Featuring Interpol, The National, Public Enemy and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Ohh Yeah!
WHAT
The Falls Music and Arts Festival.
WHERE
On a stunning farm within the Otway rainforest, just above Lorne and Victoria’s Great Ocean Road.
There’s plenty of ways to get there, car, train, bus… Falls also has a really cool website where you can register your carpool to take along people if you have a spare seat, or even to jump in with someone else.
Falls also runs at Marion Bay in Tasmania, however the line up is more limited.
WHEN
December 30 2010 – January 1 2011.
WHO’S PLAYING
Interpol, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The National, The Living End, Public Enemy (performing Fear of a Black Planet), Klaxons, Angus and Julia Stone, Tame Impala, The Rapture, Ladyhawke, Cold War Kids, Sleigh Bells, Peaches, Hot Hot Heat, Paul Kelly, Ash Grunwald, Children Collide, The Beautiful Girls, The Soft Pack, Dan Sultan, The Morning Benders, The Cool Kids, Junip, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis’, Marina and the Diamonds*, The Middle East, Cloud Control, Yacht Club DJs*, Washington, Boy and Bear, Sally Seltmann*, The Bamboos, Tijuana Cartel, A-Trak, Edan the Dee-Jay, Chris Baio (Vampire Weekend), Beardyman, The Cuban Brothers, World’s End Press*, Casiokids*, Dan Kelly*, Daara J Family, Jamaica*, Charlie Parr, Jonathan Boulet*, The Jezabels, Big Scary, Last Dinosaurs*, Sampology*, Eagle and the Worm*, Jinja Safari*, Tim and Jean*, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra*
(* indicates bands who are playing at Lorne only)
WHY YOU SHOULD GO
Falls is renowned for being one of the biggest New Years festivals and the line up is genre diverse and exciting. It’s also notorious for selling out VERY quickly.
TICKETS
Like so many other festivals these days, some tickets have already been allocated through a ballot. Otherwise you can buy them from the website from 9amThursday September 9.
WEBSITE