BIGSOUND Unveils Festival & Conference Schedule, Adds Over 50 New Speakers

This year’s BIGSOUND has expanded once more, adding 50+ new speakers on the day it announces its festival and conference schedule.

Taking place from Tuesday, 3 to Friday, 6 September, BIGSOUND has locked in a coup with Tones And I to present a Keynote In Conversation with ABC personality Myf Warhurst.

Other highlights of the new additions include Fred Leone delivering a Keynote about honouring his role as the custodian of traditional songs of the Butchulla tribe, Simone Ubaldi and Andrew Parisi hosting an In Conversation called Sniffing Out Gold that follows the discovery and development of Amyl & The Sniffers (the band’s vocalist, Amy Taylor, is also delivering a Keynote at this year’s BIGSOUND), and more.

Additional In Conversation presentations will come from Glenn McDonald, author and former “Data Alchemist” of Spotify, founder, programmer, and producer of the Every Noise At Once website, and ABC’s Head of Music, Emily Copeland. Triple j’s Nick Findlay, Ash McGregor, and Lucy Smith will also appear at the conference.

Plus, The Music’s own Ellie Robinson is appearing as a speaker alongside Tim Blunt. The pair founded the initiative spotlighting LGBTQIA+ voices, TRANSGENRE, launching the project last year with a sold-out festival, the first ever in Australia to feature an entirely gender-non-conforming line-up.

Below is the full line-up for BIGSOUND 2024, including showcase artists, speakers and buyers, and keynote speakers. You can also view the three-night music festival schedule here and the stacked conference program here.

BIGSOUND 2024

KEYNOTES

Kelis – Artist / Author / Chef (US)

Amy Taylor - Amyl & The Sniffers (AU)

Tones & I - Tones & I, Lemon Tree Music (AU) 

Annabelle Herd - ARIA (AU)

Elijah - Artist / Thought Leader / DJ (UK)

Elliott Lefko - AEG / Goldenvoice (US)

Fred Leone - Birdz and Fred Leone, Fred Leone (AU) 

Glenn McDonald - Furia / Every Noise At Once (US) 

Josh Simons - Vinyl Group / Vampr (AU)

Korda Marshall - Mushroom Group (UK)

SPEAKERS & BUYERS

Adam Kreeft - You Are In Good Company (CA)

Adam Lewis - Planetary (US)

Adam Nealon - Secretly Group (UK)

Adam Ryan - The Great Escape / Festival Republic (UK)

Aleisha McLaren - Muscles (AU)

Amy McNickle - APRA AMCOS / High Score (AU)

Anastasia Hronis - Psychologist and Author (AU)

Andrew Khedoori - CBAA (AU)

Andrew Parisi - Sundowner Music (AU)

Angela Dorgan - First Music Contact Ireland (IRE)

April Terzis - Collective Artists (AU)

Ash King - Support Act (AU)

Ash McGregor - ABC / triple j (AU)

Ash Hills - UNIFIED (AU)

BADASSMUTHA - Artist (AU)

Ben Buchanan - Creative Artists Agency (CA)

Berish Bilander - Green Music Australia (AU)

Bev Burton - Killer B Music (AU)

Bradly Palmer - Concord Music Publishing (US)

Brij Gosai - Pollstar (UK)

Cara Williams - Slow Clap (AU)

Casper Mills - 4AD (UK)

Chris Danis - TBA Agency (US)

Chryss Carr - AUM MGMT + PR  (AU)

Danielle Caruana - The Seed Fund (AU)

David Telfer - DMT Law Firm (US)

Dev Sherlock – SXSW (US)

Dina Bassile - Tibi Access (AU)

Eden Sher - Blak Label / One Louder (AU)

Ellie Robinson - TRANSGENRE (AU)

Emily Copeland - ABC (AU)

Holly Ditchfield - Golden Grants (AU)

Jack Saunders - TRIBE / TRIPEL (UK)

Jane Slingo - Vibelab Asia Pacific (AU)

Jemma Burns - Pulse Points (AU)

Jess Dale - BIGSOUND / Tiny Triumphs Management (AU)

Jim Hennessey - Untitled Group (AU)

Jodie Williams - NOVA (AU)

Jordan Verzar - Top Shelf (AU)

Kamran Haq - Download Festival Europe / Live Nation (UK)

Leigh Millhauser - Wasserman Music (US)

Lisa Gottheil - Grandstand Media (US)

Lorrae McKenna - Our Golden Friend (AU)

Lucy Smith - ABC / triple j (AU)

Lucy August-Perna - Live Nation (US)

