The first instalment of BIGSOUND’s fifteenth anniversary festival lineup has been unveiled today and the list is a glimpse of the future with the country’s hottest new acts jumping straight from the lips of tastemakers onto the biggest new music program yet.
BIGSOUND Festival takes over Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley for three nights on September 7th, 8th & 9th and will showcase new Australian talent on the cusp of major international success, including Sampa the Great, Alex Lahey, West Thebarton Brothel Party, Gabriella Cohen, Tigertown, Tash Sultana, MOSSY, Olympia, Bec Sandridge, Ivan Ooze, Circles, Gideon Bensen, Good Boy, Sarah Connor, BANFF, Tiny Little Houses, Fascinator, Middle Kids, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Mere Women.
This year will also see international visitors including NAATIONS (US), Fazerdaze (NZ), Groeni (NZ), Prateek Kuhad (India) and Young Tapz (NZ), cementing BIGSOUND’s rise as the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest global music marketplace.
“Nick and I thoroughly reviewed every single act on this lineup so far,” said co-programmer Maggie Collins. “All the acts make compelling music in their own style and are in a position to use BIGSOUND to make their mark either nationally or globally. What an honor it is to facilitate that process and further strengthen the economy of contemporary Australian music.”
Tickets for the BIGSOUND Festival are on sale now for just $75+bf for two huge nights of music with 150 bands across fifteen venues, plus a third night closing party at the Triffid on Friday September 9.
The BIGSOUND conference runs simultaneously from September 7 – 9 and has already announced international speakers heading down under to check out the talent including UNIFIED’s Jaddan Comerford, Conan O’Brien booker Jim Pitt, music supervisor Marcy Bulkeley (Independence Day 2, Jurassic World), Universal Publishing’s Taylor Testa, ATO’s Jon Salter (My Morning Jacket, Alabama Shakes) and agents from New York institution The Bowery, German metal agency Avocado Booking, London’s ATC Live, Hong Kong’s Songs for Children and UK and US representatives from the world’s biggest agency by market share, Creative Artists.
BIGSOUND conference tickets are now on sale with special rate tickets, which include entry to BIGSOUND Festival, available from just $450 until July 31.
BIGSOUND FESTIVAL 2016 ARTIST LIST
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
30/70 (AUS) King Social (AUS)
A.D.K.O.B (AUS) LANKS (AUS)
Ainslie Wills (AUS) LASTLINGS (AUS)
Alex Lahey (AUS) Leah Senior (AUS)
Alice Ivy (AUS) Loose Tooth (AUS)
Allan Smithy (AUS) Luke Daniel Peacock (AUS)
Andrew Tuttle (AUS) Mere Women (AUS)
Australia (AUS) Middle Kids (AUS)
B Wise (AUS) Mosquito Coast (AUS)
BANFF (AUS) MOSSY (AUS)
Bec Sandridge (AUS) NAATIONS (USA)
BEL (AUS) Naked (AUS)
Birdz (AUS) Oh Pep! (AUS)
Braille Face (AUS) Olympia (AUS)
Broadway Sounds (AUS) OWEN RABBIT (AUS)
Chronolyth (AUS) Prateek Kuhad (INDIA)
Circles (AUS) PYNES (AUS)
Clairy Browne (AUS) Raised By Eagles (AUS)
Coda Conduct (AUS) Rat & Co (AUS)
Columbus (AUS) Ribongia (AUS)
Confidence Man (AUS) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (AUS)
DEN (AUS) Rolls Bayce (AUS)
Fait (AUS) Sampa The Great (AUS)
Fascinator (AUS) Sarah Connor (AUS)
Fazerdaze (NZ) Selahphonic (AUS)
FERLA (AUS) Shining Bird (AUS)
FLOWERTRUCK (AUS) SPARKSPITTER (AUS)
FOREVR (AUS) Sydonia (AUS)
Fountaineer (AUS) Tapestry (AUS)
Fractures (AUS) Tash Sultana (AUS)
Gabriella Cohen (AUS) Telling (AUS)
Gideon Bensen (AUS) Terrible Truths (AUS)
GL (AUS) The Outdoor Type (AUS)
Good Boy (AUS) These New South Whales (AUS)
Gregor (AUS) Thigh Master (AUS)
Groeni (NZ) Tigertown (AUS)
HABITS (AUS) Tinpan Orange (AUS)
Heads Of Charm (AUS) Tiny Little Houses (AUS)
Hideous Sun Demon (AUS) Totally Mild (AUS)
Hot Spoke (AUS) Totally Unicorn (AUS)
Huntly (AUS) Unity Floors (AUS)
Ivan Ooze (AUS) WALLACE (AUS)
Jack Grace (AUS) West Thebarton Brothel Party (AUS)
Jakubi (AUS) Young Tapz (NZ)
Jarrow (AUS)
BIGSOUND 2016 INDUSTRY SPEAKERS / BUYERS
Jaddan Comerford – UNIFIED (AUS) – Keynote
A.B. Original (Briggs & Trials) (AUS) – Keynote
Matt Ash – Raw Power Management (USA)
Alex Becket – Creative Artists Agency (USA)
Alex Bruford – ATC Live (UK)
Marcy Bulkely – Wild Card AV (USA)
Laura Byrne – Made In Katana / The Scouted (AUS)
Jon Coombs – Secretly Publishing (USA)
Dana Erickson – Grandstand Media & Management (USA)
Emmy Feldman – Canvasback (USA)
Jane Blondel – Songs For Children (Hong Kong)
Sebastian Freed – The Bowery Presents (USA)
Alastair Green – Maker (AUS)
Lawson Higgins – The Royalty Network, Inc (USA)
Zac Ives – Goner Records (USA)
Jeremy Maciak – Vagrant Records / BMG (USA)
Lindsay McDougall (AUS)
Dean Ormston – APRA AMCOS (AUS)
Jim Pitt – Conan (USA)
Josh Roth – Superfly (USA)
Katie Rynne – Select Music (AUS)
Jon Salter – ATO Records (USA)
Jackie Shuman – Good Ear Music Supervision (USA)
Chris Swanson – Secretly Group (USA)
Edwin Tehrani – New World Artists (AUS)
Taylor Testa – Universal Music Publishing Group (USA)
Roman Trystram – Creative Artists Agency (UK)
Marco Walzel – Avocado Booking (GER)
Tom Wironen – Post Hoc Management (USA)