Laneway Festival 2023

Overview

It's back, it's big and it's heading to Auckland: St Jerome's Laneway Festival and its impressive lineup, that is. Returning for the first time since 2020 — since celebrating 15 years since Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio first decided to fill a Melbourne alleyway with tunes — the beloved fest boasts a phenomenal list of talent taking to its stages for its huge and eagerly awaited comeback tour. Here are three names to get you started: HAIM, Joji and Phoebe Bridgers.

Laneway has been teasing its 2023 return since early 2021, then locked in dates and venues — and come Monday, January 30, 2023, it'll hit up Western Springs.

Also on the bill: Finneas, Fontaines DC, Fred again..., Girl in Red, slowthai and Turnstile, as well as 100 Gecs, Chaos in the CBD, Knucks and Mallrat. Yes, the lineup goes on from there.

Clearly, there's a whole heap of reasons to be excited — from HAIM's first Australasian tour since 2017 (and definitely the first since Alana killed it on the big screen in Licorice Pizza) to Bridgers' first New Zealand show, just to name a couple. Also on the list: just Laneway being back and livening up late summer in general.

You can still nab tickets via the festival's website.

ST JEROME'S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2023 LINEUP:

Haim
Joii
Phoebe Bridgers
Finneas
Fontaines DC
Fred again...
Girl in Red
slowthai
Turnstile
100 Gecs
Chaos in the CBD
Fazerdaze
Knucks
Mallrat
Ross From Friends
The Beths
Yard Act
The Backseat Lovers
BBYFACEKILLA
Brotherhood DJz,
Harvey Sutherland
Logic1000
Sycco
Dartz
Eden Burns
Erny Belle
Hans & Friends

Top image: Dave Kan.