It’s that time of the year – music festivals in Perth are rampant, and we’re not mad about it. Earlier this month Wildlands came to the west for the first time ever, in a couple of weeks Motif is hosting a Triple J Hottest 100 Beach Party, March is getting a new electronic music and camping festival, and of course, trusty St Jerome’s Laneway Festival Perth will be back in February too.
It’s the music festival that we all know and love, the one we can rely on, the one that’ll pick us up when we’re down. Laneway Festival is never not a good time, and it’s descending upon Wellington Square in East Perth for the first time since 2020 – cheers Covid.
The 2023 Laneway Festival will be churning out a downright decent line-up of artists across multiple genres on Sunday 12 February, and the full musical concoction includes:
- Haim
- Joji
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Finneas
- Fontaines D.C
- Fred Again
- Girl In Red
- Slowthai
- Turnstile
- The Jungle Giants
- 100 Gecs
- Chaos In The CBD
- Knucks
- Mallrat
- Ross From Friends
- The Beths
- Yard Act
- The Backseat Lovers
- Harvey Sutherland
- Jacotene
- JamesJamesJames
- Logic1000
- Sycco
- Tasman Keith
- The Lazy Eyes
The 25 local, interstate, and international artists are solid, to say the least. And those aged 16 and over can get around the boppin’ day and night – given that under 18s are accompanied by a responsible adult over the age of 25.
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is also touring other Australian cities and New Zealand, with tour dates including:
- Auckland – 18 January, Albert Park
- Brisbane – 4 February, Brisbane Showgrounds
- Sydney – 5 February, Sydney Showgrounds
- Adelaide – 10 February, Bonython Park
- Melbourne – 11 February, The Park at Flemington
Laneway Festival co-founder, Danny Rogers says, “We are absolutely pumped to host music fans and our favourite ever line-up on these new sites.”