Heavv music festival Thrashville is proud to announce the bumper line-up for its second year, which will return on Saturday January 20, 2018, to the Hunter Valley, NSW.
After its breakthrough debut in January 2017, it was abundantly clear that punk, rock and metal fans are looking for a grassroots event – and festival promoter Dashville was happy to give it a shot.
The best of the Hunter’s acts will share the stage with some of Australia’s heaviest hitters. Punk legends FRENZAL RHOMB will make their Dashville debut, fresh from the release of their raucous Hi-Vis High Tea record. Their relationship with the Hunter Valley extends back over two decades, to the days of Dog Bite at Maitland Showground in the late ‘90s. Dashville is very humbled to be bringing them back to the Lower Hunter.
Metal maniacs KING PARROT will no doubt be the heaviest band to ever perform at the famed Lower Belford property. Renowned for their insane live shows, genius music videos and brutally infectious anthems, Thrashville fans are going to know they’ve been swooped on by the Parrot.
BATPISS have quickly garnered a legion of followers with their dark brand of sludge punk. Their 2017 album Rest in Piss is raw and unmistakably Australian, punctuated by heavy riffs and unsettling lyrics.
Thrashville welcomes “The Bok”. FRANKENBOK have long had a beloved fanbase in the Hunter Valley and Dashville. The Melbourne metal purveyors deliver pure, unadulterated brutality, plying their trade over two monstrous decades.
Rounding out the bill is the return of punk rockers THE AUSTRALIAN BEEFWEEK SHOW, who blew everyone away at Thrashville’s maiden voyage, prog maniacs TROLDHAUGEN, Brisbane all-girl garage rockers VOIID, new band POST TRUTH, featuring members of Hard-Ons and Conation, Newcastle punk bands PAPER THIN, RORT MENACE and JONES THE CAT, plus famed Dashville supergroup DASHVILLE PROGESS SOCIETY, who will bring in some special local metal-heads for a wild set of classic punk and metal covers.
Thrashville will also feature a host of delicious food trucks, skate demos on the Dashville half pipe, live graff art and lots of other fun times.
THRASHVILLE 2018 LINE-UP:
FRENZAL RHOMB + KING PARROT + BATPISS + FRANKENBOK +
GAY PARIS + THE AUSTRALIAN BEEFWEEK SHOW + TROLDHAUGEN + VOIID + POST TRUTH + PAPER THIN + RORT MENACE + JONES THE CAT + DASHVILLE PROGRESS SOCIETY.
THRASHVILLE returns on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Dashville, Lower Belford, Hunter Valley.
Tickets on sale now through Ticketbooth.
This is a 15+ event. All under-18 punters must be accompanied by a legitimate legal guardian. Tickets are $60. There is an optional on-site camping ticket.
