Golden Plains Eighteen has dropped its full playing times ahead of the three-day festival at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre.
The 18th edition of Golden Plains runs across 7, 8 and 9 March on Wadawurrung Country near Meredith. Saturday kicks off with a Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country before rolling through Public Figures, Georgia Knight, Sidney Phillips and Water From Your Eyes in the afternoon.
The night builds through Obongjayar and Smerz before Marlon Williams and The Yarra Benders with Ngā Mātai Pūrua take the stage, followed by BADBADNOTGOOD and Cut Copy rounding out the late session. The after-dark program then runs through Frost Children, Becca Hatch, Djrum and Hybrid Man before Silence Is Golden takes over from 5am.
Golden Plains Eighteen set times
Saturday 7 March
| Time | Artist |
|---|---|
| 1:10 – 1:45pm | Smoking Ceremony |
| 1:45 – 1:55pm | Welcome to Country |
| 1:55 – 2:00pm | Nolesy’s Long Blink |
| 2:00 – 2:40pm | Public Figures |
| 3:00 – 3:40pm | Georgia Knight |
| 4:00 – 4:40pm | Sidney Phillips |
| 5:05 – 5:45pm | Water From Your Eyes |
| 6:10 – 7:00pm | Obongjayar |
| 7:30 – 8:15pm | Smerz |
| 8:45 – 9:45pm | Marlon Williams and The Yarra Benders with Ngā Mātai Pūrua |
| 10:15 – 11:15pm | BADBADNOTGOOD |
| 11:45pm – 12:45am | Cut Copy |
| 1:05 – 1:45am | Frost Children |
| 2:05 – 2:30am | Becca Hatch |
| 2:40 – 3:55am | Djrum |
| 4:00 – 5:00am | Hybrid Man |
| 5:00 – 10:00am | Silence Is Golden |
Sunday 8 March
| Time | Artist |
|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:40am | Way Dynamic |
| 11:00 – 11:40am | Kee’ahn |
| 11:50am – 12:05pm | Storytelling with Uncle Barry |
| 12:15 – 12:55pm | The Gnomes |
| 1:15 – 1:55pm | This Is Lorelei |
| 2:20 – 3:00pm | Upchuck |
| 3:20 – 4:00pm | Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek |
| 4:20 – 5:00pm | DEVAURA |
| 5:20 – 6:30pm | François K (Live Stems) |
| 6:55 – 7:40pm | Bleak Squad |
| 8:10 – 9:05pm | Jalen Ngonda |
| 9:30 – 10:25pm | Ty Segall |
| 11:10pm – 12:25am | Basement Jaxx (Live) |
| 12:50 – 2:40am | Crazy P (DJ) |
| 2:40 – 4:30am | Sally C |
| 4:30 – 7:00am | OK Williams |
| 7:00am | Silence Is Golden |
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Sunday opens with Way Dynamic and Kee’ahn in the morning before moving through The Gnomes, This Is Lorelei, Upchuck, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek and DEVAURA across the afternoon. The evening belongs to François K performing live stems, Bleak Squad, Jalen Ngonda and Ty Segall, with Basement Jaxx performing live from 11:10pm. Crazy P, Sally C and OK Williams carry things through until Silence Is Golden closes out at 7am Monday, with gates shutting at 1pm.
It’s also worth noting that Paquita Gordon will no longer be performing at the festival. Belfast-via-Berlin selector Sally C has stepped in to fill the slot on Sunday night. Tickets to Golden Plains Eighteen are sold out.
Special guest MCs for the weekend are Nat Harris on Saturday and Lewis Garnham on Sunday, with interstitial soundtracks handled by Andy Le, Action Dan and Elsie on Saturday, and Action Dan, Sweetie and O Honey on Sunday.
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