The 2018 Sugar Mountain line-up is said to be the best in its history, boasting yet another cracking dose of tantalising visual arts and boundary-pushing musical artists.
Saturday January 20 is the return date at its home location of the Victorian College of the Arts. However, this year they’re expanding the footprint to also encompass the neighbouring ACCA and the Melbourne Arts Precinct. So loving this!
The full arts and music line-up can be seen below, and we are 100% ready to immerse ourselves in what is one the highlights of the summer festival calendar.
MUSIC
Actress (UK) • Ara Koufax • Beaches • Body Type • Cut Copy
Dan Shake (UK) • Eclair Fifi (UK) • Fantastic Man • Gerd Janson (GER)
Honey Dijon (USA) • J Hus (UK) • Jamila Woods (USA)
Joey Bada$$ (USA) • Kardajala Kirridarra • Laurel Halo (USA)
Love Deluxe • Project Pablo (CAN) • Sevdaliza (NED)
Shanti Celeste (UK) • Stella Donnelly
ART
VIA ALICE feat. Waangenga Blanco x Khalif Diouf (USA)
Amrita Hepi x Pasefika Victoria Choir
Justin Shoulder x CORIN x Tristan Jalleh
Hiroyasu Tsuri (JPN) x Jun Inoue (JPN)
Marcus Whale x Athena Thebus
BOILER ROOM
Sugar Mountain’s beloved Boiler Room stage returns.
SENSORY RESTAURANT
Sugar Mountain’s acclaimed immersive restaurant experiment is back, and the 2018 offering will be a love note to the real MVP… dessert. This year, it comes in collaboration with one of the absolute benchmark eateries in Australia. Book early and stay tuned for the full reveal.
** Please note that you will need a SM2018 festival ticket to gain entry to the SM festival site to access the Sensory restaurant.
Second release tickets go on sale this Saturday via Moshtix, in addition to the pre-sale of the ever-popular “Sensory Restaurant”.
Get in quick cause you’ll regret not being a part of it all!
author: Kara Bertoncini