Its fantastical, its splendid, it's wondrous, its here. The Falls Festival established arts programme is again out and about, take a look at the acts that'll delight your senses and knock your socks of simultaneously this December. The weird and the eternally wonderful The Village returns! It's the festival within the festival, the party within the party; we've got morning yoga sessions, samba classes and circus workshops, followed up with puppetry, burlesque and comedy - as well as a never ending list of the unexpected. Every few years The Village picks up her afghan tent skirts, packs her party lights and nestles into a fresh pocket of Falls wonderland. She's at it again this year in Lorne, You'll find her sprawled under some trees, closer to the main stage - indeed an easy stroll from the action and with plenty of space to accommodate her ever expanding hive of arts delights
In Marion Bay you'll be charmed to see:
Australia Day 1938: An Opera / Babylon Circus / Bad Taste / Charles Du Cane / Company Casus / Danger Academy / Denim Owl / Dublo / Karo Taks' Kijidoos / King Cake / Las Vegas Grind / Randy / Sex On Toast / Sitar Bass Jump / Tai Ji / Taiko Drummers / TGK / Sin & Tonics / The Porcelain Punch Travelling Medicine Show / Tiger Choir / Trumps / Vardos / Wacko & Blotto.
The performers that'll be taking us away in Lorne are:
Amy Bodssian / Babylon Circus / Biscotti / BJ Morrizonkle / Brite Fight / Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes / Christian Bagin / Dad Horse Experience / Erotic Fan Fiction / Heel Toe Express / Karaoke Falls / Larry Bang Bang / Larry's Tattoo Show / Malcolm Whittaker et al./ Massive / Mojo Juju / NoZu / Pretending Things Are Cock / Rat Vs Possum / Ryan Coffey / So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance / The Biscuit Readings / The Suitcase Royale.
Ready to hit your funny bone, joining Arj Barker and Josh Thomas in the comedy arena this December are:
Melbourne's musical comedy duo Anyone For Tennis, rocking their jokes to original tunes and comedy shtick; bringing his high-energy storytelling is Harley Breen. You want political satire? - We have Matthew Keneally, and rounding it all out is Mo Elleissy of Amazing race fame.
360 (L) | Aloe Blacc | Alpine | An Horse | Anyone For Tennis | Arctic Monkeys | Arj Barker Babylon Circus | Bass Kleph (L)| Beirut | Bleeding Knees Club (L) | Boy In A Box (L) CANT | Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes (L) | Crystal Castles | CSS Dan Deacon | Dr Don Don (L)| Dub FX (L) Easy Star All Stars performing 'Dub Side of the Moon' | emma louise Fleet Foxes | Grouplove | Guineafowl (L) | Gyuto Monks of Tibet (L) Harley Breen | Hook N Sling (L) | J Mascis | John Butler Trio Josh Pyke | Josh Thomas | Kim Churchill (L) | Kimbra Lanie Lane | Lewis Floyd Henry (L) | Lotek (L) | Metronomy Mic Newman & Tornado Wallace | Miles Kane (L) | Missy Higgins Mo Elleissy | Nina las Vegas | Northeast House Party | Oscar + Martin | Papa vs Pretty Pnau | Puta Madre Brothers (L) | Regurgitator performing 'Unit' Sam Cole & The Mornings (M)| Scratch Perverts | Sole Stickers (M) | Strangetalk (L) The Bombay Royale (L) | The Death Set (L) | The Dirty Love (M) | The Grates The Head And The Heart | The Jezabels | The Jim Jones Revue | The Kooks The Naked And Famous | The Scientists of Modern Music The Wonderful World of DJ Yoda | Tim Finn Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Young MC
Boogie Nights:(L) Lorne, (M) Marion Bay (MM) Marion Bay main program.
Anna Lumb (M) | Anna's Go-Go Academy (L & M) | Babylon Circus (L & MM) Barry Morgan (L) | DJ Duchess (M) | Funk N Soul Brass Brothers (M) | Lilikoi Kaos (L) | Melbourne Ska Orchestra (L) | Mohair Slim (M) Nouvelle Vague (L & MM) | Peter Combe (L) | Pierre Baroni (L) Richie 1250 (M) | Saskwatch (L) Vince Peach (L)
Music and art lovers’ getaway
Lorne (VIC) 28th Dec ‘11 - 1st Jan ‘12 | Marion Bay (TAS) 29th Dec ‘11 - 1st Jan ’12
