Go Go's
• Neville Staple's Specials
• Adam Cousens**
• Bridget Pross**
• Magic Dirt*
• Sarah Blasko*
• Children Collide*
• Jackson Jackson*
• The Pipettes
• The Herd
• Lior
• Little Red
• Operator Please
• Old Man River
• Angus and Julia Stone
• The Beautiful Girls
• Regurgitator
• Clare Bowditch
• Downhills Home*
• Jeff Lang
• Cut Off Your Hands
• The Scientists of Modern Music
• Diafrix
• Mattafix
• Busdriver
• The Panics
• Dirty Harry and the Rockets**
• The Cops
• Nathan Weldon and the Two Timers**
• Special Patrol*
• Dukes of Windsor*
• Macromantics*
• The Paper Scissors*
• Dances With Voices*
• Goons of Doom*
• Whitley
• La Fiesta Sound System*
• Favela Rock DJs*
• Tokyo Apartment Party DJs*
• Thief Featuring DJ Gsan & Mugen with Paris Well*
• Jennifer Tutty & Katie Drover
• Hoops*
• Funktrust DJs*
• Uber Lingua DJs*
• New Young Pony Club*

(* Lorne Only), (** Marion Bay only)

Ticket purchasing procedures changed again in 2007, extending changes made to procedures in 2006. Changes included:

• the extension of the ticket lottery from 50% to 80% of all tickets – intended to increase the equity of ticket sale
• the centralisation of all ticket sales to the Falls Festival Website – intended to eliminate the need to line up outside stores overnight to purchase a ticket, as well as prevent criminal problems associated with it such as littering and drinking in public
• the inclusion of a name and date of birth printed on the Festival ticket – intended to further restrict scalping practices

Tickets went on sale to the general public on Monday 10 September at 9 am AEST, with the 14,500 tickets to the Lorne event selling out on the day they were released.

2008

• Franz Ferdinand
• The Hives
• Santigold
• The Kooks
• Gomez
• Tegan and Sara
• Fleet Foxes
• Donavon Frankenreiter
• SoKo
• Jamie Lidell
• Cut Off Your Hands
• Mystery Jets
• Atmosphere feat. Brother Ali
• A-Trak
• Late of the Pier
• Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
• The Cat Empire
• The Grates
• Faker
• Lykke Li
• Augie March
• Blue King Brown
• Ash Grunwald
• TZU
• The Drones
• Architecture in Helsinki
• The Dodos
• Wolf & Cub
• Liam Finn
• Rocket Science
• Eli "Paperboy" Reed
• British India
• TinPan Orange
• Labjacd
• Violent Soho
• South Rakkas Crew
• Tame Impala
• The Holidays*
• Snob Scrilla*
• Grafton Primary
• Murs
• CW Stoneking & The Primitive Orchestra
• Laura Jean & The Eden Land Band
• Mamadou Diabate
• Kat Frankie
• Barons of Tang
• Dash & Will
• Skipping Girl Vinegar

Those marked with an asterisk (*) played in Lorne only.

2009

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Moby
• Hilltop Hoods
• Grizzly Bear
• Rodrigo y Gabriela
• The Temper Trap
• Datarock
• The Dirty Love^
• Breakfast Balcony^
• Jamie T
• Amanda Blank*
• Dappled Cities*
• Wolfmother
• Xavier Rudd
• Emiliana Torrini
• Little Birdy
• Midnight Juggernauts
• Andrew Bird
• Lyrics Born
• Chairlift
• King Khan and the Shrines
• Editors
• Philadelphia Grand Jury
• Kaki King
• Sarah Blasko
• Art vs. Science
• DJ Yoda
• Liam Finn
• Lisa Mitchell
• Major Lazer Soundsystem (DJ Set)
• Patrick Watson
• Seasick Steve
• The View
• Urthboy
• White Rabbits
• Future of the Left
• Killaqueenz*
• Yves Klein Blue
• John Steel Singers
• Bertie Blackman*
• Washington*
• The Inspector Cluzo*
• Miami Horror*
• Wagons*
• Oh Mercy*
• Jordie Lane*
• Kid Sam*
• The Beards*
• Yacht Club DJs^
• Little Red
• The Phenomenal Handclap Band*
• Fully Fitted*
• The Vasco Era*
• Dan Sultan*
• Bag Raiders*
• Grrilla Step*
• Hoops DJ's*
• Whitley*
• Naysayer and Gilsun*
• Catcall*
• The Scare*
• Zac Cooper^
• The Paper Scissors*
• Andy Murphy & Chardy*
• Playing with Knives DJ's*

Funk’n’Soul Revue

• Marva Whitney & The Transatlantics*
• The Bamboos*
• Deep Street Soul*
• Mohair Slim
• DJ Kano*
• Emma Peel
• Anna's Go-Go Academy
• Russ Dewbury^
• Chris Gill
• Man Child

Those marked with an asterisk (*) played in Lorne only.
Those marked with a caret (^) played in Marion Bay only.

