The first line up for BIGSOUND 2018 has been announced, and as always it's overflowing with exceptional Australian artists!
Australia's premier music industry event, BIGSOUND is a music conference that continues to develop and evolve into a week that sees artists, managers, agents, label execs, writers and so much more all come together to check out the next crop of Australian (and beyond) artists. Taking over Brisbane's Fortitude Valley for a week, the conference and festival delivers more and more every year, consistently offering up an eclectic mix of thought-provoking panels and keynotes during the day, and a hugely impressive and diverse selection of artists for the festival component in the evening.
Once again, this year is no exception as today the festival unveils the first crop of artists set to play throughout the week. From Australian rock royalty ELLA HOOPER to Brisbane heroes BLANK REALM, to buzzworthy artists such as CABLE TIES, ELIOTT, KOTA BANKS, KWAME, EILISH GILLIGAN, CLYPSO, KAIIT and CXLOE all locked in, and some bigger favourites such as PACES, GABRIELLA COHEN and OLYMPIA, this year's line up once again sees a whole spectrum of artists from emerging to fully-fledged superstars all in the mix.
Tickets are on sale now, and range from a one night pass at $45.00 all the way through to the Purple Pass which gets you access to both the conference and the festival. It's a choose-your-own-adventure model to take a look here and check the full line up below!
A. SWAYZE & THE GHOSTS
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ADRIAN EAGLE
ALICE SKYE
ARSE
ARTERIES
ASHA JEFFERIES
BIN JUICE
BLANK REALM
BUGS
BUTTERFINGERS
CABLE TIES
CAST DOWN
CLYPSO
CRY CLUB
CXLOE
DEAN FOREVER
DRELLER
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
EILISH GILLIGAN
ELIOTT
ELIZABETH
ELLA HOOPER
EMMA ANGLESEY
ESTERE
GABRIELLA COHEN
GENESIS OWUSU
GEORGIA MULLIGAN
GOOD DOOGS
GRAACE
GRAVEMIND
GRETA STANELY
HACHIKU
HAZLETT
HOBSONS BAY COAST GUARD
IMOGEN CLARK
JAMES WRIGHT TRIO
JEFFE
KAIIT
KAITLIN KEEGAN
KIAN
KOTA BANKS
KULT KYSS
KWAME
MANE
MISS JUNE
MOANING LISA
MOOKHI
OH PEP!
OLYMPIA
PACES
PINK MATTER
POOL SHOP
RACHEL MARIA COX
RAT!hammock
RILEY PEARCE
RUBY GILBERT
SAMSARUH
SLEEP TALK
SLOWLY SLOWLY
STEVIE JEAN
SUMNER
SUNSCREEN
SWEATER CURSE
SYDE
T$OKO
TAPE/OFF
THE CHATS
THE MERINDAS
TOTTY
TRIPLE ONE
TWO PEOPLE
TYNE-JAMES ORGAN
VOIID
WAX CHATTELS
YU YI
BIGSOUND
4-7 SEPTEMBER, 2018
FORTITUDE VALLEY, BRISBANE
Words by Emma Jones
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