Overview
Some things change, others stay the same: that's the Yonder Festival story for 2022. This year's event is making a big move, with the three-day music, arts and camping fest relocating from the Sunshine Coast to the Scenic Rim. The usual jam-packed lineup? That's well and truly accounted for as normal, though — and the Yonder team has just dropped all the details.
Get ready to catch everyone from Kenta Hayashi, Haiku Hands and Miles Brown to Yirinda, Girl and Girl and Tjaka between Thursday, November 24–Saturday, November 26, taking over four stages among luscious greenery.
"Welcoming eclectic and diverse acts for the fourth Yonder after making it through unique challenges in previous years is a valuable celebration from significant artists coming together in an immersive and surreal environment," said Festival Director Lincoln Savage, announcing the lineup.
"Yonder is built on a balance of all art forms and focuses on artists who are starting to break out. We encourage people to attend Yonder not because of the artists they know, but those they don't — we hope Yonder provides an eclectic experience for people to discover their new favourite acts," he continued.
Expect a varied roster of acts to hit the Spiegeltent and Hill Stage, including of Full Flower Moon Band, Safety Club, Life on Earth and Accomplice Collective as well. Dance space Yonderland will feature DJs aplenty, such as Bad Taste House Collective, David Versace, Theyphex Twins, Echo and Bounce, and Jen-E — and the ambient stage The Space Between Notes will be dedicated to two-hour-long sets by Mekema, Imitation Therapy, HHAARRPP and more.
Roving and onstage performances will come courtesy of The Cassettes Flash Mob, Highline Australia and Manko the Macaw, turning just walking around the fest into a show. Also, artists as Tori-Jay Mordey, Scott Nagy, Krimsone, Aurora Campbell and Gus Eagleton will paint murals throughout the fest, turning every space into a canvas.
Fancy putting your own talents to work? There'll be a paper wildflower-making workshop, plus meditation sessions. Keen to browse and buy? There'll be artisan market stalls.
Food-wise, expect boutique stalls, with a focus on local businesses. Wunderbar, the fest's licensed bar, will also be pouring homegrown wares — including cocktails and beers supplied by Felons Brewing Co.
If you're new to Yonder, it first started in the Mary Valley on the Sunshine Coast, and is known for its laidback atmosphere, hefty lineup of stellar tunes and performances, camping in scenic surrounds, and swims (including water aerobics) — this time in the Albert River.
Also a drawcard: being able to BYO alcohol. Those drinks do need to be in plastic containers, and you can also only show up with a reasonable amount of booze.
YONDER 2022 LINEUP:
MUSIC:
Accomplice Collective
Bad Taste House Collective
Become a Moth
Big Dead
Blue Screen of Death
Boom Boom Bean Selecta
Buttercats
Chocolate Strings
Das Druid
David Versace
Deceased Estates
Deejay Local Support
Dentallplan
Dorian
Echo and Bounce
Echowave
Eren
Fascinator
Fatshaudi
felix.dance
Full Flower Moon Band
Girl and Girl
Gute Zeit Gal
HHAARRPP
Haiku Hands
Imitation Therapy
Jamison
Jazz House
Jen-E
Jungaji
Kalopsia
Kenta Hayashi
Kitch
Life on Earth
Lithe
Lord Fascinator
Lucy Francesca Dron
Mekema
Miles Brown
Mumbles
Nigel Stephens
Phil Smart takeover
Platonic Sex
Ralfalpha
Safety Club
SAMMM.
Sellma Soul
Sleeping
SMXG
Sonny O'Brien
Spirit Lights
Stocks
Strictly Disco
Swiss Mountain Transport Systems
Taylah J
Theyphex Twins
Tjaka
The Abstract Human Radio
Timothy Fairless
Trace Decay
TULLIO
Update Prayer
Yirinda
VISUAL ART:
Artdosis
Aurora Campbell
Esquidy
Gus Eagleton
JB Diz Brown
Jordache
Kat Han
Krimsone
Naycha
Raw Ink
Reuben Zachary
Scott Nagy
Taneal Theresa
Tori-Jay Mordey
Trashbinn Art
Zaide
PERFORMANCE:
The Buttery Cowboys
UQ Taiko
Zen Zen Zo
Theatre of Thunder
iLiminal Butoh
The Cassettes
The Feather Collector
Highline Australia
Manko the Macaw
Wild Lotus Project
Wild Lotus Project
Tez & Tezza
VOiiiD Collective
Filthy Aliens
Yonder Festival runs from Thursday, November 24–Saturday, November 26 in the Scenic Rim, Queensland. For more information or to buy tickets, head to the festival website.
Images: Ned Martin / Mellumae / Cinderpixx / Mika.