On 6 August 2009 some of the bands scheduled to play at the 2009 Falls Festival were leaked online due to a directory being left open on the official falls festival website. The organisers subsequently decided to officially release the entire first line-up announcement ahead of the scheduled 13 August release date.^[16]

On 7 October 2009 the Falls Festival announced that they would be putting on a pre-festival party, and extending the Falls Funk’n’Soul Revue to Lorne on 28 December. The extension of the revue made the Lorne festival a four-day event from 28 December to 1 January. The Funk’n’Soul Revue occurred over two days across the respective states, on the 28th in Lorne and on the 29th in Marion Bay with slightly differing lineups across the two locations.^[17]

2010

• Interpol
• Public Enemy (Performing their album Fear of a Black Planet in full)
• Joan Jett and the Black Hearts
• The Jezabels
• The National
• The Living End
• Dan Kelly (musician)
• Klaxons
• Angus & Julia Stone
• Tame Impala
• The Rapture
• Ladyhawke
• Cold War Kids
• Sleigh Bells
• Chris Baio (Vampire Weekend)
• Hot Hot Heat
• Paul Kelly
• Boy & Bear
• Children Collide
• The Beautiful Girls
• The John Butler Trio
• The Soft Pack
• Last Dinosaurs
• Dan Sultan*
• Sally Seltmann*
• The Cool Kids
• Junip
• Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
• Marina & The Diamonds*
• The Middle East
• Cloud Control
• Yacht Club DJs
• Washington
• The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
• The Morning Benders
• The Bamboos
• Tijuana Cartel (band)
• A-Trak
• Edan The Dee-Jay*
• Ash Grunwald
• Beardyman*
• The Cuban Brothers*
• World's End Press
• Casiokids
• Peaches
• Daara J Family
• Jamaica
• Charlie Parr
• Jonathan Boulet
• Big Scary
• Sampology
• Eagle and the Worm
• Jinja Safari
• Tim & Jean

2011

Aloe Blacc Alpine An Horse Arctic Monkeys Arj Barker Babylon Circus Beirut CANT Crystal Castles CSS Dan Deacon DJ Yoda Easy Star All-Stars Emma Louise Fleet Foxes Grouplove J Mascis John Butler Trio Josh Pyke Josh Thomas

Kimbra Lanie Lane Metronomy Missy Higgins Nouvelle Vague Papa vs Pretty PNAU Regurgitator (Playing Unit in full) The Scientists of Modern Music Scratch Perverts The Grates The Head and the Heart The Jezabels The Jim Jones Revue The Kooks The Naked & Famous Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (cancelled) Unknown Mortal Orchestra Young MC

Marion Bay Only The Dirty Love Lorne Only 360 Bass Kleph Dr Don Don Hook N Sling Lotek Mic Newman & Tornado Wallace Nina Las Vegas Oscar & Martin Strange Talk The Death Set Bleeding Knees Club The Bombay Royale Miles Kane Puta Madre Brothers Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes Boy in a Box Dub FX Guineafowl Gyuto Monks of Tibet Kim Churchill Lewis Floyd Henry[18]

2012

Angus Stone Ash Grunwald Ball Park Music Beach House Best Coast Bombay Bicycle Club Boy & Bear Coolio Cosmo Jarvis Django Django First Aid Kit Hilltop Hoods Hot Chip Jinja Safari Lisa Mitchell

Lyke Giants Matt Corby Maxïmo Park Millions Sampology Presents a Falls Anniversary Live AV Show SBTRKT Sharon Van Etten The Flaming Lips The Hives The Vaccines Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Two Door Cinema Club Willis Earl Beal

