Fairgrounds Festival Announces Slam Dunk of a 2017 Lineup
With Albuquerque longtimers The Shins, dynamic Melbourne duo Client Liaison and Baltimore synthpop maestros Future Islands at the top.
It's not every festival feels like a country weekend fete that just happens to be headlined by say, The Shins. Fairgrounds, Australia's country boutique camping festival descends on the small NSW town of Berry each December. Taking over the local Berry Showgrounds, Fairgrounds boasts all the trimmings of a major music festival with the essence of a local fair. And this December, it's back for another two-day round.
Running over December 8 and 9, the two-day festival is making a triumphant return. In a huge coup for the small festival in its third year, they've secured big time festival favourites The Shins and Future Islands to headline, alongside local legends Client Liaison, D.D Dumbo, Holly Throsby, Jen Cloher, Royal Headache's Shogun and more. Oh, and casual founding Pavement member Spiral Stairs.
With a strong focus on the local NSW South Coast area, Fairgrounds isn't just about the tunes. Last year local nosh, market stalls and the local swimming pool played equally starring roles at this multifaceted festival — something we're sure made Berry residents pretty happy. Between dips in Berry's local pool (within the festival grounds), punters feasted on local delights, including fresh rock oysters harvested less than half an hour from the festival site.
But we know what you're here for. Here's the full lineup.
FAIRGROUNDS 2017 LINEUP:
Aldous Harding
Client Liaison
D.D Dumbo
Future Islands
Hockey Dad
Holly Throsby
Japanese Breakfast
Jen Cloher
Marlon Williams
Noname
The Shins
The Teskey Brothers
You Am I
Jess Locke
Leah Senior
Press Club
Shogun (Royal Headache)
Spiral Stairs (Pavement)
Fairgrounds runs December 8–9 at Berry Showgrounds, NSW. Tickets on sale from Moshtix at 9am, Tuesday, August 22 (presale Thursday, August 18 — sign up to the newsletter for this). Festival entry is $160, with camping $220, with shuttle $198. Kids under 12 attend free with an adult.
Image: Andy Fraser.
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