2023 ARCHIVE!
13-16 JULY, 2023.
EMMA DONOVAN + SINGING OUR FUTURES (Fundraiser)
Thursday 13 July, 2023
Emma Donovan leads the festival’s opening night celebrations and lends her support to the ‘Singing Our Futures EP launch’ on the night.
Over the last year the Archie Roach Foundation has been hard at work with the inaugural program ‘Singing our Futures’ (SOF), which is a mentorship experience that helps emerging First Nations artists on their songwriting and recording journeys. This year’s artists include Kee’ahn, Kiwat Kennell, Madi Colville Walker, Ridzy Ray and Maylene Yinarr.
UPTOWN JAZZ CAFE TAKEOVER OF THE FITZROY TOWN HALL
Friday 14 July, 2023
Uptown Jazz Cafe is doing a take over of Fitzroy Town Hall and bringing Eamon McNelis’s Skellingtons Quartet and Paul Williamson’s Hammond Combo to the Ballroom.
ZÖJ LIVE
Friday 14 July, 2023
There is no celebration here. As you read this, women and girls around the world struggle against legally enshrined gender inequality and discrimination. Experimental duo ZÖJ perform a dark, romantic, and poetic set of structured improvisations that bring these injustices and human rights abuses into focus.
THE RETURN OF
SMITH STREET DREAMING
Saturday 15 July, 2023
Smith Street Dreaming returns country style for the first time since 2019. It is a special gathering of Dancers and Musicians that will honour Elders, Families and Community through Traditional Ceremony in Fitzroy.
Music Victoria x Leaps and Bounds Industry Day
Thursday 13 July, 2023
Music Victoria will once again host the Leaps and Bounds Industry Day at Music Market in Collingwood Yards.
The event will be an opportunity for City of Yarra venues and their teams to network and learn about the current developments within the Victorian music industry.
The day includes sessions presented by VMDO, The Archie Roach Foundation, Arts Access Victoria and Green Music Australia.
PORPOISE SPIT ‘FLAT COINS’ SINGLE LAUNCH
Saturday 15 July, 2023
Naarm-based 4 piece Porpoise Spit launch ‘Flat Coins’, the second single off their forthcoming debut album Don't Quit which is due out October 13 via Psychic Hysteria.
The extended Psychic Hysteria family is in for the party, featuring support sets from Hearts & Rockets and Loveboner.
AYEBATONYE AT GLAMORAMA SATURDAYS
Saturday 15 July, 2023
Ayebatonye at Glamorama Saturdays invites one of the most exciting and innovative DJ’s and performers coming out of Eora.
A decade behind the decks has lead to an illustrious career sharing her unique blend of deep bass with old-school jackin’ house, jersey club, rolling techno, and afro-rhythms. Recent stand-out performances at Strawberry Fields, Pitch Music & Arts, Meadow, and Inner Varnika have led to a well-deserved thriving and loyal “Club Abundance” fan base.
MAKEPISI: THE SPIRIT OF AFRICAN VOICE
Thursday 13 July, 2023
Makepisi is a five piece acapella line up singing contemporary and traditional South African songs.
In the style of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the group showcases this assembly of powerful black voices. This is a space for the artists to share their culture with the audience, through song and discussion.
