SALTHOWL
Three days, four stages, fifty-seven acts, one exposed headland at the edge of the Gorse Coast. Pack a coat. Leave your composure in the car.
No throwawayanything
Every January we haul fifty-seven acts 
and eighteen thousand of you onto a headland at the edge of the Gorse Coast, hand you a refill flask and let the tide take over. 
Nine years running, the beacon still hasn't objected.
FIFTY-SEVEN REASONS
TO
DODGE THE WEDDING
Sort by day or by the sound you're after. Click a name for the photo, the rumour and the set time.
24 HOURS
ON THEclifftop
A loose timeline of a Salthowl Saturday. Times are approximate. Hangovers not included, but probable.
The campsite stirs
Mist between the tent lines, someone's kettle hissing on a gas burner, a stranger offering you half a pastry. Camp Tern at dawn is the quietest eighteen thousand people ever get.
Coffee brewing 6amThe cold dip
The rock shelf below the Tidepool stage turns into the world's coldest hangover cure. Lifeguards on duty from 9am. Screaming allowed, expected, basically required.
On duty 9–5Golden hour at the Big Tern
The sun sinks behind the main stage, the confetti cannons fire, and you hug a stranger from the refill queue. This becomes your profile picture for the next eleven months.
Confetti is paper. Naturally.
The art wander
The Tern King glows on the clifftop: ten metres of salvaged hull and fishing float, built by a dozen people over nine weeks. Walk beneath it, lose your friends, find new ones.
14 art works
Wickhouse after dark
Lasers cutting through sea fog, a kick drum you feel in your molars, and the beacon sweeping over the chaos every twelve seconds. Bedtime is a rumour.
Free earplugs at the barTHE OVERLAP-O-TRON
Tap sets to plan your weekend. We'll flag the overlaps, time the walk between stages and hand you a link for the group chat.
MY RUNNING ORDER
WHERE THE
RACKET LIVES
Choose a category to light it up. Hover a stage to see who's playing at festival time, then drag the clock or let it run.
LOCK IN BEFORE
TIER THREE
Prices cover every stage, every day and a free refill flask. Booking fee: zero dollars. We swallowed it, like a sponge.
TIER 2 IS 83% SOLD
TIER 3 PRICING STARTS AT 100%. DON'T BECOME A TIER THREE PERSON.EAT WELL.
STARE AT WEIRD THINGS.
THE ART TRAIL
14 WORKS · ALL WEEKEND
THE
HEADLAND
STOOD HERE
FIRST
We borrow Marrow Head for one weekend a year and hand it back cleaner. No single-use plastic anywhere on site, twenty-two refill taps, and shuttles running more often than your group chat.
MARLOW TO THE
EDGE OF THE MAP
Marrow Head sits 2 hours 10 from Marlow Central and about 40 years from the nearest decent phone signal. Plan accordingly.
The Salthowl Shuttle
Every 20 minutes from Marlow Central, Friday 9am to Monday 2pm. Two hours ten with a stop at Finch Bay for pasties.
Drive
Gorse Coast Road the whole way. Three or more in the car and you park in Paddock A by the gate. One or two and you walk from Paddock D. Them's the rules.
Ride
84 km from Marlow with one monstrous hill at Harrow Junction. Free bike valet at Gate B, and a cold drink on us if you arrive sweaty.
Sail
The Finch Bay ferry runs Friday morning and Monday noon. 180 seats, one accordion player, no promises about the swell.