Amyl & The Sniffers headline new punk festival

Amyl & The Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor. Picture by Sylvia Liber

PUNK rock fans rejoice.

Arguably one of Australia's hottest live acts, Amyl & The Sniffers, are returning to Newcastle to headline a new punk rock festival.

Off The Rails Festival arrives at the University Of Newcastle's Bar On The Hill forecourt on Saturday, September 30, before it travels to Railway Parade in Marrickville in Sydney on October 1.

Joining Amyl & The Sniffers will be seminal Adelaide alternative-metal band The Mark Of Cain and theatrical Melbourne punk act Private Function.

RVG will play their first ever Newcastle show at Off The Rails Festival. Picture supplied

Off The Rails will also feature the first-ever Newcastle performance from Melbourne indie band RVG, plus Full Flower Moon Band, Southeast Desert Metal, Downgirl, Chimers, Organs, and Newcastle lo-fi punk band Busted Head Racket.

Newcastle post-punk band Dust will perform at the Sydney date only.

More acts are yet to be announced.

Amyl & The Sniffers last played in Newcastle in April when they supported The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction and arguably blew the two established American acts off the stage.

The Security and Guided By Angels rockers, fronted by the electrifying frontwoman Any Taylor, have performed at Glastonbury and supported the likes of Liam Gallagher, Weezer and Green Day overseas.