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2018

It’s that time of the year where we make someone’s dreams come true! Our annual Splendour In The Grass competition is officially open! Meaning we are giving you the opportunity to open up the mainstage ahead of acts like Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Vampire Weekend!!

We’re gonna be flying one winner from anywhere in Australia to the festy as well as putting you up in lux VIP camping. For this to be you, all you need to do is throw up your best track onto Unearthed before midnight on the 10^th of June.

Don’t stress if your track is still ‘pending’ after the closing date, we’re gonna listen to every song before crowning our winner!  

We’re also gonna pick one local act from the North Coast region (Byron, Tweed, Ballina, Lismore) to the lineup so if that’s you, gee up! May the odds be ever in your favour! 

For all things Splendour, head to their website

2017

2016

It's back, baby.

Splendour In The Grass 2016 is shaping up as a massive one, featuring sets from purebred ledgies like The Avalanches, The Cure, The Strokes, Flume and heaps of others. As has become tradition, triple j Unearthed are giving you the opportunity to open up the 2016 mainstage, with your impressive combination of well-rehearsed songs and (probably) super fresh kick moves.

Here's how it works: we'll fly one winner from ~anywhere~ in Australia to SITG, put you up in VIP camping, and you'll have the honour of following in the footsteps of previous Splendour comp winners like Tired Lion, Airling, and Kingswood.

All you gotta do to be in the running is to have your music up on Unearthed by June 12th. It's as simple as that! We'll pick our winner from there. Don't stress on it if your songs are 'pending' on the website either - we listen to everything before we make a decision! GOOD LUCK!

We're also gonna chuck one band from the local government areas of Byron, Ballina, Lismore, and Tweed (Unearthed Region: North Coast, NSW) on the bill! So if you're a local act, get keen.

All your Splendour info is on their official website.

2015

Splendour in the Grass have pulled out all the stops this year: the festival's 2015 lineup is huge, featuring sets from heavy hitters like Blur, Florence and the Machine, Mark Ronson, The Wombats, Tame Impala and more across its three days this July.

triple j Unearthed will be giving one artist from anywhere in the country the incredible opportunity to be flown to Byron, put up in guest camping for the weekend, and open the festival - performing the first set of the weekend at the ampitheatre mainstage.

We're also searching for one act from the Byron Bay area to play during the event. The selection zone for local bands covers the local government areas of Byron, Ballina, Lismore, and Tweed, with preference given to acts based in the Byron Shire.

To be in with a shot, you've gotta have your tracks up on triplejunearthed.com by June 14th. If they're still pending at that time, that's cool too: we listen to everything that gets uploaded before we make a decision on the winner. If your songs are already on Unearthed, that's great! You're automatically in the running. Lastly, if you're a local band, remember to include your postcode to set your region to NORTH COAST. 

Get all your other Splendour 2015 info over here. 

2014

This year's Splendour in the Grass bill is predictably mega, headed up by recently-reformed hip-hop superstars Outkast in what will be their only Australian show. Joining them at the top of the bill are acts like Two Door Cinema Club, Lily Allen, Foster The People and Angus and Julia Stone, as well as hyped international newcomers like Asgeir and Future Islands, and a strong Australian contingent headed up by Ball Park Music, Vance Joy, Illy, Violent Soho and The Jezabels.

triple j Unearthed will be giving one lucky band from anywhere in the country the once in a lifetime opportunity to be flown to Byron Bay, put up in guest camping and play the opening set of the festival on the Amphitheater main stage.

We'll also be searching for a local band from the Byron Bay area to play during the event. The selection zone for local bands covers the local government areas of Byron, Ballina, Lismore, and Tweed, with preference given to acts based in the Byron Shire.

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded in either a pending or live state on the site before Sunday midnight June 15. If you're a local band make sure you have included your postcode in your artist profile so we can find you. If you already have tracks uploaded you are automatically in the running.

2013

77 names make up the completely sold out 2013 Splendour in the Grass line up. Artists include Mumford & Sons, The National, Of Monsters & Men, Empire of the Sun and R&B superstar Frank Ocean.

Splendour heads to North Byron Parklands from July 26 to July 28; check out the full line up below:

Mumford & Sons, The National, Frank Ocean, Of Monsters & Men, Empire Of The Sun, Bernard Fanning, The Presets, TV On The Radio, Klaxons, Flume, Babyshambles, Passion Pit, Birds Of Tokyo, James Blake, Architecture In Helsinki, Laura Marling, Matt Corby, Drapht, Mystery Band, Flight Facilities, Polyphonic Spree (Performing Rocky Horror Picture Show), Boy & Bear, Fat Freddy's Drop, Cold War Kids, The Rubens, Sarah Blasko, Darwin Deez, You Am I (Performing Sound As Ever & Hi-Fi Way), Hermitude, Haim, Airbourne, The Drones, Ms Mr, Gurrumul, Everything Everything, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes, Cloud Control, Portugal. The Man, Daughter, Something For Kate, Wavves, Chet Faker, Snakadaktal, Robert Delong, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Whitley, Fidlar, Jake Bugg, The Bamboos, Surfer Blood, Deap Vally, Palma Violets, Alpine, Little Green Cars, Vance Joy, Jagwar Ma, Villagers, Violent Soho, Dune Rats, PVT, The Jungle Giants, Cub Scouts, Art Of Sleeping, The Growl, Twinsy, The Chemist,Songs, Mitzi, Alison Wonderland, Yolanda Be Cool, What So Not, Xaphoon Jones, D-Cup, Otologic, Peking Duk, Tyler Touche, Bad Ezzy.

