Of the 103 Acts at Splendour, Here are the Six You Should Really See

With a staggering 103 acts performing over three days, it's going to take some serious endurance to get through Splendour in the Grass 2017. We can already sense emotional meltdowns as people try to navigate the festival site and schedule.

But don't sweat as we've made it a little easier by highlighting the six acts that you absolutely must see this year. What you do with your time during the rest of the festival is up to you but miss any of these acts and Splendour 17 will be a year of disappointment.

Okay, so we're a bit in love with Julia Jacklin. But give us a fricken break: She's cool, she's smart, and she's making really nice music. We're only human. Julia's debut record Don't Let the Kids Win, released late last year, can count itself among the internet-era country folk comeback. Like American artists Jessica Pratt and Kevin Morby, Julia's take on an otherwise moody genre is funny, earnest, clever, and strange. Start with "Pool Party" and "Coming of Age." - Issy Beech

The last time Stormzy was in Australia he was an emerging name in the grime scene. Now Ed Sheeran's old mate is the grime scene. We can't wait for the London MC to get his size 12s on the main stage to "kick up the yout" and the thought of thousands of kids chanting along to "You're getting way too big for your boots. You're never too big for the boot" has us peaking. He's gonna crush it fam, crush it! In the meantime go and get your mind exploded as Stormz covers Frank Ocean's "Godspeed". - Tim Scott

2008 sounded like a pretty party-driven year — everyone clad in American Apparel disco pants, Pete Doherty fedoras, and all dancing to In Ghost Colours by Melbourne electronic act Cut Copy. Regretfully, I was too young for the club in 2008 but I would loved to have seen Cut Copy's eclectic mix of indie-rock and electroclash dropped 10 minutes before closing time. Start with the ultimate party-banger "Hearts on Fire" and "Saturdays" from their 2004 release Bright Like Neon Love. - Hannah Ballantyne

What are you, some kind of idiot? Some kind of… of… huge, unbelievably idiotic idiot? Ever heard of a little song called "Love Never Runs on Time"? Ever heard a small track called "When I First Met Your Ma"? "To Her Door"? "Careless"?! Fucking "How to Make Gravy"??? Are you gonna sit there and tell me that the little guitar-led breakdown in "Song From the Sixteenth Floor" doesn't make your stomach do backflips? Doesn't make you proud to be Australian? Doesn't fill you with hope and joy? Grow up. You're going to see Paul Kelly and there's nothing more to it. Now go to your room. - Issy Beech

Throw your 'titty, ass, hands in the air', it's a party over here. Schoolboy Q is almost like an indie-darling of the hip-hop scene, he has sampled italo-disco-inspired Chromatics and indie-pop Lissie. He also raps about his adorable daughter Joy and proclaims GIRL POWER! He championed bucket hats before it was cool. He will deliver party-bangers and groovy breakdowns with a slice of darkness. Start at "Groovy Tony / Eddie Kane", "John Muir" and "Sexting". - Hannah Ballantyne

Just as Stormzy and Cut Copy can turn Splendour into a heaving mass of bodies, sweat and screaming, acts like Julien Baker can bring thousands of people, at different stages of inebriation, to still silence and awe. The 22-year-old explores romance and heartbreak through amazing and stunning ballads. Under the stars in Byron Bay this could be the set of the weekend. - Tim Scott