Laneway Festival Announces Dates and Venues for 2016
Returning to Australasia's unconventional festival sites with your new favourite bands.
It's been 11 years since Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio decided to fill a Melbourne alleyway with tunes in 2005. Heading back to their collection of unconventional venues for another year, Laneway Festival have announced their dates and venues for 2016's Australasian run.
Returning to the five established Australian Laneway go-to cities as well as the Singapore and Auckland legs, Laneway will raise a plastic cup to the middle of summer with an undoubtedly killer lineup and unique, random locations.
Kicking off in Singapore on Saturday, January 30 at Gardens by the Bay, Laneway will then head over to Auckland’s Silo Park on Monday, February 1. Then it’s off to Adelaide on Friday, February 5 to kick off the Australian leg for the first time at Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, before heading to Brisbane Showgrounds on Saturday, February 6, Sydney College of the Arts on Sunday, February 7, Footscray Community Arts Centre (FCAC) on Saturday, February 13 and finishing up at Fremantle’s Esplanade on Valentine’s Day.
The full festival lineup for all three countries will be announced at 9am AEST on Tuesday, September 22.
ST JEROME'S LANEWAY FESTIVAL DATES AND VENUES FOR 2016:
Saturday, January 30 — SINGAPORE (THE MEADOW, GARDENS BY THE BAY)
Monday, February 1 — AUCKLAND (SILO PARK)
Friday, February 5 — ADELAIDE (HARTS MILL, PORT ADELAIDE, 16+)
Saturday, February 6 — BRISBANE (BRISBANE SHOWGROUNDS, BOWEN HILLS, 16+)
Sunday, February 7 — SYDNEY (SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, ROZELLE)
Saturday, February 13 — MELBOURNE (FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE (FCAC) + THE RIVER’S EDGE)
Sunday, February 14 — FREMANTLE (ESPLANADE RESERVE AND WEST END)
Image: Andy Fraser.
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