Listen Up Music Are Bringing Torch Fest To Sydney And Melbourne

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Music Talks

Listen Up Music Are Bringing Torch Fest To Sydney And Melbourne

Award-winning mental health music charity Listen Up Music will host the day festival in Sydney on Saturday 3rd of July and Melbourne on Saturday 14th of August.

Listen Up Music Are Bringing Torch Fest To Sydney And Melbourne

After the success that Listen Up Music had with the inaugural Torch Fest event in Brisbane in April, the award-winning music industry mental health charity is bringing the special event to both Sydney and Melbourne.

With the initiative to help shine a light on mental health and provide support and guidance, Listen Up Music are working with artists to reach more artists. This has instigated Listen Up Music to bring the massive day-festival featuring a slew of artists to both Sydney and Melbourne.

Ali Taylor the co-founder of Listen Up Music states:

“After launching Torch Fest Brisbane in April, we wanted Sydney and Melbourne to have their own editions, so we’re doing just that. Mental health doesn’t discriminate, and so we felt it only right to shine further light on the topic, in two other states, taking place in July and August.“

Torch Fest Sydney on the 3rd of July will be held at The Factory Theatre. While hosting 15 artists and 10 DJ’s, there will also be a Wellbeing Village featuring incredible surprises across the huge day. Some of the artists performing on the day include Phebe Starr, AYA YVES, Imogen Clark, Tiarnie, David Taylor, Jesabel, Amy Vee and many more.

Following in Melbourne on the 14th of August at Max Watts, Torch Fest will host another massive day of music with performances from 13 artists including Shannen James, Alexander Biggs, Wolfjay, Sir Jude, Jade Alice, RARIA, NUSSY, The Mamas and more!

Tying the event together, all acts will perform a Torch Song representing the light that has helped them through any hardship and/or mental health challenges. The festival will distribute battery-powered torches to each attendee to turn on when each Torch Song is played to create warming atmospheres as the artists reflect on those experiences.

Tickets for Torch Fest Sydney and Melbourne are on sale now.

Torch Fest Sydney – tickets here
Torch Fest Melbourne – tickets here

Sydney

Saturday, July 3 – Factory Theatre

Tickets via Ticketek

Phebe Starr, Queen P, AYA YVES, SAYAH, RISSA, BVT, Sarah Wolfe, Laura Hyde, Imogen Clark, David Taylor, LamBros., Tiarnie, Seb Szabo, Amy Vee, Little Green, Jesabel, Forward Fox, Daniel Tonik, Oscar Jamo, Loyalty, Loosie Grind, MADAMI, Edgar Boulevarde

Torch Fest

Melbourne

Saturday, August 14 – Max Watts

Tickets via Oztix

Alexander Biggs, Benjamin Trillado, Jade Alice, NUSSY, RARIA, Ruby Mae, Seb Szabo, Shannen James, Sir Jude, The Mamas, Velvet Bloom, Wolfjay

Listen Up Music Are Bringing Torch Fest To Sydney And Melbourne

Ultimate Aussie ALT Rock Festival SPRING LOADED

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Music Talks

Ultimate Aussie ALT Rock Festival SPRING LOADED

SET TO THRILL AUS
WITH NINE COLOSSAL SHOWS IN 2021

Music Festival

After the blockbuster success of the inaugural festival in Queensland pre-covid, Empire Touring is elated to announce Spring Loaded is back and larger than ever, declaring a triumphant return to live music with nine festival dates set to rock around Australia in a bid to pay homage to some of the country’s most beloved festivals gone by including Big Day Out and Homebake. With a colossal lineup dripping in 90s Aussie alt rock nostalgia, 2021’s shows boast a haul of the decade’s most celebrated acts, including Grinspoon, You Am I, Regurgitator, Jebediah, Magic Dirt, Frenzal Rhomb, Custard, The Fauves, The Meanies, Tumbleweed, Screamfeeder, Caligula and MC Lindsay ‘The Doctor’ McDougall.

Set to kick off in Sydney On The Lawn at Royal Randwick on May 8, the massive festival will then head up to Cairns, before moving on to Sandstone Point Hotel Bribie Island, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Darwin Amphitheatre, Gosford Entertainment Grounds, Stuart Park Wollongong, Red Hill Auditorium in Perth and will wrap in Victoria on November 27.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday March 24 at 10am local time.

Thrilled to be on the bill, You Am I’s Tim Roger’s explains, “It’s kinda unavoidable that nostalgia surrounds these shows, but the past year I’ve heard new music from most of our friends here that is as vital and visceral as any they’ve done in the past, which makes these potential shows all the more thrilling.” Not one to mince words, Rogers goes on to offer some solid tips for punters, ordering,“Dress up, turn up, muck up!”

Stoked at the opportunity to get the band back together after what was a long 2020 for everyone the world over, Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson says, “I’m terribly excited to be playin’ with Grinspoon at Spring Loaded. Since FireFight we have barely stepped onto stage, let alone seen each other.”

The man who masterminded this bodacious opportunity for us all to relive our youth and celebrate the return of live music, Empire’s Marc Christowski says, “Having been at various Big Day Outs and Homebakes over the years, it is a massive buzz for us to produce Spring Loaded. Bringing together such an amazing lineup that will go to every corner of the country, flying the flag of indie rock is a dream come true.”

