Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Moby top 2010 Southbound lineup

Meet Grizzly Bear – don’t be fooled by the name; they won’t bite. See, they are sharing notes with Xavier Rudd. You may have noticed our Mexican friends Rodrigo Y Gabriella – they are very popular amongst the other students. Editors on the other hand are a little more moody – but clearly one of the brightest of the bunch.

There’s our little clan of Aussie genius – Temper Trap, Sarah Blasko, Midnight Juggernauts and Little Birdy. Don’t they make you proud? And over there, glued to the comic books, that’s Major Lazer (Sound System). Seasick Steve is one of the oldest boys in the class, but he’s just a big kid really. And Emiliana Torrini – well, she’s just adorable. Here are two of our visiting American rock scholars, White Rabbits and Chairlift. They are rather talented folk. As is Art vs Science – top of the French class in fact. That’s drama favourite Yves Klein Blue playing glam-rock dress ups. And there’s the captain of the debating team, Urthboy, getting all-philosophical with Liam Finn.

Now, in the 2010 class photograph from left to right we have: Andrew Bird, Lisa Mitchell, Lyrics Born, The View, Future Of The Left, Kaki King, Patrick Watson, King Khan & The Shrines, DJ Yoda and Philadelphia Grand Jury. Handsome bunch aren’t they?

So there you go – you’ve met the graduating Southbound class of 2010. Well…half of it anyway. There are still plenty more outstanding pupils we’ll be introducing you to in the weeks ahead. School’s out!

In more exciting news, Southbound is expanding to a full two days, plus three nights camping. That means campers arrive Friday night and settle in for the exclusive camper’s only entertainment, day trippers arrive Saturday morning for a full festival feast, which continues into a full day of rockin’ on Sunday and campers waving goodbye on Monday morning.

And that means Base Camp will be stepping up a couple of notches – more comfort, more fun, more goodness. Expect more news on this shortly.

Two full days. More than 60 international and national acts. Plenty more local acts. Three nights camping. One festival.

Please note – the sixth annual Southbound takes place on the second weekend of January: Friday, January 8 – Sunday, January 10, with campers departing Monday, January 11.

And it all happens at the home of Southbound, Sir Stewart Bovell Park, Busselton.

Four stages, garnished with a colossal feast of art, culture and community at WA’s most environmentally friendly festival (with a brand new 2009 A Greener Festival gong smiling down from the wall). A full day-by-day breakdown of acts will be revealed shortly.

Southbound will again feature many special initiatives, including ArtBound, which gives visual artists a chance to get involved in the cultural celebration that is Southbound.

EcoBound will also be back greener and more eco-friendly than ever. While we will let you know more about EcoBound initiatives in the coming months, what we can tell you is that we’re cranking up our environmental commitment even further this year. The tree-per-ticket policy is back, where for every ticket sold we’ll purchase and plant a tree – plus all of last year’s pioneering initiatives, and much more