Australia's festival scene is set to be well-represented at SXSW this year, now with the St Jerome's Laneway Festival being the third Aussie festival to announce a showcase in Austin this month. Laneway, who have had arguably one of the most successful festival tours of 2014 thus far, will be holding their shindig at Holy Mountain on March 15th, showing off the talents of not only some of our best, but some great international bands as well.
Set to perform are:
D.D DUMBO
EAGULLS
FAT WHITE FAMILY
FOREST SWORDS
GLASS ANIMALS
KIRIN J CALLINAN
MUTUAL BENEFIT
PERFECT PUSSY
SOHN
THE CREASES
THE RANGE
TOURIST
Plus a secret special guest!
In some more great Laneway Festival news, the organisers have revealed that over $40,000 was raised for the Yiriman Project through the Dean Turner Project. 50 cents of every ticket purchased nationally went to the fund, plus the $2 donation option open to punters to donate to the charity was also a huge success - all funds going towards the implementation of programs aiding Aboriginal youth in the Kimberley region who face high suicide rates, substance abuse and a loss of cultural identity. For more information on this project, head to www.yiriman.org.au.
