Not content with boasting Descendents for their first Australian tour since 2017 — plus Oliver Tree, Chet Faker, Hilltop Hoods, Earl Sweatshirt, Golden Features and Ocean Alley, too — Wollongong's Yours and Owls has just added two huge names to its 2023 lineup. Fancy dancing to Flight Facilities' famed Decades mixes? To Australian electronic favourites Pendulum, too? They're both now on the bill. Taking place between Saturday, October 14–Sunday, October 15, this'll be the first Yours and Owls since April 2021, when it became the first major music festival that New South Wales had seen in over a year due to the pandemic — and the first to allow dancing as well. So, of course it's going big. The event was forced to cancel in 2022 when La Niña flooded its Stuart Park venue, which ensures that making another return is definitely worth celebrating. The two-day shindig affectionately labelled Gong Christmas has added both Flight Facilities and Pendulum to its Sunday bill at its new home at the University of Wollongong (UOW) campus. Stopping by during their own tours — with both Flight Facilities and Pendulum doing the rounds Australia-wide in October — they join a roster of talent spanning over 60 local and international acts, and a whole heap of genres. Also already on the list: US drill star Lil Tjay, as well as Vera Blue, Meg Mac, Peach Pit, Bakar, Safia, Broods, Hobo Johnson, Masego, RVG, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Royal Otis and Sorry. A few names from the SXSW Sydney music lineup are on the Yours and Owls program, too, with the two events sharing dates. Wallice, Ekkstacy, Dice, Go-Jo, Phoebe Go and Rum Jungle will all be appearing at both events. The south coast festival's dance music stage Das Shmelthaus is also returning, and is sure to make the most of the new UOW home. On its lineup of electronic tastemakers: Club Angel, DJ PGZ, Sam Alfred, Mike Who and Lauren Hansom. UOW and the festival have inked a three-year partnership, with the all-weather solutions available at the campus cited as one of the driving factors behind the team-up — plus the university's picturesque green spaces and a mutual commitment towards carbon-emission reduction. You can expect stages to pop up across the expansive space, with Yours and Owls promising to activate grounds, ovals and laneways. [caption id="attachment_906428" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Jess Gleeson[/caption] YOURS AND OWLS 2023 LINEUP: Bakar Broods Chet Faker Descendents Earl Sweatshirt Flight Facilities Golden Features Hilltop Hoods Hobo Johnson Lil Tjay Masego Meg Mac Ocean Alley Oliver Tree Peach Pit Pendulum Safia Vera Blue Angel Du$t Big Wett Daily J Dice Ekkstacy Fazerdaze Forest Claudette James Marriott King Mala Old Mervs Pacific Avenue Phony Ppl Redhook Royal Otis RVG Shagrock Sorry Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Teenage Dads The Grogans The Rions The Terrys The Vanns Tia Gostelow Wallice Babyface Mal Billy Otto Full Flower Moon Band Girl and Girl Go-Jo Lazywax Phoebe Go Possehot Rum Jungle Stevan Stumps These New South Whales Towns YB Wiigz Das Shmelthaus: Object Blue b2b TSVI Cleo Club Angel DJ PGZ Kornél Kovács Lauren Hansom b2b Mike Who Luca Lozano Sam Alfred Seb Wildblood Skatebard Tangela Yours and Owls 2023 will return from Saturday, October 14–Sunday, October 15 at its new home at the University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong — with tickets on sale now.