BIGSOUND GETS BIGGER: FINAL ARTISTS ADDED

BIGSOUND Festival 2016 has dropped the biggest live list in its history, adding to an already huge lineup to deliver 150 artists across 15 venues over 3 nights in Brisbane September 7-9; all with just one wristband.

The new announcement is led by A.B. Original, Tkay Maidza, Harts, DZ Deathrays, I Heart Hiroshima, Vera Blue, KUČKA, Japanese Wallpaper, Rainbow Chan, The Belligerents, The Gooch Palms, Teeth & Tongue, Harmony James, Gawurra and many more. They join previous announcements including Alex Lahey, Sampa the Great, Tigertown, Tash Sultana, MOSSY, Olympia, Bec Sandridge, Ivan Ooze and Good Boy to create the ultimate selection for punters to choose their own adventure of new music.

The famous Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct will be alive with activity as Australia shows off its musical wares to the world as well as welcoming breaking international acts including Yumi Zouma (NZ), iNCH (Singapore), In Each Hand A Cutlass (Singapore), .gif (Singapore), NAATIONS (USA), Prateek Kuhad (India), Fazerdaze (NZ) and more.

The triple j Unearthed stage will also be back, celebrating ten years of triple j Unearthed, with two lucky bands selected to play in front of the world’s industry tastemakers (entries close July 31 at triplejunearthed.com) alongside as some of the biggest Unearthed bands of 2016.

A festival experience like no other, for just $75 (+bf), an all access wristband gives entry to all festival venues with the exclusive BIGSOUND app available to plan and keep track of your BIGSOUND experience.

Festivals looking over rolling hills and listening to birdlife against crunching guitars have their place, but BIGSOUND is about getting your music raw and real. It’s about seeing the hottest breaking music in all its urban glory—having a beer in an outdoor space. Dancing through the sweat in a real pub venue. Enjoying the silence as a singer songwriter slays a small room. Seeing a mate as you grab a slice of pizza at quarter to midnight while running to catch another band you’ve been wanting to see for the last year. BIGSOUND is everything you love about live music packed into three manic days of auditory overload. It can be a structured plan to see as many bands as you can with a strict timetable. It can be a glorious mess of discovery. Or it can be both. BIGSOUND is YOUR musical adventure.

“It’s hard to explain what the BIGSOUND experience is like because there’s nothing else like it in the country,” said BIGSOUND producer Joel Edmondson. “Imagine taking over a whole inner-city suburb and turning it into a treasure hunt for the best new music Australia has to offer. Add to that one of the best party vibes there is and you start to get the drift. We’re proud to be able to share the unbridled joy that is BIGSOUND to those returning to get their fix and those yet to taste what makes BIGSOUND such an addictive experience.”

Tickets for the BIGSOUND Festival are also on sale now for just $75+bf for two huge nights of music with 150 bands across 15 venues, plus a third night closing party at the Triffid on Friday September 9. Special rate tickets for the BIGSOUND conference which includes access to the BIGSOUND Festival are available until July 31 or until sold out from just $450 at www.bigsound.org.au.

BIGSOUND FESTIVAL 2016 ARTIST LIST

NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

BIGSOUND 2016 ARTIST LIST – ALREADY ANNOUNCED

BIGSOUND 2016

INDUSTRY SPEAKERS / BUYERS

* bold denotes newly announced speaker

Kim Gordon (USA) – Keynote

J Rocc & Peanut Butter Wolf–Stones Throw Records (USA)– Keynote

Jaddan Comerford – UNIFIED (AUS) – Keynote

A.B. Original (Briggs & Trials) (AUS) – Keynote

Lars Murray –Pandora (USA)– Mini Keynote

Brodie Lancaster (AUS)– Mini Keynote

Bruce Tweedie –Music Mill (AUS)

Matt Ash–Raw Power Management (USA)

Alex Becket – Creative Artists Agency (USA)

Alex Black–Big Deal Music (USA)

Alex Bruford – ATC Live (UK)

Andrea Sze­w–Szew Law Group (USA)

Paul Barclay–ABC (AUS)

Guy Blackman–Chapter Music (AUS)

Jane Blondel – Songs For Children (Hong Kong)

Michelle Brown –4ZZZ (AUS)

Marcy Bulkeley – Wild Card AV (USA)

Laura Byrne – Made In Katana / The Scouted (AUS)

Christine Cao –The Windish Agency (USA)

Chris Carey –Media Insight Consulting (UK)

Jen Cloher – Milk! Records (AUS)

Claire Collins–Bossy (AUS)

Jon Coombs – Secretly Publishing (USA)

Katie Cunningham –Junkee Media (AUS)

Cam Durnsford–PBS 106.7FM (AUS)

Dana Erickson – Grandstand Media & Management (USA)

Emmy Feldman – Canvasback (USA)

Sebastian Freed – The Bowery Presents (USA)

Melody Forghani –twnty three (AUS)

Stephen Goodhew –FBi (AUS)

Alastair Green – Maker Agency (AUS)

Cath Haridy–Catherine Haridy Management // Support Act (AUS)

Lawson Higgins – The Royalty Network, Inc (USA)

Tim Hollo–Green Music Australia (AUS)

Zac Ives – Goner Records (USA)

Chris Johnson –Amrap (AUS)

Lachlan Kanoniuk –FasterLouder (AUS)

Mitch Knox–TheMusic.com.au (AUS)

Siobhan Kranz–Mushroom Promotions (AUS)

Jessica Krishnaswamy–BBE (AUS)

Jared Kristensen–Ticket Squad (AUS)

Kučka (AUS)

Tom Larkin–SIGNAL Agency Group / The Studios In The City / Homesurgery MGMT (AUS)

Nikita Lavrinenko–Paper and Iron Booking (Germany)

Regan Lethbridge–Lemon Tree (AUS)

Jeremy Maciak – Vagrant Records / BMG (USA)

Stu MacLeod –RTR FM (AUS)

Lindsay McDougall (AUS)

Ivano Maggiulli–Brace Yourself PR (UK)

Tyler McLoughlan–The Sound Pound (AUS)

Dean Ormston – APRA AMCOS (AUS)

Jim Pitt – Conan (USA)

Tim Price–Collision Course (AUS)

Jodie Regan–Spinning Top Music Manager (AUS / USA)

Josh Roth – Superfly (USA)

Katie Rynne – Select Music (AUS)

Jon Salter – ATO Records (USA)

Jonno Seidler (AUS)

Roger Shepherd –Flying Nun (NZ)

Tim Shiel (AUS)­

Jackie Shuman – Good Ear Music Supervision (USA)

Jessica Strassman–Columbia Records & StarTime International (USA)

Chris Swanson – Secretly Group (USA)

Marcus Teague (AUS)

Edwin Tehrani – New World Artists (AUS)

Taylor Testa – Universal Music Publishing Group (USA)

Roman Trystram – Creative Artists Agency (UK)

Mark Vaughan –Atomic Soul (Norway)

Marco Walzel – Avocado Booking (GER)

Julia Wilson –Nice Rights / Midnight Choir / Rice Is Nice (AUS)

Tom Wironen – Post Hoc Management (USA)

Nick Yates–UNIFIED (AUS)

FOR HIGH RES PICS AND BIO INFORMATION ON SPEAKERS, VISIT THE BIGSOUND PRESS ROOM HERE

BIGSOUND is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland and Arts Queensland. BIGSOUND has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council of the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.