Covering all bases, the festival will be bustling with craft beer and an enviable collection of the locale’s cherry-picked food trucks. Spring Loaded is a fully licensed 18+ event, strictly no BYO food or alcohol. The shows are outdoor concerts and will go ahead rain, hail or shine. No tables, tents, sun shelters or umbrellas are permitted, punters are urged to bring ponchos/raincoats and gumboots if rain is forecast. Picnic rugs and low camp chairs are permitted, as are sealed bottles of water, and there will be water refill stations. And this killer event will be taken indoors to Adelaide – expect all the festival vibes with no weather issues.

After an unprecedented write off for live music in 2020, don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the return of the festival and the greatest era of the indie alt rock scene in Australia, and come and relive the soundtrack of your youth live at Spring Loaded in 2021.

Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday March 24 at 10am local time, with a presale offered to Telstra customers from Thursday March 18 at 10am local time to Sunday March 21 at 10pm AEDT. There will be a My Ticketek and Oztix presale from Monday March 22 at 10am local time. VIP tickets will be available for the Just Ace Place VIP Bar offering a premium viewing area, exclusive VIP entry, private bar and food area.

The Spring Loaded festival dates will be held with a commitment to a COVID Safe environment. Festival organisers will work closely with and comply with all requirements of the public health authorities in respect of these shows. If any shows are required to be postponed, a postponement date will be announced and punters will be eligible for a full refund if they are unable to make the new date.

Australian Rock Band

Ultimate Aussie ALT Rock Festival SPRING LOADED
SPRING LOADED DATES

SAT 27 NOV | VENUE DETAILS TO FOLLOW | VIC | 18+
Venue details to come, sign up for pre-sale www.springloadedfestival.com.au

Ultimate Aussie ALT Rock Festival SPRING LOADED

Rolling Sets Music Festival Looks To Be A Blast With Awesome LineUp

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by Music Talks

Rolling Sets Music Festival Looks To Be A Blast With Awesome LineUp

Australian String Quartet creates new interactive adventure with experience design company, Sandpit

Music Festival

Rolling Sets has today announced there will be more awesome Aussie artists joining the lineup including pop rock outfit Lime Cordiale, as well as producer LTTLE KNG, Coffs locals Seafome, and DJ unit Dr. Cool and Prof. Funk.  The brainchild of Matt Wise and Steve Sewell of music agency Kingdom Sounds, this one-day festival is set to light up Coffs Harbour on January 25 and has already dropped a stacked lineup including Hilltop Hoods, The Rubens, Mallrat, George Alice, Los Scallywaggs and more.  And due to overwhelming demand, Rolling Sets is excited to announce that the festival is now a licensed, all-ages event.

The all new festival has also today revealed its mouth-watering lineup of food vendors including local faves The Palmetto and Bubble Pop.  Punters are urged to get in quick, as tickets are moving fast to the inaugural event that will take place on Gallows Headland, boasting 280 degree ocean views from the harbour all the way around to Boambee Beach.

This all-Australian lineup of acts was already a colossal statement for the brand new festival, but with the new lineup additions, things just got a whole lot bigger.  LTTLE KNG are set to get the dancefloor vibing with their eclectic cocktail of soul, hiphop and pop, while Coffs locals Seafome will be bringing their groovy surf-rock to centre stage, and DJs Dr. Cool and Prof. Funk spinning crowdpleasing bangers for the masses.

Lime Cordiale have had a huge 2019, with multiple national tours and singles Money, Inappropriate Behaviour and Robbery. Rolling Sets organiser Matt Wise is thrilled to add Lime Cordiale, enthusing, “Steve and I are stoked to include Lime Cordiale on the Rolling Sets lineup.  We have been working with the guys for many years now, watching them sell out smaller rooms to now large capacity concert venues!” Pumped to be included, guitarist and singer Oliver Leimbach says,“We can’t wait to drop in to Rolling Sets Festival! We’ve always had a lot of love for the area, even recording our upcoming album at a farm near Coffs Harbour and our show at Hoey Moey a while back was insane!”

Fresh off an ARIAs win for Best Australian Live Act, Hilltop Hoods are sure to bring the heat to their headlining set at Rolling Sets, while triple j darlings The Rubens, Mallrat and George Alice will be keeping those vibes high throughout the day.

Not just satisfied with an unbelievable lineup of music for their punters, Rolling Sets have also curated a delicious array of food vendors for fans to satisfy every type of craving.  Vendors will include The Red C, featuring burgers, fish and chips and curry, the famous southern cooking of The Palmetto, Bubble Pop, The Boba Tea Shack, the Asian fusion delights of Hawker Hero, the sweet or savoury stylings of Master Crepe, and more. “We’re also excited to have a stellar line up of delicious food trucks, flea markets and some dope activations happening throughout the day,” enthuses Wise.

It’s sure to be a massive day full of incredible Aussie live music, with delectable eats to boot – Rolling Sets is bound to be a staple in the summer festival family for years to come.

TICKETS are available now