A popular music festival is set to return to Perth this summer which will see huge international acts light up three stages across 18 nights. Ice Cream Factory —now called ICF—has outgrown its December confines with an extended 2024/2025 season running from November 22 until February 15 next year. Across 18 nights and three stages, the not-so-quiet intersection of Northbridge’s Roe and Lake Street will host 4500 revellers, dozens of international acts and Australian artists covering all genres of music.
The confirmed global talent includes Ireland’s indie-dance trio Two Door Cinema Club, tech house pioneer Patrick Topping and four-time DJ Awards winner Dance Legend Solomun, whose December Sydney show sold out in under an hour. The Brits from Hot Chip will be playing a DJ set of house, disco and pop tunes and a secret headlining act hailing from Canada will be announced in the coming weeks. The Aussie line-up is set to consist of indie-electronic darling Vera Blue, Bunnings rave royalty Peking Duk, dance music producer Luude, Eurovision alumni Montaigne, indie rockers The Jungle Giants, and alt-pop group Cub Sport.
Pnau will also be returning to the Main Stage, 12 months since they were last in Perth for 2023’s ICF series, and Perth Symphony Orchestra will be giving Fred Again’s prolific hits an orchestral makeover with maestro Fiona Campbell and DJ Wildflower. Bar Pop Events co-founder and director Chris Bausor said: “We are so excited to release our 2024 lineup.