Lorne Only Airwolf Ajax Alison Wonderland Bleeding Knees Club Cactus Channel Cassian Cub Scouts (Cub Sport) Daniel Champagne DZ Deathrays Elizabeth Rose Flume Fraser A. Gorman Grey Ghost Howlin' Steam Train

Husky Indian Summer Jen Tutty & Katie Drover King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Miami Horror DJs Parachute Youth Peking Duk Regular John The Rechords The Trouble With Templeton Tinpan Orange Soccer Mum DJs World's End Press[19]

2013

• !!!
• Asta
• Bombino
• Bonobo
• The Cat Empire
• Chet Faker
• Crystal Fighters
• Cyril Hahn
• Emma Louise
• Flight Facilities
• Gossling
• Grizzly Bear
• Hanni El Khatib
• Hermitude
• Horrorshow
• James Vincent McMorrow
• The John Steel Singers
• Johnny Marr
• London Grammar
• MGMT
• Neil Finn
• Oliver Tank
• The Paper Kites
• POND
• The Preatures
• The Roots
• The Rubens
• Rufus
• Solange
• Thundamentals
• Tom Odell
• Vampire Weekend
• Violent Femmes
• Violent Soho
• The War on Drugs
• White Denim
• The Wombats

2014

• Airling^
• Moses Gunn Collective^
• KLP (musician)^*
• Japanese Wallpaper*
• Benson*
• Just A Gent*
• Charlotte OC*
• Grmm*
• Horns of Leroy*
• Kilter*
• Henry Stone (Comedian)*
• Melbourne Gospel Choir*
• Pierce Brothers*
• Torren Foot*
• Uv Boi بنفسجي فوق *
• Yahtzel (DJ Set)*

Joining

• alt-J
• Art of Sleeping^*
• Ásgeir
• Big Freedia
• The Black Lips
• Bluejuice
• Charlotte OC*
• Cloud Control*^
• Cold War Kids
• Dan Sultan
• DMA's
• Fishing*^
• Glass Animals
• George Ezra
• Jagwar Ma
• Jamie xx
• Joey Bada$$
• John Butler Trio
• Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
• Kim Churchill
• Kingswood *^
• The Kite String Tangle
• Megan Washington *^
• Milky Chance
• Movement
• Northeast Party House *^
• The Presets
• Remi
• Röyksopp & Robyn
• Run The Jewels
• Safia
• SBTRKT (LIVE)
• Spiderbait
• Sticky Fingers
• Thelma Plum *^
• The Temper Trap
• Tensnake
• Tkay Maidza
• Todd Terje (LIVE)
• Tycho
• Vance Joy
• Wolf Alice

Those marked with a * played in Lorne only
Those marked with a ^ played in Byron Bay only^[20]

2015

In 2015 the events Lorne, Victoria venue was threatened by bushfires in the area and moved to Mount Duneed Estate, which is approximately 15 minutes from Geelong.^[21]

• Alpine
• Art vs Science
• The Avener (FRA)
• Birds of Tokyo
• Bloc Party (UK)
• BØRNS (USA)
• Courtney Barnett
• Disclosure (UK)
• Django Django (UK)
• El Vez (USA)
• Fleetmac Wood
• Foals (UK)
• Gang of Youths
• Gary Clark Jr. (USA)
• Halsey (USA)
• Hiatus Kaiyote
• Hilltop Hoods
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• Kurt Vile and The Violators (USA)
• Little May
• The Maccabees (UK)
• Mac DeMarco (CAN)
• Meg Mac
• Oh Wonder (UK)
• Paul Kelly & Merri Soul Sessions ft. Clairy Browne, Dan Sultan, Kira Piru, Vika & Linda Bull
• Rüfüs
• Seth Sentry
• Toro y Moi (USA)
• Weird Al Yankovic (USA)
• Young Fathers (UK)

+ more to be announced^[22]

2016

• Childish Gambino (USA)
• London Grammar (UK)
• The Avalanches
• Violent Soho
• Matt Corby
• Alison Wonderland
• Catfish and the Bottlemen (UK)
• Fat Freddy's Drop (NZ)
• Ta-Ku
• The Rubens
• The Jezabels
• Ball Park Music
• Grouplove (USA)
• Bernard Fanning
• Jamie T (UK)
• Broods (NZ)
• Tkay Maidza
• Grandmaster Flash (USA)
• Illy
• Golden Features
• Hot Dub Time Machine
• DMA's
• AlunaGeorge (UK)
• Booka Shade (GER)
• Client Liaison
• Vallis Alps
• Parquet Courts (USA)
• City Calm Down
• L D R U
• Modern Baseball (USA)
• Tired Lion
• Remi
• Ry X
• Marlon Williams (NZ)
• Lemaitre (NOR)
• Shura (UK)

