Yours & Owls - Festival Gallery 1st-2nd March @ Flagstaff Hill, Wollongong NSW

Yours & Owls
Flagstaff Hill, Wollongong NSW
March 1st-2nd, 2025
Lineup: Fontaines D.C., Denzel Curry, The Kooks, Goo Goo Dolls, The Veronicas, Bodyjar, Slowly Slowly, C.O.F.F.I.N., JPEGMAFIA, LOW, Hockey Dad, Battlesnake, and whoooole stack more.

Everyone may be wrapped up in KNOTFEST coverage, but we also went on a covert mission to find the best alternative acts at everyone's favourite reason to be in Wollongong; Yours and Owls Festival!

While there was a diverse range of musical genres represented, the heavier acts were the standout performances. From Day 2 kicking off with hardcore act LOW who got the crowd fly kicking across the mountain stage, to Battlesnake closing Day 1 with the most theatrical energetic performance of the weekend.

Alternative scene favs Bodyjar brought a little pop punk to the mix, The Kooks were glorious and Slowly Slowly had us swooning all set. But of course everyone's highlight (regardless of what kind of music you listen to) was national treasures, The Veronicas; who despite being in the middle of the day, had the entire attendance at their stage screaming along to every word of every song. Their energy was infectious, and the crowd was completely captivated with them by the time they finished it off with the national anthem, 'Untouched'.

Yours and Owls are truly the champions of the mixed bill.

Photo Gallery by Bree Vane. Insta: @mindtheweathervane. Please credit Wall of Sound and Bree Vane if you repost.