Alvvays, Land of Talk to headline Lawnya Vawnya festival

This year's line up combines national and local stars.

The St. John's music and arts exposition is in its 8th year

Alvvays will headline this year's Lawnya Vawnya in St. John's.

This year's Lawnya Vawnya lineup features big national names and big local names.

Toronto indie pop superstars Alvvays and Montreal's Land of Talk join local favourites like Mark Bragg and The Gramercy Riffs to head up the four-day festival.

Also on the bill are experimental music and performance art collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and folk-punk artist Eamon McGrath. Calgary's Rae Spoon, who has played the festival in 2015, is also returning.

Land of Talk perform in CBCs studio q last June. (Cathy Irving /CBC )

Local bands slated to perform include Yee Grlz, The Kubasonics and 17-year-old Greta Warner.

The festival runs from May 23 - 26. Tickets for Alvvays go on sale March 28.