• Grouplove cancelled their appearance at Falls Festival due to singer Hannah Hooper suffering from vocal problems^[23][24]

2017

• Flume
• Fleet Foxes (US)
• The Kooks (UK)
• Glass Animals (UK)
• Peking Duk
• Angus and Julia Stone
• Foster The People (US)
• Liam Gallagher (UK)
• Vince Staples (US)
• Jungle (UK)
• Dune Rats
• The Smith Street Band
• DRAM (US)
• Daryl Braithwaite
• Everything Everything (UK)
• Allday
• The Jungle Giants
• Thundamentals
• Methyl Ethel
• Slumberjack
• D.D Dumbo
• Anna Lunoe
• DZ Deathrays
• Confidence Man
• Julia Jacklin
• Bad//Dreems
• Cosmo's Midnight
• Winston Surfshirt
• Luca Brasi
• Alex Lahey
• Camp Cope
• Flint Eastwood (US)
• Ecca Vandal
• Dave (UK)
• Total Giovanni

2018

• Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals (USA)
• Catfish and the Bottlemen (UK)
• Vance Joy
• Chvrches (UK)
• Hilltop Hoods
• Juice Wrld (USA)
• Interpol (USA)
• Toto (USA)
• Dizzee Rascal (UK)
• 88 Rising ft. Rich Brian, Joji, Niki, & August 8 (USA/IDN/JPN)
• Flight Facilities
• Amy Shark
• DMA's
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
• Golden Features
• First Aid Kid (SWE)
• Ocean Alley
• Hockey Dad
• Cashmere Cat (NOR)
• The Vaccines (UK)
• LPX (USA)
• Cub Sport
• Ruel
• Jack River
• Bishop Briggs (UK)
• Mallrat
• Briggs
• Touch Sensitive
• Tkay Maidza
• Dermot Kennedy (IRL)
• Tired Lion
• Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers (USA)
• Soccer Mommy (USA)
• Running Touch
• Odette
• Kinder
• Mahalia (UK)
• Hatchie
• West Thebarton
• Tia Gostelow
• Kota Banks
• Triple One
• Alice Skye
• Sweater Curse
• Lex Deluxe

2019

• Halsey (USA)
• Vampire Weekend (USA)
• Disclosure (UK)
• Peking Duk
• Playboi Carti (USA)
• Of Monsters and Men (ISL)
• Pnau
• Lewis Capaldi (UK)
• Milky Chance (GER)
• John Farnham
• Banks (USA)
• Dope Lemon
• Vera Blue
• Yungblud (UK)
• G Flip
• Crooked Colours
• Parcels
• Thelma Plum
• #1 Dads
• Waax
• Baker Boy
• Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
• Amyl and the Sniffers
• The Japanese House (UK)
• Pink Sweats (USA)
• Good Dooogs
• Cxloe
• James Gillow
• Totty

2023

• Arctic Monkeys (UK)
• Lil Nas X (USA)
• Peggy Gou (KOR/GER)
• Chvrches (UK)
• Jamie xx (UK)
• Aminé (USA)
• Ocean Alley
• CamelPhat (UK)
• Spacey Jane
• DMA's
• G Flip
• PinkPantheress (UK)
• Rico Nasty (USA)
• Amyl and the Sniffers
• Mall Grab
• Ben Böhmer (GER)
• DJ Seinfeld (SWE/GER)
• Genesis Owusu
• TSHA (UK)
• CC:Disco
• Young Franco
• Anna Lunoe
• Luude
• Lastlings
• MAY-A
• Choomba
• The VANNS
• King Stingray
• Peach PRC
• Beddy Rays
• Jean Dawson (USA)
• Telenova
• Biscits (UK)
• Barry Can't Swim (UK)
• Elkka (UK)
• Floodlights
• Wongo
• YNG Martyr
• 1300
• Moktar
• Magdalena Bay (USA)
• Dameeeela
• Ebony Boadu
• RONA.
• Elsy Wameyo
• Juno Mamba
• The Wiggles

• Jean Dawson was removed from the lineup for unknown reasons

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• Australia portal

• Official website