The Sydney Festival has announced its official program for 2012 with an excellent music line-up as has become the norm over the last few years…

• Amiina
• AA Bondy
• Andrew Weatherall & Neville Watson
• Animagica
• Assembly
• Asa & Fefe
• Beth Orton
• CANT
• Clairy Brown and the Bangin’ Rackettes
• Dan Deacon Ensemble & John Maus
• Dan Sultan & Busby Marou with Kasey Chambers
• Deerhoof and DJ Yamantaka Eye (The Boredoms)
• Ed Kuepper
• Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces)
• Fatoumata Diawara
• Future Classic DJ Koze & Prins Thomas
• Holly Throsby presents See!
• I Am Eora
• IOTA: Young, Hard and Solo
• J Mascis
• Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau
• Juliana Barwick
• KORT
• Kurt Wagner
• Lambchop
• Mad Racket: Peven Everett
• Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane
• Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro and Electric Empire
• New Navy
• Nick Zinner’s 41 Strings
• Norman Jay
• Shabazz Palaces, Taylor McFerrin & Shangaan Electro
• So Frenchy So Chic: Nouvelle Vague & Moriarty
• Sons & Daughters, Songs & The Laurels
• Taraf de Haidouks & Kocani Orkestar – Band of Gypsies
• The Jolly Boys
• The Pedrito Martinez Group & Watussi
• The Stepkids & Electric Wire Hustle
• The Whitest Boy Alive
• Tune-Yards & Jonti
• Vintage Trouble
• Washington presents Insomnia