Yours and Owls

Yours and Owls is a brand and annual music festival held in Wollongong, Australia. It originated as a coffee shop, then a gallery and restaurant space, then a music venue, then pop-up gigs, a record label and now holds an annual music festival. in addition to events throughout the year in local venues.

National Live Music Awards
The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.


 * National Live Music Awards of 2018
 * Yours and Owls
 * Best Live Music Festival or Event
 * Nominated
 * National Live Music Awards of 2019
 * Yours and Owls
 * NSW Live Event of the Year
 * Won
 * National Live Music Awards of 2020
 * Yours and Owls
 * Best Live Music Festival or Event
 * Nominated
 * Yours and Owls
 * Best Live Music Festival or Event
 * Nominated

2014

 * Bootleg Rascal
 * Dune Rats
 * The Griswolds
 * Hockey Dad
 * High-tails
 * Lyall Moloney
 * The Owls
 * Owl Trivia DJs
 * SAFIA
 * Step-Panther DJs
 * Sticky Fingers

2015

 * The Preatures
 * Cloud Control
 * The Delta Riggs
 * The Rubens
 * Gang Of Youths
 * Saskwatch
 * The Smith Street Band
 * Ash Grunwald
 * Bahamas (CAN)
 * Salmonella Dub Soundsystem (NZ)
 * Shining Bird
 * The Pinheads

2016

 * Antwon (USA)
 * Ball Park Music
 * Bec Sandridge
 * The Belligerents
 * Big Scary
 * Black Mountain (CAN)
 * Bleached (USA)
 * Chastity Belt (USA)
 * Client Liaison
 * The Coathangers (USA)
 * Cog
 * DMA's
 * The Hard Aches
 * Hermitude
 * Hockey Dad
 * Horror My Friend
 * The Jezabels
 * Kilter
 * KLP
 * Ladyhawke (NZ)
 * Little May
 * The Living End
 * Nicole Millar
 * Pagan
 * The Pinheads
 * PUP (CAN)
 * Remi
 * Sampa the Great
 * Skeggs
 * Shining Bird
 * The Sonics (USA)
 * Stonefield
 * TEES
 * Thelma Plum
 * Tired Lion
 * Tkay Maidza
 * Totally Unicorn
 * Vera Blue

2017

 * A.B. Original
 * AJJ (USA)
 * Alex Lahey
 * Ali Barter
 * Allday
 * Andy Garvey
 * Archy Punker
 * Ariane
 * At the Drive-In (USA)
 * Bad//Dreems
 * Bec Sandridge
 * Body Type
 * Break A Leg
 * Cash Savage and the Last Drinks
 * City Calm Down
 * Confidence Man
 * Cosmo's Midnight
 * Crooked Colours
 * Donny Benét Showband
 * Dumb Punts
 * Dune Rats
 * Electric Wire Hustle (NZ)
 * Elodie
 * GHOSTWAVE (NZ)
 * Good Boy
 * Holy Holy
 * HOON
 * Horror My Friend
 * Illy
 * Ivan Ooze
 * Jacob
 * Jamie Blanco
 * Jozef Conor & Albert Hunt
 * Kato
 * Le Butcherettes (MEX)
 * Los Labios (SPA)
 * Los Pintar
 * Los Tones
 * Love Buzz
 * Massive Marbo & The Battered Sav
 * Montaigne
 * Moonbase
 * Northeast Party House
 * Northlane
 * Pals
 * Parkside DJ's
 * Paul Jextra
 * Raave Tapes
 * Raised As Wolves
 * Ravespewtin
 * Ruby Fields
 * S M Jenkins
 * Safia
 * Sam Weston
 * Simon Caldwell
 * Slum Sociable
 * Somersault
 * Sorority Noise (USA)
 * Stamp Daddy & Space Gas
 * SUB-TRIBE
 * Sun Sap
 * TEES
 * The Nah
 * The Orwells (USA)
 * The Pinheads
 * The Preatures
 * The Presets
 * Totally Unicorn
 * Totty
 * Trophy Eyes
 * Wavves (USA)
 * White Blanks

2018

 * Angus & Julia Stone
 * Peking Duk
 * Alison Wonderland
 * The Jungle Giants
 * Methyl Ethel
 * Ocean Alley
 * Hockey Dad
 * D.D Dumbo – CANCELLED
 * Middle Kids
 * Cub Sport
 * Alex the Astronaut
 * Alice Ivy
 * Big White
 * BOYTOY (USA)
 * Clews
 * Dear Seattle
 * Destroyer (CAN)
 * Didirri
 * E^ST
 * Fritz
 * Hellions
 * Jack River
 * Jess Locke
 * Johnny Hunter
 * Liars (USA)
 * Listener (USA)
 * Luca Brasi
 * Maddy Jane
 * Mallrat
 * Mere Women
 * Mezko
 * Moaning Lisa
 * Nyxen
 * Obscura Hail
 * Pist Idiots
 * Polaris
 * Press Club
 * Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
 * Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
 * Sarah Blasko
 * Step-Panther
 * Stonefield
 * The Vanns
 * Tiny Little Houses
 * Touch Sensitive
 * Tropical Fuck Storm
 * Tumbleweed
 * Yahtzel
 * You Beauty
 * Adi Toohey
 * Ayebatonye
 * Carla Uriate
 * Chelseydagger
 * Delicious Citrus & Al Gores Rhythm
 * Jealousing
 * Lancelot
 * Lex Deluxe
 * Parkside
 * Roza Terenzi
 * The Dollar Bin Darlings
 * Toni Yotzi
 * Tornado Wallace
 * Unknown Associates
 * Astrophysical Maser
 * Bike Park Gallery
 * Cortex Journal
 * Duzi Cuatro
 * Enough Said Slam Poetry
 * Hidden Harvest
 * Jacuzzi Stu
 * Ovuhm

