75 acts have today been announced on the blockbuster first line-up for BIGSOUND 2018, already ensuring this year's festival will be one for the books.
Set to perform across Brisbane's Fortitude Valley from 4-7 September this year includes some of Australia's biggest buzz acts right now including Cable Ties, yú yī, A Swayze & The Ghosts, The Chats, Eliott, Asha Jefferies, Slowly Slowly, Eilish Gilligan, Moaning Lisa, KAIIT, Good Doogs and TOTTY.
BIGSOUND 2018 will also showcase some past favourites and big-name acts like Ella Hooper, Paces, Olympia, Gabriella Cohen and Oh Pep!, as well as Brisbane's Blank Realm who will use the event as a world premiere for some brand new material and hip hop group Butterfingers who will take to the stage on the back of their 2017 comeback single, Big Night Out.
Sydney's Arteries will head up all things heavy this year, alongside Gravemind, Sleep Talk and Cast Down, while Western Sydney's Kwame and 15-year-old KIAN are primed to stamp their mark on the Australian hip hop scene come September.
Check out the full first line-up below.
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"The amount of BIGSOUND applications this year smashed last year's record by another 70 to make up approximately 1,133 applications," programmer Maggie Collins said.
"That's a lot of talent. Punters wanting to own the fact that 'they discovered an artist first' better get themselves across this massive list of acts, who are on the cusp of exploding worldwide."
The mammoth line-up announces follows a string of exciting news already confirmed for BIGSOUND 2018, including the return of the popular Singapore Showcase, as well as Virginia Grohl and Mardi Caught delivering keynotes.
BIGSOUND festival tickets are on sale now, while final applications are being called on for the music tech showcase.
For more details, click on theGuide or check out the BIGSOUND website.
bigsound 2018 first line-up
A Swayze & The Ghosts
Adrian Eagle
Alice Skye
ARSE
Arteries
Asha Jefferies
Bin Juice
Blank Realm
Bugs
Butterfingers
Cable Ties
Cast Down
CLYPSO
Cry Club
CXLOE
DEAN FOREVER
Dreller
Eat Your Heart Out
Eilish Gilligan
Eliott
Elizabeth
Ella Hooper
Emma Anglesey
Estère
Gabriella Cohen
Genesis Owusu
Georgia Mulligan
Good Doogs
GRAACE
Gravemind
Greta Stanley
Hachiku
Hazlett
Hobsons Bay Coast Guard
Imogen Clark
James Wright Trio
JEFFE
KAIIT
Kaitlin Keegan
Kian
Kota Banks
Kult Kyss
Kwame
MANE
Miss June
Moaning Lisa
MOOKHI
Oh Pep!
Olympia
Paces
Pink Matter
Pool Shop
Rachel Maria Cox
RAT!hammock
Riley Pearce
Ruby Gilbert
Samsaruh
Sleep Talk
Slowly Slowly
Stevie Jean
Sumner
Sunscreen
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SŸDE
T$oko
Tape/Off
The Chats
The Merindas
TOTTY
Triple One
Two People
Tyne-James Organ
Voiid
Wax Chattels
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