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Surf’s Up! Festival Brings Heavy Lineup Back to Melbourne in 2027
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.
In short
- 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.
Explained simply
Melbourne’s Surf’s Up! is a one-day festival for heavy music, held at the Riviera Beach Club. Its line-ups bring together Australian and overseas acts, with a different band taking a role in choosing the bill.
Thornhill are a Melbourne heavy band, while Sydney’s Stand Atlantic are among the other Australian acts on the line-up. The festival sits within a wider scene that includes bands such as Alpha Wolf and international acts such as Varials, giving fans a chance to see different parts of heavy music together.