Geelong to host ALWAYS LIVE events

VICTORIA will celebrate live music with the return of ALWAYS LIVE later this month.

Across 17 days from November 22 to December 8, more than 280 artists will descend on the state in over 65 events across Victoria, including in Geelong.

Geelong will host four of the events, kicking things off on November 25 with the Ripple Effect Band who will be joined by special guest Amos Roach at the Murran First Nations Hub.

The Push All-Ages Tour will then take over the Geelong West Town Hall on November 29, providing an opportunity for youth to experience live music while developing their skills and confidence.

As part of the Town Hall event, DICE and Good Sniff will perform and additional acts will be chosen by the FReeZA All-Ages events team and Triple j unearthed.

Wild Gloriosa, Barak The Kid, Ridzyray, Daisy Kilbourne and Manny Lado will perfrom at the Barwon Club on November 30 as part of the ALWAYS LIVE GRID series, an artist development program supporting suburban and regional emerging musicians.

Finally, Gelong’s list of events will come to a close on December 4 with a performance from Anthony B as part of the Jamaican Music and Food Festival where he will be joined by other local artists and DJ Banna (JA).

ALWAYS LIVE chief executive officer Psyche Payne said Geelong offered a range venues to host the artists, that a lot of people could get to.

“Geelong generally is an area that’s got an incredible youth population, it’s exciting to be able to spotlight a place that does have a lot of different venues and a lot of artistic talent.

 

“Bringing contemporary music out to the regional areas, is one of the unique and exciting factors about this major event.

“It’s an opportunity for us to be not just looking at the central metropolitan towns, but really how do we bring it out to a lot of communities that often don’t get to see some of the more headline profile artists.”

ALWAYS LIVE, supported by the state government, will include free and lost cost events.

Ms Payne hopes from the events on offer, people will be able to feel the power of music.

“It’s such a uniting force, I think when you bring artists out and you see people perform, that joy that you experience through music is unparalleled.”

The likes of Tina Arena, Missy Higgins, Dan Sultan, Jack White and more are also part of the lineup of musicians performing around Victoria.

For more information, the full program and tickets, head to alwayslive.com.au