Yours and Owls

Yours and Owls
GenreAustralian, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Hip-hop, Electronic
DatesOctober
Location(s)Wollongong, New South Wales[1]
Years active2010–present

Yours and Owls is a brand and annual music festival held in Wollongong, Australia. It originated as a coffee shop, then a gallery and restaurant space, then a music venue, then pop-up gigs, a record label and now holds an annual music festival.[2] in addition to events throughout the year in local venues.

Awards and nominations

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
National Live Music Awards of 2018[3][4] Yours and Owls Best Live Music Festival or Event Nominated
National Live Music Awards of 2019[5][6] Yours and Owls NSW Live Event of the Year Won
National Live Music Awards of 2020[7] Yours and Owls Best Live Music Festival or Event Nominated

Lineups year by year

2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 Yours and Owls festival was moved from its usual October date to 2021.

2021

In order to comply with the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 festival was moved to a bigger venue to allow for social distancing, split into four separate zones in order to enhance contact tracing efforts, and featured a dual revolving stage setup to minimise contact during changeovers between artists and road crew members. New Zealand artists Benee and Wax Mustang also had to withdraw from the lineup due to border restrictions in both Australia and New Zealand; they were replaced by Dope Lemon and Nerve

2022

Due to the impacts of the 2022 eastern Australia floods on the Wollongong area, and the site of Stuart Park in particular, the 2022 iteration of the festival was cancelled. Its prospective lineup was as follows:

  • Hilltop Hoods
  • Benee (NZ)
  • Bliss N Eso
  • Flight Facilities
  • The Jungle Giants
  • Peking Duk
  • Violent Soho
  • Faker
  • Harvey Sutherland
  • Jack River
  • Lastlings
  • Late Night Tuff Guy
  • LDRU
  • Luca Brasi
  • Hiatus Kaiyote – CANCELLED
  • Confidence Man
  • Ruby Fields
  • San Cisco
  • Arno Faraji
  • Barkaa
  • Big Twisty and the Funk Nasty
  • Budjerah
  • The Buoys
  • Fergus James
  • Floodlights
  • Hope D
  • Jen Cloher
  • Karate Boogaloo
  • King Stingray
  • The Meanies
  • Miiesha
  • Ninajirachi
  • Nyxen
  • Private Function
  • Surprise Chef
  • Sycco
  • The Terrys
  • Vlossom
  • 1300
  • Alter Boy
  • Babitha
  • Bakers Eddy
  • Boomchild
  • Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
  • Clamm
  • Clypso
  • C.O.F.F.I.N.
  • Death By Denim
  • Good Lekker
  • Nooky
  • Rest for the Wicked
  • The Rions
  • Shady Nasty
  • Sophiya
  • To Octavia
  • Amends
  • Bored Shorts
  • Charbel
  • Chimers
  • Chloe Dadd
  • Classic
  • Club Camel
  • Drift
  • Hellcat Speedracer
  • Imaginarypeople
  • Kitten Heel
  • Lizzie Jack and the Beanstalks
  • Miners
  • The Morning Mood
  • Nosedive
  • Nothing Rhymes with David
  • Placement
  • Private Wives
  • Proposal
  • Radicals
  • Satin Cali
  • Sesame Girl
  • Solo Career
  • Stephen Bourke
  • Topnovil
  • LTNG
  • Jennifer Loveless
  • Toni Yotzi
  • Ayebatonye
  • DJ Plead
  • Barney in the Tunnel
  • Foura
  • Body Promise
  • Randy Knuckles
  • Covet Sound System
  • Beachcombers
  • Wilder & Pryor

2023

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A-Z

A-Z

A-Z

  • Babyface Mal
  • Billy Otto
  • Full Flower Moon Band
  • Girl and Girl
  • Go-Jo
  • Lazywax
  • Phoebe Go
  • Posseshot
  • Rum Jungle
  • Stevan
  • Stumps
  • These New South Wales
  • Towns
  • YB.
  • Wiigz
  • Archie
  • Blue Vedder
  • Dust
  • Flowertruck
  • Garage Sale
  • Greatest Hits
  • Gut Health
  • Hallie
  • Lucy Sugerman
  • Nerve Damage
  • Our Carlson
  • Pirra
  • Sesame Girl
  • Terminal Sleep
  • The Empty Threats

A-Z

  • Bronte Alva
  • Busty
  • Charbel
  • Chimers
  • Chloe Dadd
  • Circadia
  • Drift
  • J.Rumz
  • Kid Pharaoh
  • Kloker
  • Lizzie Jack and The Beanstalks
  • Major Arcana
  • MFV
  • Plastic Bath
  • Private Wives
  • Ricky's Breath
  • Steve Bourk
  • Tawny Port
  • The Morning Star
  • The Sweaty Bettys

A-Z

  • CLEO
  • Club Angel
  • DJ PGZ
  • Jon Watts B2B LGL
  • Kornél Kovács (SWE)
  • Lauren Hansom b2b Mike Who
  • Luca Lozano (UK)
  • Object Blue (JP) b2b TSVI (IT)
  • Sam Alfred
  • Seb Wildblood (UK)
  • Skatebård (NO)
  • Tangela

2025

The 2024 festival was postponed to March 2025 due to the availabilities of the headlining acts

A-Z

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A-Z

  • Battlesnake
  • Bean Magazine
  • Bodyjar
  • The Belair Lip Bombs
  • C.O.F.F.I.N
  • Crocodylus
  • Keli Holiday
  • Kitschen Boy
  • Le Shiv
  • Miss Kannina
  • Nick Ward
  • Ra Ra Viper
  • Satin Cali
  • Total Tommy
  • Y.O.G.A


  • Orville Peck withdrew from the lineup due to changes in his scheduling. He was replaced by Brad Cox

Controversies

On April 16, 2021, Youtube comedian Friendlyjordies uploaded a video titled Cancel Culture KILLS Artists - Yours & Owls. YouTube. The video detailed their negative experience with Yours and Owls through a series of e-mails. FriendlyJordies was set to perform at University of Wollongong UniBar but decided to cancel the performance due to the interaction they had with Yours and Owls. Yours and Owls has not released a public response.

References

  1. ^ "Get Ready To Hit The Coast, The 2019 Yours & Owls Festival Lineup Is Here". May 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Butler, Joshua (11 September 2014). "How Coffee Shop Became The Yours And Owls Brand/". illawarramercury.com.au.
  3. ^ "NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend". NLMA. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Winners of the 2018 NLMA". NLMA. December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. ^ "HERE ARE YOUR 2019 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES!". NLMA. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ "AND THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS ARE…". NLMA. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Nominees announced for 2020 National Live Music Awards". NLMAs. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Yours & Owls 4th Birthday Party Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. July 23, 2014.
  9. ^ "Yours & Owls Festival 2015 Expands With New All Ages Day & Lineup". Music Feeds. August 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Yours & Owls 2016 Set Times Are Here". Music Feeds. September 15, 2016.
  11. ^ "The 2017 Yours & Owls Festival Set Times Are Here". Music Feeds. September 13, 2017.
  12. ^ "Yours & Owls Festival 2018 Set Times Announced". Music Feeds. September 20, 2018.
  13. ^ "Yours And Owls Festival 2019 Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. May 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Yours And Owls Festival Save The Date". abc.net.au. 30 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Yours Owls Festival Lineup 2019". tonedeaf. 27 May 2019.
  16. ^ Singh, Surej. "Lil Tjay, Masego, Earl Sweatshirt announced for Yours & Owls 2023 festival line-up". NME Australia. BandLab Technologies. Retrieved 26 June 2023.