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| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Date(s) | Late February – early March |
| Genre | Indie, Indie pop, Rock |
| Website | http://www.lanewayfestival.com.au |
Known simply as the Laneway or St. Jerome's Festival, the music festival began in Caledonian Lane in Melbourne in 2004. Emerging as an indie music event, the Laneway Festival has grown rapidly in popularity, receiving favourable reviews in music press.
The festival expanded to Sydney in 2006, Brisbane in 2007, Adelaide in 2008 and Perth in 2009. Pitchfork Media reviewed this event as "Australia's most insurgent and unique pop music event" [1].
It was announced on 1 October 2009, that the festival would begin to visit Auckland, New Zealand from 2010. On 15 November 2010, the organizers held a press conference in Singapore announcing that the festival will expand to Southeast Asia. The Singapore leg of the festival will take place on 29 January 2011 at the historic Fort Canning Park. Following the press conference, the band that will headline the festival in Singapore, The Temper Trap, made a guest appearance. [2]
More details are to be announced in the upcoming weeks.
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Located in small laneways and urban areas within the respective cities, St Jerome's provides a unique atmosphere and sound environment, with inventive re-imaginings of typically disused urban spaces. Laneway Festival is also popular for its smaller crowd capacity as opposed to many other Australian music festivals.
The original home of the laneway festival, St Jerome's was shut down in 2009 by developers Colonial First State and Caledonian lane, the festival's original home was demolished in January 2010 to make way for a loading bay for a new indoor shopping mall.
The artist lineup is focused mainly on indie rock, giving many Australian bands the opportunity to play alongside international indie bands which have included over the years:
Australian bands which have played at the Laneway Festival include:
The 2008 St Jerome's Laneway Festival lineup includes international and Australian acts:
†: Not playing Adelaide