Falls Downtown will be making her maiden voyage to WA this summer! An exciting event packed with maximum good times will be staged over the weekend of January 07 and January 08, 2017, including the very best local, national and international artists; performance installations; creative food and boutique drinks; décor; makers markets and artisans; community involvement and so much more.
Breaking the traditional Falls Festival format, Falls Downtown will flood the streets and forgotten buildings of Fremantle, awakening spaces which have been lost in time – creating a completely new festival experience over two days in January.
To add to the already awesome line-up, more names have just been announced to play the festival and its many unique and creative spaces!
JOINING THE MAIN STAGES:
Set amongst the big old trees, historic buildings and sunny and then starry skies of Fremantle Town Square. MT MOUNTAIN · ELLI SCHOEN
DANCETERIA!
The Danceteria at Falls Downtown is hidden away deep in the dark basement gallery of the MANY maker’s markets in the old Myer building. It’s where the festival literally goes underground and plays host to the absolute cream of WA’s underground electronic music crews, co-ops and collectives.These motivated communities of artists, producers, organisers, movers-and-shakers are at the core of what keeps WA supplied with interesting parties, events, releases and happenings all year-round. It’s therefore our pleasure to hand over the keys to the Danceteria to each of these communities so they can show the Falls Downtown audience exactly what they do. Expect nothing but audio and visual goodness from: PILERATS · THECOMMUNITY · FUNGLE CLUB · BOOGIE NIGHTMEDIA · POLYRHYTHMIC · CAMP DOOGS and a special live performance by KARI FAUX.
OLD TIME MUSIC HALL
The majestic Fremantle Town Hall has seen dances, socials, shows, concerts, weddings, dinners, meetings, protests, rallies and more in the heart of Fremantle since 1887. By putting in the best and most authentic old time music, the hall will be accompanied by craft beer bar, communal furniture and more to bring out the charm of this beautiful space. If you need to change the pace, escape the outdoors, or the modern world, then enter this historic hall and go back in time with swing, jazz, blues, country, soul and more! As BLIND TIGER and his world famous home-made BOOGIE BOX play host to the likes of MANHATTONS HOT SWING · STONEY JOE · LUKE DUX & ATOMIC LUNCHBOX · JIMMY MAC · SWING DANCERS and much, much more!
CHURCH OF HEAVENLY DELIGHTS
St John’s Anglican Church let’s laughter into our hearts at Falls Downtown as some or our best national and local comedy artists preach their own hilarious sermons throughout the day in search of mass laughter and/or redemption in this lovely 1843 church building. So take a pew and have a laugh ortwoat the Church of Heavenly Delights with acts such asJOEL CREASEY, MC ANDY SAUNDERS, THE STEVENSON EXPERIENCE, AUNTY DONNA, MC IVAN ARISTIGUIETA,WA͛s legendary improv riot THE BIG HOO-HAA, BULLSH*!# TRIVIA, THE TOR-NIGHT SHOW and a cast ofWA͛s finest stand-ups strutting their stuff atthe golden lectern inLOCAL LAUGHS. It͛s a religious experience not be missed brought to you by WA’s finest comedy producers GELO!
2016/17 EVENTS:
Lorne VIC: 28 Dec, 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 1993) 18+ event *sold-out
Marion Bay TAS: 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec (est. 2003) All ages
Byron Bay NSW: 31 Dec, 01 Jan, 02 Jan (est. 2013) 18+ event *sold-out
Fremantle WA: 07 Jan, 08 Jan (est. 2016) 18+ event
FALLS DOWNTOWN 2017 LINE-UP
MAIN STAGES:
CHILDISH GAMBINO · LONDON GRAMMAR · THE AVALANCHES
VIOLENT SOHO · MATT CORBY · TA-KU · THE JEZABELS · BALL PARK MUSIC
GROUPLOVE · JAMIE T · BROODS · GRANDMASTER FLASH · ILLY · MØ
HOT DUB TIME MACHINE · DMA’S · ALUNAGEORGE · BOOKA SHADE
CLIENT LIAISON · VALLIS · ALPS · PARQUET COURTS CITY CALM DOWN
MODERN BASEBALL · RY X · LEMAITRE · SHURA · MT MOUNTAIN · ELLI SCHOEN
DANCETERIA:
KARI FAUX (live) · PILERATS DJS · THE COMMUNITY
FUNGLE CLUB · BOOGIE NIGHTS MEDIA · POLYRHYTHMIC · CAMP DOOGS
OLD TIME MUSIC HALL · BLIND TIGER & HIS BOOGIE BOX with JIMMY MAC
COTTONTAIL TRIO & THE SUPPER CLUB · MANHATTONS HOT SWING
STONEY JOE · LUKE DUX & ATOMIC LUNCHBOX
CHURCH OF HEAVENLY DELIGHTS:
JOEL CREASEY · MC ANDY SAUNDERS
THE STEVENSON EXPERIENCE · AUNTY DONNA · MC IVAN ARISTIGUIETA
THE BIG HOO-HAA · BULLSH*!# TRIVIA · THE TOR-NIGHT SHOW
LOCAL LAUGHS + MORE