St Jeromes Laneway Festival returns in 2008
» St Jeromes Laneway Festival - Lonsdale Street, VIC - Sun, February 1
» St Jeromes Laneway Festival - Perth Cultural Centre, WA - Fri, February 6
» St Jeromes Laneway Festival - Fowlers Live, SA - Sat, February 7
» St Jeromes Laneway Festival - Reiby Place, NSW - Sun, February 8
» St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2009 returns - September 16, 2008
» Laneway Festival - St Jeromes, Victoria - February 24, 2008
» St Jerome's Laneway Festival Melbourne - St Jeromes, Victoria - March 12, 2007
In the four dynamic years of its existence, the St Jeromes Laneway Festival has established itself as the festival of choice for indie music fans Australia wide. Its rapid expansion from a humble alleyway in Melbourne to inner city spaces in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and, for the first time in 2008, Adelaide, proves that with a little imagination there is room for a unique event that stands out from the crowd.
The Laneway Festival has become synonymous for cutting edge line ups, inventive re-imaginings of typically disused urban spaces and an environment that celebrates music without the huge crowds.
The Melbourne Laneway Festival is set to take a major and very organic expansion. The event has been given the green light to link the street party onto Lonsdale St, paving its way onto Drewey Lane and tunnelling into a hidden bunker underneath a department building; while retaining its original locales in Caledonian Lane and the Lounge. The main stage will be built underneath the overhead walkway between the Myer and Melbourne Central buildings on Lonsdale St, ensuring more space.
The festival returns to its original locales in Sydney (Circular Quay hideaway) and Brisbane (Winn St and surrounding car parks where a third stage will be erected). Fowler’s Live North terrace in Adelaide plays host to the event for the first time in 2008.
To kick the festival off, the first round of artists announced are: Feist, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Gotye, The Presets, Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew, Okkervil River, Dan Deacon, Via Tania, The Panics, Bridezilla, Devastations, The Brunettes, Little Red, The Holidays and more to be announced
Tickets go on sale Thursday, November 8
St Jeromes Laneway Festival 2008
Saturday 23 February – Adelaide
Fowler’s Live, North Terrace
Sunday 24 February – Melbourne
St. Jerome’s, Caledonian Lane, The Lounge & Lonsdale St.
Saturday 1 March – Brisbane
The Zoo, Winn St, Fortitude Valley
Sunday 2 March – Sydney
The Basement, Macquarie Park & Reiby Place, Circular Quay
