In exactly a week, we’ll be on our way to Splendour In The Grass up in Byron Bay!
We can’t wait, but we’ve still been in shambles about who to see and where to go on each of the three days. In order to solve all the disputes, we’ve made our ultimate SITG timetable – picking our six favourite acts from each day across a range of stages. Whatever your plans are, make sure you catch the 18 acts below, even if you prefer to sit in the wine bar all day and throw banter.
Check out our ultimate SITG timetable below, and see the full set times right here:
FRIDAY
DMA’S: 3:15 – 4:00PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9lTxqpCNLc
DMA’s have embarked on a meteoric rise since the release of their debut Hill’s End, and we imagine that hearing ‘Delete’ in all of its sing-a-long glory will be large in the Ampitheatre.
HAYDEN JAMES: 5:30 – 6:30PM // MIX UP STAGE
Having just released a new single in ‘Just A Lover’, prepare for plenty of sexy times when Hayden James brings smooth, emotive house to the first night of Splendour In The Grass.
DRO CAREY: 7:00 – 8:00PM // TINY DANCER STAGE
Dro Carey is coming in hot, representing the ever-consistent Astral People stable with dancefloor burners.
HUMAN MOVEMENT: 8:00 – 8:30PM // MIX UP STAGE
The emerging Sydney techno duo play their biggest show yet at Splendour In The Grass.
THE AVALANCHES: 9:00 – 10:00PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjfspM5sDIA
It’s was a 16 year long wait for The Avalanches to follow up their landmark debut Since I Left You, and now that Wildflower is here, we can experience it in all its live glory.
THE STROKES: 10:30 – 12:00AM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE
Julian Casablancas. Need we say more?
SATURDAY
THE MEETING TREE: 3:30 – 4:00PM // MIX UP STAGE
The Meeting Tree will release their final EP on Wednesday, right on the eve of Splendour. Sad face. Will you be able to handle the emotional density of their set?
GANG OF YOUTHS: 4:30 – 5:30PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzLc8Cj-AY
Aussie rock heroes Gang of Youths will be tearing down the Ampitheatre in the early afternoon. We bet our tickets that Dave Le’aupepe will be wearing a Slayer shirt.
STICKY FINGERS: 6:00 – 7:00PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OXYTWVHeZA
Australia is still recovering from Land of Pleasure, and Sticky Fingers are gearing up for a new album having debuted a fresh single in ‘Our Town‘ a few weeks back. Hopefully we hear some new jams at Splendour.
AT THE DRIVE-IN: 7:30 – 8:30PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NYbojdoAQE
Start a circle pit to ‘One Armed Scissor’ and listen to Relationship of Command from now until next Saturday.
WHAT SO NOT: 8:45 – 9:45PM // MIX UP STAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqNIuGSGQ34
We just caught What So Not on his colossal joint tour with the legendary A-Trak, and it was pretty darn rambunctious. Prepare for bangers galore.
THE CURE: 9:00 – 12:00AM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GkVhgIeGJQ
A three hour set from the godfathers of moody rock. Prepare to cry a lot.
SUNDAY
URTHBOY: 2:45 – 3:30PM // MIX UP STAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJm-5AnOYM
Elefant Traks and The Herd legend Urthboy is getting things heated early on the final day.
FEKI: 4:00 – 4:50PM // TINY DANCER STAGE
Mutual Friends’ Feki is making the short commute from Brisbane, bringing his wonderful, genre-defying production to the fold.
REMI: 5:00 – 5:50PM // TINY DANCER STAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrW7GNFwPsM
Poetic and unapologetic – Remi is one of the most important new voices in the local hip-hop scene, and his set at Splendour is another milestone in his list of ever-growing accolades.
GOLDEN FEATURES: 6:45 – 7:45PM // MIX UP STAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX61hqrEtnw
The masked bandit brings plenty of ominous bass-filled anthems to get those rave vibes flowing.
JAMES BLAKE: 9:15 – 10:15PM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJgs1P-uUE
James Blake is delivering all those overcast, rainy day tunes with his beats and vocals that’ll have you swaying drearily in unison.
FLUME: 10:45 – 12:00AM // AMPITHEATRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZe5K1DN4ec
It wasn’t that long ago that Flume opened up Splendour In The Grass at midday, and now he’s closing the whole damn thing. There’s going to be a lot from his new album Skin as well as some old favourites and a brand new live show. Big.
