Celebrating ten years, Yours and Owls Festival have upped the ante for 2025 in the Gong with a mammoth lineup!
Wollongong’s favourite festival Yours and Owls has dropped their ground-shaking and earthquaking lineup for their 2025 edition. Celebrating ten years since the festival’s humble beginnings, they have gone all out for the milestone event taking place across the weekend of the 1 – 2 March 2025.
The celebration is headlined by international superstars, pop-punk powerhouses, Fontaines D.C., Floridian rapper, Denzel Curry, England’s indie rock kids The Kooks and ‘Iris’ anthem makers, The Goo Goo Dolls.
Yours and Owls Details
When: 1 – 2 March 2025
Where: Wollongong City, Dharawal Country
Lineup
- FONTAINES D.C.
- DENZEL CURRY
- THE KOOKS
- THE GOO GOO DOLLS
- ELDERBROOK
- HOCKEY DAD
- HONEY DIJON
- JPEG MAFIA
- THE JUNGLE GIANTS
- ORVILLE PECK
- PEACH PRC
- SALUTE
- THE VERONICAS
- ALLDAY
- BABE RAINBOW
- COTERIE
- CYRIL
- DICE
- THE DREGGS
- FRANKIE STEW & HARVEY GUNN
- GRENTPEREZ
- ISABEL LAROSA
- MAGDALENA BAY
- MAY A
- MARK BLAIR
- POND
- RICHY MITCH & THE COAL MINERS
- SAM TOMPKINS
- SAN CISCO
- SLOWLY SLOWLY
- SYCCO
- WUNDERHORSE
- BATTLESNAKE
- BEAN MAGAZINE
- BODYJAR
- THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS
- C.O.F.F.I.N
- CROCODYLUS
- KELI HOLIDAY
- KITSCHEN BOY
- LE SHIV
- MISS KANINNA
- NICK WARD
- RA RA VIPER
- SATIN CALI
- TOTAL TOMMY
- Y.O.G.A
- and more to be announced
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The festival is a showcase of international stardom, national treasures and budding up-and-comers with the big four headlines building the bricks for a strong celebration.
Ireland’s Fontaines D.C. have been lauded saviours of post-punk; the Grammy-nominated and Mercury Prize short listers are being heavily credited for leading the resurgence of love for guitar bands on big stages with their latest album Romance adding to the allure. Their unique blend of post-punk and Irish influences, insightful lyrics and cultural commentary have snagged them a place as influential figures in contemporary discussions around identity and society.
Floridian rapper Denzel Curry is a force to be reckoned with; his dynamic blend of hip-hop, punk, trap, and experimental sounds has taken him from the underground via seminal Soundcloud collabs as part of the rap collective Raider Klan to stadium supports with the likes of Billie Eilish and festival headline slots. He is being hailed as one of the most versatile, critically acclaimed rappers of our time, collaborating across genres with hardcore acts like Bad Brains and Fucked Up, rappers Joey Bada$$, producer Kenny Beats, and of course, who could forget his jjj Like A Version cover of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Bulls On Parade’. He is also a favourite of the festival circuit in Australia and bound to get the party going!
One of Australia’s most familiar and favourite festival headliners and honorary Australians – The Kooks return! When you look back at the sea of mid-noughties indie bands, there are few still standing and even fewer, some fifteen years later, who are still experiencing career highs. Their perfect blend of indie rock and pop sensibilities, catchy melodies, and anthemic songs like ‘Naïve’ and ‘She Moves in Her Own Way’, resonate with music fans across the ages.
Grammy Award-nominated The Goo Goo Dolls are a massive drawcard for Yours and Owls! Bringing with them their swoon-worthy Gen X anthems of angst-ridden love they are still going strong all these years later. The Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. They have been covered by the likes of THE Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers. Their iconic single ‘Iris’ clutched #1 on the Hot 100 for 18 straight weeks and would be named “#1 Top 40 Song of the Last 20 Years.” On the heels of going viral on TikTok, the track recently achieved seven-times-platinum status. It re-entered the Billboard charts, yet again proving the timelessness of The Goo Goo Dolls’ illustrious catalogue.
The Yours and Owls lineup doesn’t stop with the headliners – it continues with massive names making their way through the industry at the moment including Elderbrook, Hockey Dad, Honey Dijon, JPEG Mafia, The Jungle Giants, Orville Peck, Peach PRC, Salute, The Veronicas, Allday, Babe Rainbow, Coterie, Cyril, Dice, The Dreggs, and more. Crowds will be incredibly pleased to see the inclusion of rising stars Magdalena Bay in the list who are currently taking the world by storm!
The performances will be spread across four stages across the two days, with Yours and Owls also boasting local arts, incredible food and plenty of beachside bevs in Wollongong City, Dharawal Country.
Yours and Owls 2025 will be 16+ in 2025, all people aged 16 + 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Sign up for the pre-sale for guaranteed first-release prices. Pre-sale on sale 9 am AEDT October 29 here. General on sale 9 am AEDT October 30 here.
For more information on Yours and Owls head to yoursandowlsfestival.com.au
