BIGSOUND FESTIVAL
Takes Artist Line Up To 139
+ Unveils Official Venues & Parties
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Australia’s biggest new music event BIGSOUND dropped the mic today, with the full list of performing artists revealed alongside a sneak peek into the official parties and exclusive events on offer across four days of musical celebrations from September 4-7 in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct.
BIGSOUND welcomes sets from Didirri, CLEWS, Arno Faraji, San Mei, Bad Juju, Robbie Miller and many more, joining the 75 acts already announced to create an Aussie aural assault of 139 new Australian acts for the over 100 buyers, speakers and talent scouts from across the globe who are descending on Brisbane to discover.
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BIGSOUND will again help launch international careers, like previous alumni Flume, Courtney Barnett, RUFUS, Tash Sultana, The Jezabels, Middle Kids, Gang of Youths, DMAs, The Temper Trap, DZ Deathrays and so many more with the $100,000 Levi’s Music Prize back to help make success a reality for this year’s cohort. Providing $25,000 each to four showcasing artists, plus $5,000 to each winning artist from Stage & Screen to get them on their way in 2018, the program has already helped 2017 acts Stella Donnelly, Alex Lahey, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Hatchie get overseas to fly the flag for Australian music.
For those focused on the unique BIGSOUND experience, bands, industry and punters won’t be short of a party, with over twenty events hosted by the likes of Levi’s, Virgin Australia, The Guardian, Fat Wreck Chords, Milk! Records, Secret Sounds / The Music, Future Super Services, Beehive & 123 Agency, GYROstream, Stage & Screen, Love Busk, Bettercups, Queensland Music Awards, BEMAC as well as showcase parties from around the region including the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Adelaide, Singapore and Korea.
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2018 sees BIGSOUND playing host for Oztix’s exclusive 15th birthday celebrations as well as the annual Women in Music gathering and the ever-popular Home First Nations Showcase which this year will be expanded as BIGSOUND’s opening party at midday on Tuesday, welcoming the world to Brisbane. Friday night’s closing party will book-end the event, hosted by Fat Wreck Chords and Milk! Records, providing an eclectic lineup to farewell the four days of festivities in style. Parties (excluding the closing night party which is open to all ticket holders) are only accessible with a BIGSOUND purple pass which gives priority line access to all BIGSOUND Festival venues as well as exclusive access to all parties, conference events, panels, workshops and secret shows. That’s right. We said SECRET SHOWS. Shhh.
This year’s BIGSOUND Festival venues have also been announced with everything Fortitude Valley has to offer, from big stages under the stars to intimate venues allowing you to get up close and personal with the music. Your single BIGSOUND Festival wristband will get you access to 256 Wickham, Alehouse Stage & Mane Stage at Woolly Mammoth, Black Bear Lodge, Crowbar Black, Crowbar Brisbane, Empire Hotel, Family, Heya Bar, Laruche, Press Club, Ric’s Big Backyard, The Brightside, The Elephant Hotel, The Flying Cock, The Foundry, The Valley Drive-In, The Zoo and triple j Unearthed Stage @ Famous all within three blocks, across four massive nights, in a choose-your-own-live-music-adventure like no other in the world. The full program is revealed on August 9.
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was fitting that Australia’s leading new-music festival and industry conference would be staged in Brisbane and support the city’s home-grown talent.
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“Brisbane has been the incubator for many international music acts over the decades and we’re proud to once again stage BIGSOUND in the Fortitude Valley, the city’s hub of live music and emerging talent,” Cr Quirk said.
“Performers, buyers, speakers, talent scouts and visitors converging on Brisbane will discover a great place to live, work and relax, and BIGSOUND will add to the 50,000 annual festivals, markets and events that contribute to our vibrant and creative city.”
This week is also your final opportunity to grab your BIGSOUND Purple Pass at a discounted rate, with pricing rising to full rate from August 1. BIGSOUND Festival Only passes are also selling fast with tickets from just $45+bf for one night of music or $85+BF for the full FOUR NIGHTS of Australia’s biggest music marathon.