2019

 * Amy Shark
 * Courtney Barnett
 * Golden Features
 * Hot Dub Time Machine
 * Angie McMahon
 * Love Fame Tragedy (UK)
 * Meg Mac
 * Ruel
 * Skegss
 * Slumberjack
 * Sneaky Sound System
 * Thundamentals
 * Vera Blue
 * Bad Dreems
 * Baker Boy
 * Bass Drum of Death (USA)
 * Eves Karydas
 * Frenzal Rhomb
 * Fucked Up (CAN)
 * Kwame
 * No Mono
 * Odette
 * WAAX
 * Yumi Zouma (NZ)
 * The Beths (NZ)
 * Blank Realm
 * Ceres
 * The Delta Riggs
 * Die! Die! Die! (NZ)
 * Genesis Owusu
 * The Gooch Palms
 * Good Doogs – CANCELLED
 * Hatchie
 * Kira Puru
 * Ocean Grove
 * The Pinheads
 * Totally Unicorn
 * West Thebarton
 * A.Swazye & The Ghosts
 * Bugs
 * Crocodylus
 * Eliza & The Delusionals
 * Georgia June
 * The Lazy Suzans
 * Low Life
 * Murmurmur
 * The Nights
 * Pacific Avenue
 * San Mei
 * Burn In Hell
 * Chuparosa
 * Dribs
 * Ducy Muncs
 * Fait Accompli
 * Fika
 * Friday Park
 * Hopetown
 * Husband Wants A Wife
 * Ivori
 * Legal Aliens
 * Lemon Row
 * Rukus
 * Sam Allen
 * Tapestry
 * Tex
 * The Bungalows
 * The Fangin’ Felines
 * The Hints
 * Tuff Mustard
 * Underplay
 * 99scapegoast

2020
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 Yours and Owls festival was moved from its usual October date to 2021.

2021
In order to comply with the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 festival was moved to a bigger venue to allow for social distancing, split into four separate zones in order to enhance contact tracing efforts, and featured a dual revolving stage setup to minimise contact during changeovers between artists and road crew members. New Zealand artists Benee and Wax Mustang also had to withdraw from the lineup due to border restrictions in both Australia and New Zealand; they were replaced by Dope Lemon and Nerve


 * Tones and I
 * Benee (NZ) – CANCELLED
 * Hockey Dad
 * Cosmo's Midnight
 * DMA's
 * Hayden James
 * Lime Cordiale
 * PNAU
 * Running Touch
 * What So Not
 * Winston Surfshirt
 * The Smith Street Band
 * Slowly Slowly
 * Children Collide
 * Stand Atlantic
 * The Vanns
 * Haiku Hands
 * B Wise
 * George Alice
 * No Money Enterprise
 * Adrian Eagle
 * Clowns
 * Ph11a
 * Yours Truly
 * Shining Bird
 * Wax Mustang (NZ) - CANCELLED
 * Greta Stanley
 * Towns
 * Jerome Farah
 * Cry Club
 * JK-47
 * Verge Collection – CANCELLED
 * Private Function
 * Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
 * Party Dozen
 * First Beige
 * Gauci
 * Dregg
 * Good Lekker
 * Homesick
 * The Grogans
 * Paradise Club
 * Adam Newling
 * Boomchild
 * Romero
 * Austen
 * Draft Day
 * e4444e
 * Teenage Joans
 * The M1
 * Angelo the Poet
 * DJ Plead
 * Jennifer Loveless
 * The Nice Folk
 * Cove Sound System
 * Slinky Red
 * Yen Strange
 * Sunset Headrest
 * Randy Knuckles
 * Left Side Filter
 * Tired Girl
 * Year6Disco
 * Champion the Boy
 * Bobomis
 * Quite Like Pete
 * Blackout Fun Club
 * Body Promise
 * OK Hotel
 * Aodhan
 * Beachcombers
 * Big Twisty and the Funk Nasty

2022
Due to the impacts of the 2022 eastern Australia floods on the Wollongong area, and the site of Stuart Park in particular, the 2022 iteration of the festival was cancelled. Its prospective lineup was as follows:


