UK electronic duo Disclosure and iconic psychedelic band The Flaming Lips will headline the first McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival next January.

Organisers have announced the first 20 acts for the three-day festival, which includes some of the hottest artists from the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

UK electronic duo Disclosure will headline the upcoming Mclaren Valley Music & Arts Festival in January. Photo: Simon Emmett/Supplied.

McLaren Valley will play host to three days of music performed across three stages and featuring a line-up of international and local acts that cover the realms of pop, rock, folk, electronica, psychedelia, blues, hip-hop, world, alternative and beyond.

Festival director Paxton Talbot says more acts will be announced in the coming months as the line-up grows to present a festival 'unique and special to New Zealand”.

'We've picked these artists with excellence in mind,” says Paxton.

'Bands and performers who, no matter their genre, will be able to speak to any member of the audience on some level, just due to their sheer calibre.”

Heading the festival line-up is British dance duo Disclosure, who will come to New Zealand's shores in support of their feverishly anticipated sophomore album Caracal which includes the new single ‘Omen ft. Sam Smith'.

They'll be co-headlining with psychedelic legends The Flaming Lips, who are known for elaborate stage shows of complex light configurations and video projections, plus balloons, eclectic costumes, giant hands, confetti, puppets and a signature man-sized plastic bubble.

The one, the only, the most crazy. The Flaming Lips will co-headline next year's McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival. Photo: George Salisbury/Supplied.

The New Zealand line-up includes David Dallas & the Daylight Robbery, The Datsuns, The Phoenix Foundation, Avalanche City, Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders, Tiny Ruins, P-Money, Racing, The Eastern, Fazerdaze, Arthur Ahbez, and iconic Dunedin band The Chills, coinciding with the release of their first new album in 19 years.

Paxton, who has experience working in director roles for music festivals in New Zealand and Europe, says the festival is an all-ages event that will feature different offerings for a varied audience.

There will be markets, a wellness programme and themed camping which will create a festival Paxton promises will bring 'a taste of Glastonbury and Coachella to the Pacific”.

This will include family camping, glamping beside the lake, camping in clearings around the site, plus spaces for tents near the stages for those who want to be close to the action.

THE FIRST 20 ACTS FOR THE MCLAREN VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL ARE:

• Alison Wonderland (AUS)
• Arthur Ahbez (NZ)
• Avalanche City (NZ)
• The Chills (NZ)
• C.W Stoneking (AUS)
• The Datsuns (NZ)
• David Dallas & The Daylight Robbery (NZ)
• Disclosure (UK)
• The Eastern (NZ)
• Fazerdaze (NZ)
• The Flaming Lips (USA)
• Jordan Léser (AUS)
• Kurt Vile & The Violators (USA)
• Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders (NZ)
• The Phoenix Foundation (NZ)
• P-Money (NZ)
• The Preatures (AUS)
• Racing (NZ)
• Tiny Ruins (NZ)
• Young Fathers (UK)

The McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival will take place at McLaren Falls Park from January 10-12, 2016.

Tickets go on sale from Monday, August 24, and area available through Ticketmaster or directly through McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival's website: www.mvf.co.nz

Coinciding with the release of their first new album in 19 years, Dunedin legends The Chills will be appearing at the upcoming McLaren Valley Music & Arts Festival. Photo: Supplied.