Bigsound Share First Artist Announcement For 2024
Bigsound have revealed the first round of acts that will appear at this year’s conference. The multi-day music festival, convening on Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley in the first week of September 2024, will feature 70 bands and artists from across Australia and New Zealand – all of which can be found below.
Among the more established names on the bill are singer-songwriter Alex the Astronaut, Melbourne pop artist Gretta Ray, Sydney alternative rock band Dear Seattle and both of the solo projects from electronic duo Peking Duk: Adam Hyde’s Keli Holiday and Rueben Styles’ Y.O.G.A., marking their Bigsound debuts as individuals.
Artists from every state and territory in Australia will be represented at the conference. New South Wales representatives include dust, Georgia Mooney and Hellcat Speedracer. Representing Victoria are The Belair Lip Bombs, Garage Sale and Belle Haven. Queensland natives performing in the capital city will be sunbleached, Medhanit and Prink, while Canberra is represented by Sonic Reducer.
dust – ‘The Gutter’
Up north, Ray Dimakarry Dixon will travel from the Northern Territory, while Swapmeet and Divebar Youth will come from the opposite end in South Australia. To the west, Hottest 100 entrants Sly Withers will return to the festival from Western Australia, as will their onetime tourmate Noah Dillon.
In a joint statement, Casey O’Shaughnessy and Katie Rynne – the conference’s co-prorammers – said that it was “such a privilege” to curate this year’s festival, which marks their first time doing so. “We are blown away by the calibre of artists that applied this year, and we’ve discovered so many amazing new artists in the process,” they said.
Bigsound 2024
In alphabetical order
AKA Lui
Alex the Astronaut
Austin Mackay
The Belair Lip Bombs
Belle Haven
breathe.
Cap Carter
Charlie Pittman
Charlotte Le Lievre
Cooper Smith
DARTZ
Dear Seattle
Dick Move
dust
Erik Sanders
Flow Kobra
Fool Nelson
Front Row
Garage Sale
Georgia Mooney
Gretta Ray
Hellcat Speedracer
Homegrown Trio
Hudson Rose
ISHAN
Jerome Blazé
Julian Munyard
JUNO
Keli Holiday
Kiwat Kennell
LUPO.THEBOY
Maanyung
MARVELL
Matahara
Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields
Mau Power
Medhanit
MUDRAT
NO CIGAR
Noah Dillon
Paige
PEPTALK
Playlunch
Prink
R.em.edy
Ray Dimakarri Dixon
Reiki Ruawai
Rowena Wise
SAME PAINS
Sesame Girl
Sex Mask
Sly Withers
Sonic Reducer
Squid the Kid
Stocker
sunbleached
This New Light
total tommy
The Velvet Club
Vetta Borne
Vinnie Brigante
Wade Forster
Y.O.G.A.
Tickets for the conference are available now via the Bigsound website.
Further Reading
Australian Heavy Music Deserves More Recognition: A Polite Post-BIGSOUND Rant
BIGSOUND Gallery: ūla, bella amor, Keenan Te @ Ones to Watch, The Outpost
Sweet Relief! 2024: Kelis, The Presets, Haiku Hands + More
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