Melbourne’s Sugar Mountain Festival returns with a PHENOMENAL lineup for its 2016 edition! It can’t have been easy to top the 2015 lineup, which featured artists like Nas, ODESZA, Ariel Pink and Midnight Juggernauts, but they’ve pulled it off in one fell swoop.

Boasting a unique, seriously well-curated mix of known and upcoming acts from ALL over the musical map, we reckon it’s one of the best festival announcements yet.

Leading the charge is the legendary Hot Chip, whose sixth album Why Make Sense? dropped earlier this year. Julio Bashmore, Dâm-Funk, Le1f, Kelela and more will be heading in for the festival’s 2016 edition. Australia, meanwhile, is holding its head high with Courtney Barnett, the ever-entertaining Total Giovanni, explorative producer Roland Tings, City Calm Down, Royal Headache and so many more.

The festival also has a large focus on arts, with a specially curated series of projects and installations taking place throughout the event. Parisian duo NONOTAK will be headlining the festival’s art lineup, returning for a second year after unleashing ">this for the 2015 date, as well as the man behind Sia‘s Chandelier and Elastic Heart film clips, Daniel Askill.

A “sensory restaurant” will also be available for gastronomically-minded punters. Called “Sensory”, it is the creative collaboration between Bomba chef Jesse Gerner, artists Tin & Ed, and our boiz Cut Copy. The “interactive environment” brings together sound, music, light, food and more to create an all-encompassing experience for hungry punters, who have otherwise been “getting bored of smashing burgers and chips at music festivals.”

Sugar Mountain 2016 lineup:

Hot Chip
Dirty Three
Courtney Barnett
Julio Bashmore
Kelela
Le1f
Royal Headache
Viet Cong
Empress Of
Dâm-Funk
Tim Sweeney
Tom Trago
Kate Tempest
Alpine
Roland Tings
Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda
Total Giovanni
Jnett
City Calm Down
Sampa the Great
Pearls
Kate Miller
Laila Sakini
Research & Development

Art

NONOTAK (Japan/France – world premiere)
Daniel Askill (Aust. exclusive)
fuse* (Italy – Aust. exclusive)
Nic Hamilton
SIBLING
Yahna Fookes x Martha Zakarya
Prue Stent x Honey Long x Clare Longley

Sugar Mountain Festival takes place at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

Tickets go on sale at midday on Monday, October 19 – peep them via Moshtix.