Fortitude Valley is Brisbane’s cesspool of music, clubs, bars, and drunken bad life choices, and essentially it will start to overflow during the 5th to the 8th of September this year because we have the wonderful Bigsound Festival. Bigsound festival is one of the biggest festivals to hit Brisbane’s own Fortitude Valley, and highlights the diverse range of Australian talent in the industry but also attracts many sensational global acts.
Bigsound is about to turn sixteen and like any sweet sixteen, we are expecting a party and a bit too much glitter. Having just recently shown us what is what with their recent announcement for their line up, we aren’t having any doubts.
No matter what floats your boat for entertainment, you will find it at Bigsound this year.
“How about satisfying your guitar fetish with sleepmakeswaves, West Thebarton, WAAX and The Beautiful Monument? Perhaps some electronic vibes with Confidence Man, Cub Sport, Golden Vessel or SUPERCRUEL? Or maybe the new generation of hip hop spearheaded by Manu Crook$, Thandi Phoenix or Midas.Gold? How about some of the strongest Australian female songwriters in Tia Gostelow, Caiti Baker and Washington? Whatever your taste, BIGSOUND Festival 2017 has a four-night path for you to plot through the country’s best new acts with each artist playing twice to ensure you don’t miss a thing.” Bigsound said in their announcement.
Even if you don’t identify with a label like that, Bigsound has made a great impact on Brisbane for these past sixteen years. Last year alone Bigsound made a $3.72 million impact on the streets of Brisbane and has helped build the existing entertainment industries and venues in Brisbane.
Venues that will be included in the Bigsound Festival:
256 Wickham
Alehouse Stage @Woolly Mammoth
Black Bear Lodge
Crowbar
Empire Hotel
Heya Bar
Laruche
Mane Stage @ Woolly Mammoth
triple j Unearthed @ Oh Hello!
Ric’s Big Backyard
The Brightside
The Brightside Outdoor Stage
The Elephant Hotel
Themusic. com.au @ The Flying Cock
The Foundry
The TBC Club
The New Globe Theatre
The Zoo
First Release Second Release
Alex The Astronaut Amyl and The Sniffers
Alexander Biggs Andy Golledge
ALTA Annie Bass
Aurelia Ara Koufax
Baker Boy Ariela Jacobs
Bespin (NZ) Belle Haven
BOAT SHOW Big White
Body Type Billy Davis and The Good Lords
Brightness BLESSED
Clowns Braille Face
Daggy Man Caiti Baker
Dobby Clea
Donny Benét Confidence Man
Dream Rimmy Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird
ELKI Cub Sport
Endless Heights DARTS
Fanny Lumsden Deadlights
Good Morning Dear Seattle
Haiku Hands Didirri
Hatchie Donald Hugh
Hayden Calnin Drown This City
Hockey Dad Easy Life
Horace Bones Emerson Snowe
Introvert Evan Klar
Isabel Exhibitionist
IV League Fierce Mild
Jess Locke friendships
Jim Lawrie Golden Vessel
Joyride Good Boy
Kardajala Kirridarra (Sandhill Women) HAMJAM
Kylie Auldist High-tails
Lonelyspeck jade imagine
Maddy Jane Jess Riberio
mama kin spender Karl S. Williams
Mammals Laura Jean
Mansionair Lupa J
Maribelle Machine Age
Merk (NZ) Manu Crook$
Miss Blanks Midas.Gold
nyck MUTO
Obscura Hail Nick Hill
OKBadlands Ocean Alley
Pagan Odette
Pandamic OKENYO
Party Dozen Osaka Punch
Peter Bibby Paddy McHugh
Polaris PLTS
Polographia Resin Moon
POW! Negro RVG
RUBY FIELDS Scalphunter
Seavera sleepmakeswaves
Sloan Peterson Slow Dancer
Spirit Bunny Stella Donnelly
The Cactus Channel SUPER CRUEL
The Creases Taj Ralph
