Against The Grain Festival Unveils Epic Line-up For Second Annual Event

We at The Music are staunch supporters of all things independent, and that includes fellow plucky websites such as the esteemed Grain, a Brissy-based music and arts outlet of the highest integrity and quality (and all-round good people).

It's not just their website that brings the goods, however; last year's inaugural Against The Grain festival showed they know how to book a heck of a party, a talent they've put to good use once again for this year's second annual event, this year proudly presented by The Music.

And, heck, have Grain pulled together an awesome line-up for round two, from well-established countercultural faves like Gold Class, The Courtneys, MOSSY, Twin Haus, The Ocean Party, Thigh Master and Horror My Friend (to name but a few) to emergent and ascendant awesomeness such as Sweater Curse, Chakra Efendi, Stella Donnelly, Sleep Club, In Real Life, Sunscreen, Make More and stacks of others.

Against The Grain will be held from Friday 25 August to Sunday 27 August across multiple venues, broken up thus: night one (Friday) will feature free-entry outings boasting art exhibitions and four bands playing between Barbara and Reverends; nights two and three (Saturday and Sunday) will move the shindig to outdoor stages in Bakery Lane and The Brightside's car park, where the primary chunk of the festival will take place.

With such a finely curated roster of artists, expect this event to be an absolute treasure trove of old and new favourites just waiting to be explored with glee. If you'd like to get in on the action, you can suss yourself a ticket via Oztix.

Check out the full line-up below, bookmark the Facebook event page and see theGuide for all your booking details to help Grain zine celebrate the second annual Against The Grain festival. Trust us, it's going to be a corker.

Against The Grain 2017

Friday 25 August

Top Dollar
Chakra Efendi
Keeskea
Dream City

Saturday 26 August

MOSSY
Twin Haus
Good Morning
Yuuca
Sleep Decade
Vacations
Stella Donnelly
Spirit Bunny
Sleep Club
Half/Cut
Cody Munro Moore
Make More
Wolver
Start Together

Sunday 27 August

Gold Class
The Courtneys
The Ocean Party
Mere Women
Horror My Friend
Hollow Everdaze
Boat Show
Thigh Master
Sweater Curse
Jouk Mistrow
Siamese
Greenwave Beth
Sunscreen
In Real Life