Oztix | News | Beloved WA Festival Announces East Coast Expansion With Stacked Local Line-up

Perth event Ice Cream Factory Summer Festival will expand to Brisbane and Melbourne in its fourth year with some serious local talent in tow.

Under the new banner of Factory Summer Festival, the arts and music event will be held at Victoria Parklands in Brisbane and The Ice Cream Factory in Perth from December 11 – 31 and then Federation Square in Melbourne from March 19 to April 5.

Here’s who’s been confirmed so far:

Anna Lunoe, Benson, Cassian, Confidence Man (Brisbane only), Cosmo’s Midnight (Perth only), Dirty South, Elise Keddie, Example, Graace, Illy, Jess Kent, Jesswar, Lucille Croft, Motez, Nina Las Vegas, Northeast Party House, Peking Duk (DJ set, Perth and Brisbane only), The Presets (Perth and Brisbane only), Ruel, ShockOne, Stace Cadet, TRIPLETT, Vera Blue (Brisbane only), What So Not

In the event the Brisbane and Perth events need to be rescheduled due to COVID-19, Factory Summer Festival has already scheduled replacement dates in March confirmed for all acts.

“Factory Summer Festival is in regular communications with the relevant local and state authorities and COVID-19 Safety Plans have been prepared for each individual city, whilst all events will be compliant with directions of WA Department of Health, Queensland Health and Vic Department of Health & Human Services directions at the date of the event,” organisers said.

Event Co-Director Chris Bausor added: “Our event runs over three weeks, with capacity limited to a maximum of 4,000 per day, allowing for greater social distancing measures and a unique headline performance each night, which would not be possible in a more traditional format over a shorter period of time.”

For more details, head to the festival’s website.