22 August 2019
Queenscliff Music Festival 2019 is back guns blazing with a trifecta of local legends, yoga, and kindie-indie showcases. This year’s lineup is the kid friendliest in the festival’s history with free carnival rides, free entry for kids 13 years and under, and a stellar selection of musical acts such as Justine Clarke, The Mik Maks, The Vegetable Plot and Tiptoe Giants. With over 85% of tickets sold the Festival is heading towards an early sell out.
Pop punk poet and smiling assassin Alana Wilkinson spearheads a stunner lineup of fabulous women taking the stage. Fun, fast and full of funk the Sweethearts deliver an explosive energy with their exuberant live shows. Isabella Khalife captivates with sweet sounding melodies and candour. A child of the aesthetic avant-garde Momoko Rose projects vivid imagery and commands the stage. She is an exciting newcomer to the burgeoning Geelong scene.
Some of the local area’s greatest are back and Bellarine bound. QMF’s 2018 Emerging Artist Grant recipient Fenn Wilson follows up his acclaimed first single Eye on You, launching his debut album Ghost Heroin on the Queenscliff stages. Torquay based Immy Owusu (Oh-woo-sue) draws upon Ghanaian Afro style of Dagomba to cultivate a unique brand of Afro-Rock Fusion. Making their QMF debut The Ethan Farmer Band are an up and coming pop-rock group with outstanding guitar playing and songwriting.
A healthy dose of creative tomfoolery is coming to town with a thriving kids program. PlaySchool darling Justine Clarke is a friendly face for parents and children alike. What’s On 4 Kids award winners The Mik Maks and food revolutionaries The Vegetable Plot delight with farm and food orientated singalongs. Tiptoe Giants present an epic musical rainbow, from calypso melodies and “jazz-hand” swingers, to bluegrass toe-tappers and funky bangers, and more! Plus roving performers, Bebop Circus with Nicholas Ridiculous, Live Ice Carving Display, Workshops, Art & Craft Activities, Face Painting and MORE!
PBS Soul Time presenter Vince Peach is bringing groovy tunes and good times while Yoga Loves Music blend music and movement with all levels yoga practise Saturday and Sunday mornings at QMF.
Best of all children aged 13 and under get in for free! Bring friends, family, and frolic in the festivities.
The 23rd Queenscliff Music Festival will run from 22nd – 24th November 2019.
The third line up announcement includes:
Above the Bit | Alana Wilkinson | Cooper Lower | Ethan Farmer band | Fenn Wilson | Hoop Fusion
Immy Owusu | Isabella Khalife | Justine Clarke | Marimbataters | Momoko Rose | Nathan Seeckts
Nic Dacomb and the Bebop Circus | Sarah Caroll and Shannon Bourne | Surreal McCoy | Sweethearts
Tides of Welcome | Tom Richardson | The Mik Maks | The Vegetable Plot
Tiptoe Giants | Vince Peach | Yoga Loves Music
The second line up announcement is:
Devorah | Doc Halibut | GraceJean | Ian Noe (USA) | Joe Pug (USA) | Karen Lee Andrews | Kent Burnside (USA)
Mojo Juju | Nano Stern (CHL) | Remi | Ross Wilson | Sky Eater | Tanya George | The Barren Spinsters
The Long Johns | The Mamas | The New Savages | The Strides | The Swamp Stompers | The Weeping Willows
The first line up announcement is:
Allensworth (USA) | Alysha Brilla (CAN) | Amaru Tribe | Ash Grunwald | Brekky Boy | The Cat Empire
Charlie Collins | Claire Anne Taylor | Clare Bowditch | The Delta Riggs | Dubarray | Fools
Hiatus Kaiyote | Merpire | Missy Higgins | Newton Faulkner (UK) | Paul McDermott & Gatesy
Steve Poltz (USA) | Stevie Jean | Tim Finn (NZ) | Troy Cassar-Daley | The Waifs
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9 July 2019
The line up gets bigger as the 2019 Queenscliff Music Festival releases its next round of acts. Queenscliff Music Festival’s second soulful serving of sound for 2019 includes Mojo Juju, Remi, Kent Burnside (USA), Nano Stern (CHL), Ross Wilson, Joe Pug (USA), and Ian Noe (USA).
Mojo Juju embodies a space between expectations as an unapologetic and proud voice for the myriad of identities that shape the Australian landscape. Hip-hop artist Remi similarly delivers dynamic and honest observations of Australian life through his semi tongue-in-cheek braggadocios style. Acute perception also accompanies Nano Stern (CHL) who is praised as “the best young Chilean songwriter of his generation,” by Joan Baez.
It wouldn’t be QMF without a bed-rock of blues, roots, and rock ‘n’ roll. As the grandson of R.L Burnside Kent Burnside (USA) performs bare boned blues filled with grit and groove. Ross Wilson also joins and with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit he is one of Australia’s most awarded artists. Joe Pug’s (USA) introspective insight into the human condition provides a respite accompanied by a range of folk and country compadres such as the Kentucky troubadour Ian Noe (USA). Karen Lee Andrews is hitting new strides with a style described as Oceanic Blues.
Rounding out the announcement The Mamas, Devorah, and Tanya George are powerhouses not to be overlooked. The rowdy and raucous follow suit with The Barren Spinsters, Doc Halibut, The Swamp Stompers and The New Savages. The explosion of sound doesn’t stop there with The Strides building an electric and eclectic base of reggae-pop and dub that is as daring as Sky Eater’s Mermaid Trip-Hop Dub. For a mellower mood GraceJean’s compelling and compassionate storytelling stands alongside the rich Gothic imagery of the Weeping Willows and the Long Johns with their tincture of dark country.
They join the already announced artists Allensworth (USA), Alysha Brilla (CAN), Amaru Tribe, Ash Grunwald, Brekky Boy, The Cat Empire, Charlie Collins, Claire Anne Taylor, Clare Bowditch, The Delta Riggs, Dubarray, Fools, Hiatus Kaiyote, Merpire, Missy Higgins, Newton Faulkner (UK), Paul McDermott & Gatesy, Steve Poltz (USA), Stevie Jean, Tim Finn (NZ), Troy Cassar-Daley, The Waifs
The pristine beauty of the Bellarine is accompanied by the best live music, craft beers, fine wines, and local produce and family-friendly activities. Queenscliff continues their war on waste in 2019, following the incredible 90.07% diversion rate of rubbish which was recycled into picnic tables and benches. Attendees of this year’s festival will most likely be wining and dining on the results of this great initiative.
The 23rd Queenscliff Music Festival will run from 22nd – 24th November 2019.
The second line up announcement is:
Devorah | Doc Halibut | GraceJean | Ian Noe (USA) | Joe Pug (USA) | Karen Lee Andrews | Kent Burnside (USA)
Mojo Juju | Nano Stern (CHL) | Remi | Ross Wilson | Sky Eater | Tanya George | The Barren Spinsters
The Long Johns | The Mamas | The New Savages | The Strides | The Swamp Stompers | The Weeping Willows
The first line up announcement is:
Allensworth (USA) | Alysha Brilla (CAN) | Amaru Tribe | Ash Grunwald | Brekky Boy | The Cat Empire
Charlie Collins | Claire Anne Taylor | Clare Bowditch | The Delta Riggs | Dubarray | Fools
Hiatus Kaiyote | Merpire | Missy Higgins | Newton Faulkner (UK) | Paul McDermott & Gatesy
Steve Poltz (USA) | Stevie Jean | Tim Finn (NZ) | Troy Cassar-Daley | The Waifs