Canberra festival Stonefest has been forced to downsize its line-up, due to it "not attracting as many people as seen in previous years." Is it because — as we ranted at length back in early August  — the proposed line-up headed by Jebediah, The*Vines and The Grates was in fact not "consistently showcasing" some of "the freshest and finest in Aussie talent"? And in turn, was an ethos snubbed by punters?

In any case, the line-up has been culled of bands and repositioned as a 'Rock On' party featuring hip-hop and dance acts. It now looks something like this.

STONEFEST PARTY - OCTOBER 29
University of Canberra
The Aston Shuffle
Illy
Tonite Only
Flight Facilities
Sampology (AV/DJ set)
Diafrix
The Hump Day Project
Dept. of Defiance
Silent Party featuring: Strangeways DJs, Jemist, Pang! DJs, Architect DJs, PARTY BY JAKE DJs, Swim Team DJs, MUM DJs & M.I.T.

Tickets: $27.50 plus booking fees from ticketek.com. Ticket holders who purchased Stonefest 2011 tickets via credit card will receive an automatic refund to their card. Those that purchased with cash or EFTPOS should return to their point of purchase with photo identification to obtain a refund.


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Following on from yesterday's PJ Harvey tour announcement, Tasmanian festival MOMA FOMA have announced headline acts and details for their 2012 event. Curated by Violent Femmes bassist (and Tasmanian resident) Brian Ritchie, the festival runs from January 13th to 21st on the Apple Isle.

MONA FOMA 2012
JAN 13 – 21

PJ Harvey (UK)
Ryoji Ikeda (Japan)
Pierre Henry (France)
Dresden Dolls (USA - pictured)
Amiina. (Iceland)
BalletLab..
IHOS
Hanggai (Mongolia + China)
tUnE-yArDs (USA) the marriage of coarse folk with bold pop sensibility; R&B siren.
The Dad Horse Experience (Germany)

The festival begins with a "huge" free street party in central Hobart, which will include performances from tUnE-yArDs, Robin Fox, Lucas Abela, Dixieland Jazz and The Dad Horse Experience amongst others. Other art events on the calendar include a tee-shirt tribute to AC/DC entitled Let There Be Robe, and a gallery tour in which the artist and attendees must all be naked. They do things different in Tassie.

You can join the MOFO newsletter and buy tickets from October 17, or not and buy tickets from October 19. More information and details at mofo.net.au



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