Summer Camp 2023
Jessie Ware, Trixie Mattel and Rebecca Black headline the all-inclusive music and arts festival's big 2023 return.
Overview
Australia's touring all-inclusive music and arts festival Summer Camp is returning in December with a lineup of over 100 artists. Following Summer Camp's inaugural run in 2022 which combined great tunes and LGBTQIA+ pride, the blockbuster event will be back in Melbourne at St Kilda Marina on Saturday, December 2.
Leading the lineup are headliners Jessie Ware and Trixie Mattel. Ware teased that she was playing the festival back in May, advising that she'd be appearing on an episode of her podcast Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware before confirming her place on the lineup in July.
It's been a long time between Australian visits for the UK disco-pop queen. The last time she graced our shores was for Laneway Festival all the way back in 2013. In the period since, she's released four albums, including the immensely critically acclaimed What's You Pleasure in 2020 and its equally vibrant recent follow-up That! Feels Good!. But now Ware's drought of Aussie appearances is officially coming to an end.
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Also on the bill: viral sensation Rebecca Black, who has had a major career revival since 2021, releasing a slate of acclaimed pop projects ten years after achieving global infamy for her so-bad-it's-good track 'Friday'.
Similarly gracing the stage are Brooke Candy, Kito, Meg10, The Illustrious Blacks and Tom Aspaul, alongside a stacked program of local musicians, DJs, dancers and performance artists.
The BEAT stage will be dedicated to thumping house, disco and techno tunes. Melbourne's Summer Camp will host a cutting-edge Rave Cave.
The St Kilda edition takes place as part of the huge 17-day ALWAYS LIVE program that's hitting the state throughout November and December. The massive program also includes performances from Christina Aguilera, Jai Paul and Eric Prydz.
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SUMMER CAMP FESTIVAL 2023 LINEUP:
Jessie Ware
Trixie Mattel
Brooke Candy
Kito
Meg10
Rebecca Black
The Illustrious Blacks
Tom Aspaul
Ultra Naté
Alex Morris
Ballroom Australia
Bathesba
Crescendoll
Daws
Dilonce'
Disco Daddies
DJ Gay Dad
Ecterera Ecterrea x Art Simone
Fragile Future
House of Buffet
Jesse Boyd
Kat Zowthabag
Kween Kong
Mz Risk
Nick Spurway
Saint Eve
Sal
Simple
Sovblkpssy
Stone Motherless Cold
Sullivan
The Huxleys
Tilly Capulet
Tyoow
Vb
Unicorns
Yo Mafia
Top image: Raph_PH via Wikimedia Commons.
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