More Falls for your buck

Fri 27th Oct, 2006 in Local News

The line-up for the Falls Festival continues to grow with latest additions including Brazil’s purveyors of funky pop, Cansei De Ser Sexy, the delicious guitar stylings of Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males; blues rockers the Vasco Era; guitar drum duo, The Fumes and the raucous rock of Ground Components.

The Falls Festival 2006 line-up includes so far:
Modest Mouse (USA); Michael Franti and Spearhead (USA), Michael Franti & Friends* (Vic only); Wolfmother; Basement Jaxx* (UK, full band, Vic only), The Bees (UK); The John Butler Trio; Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Dexter*, Scribe (NZ), Saul Williams (USA); The Sleepy Jackson, M. Ward* (USA, full band), The Mountain Goats (USA), You Am I; Cansei de Ser Sexy (Brazil), The Vasco Era, The Black Seeds (NZ); Little Birdy, Dan Kelly and The Alpha Males, Matt Costa (USA); Youth Group; Wolf & Cub, Jamie Lidell (UK), Josh Pyke; Custom Kings*, Blue King Brown, The Audreys; Tim Curran (USA), Dallas Frasca, The Fumes, The Exploders, Mach Pelican* (Vic only), Four Play, Muph N Plutonic, Jen Cloher And The Endless Sea, Dan Sultan, Labjacd and Ground Components. Tas only: The Embers, Modus, Unleash the Nugget and The Scientists of Modern Music.

* The performance in Lorne, Vic is part of the Fri 29th Dec show, patrons require BOTH a Fri 29th ticket AND a full festival ticket for entry on Friday night to see these acts.

Check out the audio samples for each band on www.fallsfestival.com.

Falls Festival takes place at:
Lorne, Vic  – Dec 30, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007
Marion Bay, Tas – Dec 30, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007

For full coverage of Falls Festival, go here