Red Bull Music Academy Weekender coming to Sydney
Image:Henrik Schwarz and the Young Symphony Orchestra – Tokyo Weekender
PRESS RELEASE:
From September 8th – 11th 2016, the city of Sydney will play host to theRed Bull Music Academy Weekender – a globally renowned, four-day city takeover and curatorial festival program of signature music events, live performances, public artist lectures, club nights and art exhibitions.
Across the unique boroughs and venues of Sydney, Red Bull Music Academy Weekender will span an all-inclusive celebration and exploration of the city’s rich cultural identity, interlinked with today’s contemporary music climate. Joining previous city hosts – Tokyo, Vienna, Warsaw and Stockholm – Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Sydney bestows global attention upon the local talent and transformative minds behind some of Australia’s greatest cultural contributions.
Red Bull Music Academy’s long-running legacy of cultural celebration has for 18 years provided music fans and artists with unique musical experiences that play host to the world’s brightest tastemakers and performers. Australia has thankfully played its part in building this legacy, playing host to club shows with Clark, Onra, Romare and Taylor McFerrin, to the Chronicles series with Boiler Room and Ta-ku, to showcasing the likes of Jamie xx, Thundercat, Four Tet and Nicolas Jaar at Laneway Festival andSplendour in the Grass stages respectively. All incarnations of Red Bull Music Academy foster creativity in music, encouraging collaboration and expression at home and abroad.
The recent announcement of Red Bull Music Academy Festival in New York includes the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Spike Lee and Anohni headlining, alongside local heroes and Academy alumni alike. Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Sydney will take a similar approach to programming, with a special announcement next week on the 26th April, and the full lineup to rollout in June.
The 2016 Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Sydney will tell the city’s inimitable stories through multi-medium editorial and innovative radio programming via www.rbmaradio.com. For the Weekender’s Australian debut, internationally recognised artists and Academy alumni will populate the city, taking part in high-scale events, lectures, parties and exhibitions in Sydney’s most iconic venues across four days – celebrating the many elements and unique counterparts to the city’s musical and cultural identity.
http://www.redbull.com.au/weekender