Spectrum Now Festival Unveils Blue Stage For Unsigned Artists

Spectrum Now Festival have partnered with ANZ Bank to bring another exciting new facet to this year's huge program of arts, culture and music, in the form of the Blue Stage Series, designed to spotlight a number of NSW's emerging unsigned musicians.

With pop-up stages set up at Martin Place and Pitt St Mall from Thursday, 3 March to Tuesday, 8 March, performers from all genres and towns across NSW will perform in front of an esteemed panel of judges, consisting of Fairfax's Senior Music Writer Bernard Zuel, Jennie Sager, Manager of Music and Entertainment for Twitter and ANZ's Catriona Noble.

Noble says, "The ANZ Blue Stage Series is particularly close to our hearts as it provides a new platform for NSW’s emerging musicians to be seen and heard."

The acts will compete for $15,000 cash, a mentorship with a music industry figure and a change to perform at Spectrum Now Festival at The Domain on Sunday, 13 March.

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This year's 24 performers include Borneo, Lissa Diener, Dog the Duke, James Englund, Rachel Fahim, Ainsley Farrell, Ella Freestone, Ginger and Drum, Adam Harpaz, Martin Hulbert, I Am Apollo, The Khanz, Christie Lamb, Jaime Lindsay, Mabel, Nova and the Experience, Jarryn Pheagan, Aime Pitcher, Planet, Lane Sinclair (Say My Name Band), Sabrina Soares, Tenderfoot, Ed Wells and Dylan Write.

Check out the program below and head to the Spectrum Now festival page to get across all the delightful things on offer this year, including a talk with the creators of Netflix mega-hit Making A Murderer, the cast of Workaholics and gigs from The Jesus And Mary Chain, Missy Higgins, Seekae and more.