Australian DJ Fisher will lead a huge international lineup for Wildlands Festival 2025.
The ARIA Award-winning tunesmith will be joined by US rapper Ice Spice at the top of the festival bill that will kick off in Brisbane on New Years Eve before heading to Perth and Adelaide.
UK drum and bass duo Chase & Status, who were Down Under in April, are also headed back for the three-date electro-pop festival.
Also featured at this year’s festival is Berlin based rave-king Marlon Hoffstadt, Sydney duo Royel Otis and R&B American pop star Tinashe.
UK Garage deck-spinner Sammy Virji will also appear at the Brisbane and Perth events alongside US rapper RL Grime.
The first lineup announcement for the 2024 festival also includes Believe Me Now? hitmaker Becky Hill, plus Horsegirl, Wilkinson, Confidence Man, Joy (Anonymous) and Lola Young.
BARKAA, Melugi, Sam Alfred, Hannah Laing, Issey Cross, MESSIE, Little Fritter, 1tbsp, SAMMYTHESINNER, Moss, Djanaba, and UK-Dutch popsters GIRLTHING roudn out the huge lineup.
The first Wildlands lineup is a great chance for punters who can’t make it to the popular Lost Paradise festival in New South Wales’ Glenworth Valley or the Victorian Beyond the Valley festival, with many acts also appearing on those bills.
Australian DJ Fisher will lead s huge lineup for this year’s Wildlands Festival
Wildlands kicks off in Brisbane on December 31 before heading to Perth on January 4 and Adelaide on January 5.
The flurry of summer festivals comes after a string of recent event cancellations including the long-running Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Splendour in the Grass, Groovin the Moo and ValleyWays.
Music promoter Danny Grant shared a TikTok video in March explaining that the iconic acts slated for the axed Splendour In The Grass festival were too ‘diverse’.
‘They have had a nightmare three years and were trying to diversify too much,’ the promoter, who runs the Hello Sunshine Festival, said in the video.
US rapper Ice Spice (pictured) is also at the top of the festival bill that will kick off in Brisbane on New Years Eve before heading to Perth and Adelaide
Also featured at this year’s festival is Berlin based rave-king DJ Marlon Hoffstadt, Sydney duo Royal Otis and R&B American pop star Tinashe (pictured)
‘They went from Kylie Minogue to [American rapper] Future and they were probably aiming at crowds that didn’t want to see each other.’
He added: ‘I don’t think there was much of a crossover. It did the opposite of what they were hoping for.’
Australian rapper Illy also weighed in and claimed the issue is ‘more cultural than cost of living’-based as people aren’t going to pay money to see acts they aren’t interested in.
‘Australian music CULTURE is broken,’ he wrote on X.
‘Yes Falls, Groovin, and now Splendour (not to mention countless smaller ones) go under, but Pink just did 20 stadium shows, Taylor Swift did 600,000+ tix, Fred again 100,000+ in a day.. it’s both, but it’s more cultural than cost of living.’
Illy also claimed Australian music has ‘suddenly got worse’ as people won’t spend ‘money to go see acts they don’t want to’.
UK electronic duo Chase & Status, who were Down Under in April, are also headed back for the three-date electro-pop fest
Wildlands kicks off in Brisbane on December 31 before heading to Perth on January 4 and Adelaide on January 5
