Spilt Milk 2018

Overview

Canberra music, food and art festival Spilt Milk is set to return to the capital this November, celebrating its third outing with a suitably huge lineup.

Heading up the bill is none other than US hip hop star Childish Gambino, fresh off the back of a #1 Billboard Charts debut for his single This Is America. He hasn't yet announced any other Australian shows, but Spilt Milk isn't billing his appearance as an exclusive, so chances are he'll announce at least a few more shows. (We've still got out fingers crossed that he bring his Pharos festival here after New Zealand.)

He'll be joined at the capital's Commonwealth Park on November 17 by fellow international stars, UK pop legends The Wombats and LA producer RL Grime. There's also plenty of homegrown goodness on the menu, with the likes of Sydney singer-songwriter Vera Blue, indie-pop sensation Jack River, dance floor darling Hayden James and Canberra's own high-energy duo Peking Duk all set to take the Spilt Milk stage.

But the musical lineup's not to be outdone by the rest of the program, with a ripper serve of visual art, tasty eats and pop-up bars on the cards. Get ready for a multisensory feast, as Hamburg-based artist Stefanie Thiele leads a team of local talent in creating a wondrous playground of installations and art experiences. And keep those taste buds satisfied throughout the day, with eats from the likes of Dirty Bird Food Truck, Bao Brothers, Happy As Larry and Chur Burger.

If you fancy being a part of Spilt Milk round three, you'd best not dilly dally — the festival's debut event in 2016 sold out in a mere 18 minutes, while the following year's tickets were all snapped up within nine minutes. This year, Canberra locals will get first dibs, with Homegrown tickets on sale July 1. After that, pre-sale tickets will be available Australia-wide from noon on July 3, with a general admission release on sale at 12pm, Thursday, July 5. In the meantime, here's what you came for — the full lineup for Spilt Milk 2018.

SPILT MILK 2018 LINEUP

Blanke
Camouflage Rose
Channel Tres
Childish Gambino
Cub Sport
Ebony Boadu
Hatchie
Hayden James
Jack River
Kinder
Kira Puru
Kwame
Manu Crook$
Methyl Ethel
Miss Blanks
Moaning Lisa
Peking Duk
RL Grime
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Shockone
Skeggs
Thandi Phoenix
The Jungle Giants
The Wombats
Thundamentals
Vera Blue
Willaris. K
YG

ARTISTS

Faith Kerehona
JBR
Roskoe
Stefanie Thiele
VOIR
(With more to be announced)

FOOD

Bao Brothers Eatery
Chur Burger
Dirty Bird Food Truck
Happy As Larry
Sofrito Paella

Image: Cole Bennetts.