# Surf’s Up! Festival Brings Heavy Lineup Back to Melbourne in 2027

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/surfs-up-festival-brings-heavy-lineup-back-to-melbourne-in-2027/
- Published: 2026-11-02T09:27:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T11:27:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/surfs-up-festival-2027-thornhill-melbourne-lineup-1236371818/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Thornhill will headline and curate Surf’s Up! in Melbourne in February 2027.
- Eight other acts join the one-day heavy music festival.
- Stand Atlantic’s latest album recently topped the ARIA chart.

## Summary

Thornhill will headline and curate the Surf’s Up! Festival in Melbourne on 20 February 2027, bringing together Australian and international heavy music acts. The one-day event is another artist-curated bill at the Riviera Beach Club and follows a successful run for Thornhill, whose recent album won major Australian music awards.

The line-up also includes Stand Atlantic, Alpha Wolf, SACE6, Justice for the Damned, Varials, Headwreck, Bloom and Blinder. Stand Atlantic’s latest album, *Godbreath*, recently became the Sydney band’s first No. 1 on the ARIA albums chart; Thornhill’s *Bodies* reached No. 4 in 2025 and won ARIA and AIR awards. Presale tickets go on sale on 5 November, followed by general tickets on 6 November; the event is for people aged 18 and over.

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