First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit Announce Falls Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs on October 2, 2012

Swedish folkie country duo First Aid Kit book two shows in Australia alongside their New Year’s appearances.

First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit are no strangers to our shores, visiting last year, WOMADelaide earlier this year and they were announced for the big New Year’s festivals in Marion Bay, Tasmania, Lorne in Victoria, and Southbound in Busselton, WA.

But in addition to this, they’ll do two headlining shows in Sydney and Melbourne, at the Forum and the Sydney Opera House.

Tickets go on sale from 9am this Friday 5 October through Ticketmaster for Melbourne and the venue in Sydney.

First Aid Kit Australian Tour 2013
Wednesday 2 January – The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
Thursday 3 January – The Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Tagged as: country, First Aid Kit, folk, Sweden

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