Back for its 23rd instalment, the annual gathering of Australia's next generation of music stars BIGSOUND have dropped the first 70 artists of its 2024 line-up.
With more than 1,200 performers and bands applying to showcase, BIGSOUND's Music Programmers Casey O'Shaughnessy and Katie Rynne had a mammoth task whittling down the programme for an event that has previously hosted the likes of Rufus du Sol, Gang Of Youths, Lime Cordiale, Tash Sultana, DMA'S, A.B. Original, Ball Park Music, Courtney Barnett, Tones And I, The Jungle Giants, Thelma Plum and many more.This year, Peking Duk's Keli Holiday and Y.O.G.A will bring their solo projects to Brisbane's Fortitude Valley the first week of September, highlighting a programme that will also feature the talents of Alex the Astronaut, Dear Seattle, dust, Gretta Ray, Noah Dillon, Sly Withers, Stand Atlantic, sunbleached, and The Belair Lip Bombs.
With artists hailing from all states and territories, as well as from regional and remote communities, and international locations, the 2024 festival line-up is stacked with some of the brightest names rising in Australia's music scene.
The spotlight will also shine brightly on Australia's First Nations talent, with performances from Maanyung, Ray Dimakarri Dixon and Kiwat Kennell to name a few and with more to come.
"It has been such a privilege getting the opportunity to programme the BIGSOUND 2024 line-up. 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," O'Shaughnessy and Rynne say of the selection process.
"While it was challenging to whittle it down to the final showcasing artists, we are so grateful to the First Nations advisory group and the extended programme advisory group that we worked with to help us create this year's final line up."
Tickets on sale from 9am on 25 June.
BIGSOUND takes place at various Fortitude Valley venues in Brisbane from 3-5 September.
BIGSOUND 2024 Line-up
AKA LuiAlex the Astronaut
Austin Mackay
Belle Haven
breathe.
Cap Carter
Charlie Pittman
Charlotte Le Lievre
Cooper Smith
DARTZ
Dear Seattle
Dick Move
DoloRRes
dust
Erik Sanders
Flow Kobra
Fool Nelson
FRIDAY*
Front Row
Garage Sale
Georgia Mooney
Gretta Ray
Hellcat Speedracer
Homegrown Trio
Hudson Rose
ISHAN
Jerome Blazé
Juice Webster
Julian Munyard
JUNO
Keli Holiday
Kiwat Kennell
Lotte Gallagher
LUPO.THEBOY
Maanyung
Mac The Knife
MARVELL
Matahara
Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields
Mau Power
Medhanit
MUDRAT
NO CIGAR
Noah Dillon
Paige
Park RD
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
Stand Atlantic
Stocker
sunbleached
The Belair Lip Bombs
The Velvet club
This New Light
total tommy
Vetta Borne
Vinnie Brigante
Wade Forster
Y.O.G.A.
