Australian Music Week Unveils First 30 Acts For 2015 Event

New South Wales' inaugural Australian Music Week celebrations are coming together in true style for 2015, with organisers today revealing a 30-strong first-round line-up of acts destined to rock venues across Cronulla this November featuring the likes of BANFF, Guards Of May, Ivan Ooze, The Belligerents and more.

Demonstrating an admirable penchant for musical diversity, AMW has conscripted a broad-ranging selection of artists to help drive the live-music festivities in among the event's five packed days of panels, masterclasses, interviews, breakout sessions and workshops. 

Joining the event's previously announced batch of speakers and the aforementioned artists are musicians from all walks including Black Bird Hum, Betty & Oswald, Captives, Charity-Rose Turner, Demi Louise, Ed Wells, Hussy Hicks, I Am Apollo, Knox, Leanne Tennant, Lepers & Crooks, Neighbour, The Morrisons, Tropical Zombie and WAXHEAD, among several others.

If you're an artist or in a band and are interested in performing at AMW, fear not - applications have been extended until Tuesday, 8 September, so you should mosey on over to the event's website to get your details in for a shot at being named in one of the consequent live-music line-ups still to come.

In addition, Australian Music Week has announced a showcase for the newly partnered Canadian Independent Music Association and East Coast Music Association, who together will offer up two artists each to showcase at the event.

"We're really excited by this opportunity," AMW director Geoff Trio said in a statement. "By opening this opportunity for Canadian artists, we will aim to work on reciprocal deals for Australian acts in Canada and other international markets, which we hope will result in tour swaps and collaborations in writing, recordings etc."

The first Australian Music Week event runs from 18-22 November in venues across Cronulla. See the event's website for more information.

australian music week: first-round line-up

Black Bird Hum
BANFF
Betty & Oswald
CAPTIVES
Charity-Rose Turner
Conchillia
Demi Louise
Ed Wells
Eddie Boyd & The Phatapillars
Guards of May
Hussy Hicks
I Am Apollo
Ivan Ooze
Jesse Valach
Josh Needs
Knox
Kyle Lionhart
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes
Leanne Tennant
Lepers & Crooks
Lloyd Spiegel
Masco Sound System
Neighbour
Pat Capocci
The Belligerents
The Morrisons
The Pinheads
Tropical Zombie
WAXHEAD
Woodlock