Brisbane’s newest music competition is well on its way to finding the next biggest hit, as The Sound Garden kicked of the first round of its inaugural Battle of the Bands competition on Sunday, 6 September.

Round one began The Sound Garden’s eight-week search for Brisbane’s hidden talent, seeing the first five of the total 23 local bands of all genres, sizes, and ages battle it out for the exclusive grand prize. The Battle of the Bands Grand Final will take place on Sunday 25th October 2020 with the winner taking out the grand prize of a $1000 venue voucher courtesy of Fourex Dry, $1000 cash courtesy of Red Bull, and the opportunity to work with one of Brisbane’s top booking agencies.

The Sound Garden is being staged next to Fortitude Music Hall, offering live music, good vibes and great food. Bands featured each week so far have included:

Round 1 | Sunday 6 September
· Midnight Express to Rome
· Pineapple Incident
· PhD!
· Summerset Band
· Mainstream Radio

Round 2 | Sunday 13 September
· Living Type
· Winchester Revival
· Ten12
· Jane Street
· Lunchtime

Round 3 | Sunday 20 September
· 3 Hour Flight · Tripsitta
· Liquid Lollipop
· Elbury
· Stapylton Street

Round 4 | Sunday 27 September
· Little Kitch
· Gallery of Violence
· Paulo Haduca
· Dave & The Mudcrabs
· Borodino

Round 5 will take place this Sunday 4 October, from 2pm with:
· Zeke Foster
· The Idle Minds
· Liquid Friends
· Lucid Safari
· The Blacknoise Army

Semi-Final 1 | Sunday 11 October, from 2pm

Semi-Final 2 | Sunday 18 October, from 2pm

Final | Sunday 25 October, from 2pm

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