Official Splendour in the Grass website »

triple j Unearthed will be giving one lucky band from anywhere in the country the once in a lifetime opportunity to be flown to Byron Bay, put up in onsite VIP camping and the opening set of the festival on the Supertop main stage.

Check out last year's winners Kingswood on stage at our Splendour 2012 site.

We'll also be searching for three local bands from the Byron Bay area to play during the event. The selection zone for local bands covers the local government areas of Byron, Ballina, Lismore, and Tweed, with preference given to acts based in Byron Shire.

To be in with a chance for both opportunities you just need to have your tracks uploaded in either a pending or live state on the site before Sunday midnight June 23rd. If you're a local band make sure you have 'North Coast" selected as your region so we can find you. If you already have tracks uploaded you are automatically in the running.

2012

The 2012 Splendour in the Grass festival is heading back to Byron Bay and over 70 acts are set to put on the homecoming party over three days on July 27,28 and 29 2012.

The Line-up:
* Jack White * Bloc Party * Smashing Pumpkins * At The Drive-In * The Shins * Hilltop Hoods * The Kooks * Gossip * Miike Snow * Dirty Three * Lana Del Rey * 360 * Azealia Banks * Tame Impala * Explosions In The Sky * Ladyhawke * The Afghan Whigs * Missy Higgins * Wolfmother * Metric * Kimbra * Mudhoney * Band Of Skulls * Spiderbait * Django Django * Gypsy & The Cat * San Cisco * Last Dinosaurs * Electric Guest * Muscles * Angus Stone * DZ Deathrays * Howler * Lanie Lane * Fun. * Big Scary * Michael Kiwanuka * Seekae * Friends * Yacht Club DJ's * Bertie Blackman * Jinja Safari * Blue King Brown * Youth Lagoon * Pond * The Beautiful Girls * Tijuana Cartel * Ball Park Music * The Rubens * Ben Howard * Bleeding Knees Club * Zulu Winter * The Medics * Shihad * Hypnotic Brass Ensemble * Husky * Kate Miller-Heidke * Father John Misty * Emma Louise * Chet Faker * Here We Go Magic * Parachute Youth * Mosman Alder * The Cast Of Cheers * Wolf & Cub * Gossling * Plus DJ Sets from - Beni * Sampology (AV/DJ show) * Canyons (DJ Set) * Nina Las Vegas * Danny T * Alison Wonderland * Nice and Ego (AV/DJ show) * Flume * Gloves * Luke Million * Harris Robotis * Alley Oop *

Official Splendour in the Grass website »

And once again triple j Unearthed will be giving one lucky band from anywhere in the country the once in a lifetime opportunity to be flown to Byron Bay, put up in onsite VIP camping and the opening set of the festival on the Supertop main stage.

Check out last year's winners Millions on stage at our Splendour 2011 site.

BUT wait, there's more! We'll also be searching for three local bands from the Byron Bay area to play during the event. The selection zone for local bands covers the local government areas of Byron, Ballina, Lismore and Tweed, with preference given to acts based in Byron Shire.

To be in with a chance for both opportunities you just need to have your tracks uploaded in either a pending or live state on the site before Sunday midnight June 24th. If you're a local band make sure you have 'North Coast" selected as your region so we can find you. If you already have tracks uploaded you are automatically in the running.
 

2011

After months of specualtion, the Splendour line-up was revealed on triple j last week and once again it's an amazing grab bag of the world's leading and emerging artists running over three days from July 29th - July 31st.

This year's mind boggling line-up includes KANYE WEST, JANE'S ADDICTION, THE HIVES, PULP, THE LIVING END, THE MARS VOLTA, REGINA SPEKTOR, BLISS N ESO, PNAU, MOGWAI, DJ SHADOW, GLASVEGAS, DEVENDRA BANHARDT AND THE GROGS, MODEST MOUSE, KAISER CHIEFS, JAMES BLAKE, KELE, THE VINES, ELBOW, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, FRIENDLY FIRES, GOMEZ, DOES IT OFFEND YOU YEAH? plus UNEARTHED luminaries THE MIDDLE EAST, BOY AND BEAR, TIM & JEAN, THE JEZABELS, JINJA SAFARI and LANIE LANE and heaps, heaps more.

Official Splendour in the Grass website »

And once again triple j Unearthed is giving one artist on the site based anywhere in Australia the once in a lifetime opportunity to be flown to Woodfordia, put up in onsite VIP camping and the plumb job of opening the festival on the main ampitheatre stage.

Check out last year's winners Jinja Safari's backstage interview just before they were about to take the stage at our Splendour Bender 2010 site.

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded in either a pending or live state on the site before Sunday midnight June 12th.
 

2008

The lineup has been announced for the festival which runs in Byron Bay.

Here it is:

Devo, Wolfmother, Sigur Ros, The Living End, The Presets, Tricky, Vampire Weekend, Ben Lee, Cold War Kids, The Fratellis, The Wombats, Pnau, Laura Marling, The Vines, The Grates, Operator Please, Band Of Horses, Van She, The Panics, Gyroscope, Mstrkrft, Lightspeed Champion, The Brown Birds from Windy Hill, Scribe, The Music, The Gin Club...