The Teskey Brothers Teischa
Tigerilla Thandi Phoenix
TOTAL GIOVANNI The Beautiful Monument
WHALEHOUSE The Comfort
Willaris. K The Harpoons
Winston Surfshirt Tia Gostelow
Yoste Tom Stephens
Ziggy Ramo Two Steps On The Water
Vandetta (SIN)
WAAX
Washington
WEST THEBARTON
WHARVES
Wild Honey
Yoko-Zuna (NZ)
Speakers:
Kenny Gates – PIAS (BEL) – Keynote
Sadie Dupuis – Speedy Ortiz (USA) – Keynote
Aminé Ramer – States of Sound (USA)
Ben Godding – AWAL/Kobalt Music Recordings (AUS)
Ben O’Connor – Chapter Music (AUS)
Ben Swanson – Secretly Group (USA)
Bill Wilson – Music Biz (USA)
Cameron Schaefer – Vinyl Me, Please (USA)
Carl Young – Vevo (UK)
Charles Kirby-Welch – Kartel (UK)
Chris Twite – Secret Sounds / Brisbane Festival (AUS)
Clémence Bizien – Super! (France)
Dan Rosen – ARIA (AUS)
David Sheils – APRA AMCOS (AUS)
Elspeth Scrine – LISTEN / Huntley (AUS)
Emma Calverley – Australian Cultural Fund (AUS)
Emily Kelly – Deathproof (AUS)
Farinoush Mostaghimi – SynchAudio (CAN)
Haley Connelly – Little Press (UK)
Heath Miller – Webster Hall & Excess dB Entertainment (USA)
Hugh McClure – Good Manners (AUS)
Jackie Nalpant – Paradigm Talent Agency (USA)
Jake Friedman – We Are Free Management (USA)
Jane Gazzo – Triple M (AUS)
Jeff Owens – Felte / Ghostly International (USA)
Jennie Sager – Twitter (AUS)
Jeremy Yohai – Imagem Music Publishing (USA)
Dr. Jess Carniel – University of Southern QLD (AUS)
Jillian Mapes – Pitchfork (USA)
Joe Greenwald – C3 Management (USA)
Joel Connolly – Blackbird Ventures (AUS)
Karl Richter – Level Two Music (AUS)
Kate Mills – Native Tongue Publishing (AUS)
Keith Tan – Slate Entertainment (SIN)
Lars Brandle – Billboard (AUS)
Leigh Treweek – The Music / Handshake MGMT (AUS)
Marshall Betts – Paradigm Talent Agency (USA)
Matt Fiedler – Vinyl Me, Please (USA)
Mel Yong – Village Sounds & Other Sounds (AUS)
Mike Sniper – Captured Tracks (USA)
Nic Warnock – R.I.P. Society Records / Repressed Records (AUS)
Paul Barclay – ABC RN (AUS)
Peymon Maskan – Media Arts Lab (USA)
Shelli Trung – QUT CEA (AUS)
Simon Napier-Bell – Pierbel Ltd. UK (UK)
Steel Hanf – WME (AUS)
Tom Taaffe – United Talent Agency (UK)
Zena White – Partisan Records (UK/USA)
Ziggy Ramo – Artist (AUS)
Archie Roach (AUS) – Keynote
Tina Arena (AUS) – Keynote
Adel Hattem – D Music Marketing (Brazil)
Alison Wenham – Worldwide Independent Network (UK)
Andrew Jervis – Bandcamp (USA)
Ash Kerley – Girls Rock! (AUS)
Bill Roe – Trouble In Mind Records (USA)
Bob Van Heur – Le Guess Who? Festival / Belmont Bookings (NL)
Eva Trifonas – Ninja Tune (AUS)
Isla Angus – ATC Live (UK)
Ivy Yuen – Magnetic Asia Limited (Hong Kong)
James Clarke – Aeroplane Agency (AUS)
James Moodie – The Orchard (UK)
Jane Abernathy – 4AD Records (USA)
Jenn Yacoubian – Goldenvoice (USA)
Lucy Wood – Festival Republic (UK)
Mary Ramos – Saturday Music Inc. (USA)
Mazin Tappuni – Communion Music (UK)
Mel Brown – Impressive PR (UK)
Melissa Woods – Third Side Music (USA)
Mike Ajayi – All My Friends (UK)
Nick Findlay – triple j (AUS)
Paul Adams – New Community Management / Roc Nation (USA)
Peter Berard – Domino Recording Co. Ltd. (USA)
Poppy Reid – Seventh Street Media (AUS)
Rebecca Young – Collective Artists (AUS)
Ric Leichtung – Adhoc (USA)
Roy Amar – Bear Parts Music (AUS)
Stuart Meyer – Sub Pop (USA)
Sullivan Patten – Sullivan (AUS)
Sylvie Piccolotto – Rock City (Argentina)
Zan Rowe – triple j (AUS)
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