What were we saying yesterday, that summer is all about musicians going on tour? That’s a slight miscalculation. Summer is all about festivals, and there has been a stack announced recently from all sides of the musical spectrum. Full line-ups and dates at the end…

Firstly, Soundwave just added another chunk of rock and punk and metal to their already mammoth line-up. Try this: Placebo, Anthrax, Motion City Soundtrack, Shinedown, Enter Shikari, Set Your Goals and Closure in Moscow. Huge.

The mother of beat-based bashes, Future Music Festival, has announced its 2010 lineup. Dirty digital legends The Prodigy will headline, with newly-activated live outlet Empire Of The Sun, stylish Scots Franz Ferdinand and Brits Does It Offend You, Yeah? While this sounds a little "band-based", never fear. They also host Booka Shade, John Digweed, David Guetta, Erick Morillo, plus stacks more (and another stack more to be added).

Days Like This has been described as having a Meredith-esque vibe, but in Sydney, without camping, over one day. Okay, we might be overreaching, but they do have an impressive line-up of earthy acts, including Roots Manuva, The Cat Empire, Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues, The Black Seeds, Pivot, Ugly Duckling, Mayer Hawthorne, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad and Dilated Peoples. Whatever the vibe, it’s sure to be positive.

For the tough kids out there, the Boys Of Summer fest returns, this time hosting Buffalo hardcore rock brosephs Every Time I Die, alongside ripper little Byron crew 50 Lions, roughneck thrashcore dudes from New Hampshire Trap Them and fearsome NSW melodic hardcore outfit Mary Jane Kelly. There are heaps of all ages and underage shows all around the nation.

If you have itchy feet, strap on your dancing shoes in preparation for the mammoth DJ fest Stereosonic. It’s a forbidding international and local line-up, featuring Canada’s Deadmau5, Sweden’s Axwell and John Dahlbäck, Dutchman Fedde Le Grand, French luminary Laurent Garnier with a live band, as well as local faves Cut Copy DJs, Grant Smillie, Andy Murphy, Acid Jacks, Grafton Primary, Bag Raiders, and scads more. Happens at five points of the nation in November and December.

The Coffs Harbour festival Open Arms has released a second line-up announcement and it’s looking like solid celebration of Aussie music. The line-up includes Australia’s premier hip-hoppers Hilltop Hoods, Perth prog rockers Karnivool, Melbourne grunge revivalists Children Collide, hot young things Cassette Kids, Bertie Blackman, Regular John and a bunch more.


Soundwave
Second announcement: Placebo, Anthrax, Motion City Soundtrack, Shinedown, Enter Shikari, Set Your Goals and Closure in Moscow.

Sat 20 Feb - RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Sun 21 Feb - Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney
Fri 26 Feb - Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Sat 27 Feb - Bonython Park, Adelaide
Mon 1 Mar - Steel Blue Oval, Perth

Future Music Festival
The Prodigy, Empire Of The Sun, Franz Ferdinand, Booka Shade, John Digweed, Sven Vath, David Guetta, Erick Morillo, Above & Beyond, Dubfire, Boys Noize and Does It Offend You, Yeah? More to be added.

Saturday 27 Feb  - Brisbane
Sunday 28 Feb - Perth
Saturday 6 Mar - Sydney
Sunday 7 March - Melbourne
Monday 8 March - Adelaide

Days Like This
Roots Manuva, The Cat Empire, Amp Fiddler, Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues, The Black Seeds, Pivot, Ugly Duckling, Mayer Hawthorne, Ltj Bukem & Mc Conrad, Dilated Peoples, Quantic (DJ Set), The Bamboos Feat: Kylie Auldist, Joker, Marva Whitney, The Nextmen, Micachu & The Shapes, Thunderheist, We Have Band, Nickodemus, Cassette Kids, Pépé Bradock, Tom Ugly, Teenagersintokyo (DJ Set), Brennan Green, Harmonic 313, Matthias Meyer, Apsci, Lee Douglas & Lovefingers, and The Swiss.

Sunday 10th January, 2010 Moore Park, Sydney

Boys Of Summer
Every Time I Die, 50 Lions, Trap Them and Mary Jane Kelly.

Sat 12 Jan - Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Sun 13 Jan - The Hi Fi, Brisbane
Mon 14 Jan - The Albert Waterways Community Centre, Queensland
Tue 15 Jan - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle West
Wed 16 Jan - Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong
Thu 17 Jan - Manning Bar, University of Sydney
Sat 19 Jan - Tuggeranong Youth Centre, Canberra
Sun 20 Jan - Hi Fi, Melbourne
Mon 21 Jan - Hi Fi, Melbourne
Tue 22 Jan - The Gov, Adelaide
Wed 23 Jan - Amplifier Bar, Perth
Thu 24 Jan - Fly By Night, Freemantle

Stereosonic
Deadmau5 , Axwell , Fedde Le Grand , John Dahlbäck , Laurent Garnier , The Crookers , Surkin, The Bloody Beetroots feat MC Justin Pearson , Miss Kittin & The Hacker , Marco Carola, Chicane, Cut Copy DJs, Drop the Lime, Renaissance Man, Alter Ego, Zombie Nation, Umek, Dragonette, Hudson Mohawke, Tim Sweeney (DFA), The Cobra Snake, Kidda, Juan Kidd, Grant Smillie, Andy Murphy, Acid Jacks, Grafton Primary, Canyons, Knightlife and Bag Raiders.

Sat 28 Nov - Moore Park, Hordern, Sydney
Sun 29 Nov - Claremont Showground, Perth
Sat 5 Dec - Bonython Park, Adelaide
Sat 5 Dec - Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Sun 6 Dec - Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane

Open Arms Festival
Hilltop Hoods, Karnivool, Children Collide, Bertie Blackman, Cassette Kids, MM9, Regular John, Jericco, Tom Ugly, Tsuyoshi Sukuzi, Andrew Till, Oka, Ebb n Flo, Heart Tribe, Thad Lester, Fridget Pop, Twobble Twins, and Bass Surgeons.

Sat 28 Nov  - The Coffs Harbour Showgrounds