Blue King Brown Leads Second Pleasure Garden Line-up Announcement

Boutique St Kilda festival The Pleasure Garden has bolstered its ranks ahead of this December's event, with the second batch of acts to announced on the 2016 line-up led by celebrated roots ensemble Blue King Brown.

The ARIA-nominated outfit will reunite with their Jamaica-based frontwoman, Nattali Rize, for the outing, with the songstress set to step out solo at next month's Mullum Music Festival ahead of the band's appearance at The Pleasure Garden.

Also joining the bill — already populated with alluring acts such as The Cat Empire, Dub FX and Tash Sultana — are UK legend Barry Ashworth, aka Dub Pistols Sound System, genre-defying local electro-whizzes OKA, the energetic remixes of The Chicken Brothers, The Operatives main man Jerry Poon, aka JPS, Melburnian electro-swing luminaries Mortisville & Friends and multi-talented musician and producer Beatrice.

It all goes down among the picturesque surrounds of St Kilda Foreshore's Catani Gardens on Saturday 10 December.

"Gardening Enthusiast" tickets are available now (for $115) until 12 November.

For more information, see the event's website.

The Pleasure Garden 2016 Line-up

The Cat Empire
The Opiuo Band
Blue King Brown
Tash Sultana
Dub Pistols Sound System
The Correspondents
Dub FX
Spoonbill
OKA
Jakubi
Mista Savona
The Chicken Brothers
JPS (Jerry Poon/The Operatives)
Steve Ward
Boogs
Mortisville & Friends
Beatrice
Kodiak Kid
+ more TBA