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BIGSOUND FESTIVAL
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
FROM OZTIX
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ONE NIGHT PASS – $45.00 (+BF)
(One night of live music of your choosing)
RAINBOW PASS – $85.00 (+BF)
(Four nights of live music)
PURPLE PASS – START AT $470.00 (+BF)
(Exclusive access to festival showcases, conferences, parties and networking events
+ fast track access to all shows)
Hurry… special rate for Purple Passes ends strictly on July 31
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BIGSOUND FESTIVAL
SECOND ARTIST LINE UP
Arno Faraji – Atlas Franklin Alexander – Bad Juju – Bare Bones – Beatrice
Bell City Square – Between You & Me – Candy – Carla Geneve – Charlie Collins
Charlie Lim – CLEWS – Demon Days- Didirri – DIET – Divide and Dissolve – East Brunswick All Girls Choir
Edward R. – Eliza And The Delusionals – Emerson Snowe – Emilee South – Erthlings EWAH & The Vision of Paradise – FLUIR – Fortune Shumba – Future Jr. – Geryon – Grim Rhythm – HANDSOME – Hollow Coves
imbi the girl – Intriguant – IV League – Jade Imagine – Linying – Loose Tooth – Mosquito Coast
Nardean – Nice Biscuit – No Mono – Nooky – Not A Boys Name – Pinkish Blu – Pirra – PLANET
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – RAAVE TAPES – Rachael Fahim – RO – Robbie Miller – Sahara Beck
San Mei – STATESIDE – thando – The Beautiful Monument – The Beths – The Comfort
The Little Lord Street Band – The Moving Stills – Thornhill – Turquoise Prince – WALKEN
Wildheart – Windwaker
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FIRST ARTIST LINE UP
A. Swayze & The Ghosts – Adrian Eagle – Alice Skye – ARSE – Arteries – Asha Jefferies
Bin Juice – Blank Realm – Bugs – Butterfingers – Cable Ties – Cast Down – CLYPSO – Cry Club
CXLOE – DEAN FOREVER – Dreller – Eat Your Heart Out – Eilish Gilligan – Eliott
Elizabeth – Ella Hooper – Emma Anglesey – Estère – Gabriella Cohen – Genesis Owusu
Georgia Mulligan – Good Doogs – GRAACE – Gravemind – Greta Stanley – Hachiku – Hazlett
Hobsons Bay Coast Guard – Imogen Clark – James Wright Trio – JEFFE – KAIIT – Kaitlin Keegan
Kian – Kota Banks – Kult Kyss – Kwame – MANE – Miss June – Moaning Lisa – MOOKHI – Oh Pep!
Olympia – Paces – Pink Matter – Pool Shop – Rachel Maria Cox – RAT!hammock – Riley Pearce – Ruby Gilbert
Samsaruh – Sleep Talk – Slowly Slowly – Stevie Jean – Sumner – Sunscreen – sweater curse – SŸDE –T$oko
Tape/Off – The Chats – The Merindas – TOTTY – Triple One – Two People – Tyne-James Organ – Voiid
Wax Chattels – yú yī
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BIGSOUND is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Tourism and Events Queensland. BIGSOUND has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Queensland, home to Australia’s best live events in Australia’s best destinations.
KEEP UP WITH BIGSOUND
FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | WEBSITE
AMNPLIFY JH
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2018 sees BIGSOUND playing host for Oztix’s exclusive 15th birthday celebrations as well as the annual Women in Music gathering and the ever-popular Home First Nations Showcase which this year will be expanded as BIGSOUND’s opening party at midday on Tuesday, welcoming the world to Brisbane. Friday night’s closing party will book-end the event, hosted by Fat Wreck Chords and Milk! Records, providing an eclectic lineup to farewell the four days of festivities in style. Parties (excluding the closing night party which is open to all ticket holders) are only accessible with a BIGSOUND purple pass which gives priority line access to all BIGSOUND Festival venues as well as exclusive access to all parties, conference events, panels, workshops and secret shows. That’s right. We said SECRET SHOWS. Shhh.
This year’s BIGSOUND Festival venues have also been announced with everything Fortitude Valley has to offer, from big stages under the stars to intimate venues allowing you to get up close and personal with the music. Your single BIGSOUND Festival wristband will get you access to 256 Wickham, Alehouse Stage & Mane Stage at Woolly Mammoth, Black Bear Lodge, Crowbar Black, Crowbar Brisbane, Empire Hotel, Family, Heya Bar, Laruche, Press Club, Ric’s Big Backyard, The Brightside, The Elephant Hotel, The Flying Cock, The Foundry, The Valley Drive-In, The Zoo and triple j Unearthed Stage @ Famous all within three blocks, across four massive nights, in a choose-your-own-live-music-adventure like no other in the world. The full program is revealed on August 9.
