 From the wildly popular and hugely entertaining Oliver Tree, to the charismatic BENEE (whose Laneway tour will surely go down as a career-defining moment in her unstoppable rise) and JID who announced himself as a powerful new force in hip-hop, the festival was jam-packed with incredible performances.King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tones and I and Ruel played to adoring hometown crowds while Omar Apollo, Oliver Tree and bbno$ all made their Australian debuts.The sold-out Laneway Festival afterparties, one off charity gig by The 1975 and Ruel, plus the 50c donation from every beer sold at the festival collectively raised over $150,000 to support those who were affected by the devastating Black Summer bushfire crisis in Australia.