THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2013.

Get ready for a total eclipse of the art as The Falls Music & Arts Festival release their immensely diverse program for The Village! The line-up presents a labyrinth of performance-based art that continues to grow bigger every year, physically and metaphysically! With artists and installations from across Australia and the world, The Village is a space packed with an organised kind of chaos, loveable characters, enchanting music and charming surrounds. Here’s who they have playing:

LORNE, VIC:
Spinning The Village into orbit at Lorne this year are 30 assorted performers and activities including hip-hop yoga sessions, biscuit readings, rockabilly bands, blues artists, 10 minute intensive dance parties, circus performers, carnival games, karaoke tournaments, fake jailhouse tattoo artists, magic shows, interpretive dance contests and more! Playing this summer, in alphabetical order: A Moment in Time, Amanita, Baba Yaga Orkestar, Beauty Parlour, Bike Powered Games, The Biscuit Readings, Bohjass Upas Militia, The Burnt Sausages, Coral Lee and the Silver Scream, Crystal and The Wanninashvilles, DJ Lovely Clearwaters’ Bike Powered Ten Minute Dance Parties, DJ NIGHTWRK, Empat Lima, Exhale (Gravity & Other Myths), Falls’ hip-hop yoga, Feed Your Family: A pop-up playground game, Geryon, The Harpoons, High Striker, Karaoke Falls, Larry Bang Bang, Larry’s Tattoo Show, Lessons with Luis, Liam Power, Magical Entertainer, Mangelwurzel, Mona Povey, The Red Brigade, Richie 1250 & The Brides of Christ, So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance, Snorkellarama by Kinetic Theatre, Tina Del Twist, Victoriana Gaye, Xavier Michelides.

MARION BAY, TAS:
The wondrous delights waiting to be explored at The Village in Marion Bay include acoustic guitar artists, hair salon stations, stand up comedy sessions, hair metal bands, swing dance lessons, funk artists, contortionists, cabaret performances, line dancing, Baltic hit machines, electronic sample bands, circus workshops and more! Playing this summer, in alphabetical order: After Dark, All of the Things!, Alan Gogoll, Anthony Morgan, BJ Morriszonkle, Camp Cheveux Hair Salon, Cicada, Clubhouse Comedy, The D&M Music Experience, Danger Academy, Danger and Mayhem Swing Out!, Dr. Professor Neal Portenza, Emlyns, Enola Fall, Fleasha’s Fantastic Flea Circus, Georgia Lucy, Group Noise, Heloise, The Impossible No Goods, Joseph Joseph, Joel Tito, King Cake, The Lawless Quartet, Made For Chickens By Robots, Maharaja’s Choice, Mieke Lizotte, Miss Friby’s Den of Iniquity, NICA’s The Right Mix, Nicholas Osborn, Peter Bibby, PGC, The Raccoons, Rose Ottavi-Kokkoris, Salty Serge, So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance, The Surreal Estate Agents, Sweet Country Jam, Ten Minute Dance parties, Tiger Choir, Transylvanian Gypsy Kings, VARDOS.

BYRON, NSW:
Mixing local and national artists this year the Byron program is filled to the brim with performers of many varying genres, including gypsy folk bands, hip-hop beat producers, singer-songwriters, cabaret performers, glitchhop artists, scratch djs, burlesque danseuse, time travel artists, Bollywood dancers, theatre productions, yoga, creative workshops, giant puppet weddings and more! Playing this summer, in alphabetical order: Bollywood Sisters, The Button Collective, CabilWoolfzinger, The Captain Syphilis Experience, The Cassettes, Dangling My Tootsies – Songs of Weimar Berlin by Annie Lee, Deya Dova, Die RotenPunkte (The Red Dots) – Otto & Astrid Rot, Dr. Seth Greengil, Hussy Hicks, Ilona Harker, Invisible Friend, Jimmy Willing presents: Bring On The Dancing Girls, Joel Salom, Juzzie Smith, Kimberley McIntyre, The Lab, Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva, The Lollipop Ladies, Miss Belle Benét, Mr Speaker and the People Party, The mysterious case of Ms Mae Wilde’s identity crisis, Porcelain Punch, Rapskallion, Reilly Fitzalan, Safety First, Sistagurl, Shep Huntly, Shiny Shiny, The Slow Show, So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance, Suzy Leigh, Ten Minute Dance Parties, The Tiniest Circus with the Biggest Heart!, Wacko and Blotto, Willow Beats.

THE FALLS FIESTA:
Back again at Falls this year is the one of the festival highlights, the Falls Fiesta! It’s an effervescent extravaganza on the last night of each event, which entails a colourful explosion of dancing and costumes with a huge parade designed to bring everyone together. Puppets and sculptures created throughout the art camps before and during the events lead the parade to party music. Everyone is welcome to get involved and be apart of something very special.

THE FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2013 LINEUP
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):
MAIN PROGRAM: !!! (CHK CHK CHK), ASTA, BIG SCARY, BOMBINO, BONOBO, THE CAT EMPIRE, CHET FAKER, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, CYRIL HAHN, EMMA LOUISE, FLIGHT FACILITIES, GOSSLING, GRIZZLY BEAR, HANNI EL KHATIB, HERMITUDE, HORRORSHOW, JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW, THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS, JOHNNY MARR, LONDON GRAMMAR, MGMT, NEIL FINN, OLIVER TANK, THE PAPER KITES, POND, THE PREATURES, THE ROOTS, THE RUBENS, RUFUS, SOLANGE, THUNDAMENTALS, TOM ODELL, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, VIOLENT FEMMES, VIOLENT SOHO, THE WAR ON DRUGS, WHITE DENIM, THE WOMBATS.

BOOGIE NIGHTS: CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES, THE CORRESPONDENTS, HOT DUB TIME MACHINE, LATE NITE TUFF GUY, LEGS AKIMBO, MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO, TOM THUM.

COMEDY: AMOS GILL, DAVE CALLAN, DAVID QUIRK, MICHAEL HING, NATH VALVO, RONNY CHIENG.

LORNE (L) & BYRON (B) & MARION BAY (M) ONLY:
ANNA LUNOE (L,B), BORN RUFFIANS (L,B), CHASE CITY (M), CITIZEN KAY (L), CUB SPORT (B), DAPPLED CITIES (L), THE DELTA RIGGS (L), DUSTIN TEBBUTT (L), EGO (L), GENERIK (L), THE HABITS (M), HIATUS KAIYOTE (L), JACKIE ONASSIS (L), THE KITE STRING TANGLE (B), LITTLE BASTARD (L), LULU AND THE PAIGE-TURNERS (M), LUNATICS ON POGOSTICKS (B), M4SONIC (L), MEG MAC (L), THE MIDDLE NAMES (M), MOTORIK VIBE COUNCIL (L), THE MURLOCS (L), MUSTERED COURAGE (L), OWL EYES (L), PERCH CREEK FAMILY JUGBAND (L), POTATO POTATO (B), QUESTLOVE DJ SET (B), REMI (L), SMITH STREET BAND (L), TOUCH SENSITIVE (L,B), TWINSY (L), TYLER TOUCHE (L,B) VYDAMO (L), WAVE RACER (L,B), WILLOW BEATS (L), WOLF & CUB (L).

EVENTS:

Dec 28 – Jan 01 in Lorne, VIC (est. 1993) 18+ event – sold out
Dec 29 – Jan 01 in Marion Bay, TAS (est. 2003) All ages – on sale
Dec 31 – Jan 03 in Byron, NSW (est. 2013) 18+ event – final ticket release on sale

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