Lutz Leichsenring - Vibelab Asia Pacific (GER)

Lyndsey Havens - Billboard (US)

Mardi Caught - The Annex (AU)

Maria Amato - Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AU)

Mark Davyd - Music Venue Trust (UK)

Matthijs Boom - TRIPEL / Tribe Management UK (UK)

Michaela Harris - Queensland Music Festival (AU)

Michelle Escoffery - CLOCK (UK)

Mike Landers - White Sky (AU)

Molly Mclachlan - 10k Projects (US)

Myf Warhurst - ABC (AU)

Naomie Abergel - Sound.xyz (US)

Nick Findlay - ABC / triple j (AU)

Oliver Hall - Bolster (AU)

Paige X. Cho - Bolster (AU)

Patrick Daniel - Reeperbahn (GER)

Pau Cristòful - Primavera Sound (ES)

Priya Dewan - Primavera Sound / Gig Life Pro (SG)

Rachael Sarra - Support Act (AU)

Rob Waters - Poet (AU)

Rowan Brand - TRIBE / TRIPEL (UK)

Roxane Dumoulin - ATC Live (FRN)

Seth Clancy - Oztix (AU)

Shain Shapiro - Sound Diplomacy (UK)

Shawn Keith - Sharptone Records (US)

Simone Ubaldi - Sundowner Music (AU)

Sose Fuamoli - ABC (AU)

Sose Fuamoli - Journalist (AU)

Stephen Green - SGC Media (AU)

Stu Watters - Queensland Music Festival (AU)

Sue Ray - QMusic / BIGSOUND (AU)

Tim Blunt - TRANSGENRE (AU)

Tim Shiel - Double J / ABC (AU)

Tom Larkin - BIGSOUND / Tiny Triumphs Management (AU)

Trent Starkey - Darkwood Studios RLS (AU)

Tyler McLoughlin - The Sound Pound (AU)

Viv Mellish - GyroStream (AU)

Warren Mason - Tin Camp Studios (AU)

Zaachariaha Fielding - Electric Fields (AU)

BIGSOUND 2024 SHOWCASE ARTISTS

Adam Newling

AKA Lui

alayna

Alex the Astronaut

Alienist

Armlock

Austin Mackay

Bean Magazine

Bec Sykes

Beddy Rays

Belle Haven

BLOKBSTR

breathe.

byjaye

Cap Carter

Charlie Pittman

Charlotte Le Lievre

Chloe Parché

Claudia Tripp

Cooper Smith

DARTZ

Dear Seattle

Dear Sunday

DEM MOB

DEVAURA

Dick Move

DIVEBAR YOUTH

DoloRRes

dust

Eggy

Erik Sanders

Flow Kobra

Fool Nelson

FRIDAY*

Front Row

Garage Sale

Georgia Lines

Georgia Mooney

Hannah Brewer

Heleina Zara

Hellcat Speedracer

Holly Hebe

Homegrown Trio

HOON

Hudson Rose

Hydra Fashion Week

Hylander

Immy Owusu

ISHAN

J-MILLA x Yung Milla - Same Blood

Jamaica Moana

Jawbreakers

Jerome Blazé

Juice Webster

Julian Munyard

JUNO

Keli Holiday

Kiwat Kennell

Kristal West

Lane Pittman

Little Guilt

Lotte Gallagher

Lottie McLeod

LOVELOVELOVE

Lucy Sugerman

LUPO.THEBOY

Mac The Knife

MACEY

MARVELL

Matahara

Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields

Mau Power

Medhanit

Melaleuca

Miiesha

Miles Nautu

MUDRAT

Mulga Bore Hard Rock

Muzzle

MzUki

Neptune

NO CIGAR

Noah Dillon

Paige

Park RD

PEPTALK

Playlunch

Prink

Private Wives

R.em.edy

Ray Dimakarri Dixon

Reiki Ruawai

Rob Edwards

Rowena Wise

Sakr

SAME PAINS

Sesame Girl

Sex Mask

Sly Withers

Sonic Reducer

Squid the Kid

Stand Atlantic

Stella Bridie

Stocker

sunbleached

Sunny Luwe

Swapmeet

The Belair Lip Bombs

The Prize

The Velvet Club

This New Light

tiffi

total tommy

TOWNS

Underlay

Velvet Trip

Vetta Borne

Vinnie Brigante

Wade Forster

Watty Thompson

Will Hearn

WVCHWY

Y.O.G.A.

Zion Garcia

Fortitude Valley | Brisbane, QLD

Music Festival 3- 6 September | Conference 3-6 September