Party-starters, dance floor-legends and international icons – these are our predicted picks to be at Pitch 2025.
After a painful and devastating sequence of events at Pitch Music & Arts Festival 2024, bets are on that the festival will bounce back next year with a lineup bigger, better and bolder than ever before.
The instalment of the festival earlier this year in March saw organisers shutting down the event mid-way through the weekend due to extreme weather concerns and severe heatwave conditions. Attendees were asked to go home on the Sunday of the festival, losing two full days of music, arts and partying.
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Back for their eighth outing this coming March 7 to 11, 2025, there’s no doubt that the team behind the electronic music and arts festival want to make up for parties lost. Taking place at the foothills of the Grampian Plains in western Victoria, the five-day adventure is sure to be a wild ride down the rabbit hole of beats and bangers.
Read on to check out which international icons and local heroes we predict will make an appearance at Pitch Music and Arts 2025.
Joy Orbison
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This is a no-brainer. The English electronic musician is all but confirmed to headline Pitch next year after the festival’s team teased the upcoming iteration of the festival on Instagram with a couple of posts that are soundtracked by two of Joy O’s songs – flight fm and better. He’s one to honour his British roots, combining UK funk and UK garage with a mix of old-school jungle, dubstep and house.
Cromby
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A name on many people’s lips is the Irish-born, Berlin-based Cromby. After going to Pitch in 2022 and going absolutely off, then being followed up with an invite to the festival earlier this year, bets are on that Cromby might be backing it all up with an appearance in March 2025. A musician especially loved by Aussie dance floors, it’d be a crime for Cromby not to make an appearance at this upcoming Pitch.
Bella Claxton
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After winning dance floor crowds and party punters over during her hot Euro summer, Aussie extraordinaire Bella Claxton is back on home soil. A much-needed homegrown hero addition to what will probably be a lineup of world-class internationals, this party legend knows how to keep up with the best of the best – being one herself. Here’s hoping she makes it to the Grampians in March.
Patrick Mason
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It’d be no surprise to anyone that Pitch may want to make up for lost time – and lost sets – from the 2024 edition. With the sudden cancellation happening mid-festival, artists like German-based Patrick Mason missed out on partying with patrons and had to just settle for a Naarm sideshow. Fingers crossed this artist gets a do-over next year.
Funk Tribu
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Known for curating a retro-futuristic party during his sets, Colombia-born, Berlin-based Funk Tribu will no doubt elevate the atmosphere this upcoming March. That is, if he’ll be there. Perhaps more of a manifestation of dance floor dreams than a secured name on the lineup, there’ll certainly be no protesters if Funk Tribu pulls through come Pitch 2025.
Elli Acula
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Rumour has it that the unstoppable force that is Elli Acula is going to be gracing the grounds of the Grampians come March. The German-based artist is no stranger to Aussie shores, having paid a visit here this time last year for Strawberry Fields. A year between appearances Down Under seems like the perfect amount of time to be inviting her back for more.
Franck
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Franck, one of the lucky party-starters who slipped in a set at Pitch 2024 before it shut down, took the chance to show the festival what he’s made of. The electro and techno DJ gave us all a taste, and so surely he’ll be back this coming year for the main course. Aussie crowds and clubs adore the Scottish DJ and producer, so it’s up to Pitch to give the people what they want.
Salute
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After releasing their debut album True Magic in July of this year, Manchester-based producer and musician Salute followed up with an announcement of dates that will see them touring the album around the world. Like stars perfectly aligned, it seems the dance music superstar will be passing through Aus in early March. Coincidence? Let’s hope not.
Keep an eye out for Pitch 2025’s official lineup on Tuesday, November 19 here.
