Running in the vein of the massively popular Bigsound music summit, Australian Music Week will be taking place in Sydney this coming November. With a whole bunch of speakers being announced last week, AMW have revealed the first 30 artists set to perform across the event.
Australian Music Week will run across five days in the central CBD/esplanade in Cronulla with panels, workshops, master classes, exclusive sessions and live performaces taking places across a variety of venues.
Playing the summit will be:
Black Bird Hum
BANFF
Betty & Oswald
CAPTIVES
Charity-Rose Turner
Conchillia
Demi Louise
Ed Wells
Eddie Boyd and The Phatapillars
Guards of May
Hussy Hicks
I Am Apollo
Ivan Ooze
Jesse Valach
Josh Needs
Knox
Kyle Lionhart
Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Leanne Tennant
Lepers & Crooks
Lloyd Spiegel
Masco Sound System
Neighbour
Pat Capocci
The Belligerents
The Morrisons
The Pinheads
Tropical Zombie
WAXHEAD
Woodlock
So far 47 speakers have been announced including representatives from triple J, The Australian, The Music, Umbrella, plus industry legends from record labels, touring companies, and a few producers. Keynote speaker will be Ted Gardener from Cross section who has worked with everyone from Echo & The Bunnymen to Tool to Queens Of The Stone Age. Head here for the full list of speakers.
Australian Music Week is taking place from November 18-22.