Wanderer Festival 2023 adds Sampa the Great, Ben Lee in final line-up announcement - ABC News

Pambula Beach's Wanderer Festival has announced its final headliners for the 2023 line-up. 

Key points:

• Sampa the Great and Ben Lee have been added to the final 2023 Wanderer Festival line-up
• They join the likes of Spiderbait, Django Django, Ocean Alley and Art vs Science 
• The three-day festival kicks off on September 29

Sampa the Great and Ben Lee have been added to the bill, which already hosts the likes of British art rockers Django Django and Australian stalwarts Spiderbait.

The three-day beachside music and arts festival, launched last year by Falls Festival and The Lost Lands founder Simon Daly, will take place from September 29.

Also announced today were Tijuana Cartel, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Lonnie Hollie, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers and BATTS.

Lee will take to stage under his pseudonym DJ DadBod.

Ben Lee has been added to line-up and will perform as DJ DadBod.(Supplied: Wanderer Festival)

Also added to the festival's arts line-up were Australian comedians Claire Hooper, Tom Ballard and Bronwyn Kuss, as well as Djirringanj Elder Uncle Warren Foster's Gulaga Dancers.

The DMA's played last year's inaugural Wanderer Festival at scenic Pambula Beach.(Supplied: Wanderer Festival)

Music acts already announced include Gomez's Ben Ottwell and Ian Ball, and US artists Kevin Morby and Son Little.

An act of 'radical optimism'

The festival's artistic director, Ian Pidd, said organisers were excited by the diversity of this year's program.

"We put on a festival we would love to go to with our families and be able to take folks who aren't traditional music festival goers," he said.

Mr Pidd said aside from the big names, he and Mr Daly hoped festival goers would find something new to take home with them.

Founder Simon Daly came up with the idea for the festival during the pandemic.(Supplied: Wanderer Festival)

"I see it as a slightly radical optimism," he said.

"When people see others doing amazing things it makes people think we're going to be alright as a society.

"Life is very busy and things can get tricky, so you should leave a festival experience feeling optimistic, and thinking humans are amazing and incredible."

Artistic director Ian Pidd said it was great to have locals involved in the festival.(ABC South East NSW: Keira Proust)

He said after the success of last year's festival, he was hoping to see people of all generations enjoying the arts side-by-side.

"Starting a new festival can be very scary, but last year the artists told us just how much they loved their time there," Mr Pidd said.

"So we're building on that, and this year we have a bigger dance program and more participatory stuff on the arts side to complement all the music."

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