Alumni
Thirty-six years of bands on the tennis courts at St Mark’s. Some of them went a very long way afterwards.
Hall of Fame
Five acts who played here on the way to somewhere bigger.
Eight months out from ‘Sunlight’. A year later ‘Booster Seat’ was number two in the Hottest 100.
Headlined eighteen months before their debut album. Now selling out rooms across the UK, Europe and North America.
A year past winning triple j Unearthed High and yet to chart anything. Their debut album went to number five.
Arrived with ‘Jellyfish’ sitting at 57 in the Hottest 100. Every album since has landed top ten.
The earliest name on the list. Played two years before their first album; ‘Blend Inn’ went top ten in 2018 and ‘Brain Candy’ reached number two in 2020.
Previous Lineups
2025
Full list: South Summit, Fool Nelson, Destinezia, Ramona Persona, Darlington, Bianca Feher, Outoftheblue, Matt Boyd, The Hazys
2024
Full list: DICE, Purée, Stokes, TOWNHOUSE, Max Kelly & Meg Carlin, Bianca Feher, Emily Grace, Sadie Fuss
2023
Full list: Rum Jungle, The Kavs, The Max Headroom, Stormy-Lou, Maisie, Sofia Menguita, Joey Haenen
2022
Full list: The Rions, Mums Favourite, Frankie Sunwagon, Pool Toy
2021 & 2020
Cancelled, both years, because of the pandemic.
2019
Full list: Slowly Slowly, Spacey Jane, The Effends, Big Uncle Love Bus, Con Artist
2018
Full list: Good Doogs, The Brungas, Salibu Macey, Loose Bricks, Elliott Johnson, Indiago, Josh Phillips, Galaxy Eyes, Alana Bray, Adelaide German Band
2017
Full list: Heaps Good Friends, The New Yorks, LOS LEO, The Montreals, Hartway
2016
Full list: Flamingo, Maggie Rutjens, Battlehounds, Tales, Adelaide German Band
2015
Full list: Jesse Davidson, SKIES, Problems, Lost Woods, Spanish Harlem, Transit, Faz, Jake Daulby, Adelaide German Band
2014
Full list: Timberwolf, The New Yorks, Hungry Dreamers, Hockey Dad, Lazy Daze, The Cardinals, Transit, and a College band
2005–13
No profiles for these years
2013: The Shiny Brights, Es Ist Super, Console Warriors, Produkt & Stix, Transit, Adelaide German Band
2012: E’Nuf Said, Es Ist Super, The Salvadoors, Produkt & Stix, Transit
2011: Hairy Lemon, Super Dry, Adelaide German Band
2010: The Happy Leonards, Little Rhino, Adelaide German Band
2009: E’Nuf Said, Super Dry, Sex Panther, Hairy Lemon
2008: E’Nuf Said, Behind These Walls, Two Stroke Johnny, Four Knuckle Shuffle
2005: Evermore, The Embassy, DJ Liam Somers, DJ Keegan Lee
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