BRISBANE FESTIVAL
announces its heaviest hitting
music line-up to date!
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Following the announce of the two huge book-end opening and closing night mini-festival Riverstage concerts for Brisbane Festival 2018, the full line-up of home grown and international greats has now been announced.
Venue by venue, blow by blow:
The opening extravaganza at Riverstage sets the pace with Ball Park Music and San Cisco joined by fast-rising stars Ruby Fields & Tia Gostelow before the mammoth closing night mini-festival where Violent Soho, Meg Mac, Methyl Ethel & WAAX will rip through the Riverstage to take Brisbane Festival out in style against the night-sky backdrop of Sunsuper Riverfire.
Festival central at Treasury Brisbane Arcadia on South Bank Cultural Forecourt offers music fans an unrivalled immersive entertainment playground with multiple performance venues, bars and food stalls. In the hallowed awesomeness of The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent a breath-taking music program will see Destroyer (Canada), Rolling Blackouts Coastal
Taking over The Tivoli will be concerts by New Zealand come Portland’s psych-rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra; Cat Empire frontman Harry James Angus with his celebrated solo project “Struggle With Glory”; Brisbane’s famed and much-loved Pub Choir as well as Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project with their reinvigorated, electronic formation.
Also at The Tivoli, but in a brand new ‘in the round’ set-up (watch this space for more details), fans will be able to see some of Australia’s greatest, most influential musicians up close and personal in a way they’ve never been able to before. Headlining these intimate concerts are none other than Sarah Blasko, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) andPolish Club.
And in true Brisbane Festival style, QPAC sets the stage for two of the festival’s most exciting and unconventional musical collaborations. Featuring Katie Noonan’s Elixir, Michael Leunig and Camerata, the emotive musical production “Gratitude & Grief” will be performed on Sept 9. Then on Sept 28 rock and orchestra will meet face-to-face when Eskimo Joe team up with Camerata to perform live.
Brisbane Festival’s Artistic Director David Berthold says “Brisbane loves music and Brisbane Festival reflects that spirit with a line-up of some of our greatest local bands alongside other top Australian and international acts. We’re thrilled that we can offer two, brilliant mini-festivals at Riverstage to mark our opening and closing, each led by bands that make Brisbane proud. And between those two concerts we have a mix of great music, often in energising one-of-a-kind presentations such as our ‘In The Round’ at The Tivoli, the Touch Sensitive / CC : Disco B2B and the Camerata collaborations.”
Brisbane Festival aims to connect artists and audiences in ways that lift the spirit, disrupt the conventional and open our city to the world. Keep an eye on brisbanefestival.com.au for all details. All Together Brisbane.
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Full Brisbane Festival 2018
Music Line-up:
Riverstage Opening Night Concert
Ball Park Music
San Cisco
Ruby Fields
Tia Gostelow
Riverstage Closing Night Party
Violent Soho
Meg Mac
Methyl Ethel
WAAX
QPAC
Gratitude & Grief – Katie Noonan’s Elixir, Michael Leunig and Camerata
Eskimo Joe w/ Camerata
Treasury Brisbane Arcadia / The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent
Destroyer
Rolling Blackouts Coastal
Jen Cloher
The Teskey Brothers
Tkay Maidza
Touch Sensitive / CC : Disco B2B
Tivoli
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Harry James Angus – Struggle With Glory
Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project
Pub Choir
Tivoli in the Round
Sarah Blasko
Gareth Liddiard
Polish Club
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Tickets on sale NOW via brisbanefestival.com.au
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