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Queenscliff Music Festival
+ ALWAYS LIVE
announce
‘First Plays’
of Festival 2022
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Following two covid impacted years which saw QMF cancelled and the inauguration of a sister festival By The Pier, Queenscliff Music Festival will FINALLY usher in the summer festival season when the iconic annual event returns to the Bellarine Foreshore this November, running across three days from November 25, 26 + 27. In 2022 QMF have teamed up with ALWAYS LIVE to give punters an early glimpse of the 2022 line up and it’s an eyeful.
QMF and ALWAYS LIVE will present “First Plays” from four artists making their premiere appearances at the event. These are Jolnu rapper, dancer, artist, and actor, Baker Boy, former lead singer of The Preachers Isabella Manfredi, Sydneys favourite alt indie rockers Middle Kids, along with a band described as a ‘saving grace in a world thrown into chaos’ Melbourne’s cherished RVG.
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Attracting more than 10,000 music lovers of all ages annually the event will see the intimate spaces of Queenscliff’s iconic streetscape transformed by live music while the crème de la crème of Australian music will be pumping out their golden sounds across three main festival stages. QMF is the ideal weekend getaway for music lovers of all tastes and walks of life being just 90 minutes from Melbourne with festival goers treated to the best the Australian live music scene has to offer while sampling the delights of local and Bellarine craft produce. Always a family friendlly event, QMF also features a dedicated kids stage and programming.
With all this musical goodness set against stunning backdrop of sandy beaches, pristine waters, cliff walks and historic piers of the Queenscliff Foreshore punters should get their tickets quickly as the event is already 60% sold thanks to all of those amazing folks who held on to their tickets throughout 2020 and 2021.
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Steve Smith, CEO of ALWAYS LIVE said, “ALWAYS LIVE is a genuine reflection of Victoria’s enviable music industry as it highlights the breadth and depth of our contemporary music offerings across the state. The program features a myriad of genres presented in iconic locations. We work with promoters, producers, artists and shows of all scales, profiling the rich cross section of communities that make up our world-class music industry across Melbourne and Victoria.”
ALWAYS LIVE is a new Victoria-wide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the Victorian Government through Visit Victoria which is turning up the volume on the Australian major events calendar in 2022 cementing Melbourne and Victoria as the capital of live music in Australia and spotlighting Victoria as the key cultural destination for audiences across the Asia-Pacific.
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2022 QMF TICKETS
ON SALE NOW
2022 RELEASE 1 TICKET PRICES
3 Day Adult – $275
3 Day Accompanied Youth 14-17 – $135
Children 1-13 – $20 (sold in conjunction with an Adult ticket)
QMF Camping – $50
Glamping – from $670
*All tickets subject to additional 2.5% processing fee + 50c per ticket.
2022 FESTIVAL TICKETS ALREADY OVER 60% SOLD
SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE JULY 1st
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BAKER BOY
Baker Boy was first introduced to adoring fans in 2017, with the one-two punch of debut singles ‘Cloud 9’, and ‘Marryuna’. The entirety of Baker Boy’s art, from his infectious flow tohis music’s modern-throwback production to the jaw-dropping dance moves, connected instantly. With each successive release Baker Boy continued to establish himself as a deft,talented rapper,with charisma and verve inherited from the genre’s greats. His list of career accolades includes APRA AMCOS Song of The Year Nomination, second place in the global Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, six ARIA nominations; an ARIA Gold certification for ‘Cool As Hell’ & ‘Mr La Di Da Di’; seven wins at the National Indigenous Music Awards; an Order of Australia medal, the 2019 Young Australian of the Year award and a memorable performance at the 2021 AFL Grand Final. With over 50 million streams of his music globally, Baker Boy’s debut album, ‘Gela’, released on 15 October 2021, debuted #1 on the ARIA HipHop/R&B, #1 on the Australian and #3 on the ARIA Album Chart
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ISABELLA MANFREDI
The success of The Preatures introduced the world to Isabella Manfredi. As noted by iD-Vice “Isabella Manfredi has It — that thing one step up from plain-old charisma” and SMH for her “electrifying presence”. With multiple ARIA nominations, accolades and global tours under her belt, Isabella has recently launched her solo career with the release of singles ‘Jealousy’ and ‘One Hit Wonder’ from her upcoming debut solo album. A strong artist advocate in the Australian music scene she is a founding member of #KeepSydneyOpen, has spoken openly as part of the #MeToo and #MeNoMore movements (including as panellist on Q&A), was part of the advisory board for the inaugural AWMA’s (Australia Women in Music Awards) patroned by Chrissy Amphlette and is an APRA ambassador and mentor. She has also appeared in Australian Vogue, RUSSH magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, InStyle, 10, Oyster, Sneaky, Yen, Tangent, Astrophe, Beat (UK). In 2021 she broadened her musical composition skills to film, composing the score for PLAN B, a HULU Original film directed by Natalie Morales.
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MIDDLE KIDS
Middle Kids write and perform critically acclaimed, emotionally vulnerable and complex indie rock music. Riding the wave of success on their first single ‘Edge of Town’, they released their award winning, debut album ‘Lost Friends’ in 2018. This record earned them Triple J’s Best Australian Album, multiple ARIA nominations and sent them on a seemingly endless multi-year run of dates across USA, Europe and Australia. In the final months of 2019, Middle Kids recorded their most recent album ‘Today We’re The Greatest’ in Los Angeles with legendary producer Lars Stalfors (St. Vincent, Purity Ring). Released in March 2021, it received fawning reviews worldwide, an ARIA nomination for ‘Best Rock Album’ and had them performing on prestigious US late night shows (Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with James Corden, CBS This Morning, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert). Middle Kids have just finished a tour of North America where they were one of the very first bands to tour internationally since the onset of the COVID pandemic.
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RVG
With the release of their second album Feral in April 2020, RVG crafted an LP that was both a cry for help and call to action, resonating deeply with audiences, the album was nominated for five Music Victoria Awards, received Album of the Week on Double J, RRR, PBS, 2SER, 4ZZZ, SYN FM, Edge Radio, Radio Adelaide, The Music, and Tone Deaf, was album of the day on Bandcamp and landed on a glut of end of year lists. This past year has seen a collaboration with Julia Jacklin, covering Björk’s ‘Army of Me’, a live on KEXP session, a sold out album launch at The Corner Hotel, one of the first shows without capacity restrictions in Melbourne, and a show at The Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Live. RVG live is Romy Vager, Reuben Bloxham, Marc Nolte and Isabele Wallace.
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