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was fitting that Australia’s leading new-music festival and industry conference would be staged in Brisbane and support the city’s home-grown talent.
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.
“Brisbane has been the incubator for many international music acts over the decades and we’re proud to once again stage BIGSOUND in the Fortitude Valley, the city’s hub of live music and emerging talent,” Cr Quirk said.
“Performers, buyers, speakers, talent scouts and visitors converging on Brisbane will discover a great place to live, work and relax, and BIGSOUND will add to the 50,000 annual festivals, markets and events that contribute to our vibrant and creative city.”
This week is also your final opportunity to grab your BIGSOUND Purple Pass at a discounted rate, with pricing rising to full rate from August 1. BIGSOUND Festival Only passes are also selling fast with tickets from just $45+bf for one night of music or $85+BF for the full FOUR NIGHTS of Australia’s biggest music marathon.
.
BIGSOUND FESTIVAL
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
FROM OZTIX
.
ONE NIGHT PASS – $45.00 (+BF)
(One night of live music of your choosing)
RAINBOW PASS – $85.00 (+BF)
(Four nights of live music)
PURPLE PASS – START AT $470.00 (+BF)
(Exclusive access to festival showcases, conferences, parties and networking events
+ fast track access to all shows)
Hurry… special rate for Purple Passes ends strictly on July 31
.
BIGSOUND FESTIVAL
SECOND ARTIST LINE UP
Arno Faraji – Atlas Franklin Alexander – Bad Juju – Bare Bones – Beatrice
Bell City Square – Between You & Me – Candy – Carla Geneve – Charlie Collins
Charlie Lim – CLEWS – Demon Days- Didirri – DIET – Divide and Dissolve – East Brunswick All Girls Choir
Edward R. – Eliza And The Delusionals – Emerson Snowe – Emilee South – Erthlings EWAH & The Vision of Paradise – FLUIR – Fortune Shumba – Future Jr. – Geryon – Grim Rhythm – HANDSOME – Hollow Coves
imbi the girl – Intriguant – IV League – Jade Imagine – Linying – Loose Tooth – Mosquito Coast
Nardean – Nice Biscuit – No Mono – Nooky – Not A Boys Name – Pinkish Blu – Pirra – PLANET
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – RAAVE TAPES – Rachael Fahim – RO – Robbie Miller – Sahara Beck
San Mei – STATESIDE – thando – The Beautiful Monument – The Beths – The Comfort
The Little Lord Street Band – The Moving Stills – Thornhill – Turquoise Prince – WALKEN
Wildheart – Windwaker
.
FIRST ARTIST LINE UP
A. Swayze & The Ghosts – Adrian Eagle – Alice Skye – ARSE – Arteries – Asha Jefferies
Bin Juice – Blank Realm – Bugs – Butterfingers – Cable Ties – Cast Down – CLYPSO – Cry Club
CXLOE – DEAN FOREVER – Dreller – Eat Your Heart Out – Eilish Gilligan – Eliott
Elizabeth – Ella Hooper – Emma Anglesey – Estère – Gabriella Cohen – Genesis Owusu
Georgia Mulligan – Good Doogs – GRAACE – Gravemind – Greta Stanley – Hachiku – Hazlett
Hobsons Bay Coast Guard – Imogen Clark – James Wright Trio – JEFFE – KAIIT – Kaitlin Keegan
Kian – Kota Banks – Kult Kyss – Kwame – MANE – Miss June – Moaning Lisa – MOOKHI – Oh Pep!
Olympia – Paces – Pink Matter – Pool Shop – Rachel Maria Cox – RAT!hammock – Riley Pearce – Ruby Gilbert
Samsaruh – Sleep Talk – Slowly Slowly – Stevie Jean – Sumner – Sunscreen – sweater curse – SŸDE –T$oko
Tape/Off – The Chats – The Merindas – TOTTY – Triple One – Two People – Tyne-James Organ – Voiid
Wax Chattels – yú yī
.
BIGSOUND is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Tourism and Events Queensland. BIGSOUND has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Queensland, home to Australia’s best live events in Australia’s best destinations.
KEEP UP WITH BIGSOUND
FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | WEBSITE
AMNPLIFY JH
