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The Hills Are Alive Festival Is Back For Its Eighth Year

Line-up next Weds

Get planning for your Easter Weekend 2016 — The Hills Are Alive is back! 

In its eighth iteration, the Victorian two-night, three-day camping festival has unveiled details about next year's festival, including its festival dates, when tickets go on sale and when we can find out the all-important line-up.

Brought to you by the same folks who put on the incredible NYE On The Hill, The Hills Are Alive will take up your Friday, 25 March to Sunday, 27 March weekend, with the usual invite-only system that has fostered the community feel to the festival for so long.

As festival organisers explain, "To attend you need to be invited by someone who has attended before or by one of the artists performing (who will whisper 'The Farmer's Secret Password' to you which you need to be able to purchase tickets). It’s this friends-of-friends policy, as well as the incredible location and amazing music, that keeps the good vibe of The Hills Are Alive so special. Hope you can join us."

The line-up is not too far away either — you'll be getting it next Wednesday, 2 December, with tickets on sale the following day.

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