Rock Favourites Join With Country Stars For Urban Country Music Festival

Australian rock favourites British India and reunited Hottest 100 winners Augie March will join with some of Australia’s country music legends at next year’s Urban Country Music Festival.

Presented by The Music, Lee Kernaghan and Beccy Cole headline the festival’s bill while Jetty Road, Christie Lamb and 8 Ball Aitken also feature on the first artist announcement.

To be held from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 May 2015 in Caboolture, Queensland, the festival is making a concerted effort to include rock urban and indie music into their usually country-heavily line-up this year. They expect that over 100 local and international artists will be announced to play across six stages by the time the line-up is complete.

British India guitarist Declan Meli said today, "We love Queensland shows and always have a great time every time we go. We have heard great things about Urban Country and it's going to be blast playing rock'n'roll alongside some Australian country legends." the band’s Declan Melia said.”

Moreton Bay Regional Council Mayor Allan Sutherland said, “The Urban Country Music Festival is where the city meets country and that’s exactly what festival-goers can expect here in 2015.”

The First Line-Up Announcement

Lee Kernaghan
Beccy Cole
British India
Augie March
Jetty Road
Simply Bushed
8 Ball Aitken
Carl Wockner
Liam Brew
Jay Seeney
Christie Lamb
Casey Barnes
Stealing Linc
Wal Neilsen

The festival will open on Friday 1 May with an open-air concert. Saturday will be spent at the Caboolture Historical Village, which will be turned into a festival hub, before the Saturday night show at the Queensland State Equestrian Centre. Sunday will see festivities at the Urban Village before outdoor bonfires welcome in the closing Blaze Concert.

Tickets are available here, and weekend packages start at $68.

On-site powered and un-powered camping is available.