Set to take place across 3 days at 21 Fortitude Valley venues hosting more than 150 artists and bands, this year's Valley Fiesta (in Brisbane) will be a massive celebration of live music as well as an opportunity to support the local music industry that continues to do it tough as lockdowns persist.
With the mantra of 'it's all fiesta, no siesta', the stacked line-up features a host of local and emerging names alongside a boatload of established acts like Beddy Rays, Butterfingers, Carmouflage Rose, DZ Deathrays (DJ set), Hope D, Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks, Jesswar, King Stingray, Saint Lane and VOIID."I've been to nearly every Valley Fiesta over the last 24 years," admits Valley Fiesta Ambassador and Powderfinger guitarist Ian Haug, "and every year is wildly different.
"The venues are varied, the bands are diverse and the Brisbane audiences are excitable. What could go wrong? I love the music scene in the Valley."
Adds Hope D: "We are so lucky to be at this stage (so to speak), and I can't wait to be a part of such an incredible festival run by an incredible team for incredible artists to be enjoyed by incredible people."
With an honour roll that includes international stars like Flume, Alison Wonderland, Cub Sport, The Preatures, Hayden James and Dune Rats, Valley Fiesta is the ultimate landing spot to find your next favourite band; we suggest: Being Jane Lane, Blonde on Blonde, Blussh, Buttered, Chelsea Drive, Chukale, DVNA, Ella Fence, Feelsclub, First Beige (DJ set), Flamingo Blonde, Halfway, Nerve, Nice Biscuit, Nicole McKinney, Oh Bailey, Radolescent, Sametime, Selfish Sons, Shifting Sands, SixFtHick, TOWNS and Wharves.
"There is no better way to revive our embattled music industry that to ensure the show goes on and Valley Fiesta will be a shot in the arm for our beloved music venues and artists who have lost their livelihoods due to snap lockdowns and restrictions," Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Schrinner says.
"This year, the Fiesta will fall on the rescheduled Ekka Friday long weekend. I want to see as many people as possible dedicate their long weekend to supporting our local live music industry.
"And if there wasn't another reason for music lovers to rejoice, the Valley's Brunswick Mall will also transform into a Music Marketplace on Saturday 30 October, with vinyl swaps, vintage clothing, pop-up DJs and more."
Tickets for individual Valley Fiesta events are on sale now. More information.
Valley Fiesta runs at various Fortitude Valley (Brisbane) venues 28-30 October.
Valley Fiesta 2021 Line-up
A Love SupremeAlivian Blu
Allora
Amarri
Amy L
Annoying Neighbours
Asphyxia
B-boy Cielo
B-girl Tinylocks
Bad Neighbour
Band 42
BBTK
Beddy Rays
Being Jane Lane
Betty Taylor
Big Dinner
Birdman Randy & The Ivory Street Preachers
Blonde on Blonde
Blussh
Bombshell Academy
Breakfast at Nans
BRIA
Brief Habits
Brixton Alley
Buttered
Butterfingers
Callin Malley Big Band
Carmouflage Rose
Charlesworth
Chelsea Drive
Chukale
Clarence Kent
Colourblind
Cooper Riley
Creed Tha Kid
Curtis Sciliba (DJ)
Dahlia Dyer
Dahlia Gunn
David Carberry
Day of Embers
De La Vinx
DJ Bacon
DJ Fukhed
DJ Lil J
Don Rual
Dream Coast
Dumb Things
DVNA
DZ Deathrays (DJ)
Ebony Ruth
Echowave
Ella Fence
Eloelo
Ethan Enoch
Feelsclub
First Beige (DJ)
Flamingo Blonde
FOMI
Foul Face
Frenchie Darling
Friends of Friends
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Halfway
Haliday
Hive Mind
Hope D
Hot Reno
J-Funk
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks
Jacob Tompkins
Jesswar
Kessin
King Stingray
Kweir
La bOum
Lacy Pop
Late November
Lazy Leis
Lila Lux
Lilith Revere
LO'99
Local Safari
Loiter
Lotus Ship
Lunchtime
Madeline Glasseater
Malibu Stacey
Margeaux Le Gogo
Melaleuca
Mellow
Miranda vs Arizona
Mou
MoZza
Nerve
Nice Biscuit
Nicole McKinney
Oh Bailey
Parachute Youth
Passionfruit
People Mover
Phatnug
Phil Smart
Pocketlove
Pure Milk
Pvcker Up
Radolescent
Ramjet
Rose Rogers
Ruckus Slam
S*A*S*H Halloween
Sachem
Saint Lane
Sametime
Selfish Sons
Sellma Soul
Set The Record
Shifting Sands
Siala
Sid The Entertainer
SixFtHick
Skanalosos
Skies Collide
Skrub
Sleeping Slowrip
Slurpee Jerks
Smak
Soviet X-Ray Record Club
Start Together
Stone & Wood Garden Sessions
Strictly Classics
Sunsets
syrup, go on
Teen Sensations
The Buzzing Towers
The Double Happiness
The Lonesomes
The Mangroves
The New Black
The Sleepyheads
The Unknowns
The Wolston Butchers
Toby Hobart
TOWNS
Trilla D
VERUM
VOIID
Waxflower
Wet Season
Wetlands
Wharves
White Light Station
Yellowcatredcat
Yr Familiar
Zed Charles
Valley Fiesta 2021 Venues
Backdock ArtsBirdees
Black Bear Lodge
Cloudland
Ec Venue
Greaser
Kings
La La Land
Netherworld
O'Skulligans
Press Club
Queens
Ric's Bar
Suzie Wongs Good Time Bar
The Brightside
The Brightside Outdoors
The Prince Consort
The Tivoli
The Triffid
The Warehouse
The Wickham
The Zoo
Woolly Mammoth