 * Hilltop Hoods
 * Benee (NZ)
 * Bliss N Eso
 * Flight Facilities
 * The Jungle Giants
 * Peking Duk
 * Violent Soho
 * Faker
 * Harvey Sutherland
 * Jack River
 * Lastlings
 * Late Night Tuff Guy
 * LDRU
 * Luca Brasi
 * Hiatus Kaiyote – CANCELLED
 * Confidence Man
 * Ruby Fields
 * San Cisco
 * Arno Faraji
 * Barkaa
 * Big Twisty and the Funk Nasty
 * Budjerah
 * The Buoys
 * Fergus James
 * Floodlights
 * Hope D
 * Jen Cloher
 * Karate Boogaloo
 * King Stingray
 * The Meanies
 * Miiesha
 * Ninajirachi
 * Nyxen
 * Private Function
 * Surprise Chef
 * Sycco
 * The Terrys
 * Vlossom
 * 1300
 * Alter Boy
 * Babitha
 * Bakers Eddy
 * Boomchild
 * Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
 * Clamm
 * Clypso
 * C.O.F.F.I.N.
 * Death By Denim
 * Good Lekker
 * Nooky
 * Rest for the Wicked
 * The Rions
 * Shady Nasty
 * Sophiya
 * To Octavia
 * Amends
 * Bored Shorts
 * Charbel
 * Chimers
 * Chloe Dadd
 * Classic
 * Club Camel
 * Drift
 * Hellcat Speedracer
 * Imaginarypeople
 * Kitten Heel
 * Lizzie Jack and the Beanstalks
 * Miners
 * The Morning Mood
 * Nosedive
 * Nothing Rhymes with David
 * Placement
 * Private Wives
 * Proposal
 * Radicals
 * Satin Cali
 * Sesame Girl
 * Solo Career
 * Stephen Bourke
 * Topnovil
 * LTNG
 * Jennifer Loveless
 * Toni Yotzi
 * Ayebatonye
 * DJ Plead
 * Barney in the Tunnel
 * Foura
 * Body Promise
 * Randy Knuckles
 * Covet Sound System
 * Beachcombers
 * Wilder & Pryor

2023

 * Bakar (UK)
 * Broods (NZ)
 * Chet Faker
 * Descendents (USA)
 * Earl Sweatshirt (USA)
 * Golden Features
 * Hilltop Hoods
 * Hobo Johnson (USA)
 * Lil Tjay (USA)
 * Masego (USA)
 * Meg Mac
 * Ocean Alley
 * Oliver Tree (USA)
 * Peach Pit (CAN)
 * Safia
 * Vera Blue
 * Angel Du$t (USA)
 * BIG WETT
 * Daily J (NZ)
 * DICE
 * Ekkstacy (CAN)
 * Fazerdaze (NZ)
 * Forest Claudette
 * James Marriott (UK)
 * KiNG MALA (USA)
 * Old Mervs
 * Pacific Avenue
 * Phony Ppl (USA)
 * Redhook
 * Royel Otis
 * RVG
 * Shag Rock
 * Sorry (UK)
 * Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
 * Teenage Dads
 * The Grogans
 * The Rions
 * The Terrys
 * The Vanns
 * Tia Gostelow
 * Wallice (USA)
 * Babyface Mal
 * Billy Otto
 * Full Flower Moon Band
 * Girl and Girl
 * Go-Jo
 * Lazywax
 * Phoebe Go
 * Posseshot
 * Rum Jungle
 * Stevan
 * Stumps
 * These New South Wales
 * Towns
 * YB.
 * Wiigz
 * Archie
 * Blue Vedder
 * Dust
 * Flowertruck
 * Garage Sale
 * Greatest Hits
 * Gut Health
 * Hallie
 * Lucy Sugerman
 * Nerve Damage
 * Our Carlson
 * Pirra
 * Sesame Girl
 * Terminal Sleep
 * The Empty Threats
 * Bronte Alva
 * Busty
 * Charbel
 * Chimers
 * Chloe Dadd
 * Circadia
 * Drift
 * J.Rumz
 * Kid Pharaoh
 * Kloker
 * Lizzie Jack and The Beanstalks
 * Major Arcana
 * MFV
 * Plastic Bath
 * Private Wives
 * Ricky's Breath
 * Steve Bourk
 * Tawny Port
 * The Morning Star
 * The Sweaty Bettys
 * CLEO
 * Club Angel
 * DJ PGZ
 * Jon Watts B2B LGL
 * Kornél Kovács (SWE)
 * Lauren Hansom b2b Mike Who
 * Luca Lozano (UK)
 * Object Blue (JPN) b2b TSVI (ITA)
 * Sam Alfred
 * Seb Wildblood (UK)
 * Skatebård (NOR)
 * Tangela

Controversies
On April 16, 2021, Youtube comedian Friendlyjordies uploaded a video titled The video detailed their negative experience with Yours and Owls through a series of e-mails. FriendlyJordies was set to perform at University of Wollongong UniBar but decided to cancel the performance due to the interaction they had with Yours and Owls. Yours and Owls has not released a public response.