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2018

Fancing seeing Anderson.Paak, Vance  Joy, Catfish & The Bottlemen and Chvrches live? Sure you do.
How bout this though, wanna play the same stage as all of the above? Here's your shot.

We're adding one artist to each of the legs of Falls Festival 2018 and here's what you've gotta do for it to be you.

First off, you'll wanna make sure that you've got your best jams uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by the comp's closing date, November 4

Done that? Ok that's like, pretty much it, it's kinda just one step.

Also though, if your tunes are "pending" on the website when the competition closes, don't sweat it. We listen to everything that gets uploaded before we make a decision. 

All the info on the official Falls Festival site here and please remember to #giveityourall

2017

It's a jam-packed Falls Festival lineup for 2018 and here at Unearthed, we're looking to add a few more names to the bill!

For your chance to join the party with acts like Flume, Angus and Julia Stone, Jungle, DRAM, The Smith Street Band, Alex Lahey, The Kooks and more in your home state, here's what you gotta do:

STEP ONE: Make sure your best tunes are uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by the competition's closing date, October 22.

STEP TWO: That's pretty much it. Note that if your tunes are "pending" on the website when the competition closes, it's chill. We listen to everything that gets uploaded before we make a decision. 

STEP THREE: Good luck!

All the info on the official Falls Festival site here

2016

2015

This year's Falls Music and Arts festival promises to be one of the best yet. Acts like Courtney Barnett, The Wombats, Bloc Party, Paul Kelly, Hilltop Hoods, Kurt Vile, Disclosure, Foals and heaps of others are all aboard to play the festival in Lorne, Marion Bay and Byron Bay this New Years. 

But the bill's not full up yet, and we're keeping a seat warm for Y-O-U. That's right! We're putting one Unearthed act on the bill in each state the festival's being held. The comp's open to all artists in SE QLD, NSW, the ACT, VIC, and TAS - if we pick you, you'll play whatever Falls Fest is closest to you. 

Here's how you get in the running:

STEP 1) Upload your best tracks to triplejunearthed.com by November 1st. Make sure you also enter your postcode so we know where you are. 

STEP 2) Congratulations! You're in the running!

Don't stress if your songs are still pending when the comp closes - we listen to everything that gets uploaded before we make a decision. Good luck! 

2014

Heading up this year's Falls Music and Arts Festival are heaps of hyped international acts like Alt-J, Cold War Kids, Robyn and Royksopp, Jamie XX, Joey Bada$$ and SBTRKT alongside killer Aussie talent in The Temper Trap, Bluejuice, Jagwar Ma and Vance Joy.

Once again, we're on the hunt to find three excellent local Unearthed acts to win the chance to see their name added to the line-up and open their nearest Falls Festival.

All artists from Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South East Queensland or the ACT with tracks uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by midnight on Friday, November 7 will be eligible. It's fine if your tracks are still pending as we will listen to all the songs uploaded before deciding!

2013

For the first time, Falls Festival will ring in the new year in Byron, as well as Lorne and Marion Bay!

And this year's line-up is a knock out: Vampire Weekend and hip-hop luminaries The Roots will join Brisbaneites Hungry Kids of Hungary, Violent Soho and Emma Louise, Oz hip-hop favourites Thundamentals, MGMT, Solange, Big Scary, The Rubens and heaps, heaps more.

Three very lucky Unearthed bands will have the chance to see their name added to the line-up and open their nearest Falls Music and Arts festival.

All artists from Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, South East Queensland or the ACT with tracks uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by midnight on Sunday, November 3rd will be eligible. It's fine if your tracks are still pending as we will listen to all the songs uploaded before deciding.

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2012

For Falls, in both Lorne & Marion Bay, the 2012 edition of the festival is already a special one with the festival celebrating its 20th and 10th anniversary respectively. And they have a knock out line-up to ring in the New Year including:

Beach House (USA), Best Coast (USA), Boy & Bear, Coolio (USA), Sampology, SBTRKT, The Flaming Lips (USA), The Vaccines (UK), Bombay Bicycle Club (UK), First Aid Kit (Sweden), Hilltop Hoods, Hot Chip (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Millions, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Two Door Cinema Club (Ireland), The Hives (Sweden), Django Django, Sharon Van Etten, Angus Stone, Ball Park Music, Lisa Mitchell, Matt Corby, Cosmo Jarvis, Jinja Safari, Ash Grunwald, Willis Earl Beal, Muscles, Mohair Slim, Furnace & the Fundamentals, Bertie Blackman, Nu Mark (USA), Jaguar Skills, Loon Lake, Oh Mercy, Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Mexico), San Cisco, The Jungle Giants, and Felicity Ward.

And two very lucky Unearthed bands will have the chance to see their name added to the line up and play in huge festival crowd in the beautiful locales of either Lorne in Victoria, or Marion Bay in Tassie.

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded on the site before Sunday 4th November - midnight and reside in either Victoria or Tasmania. It's fine if they are still pending as we will listen to all the tracks uploaded before deciding.

2011

Once again Falls Festival graces the beautiful grounds of Lorne and Marion Bay for a fun filled couple of days of camping and great music. This year is no exception with the lineup including:

Aloe Blacc, Alpine, Arctic Monkeys, Arj Barker, Beirut, CANT, Crystal Castles, Dan Deacon, Easy Star All Stars (performing Dub Side of the Moon in full), emma louise, Fleet Foxes, J Mascis, Josh Pyke, Josh Thomas, Lanie Lane, Metronomy, Missy Higgins, Papa Vs Pretty, Pnau, Regurgitator performing 'Unit', The Grates, The Jezabels, The Jim Jones Revue, The Kooks, The Wonderful World of DJ Yoda, Tim Finn, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Young MC.

Falls organisers have also announced the return of the Funk n Soul Revue which has been renamed Boogie Nights. It will feature appearances from Nouvelle Vague, Peter Coombe, the Melbourne Ska Orchestra and plenty of others.

And we've got the great pleasure of offering a spot on this great line up for one band from Victoria and one from Tasmania who have their music on Unearthed!

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded (not live) on the site before Sunday 21st November - midnight and reside in either Victoria or Tasmania.

2010

The Falls Music and Arts Festival is back for its eighth year in Marion Bay, Tasmania and 18th year in Lorne, Victoria.

It'll run over 3 days from December 29 to January 1 in Marion Bay and 4 days from December 28 to January 1 in Lorne, with a massive line-up of music, arts and comedy.

Headliners include Interpol; Joan Jett along with her band the Blackhearts; English indie-dance band Klaxons; and Public Enemy who'll be performing their seminal 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet in full.

There's also a DJ set from Peaches; indie heroes The National; a third Australian visit from Cold War Kids; the debut Australian tour by Sleigh Bells; a DJ set from Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio and heaps more.

Official Falls Festival website »

And we are looking for an Unearthed band from Victoria and one from Tasmania to join the line up! triple j Unearthed and Falls Fest is offering two nights camping and a spot on the Falls Festival bill on the 31st December.

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded (not live) on the site before Sunday 21st November - midnight and reside in either Victoria or Tasmania.