Brisbane Festival has announced popular Australian indie bands Ball Park Music and San Cisco will headline the opening party of this year’s festival on Saturday 8 September at Riverstage, setting the tone for what is already being called the biggest music lineup to ever open the festival.
Ball Park Music is a five piece indie rock/pop band based in Brisbane. Their feel good hit Exactly How You Are landed 18th on triple j’s hottest 100 countdown and their critically acclaimed album GOOD MOOD debuted at number five on the ARIA chart in February. Not to mention the band’s sold-out national tour and headline slot at Groovin’ The Moo. San Cisco made their mark at Splendour In The Grass, Beyond The Valley and Lost Paradise music festivals. The band’s breezy summer jam Hey Did I Do You Wrong from their 2017 album release The Water, placed 79th in triple j’s hottest 100 last year. Announced as part of their spring co-headline national tour today on triple j, the Brisbane and Perth indie bands will be joined by fellow rising indie alternative artists Ruby Fields and Tia Gostelow.
Brisbane Festival will run from Saturday 8 to Saturday 29 September and will feature cabaret, circus, dance, food, theatre and visual arts with events suitable for the entire family. The international arts festival attracts an audience of around 1,000,000 people every year. The Festival aims to connect artists and audiences through inspiring us to think differently about art, city spaces and how we live in the World. The festival will feature a range of acts from Violent Soho, Meg Mac, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Peter Grimes at venues across Brisbane including QPAC, The Tivoli, Treasury Brisbane Arcadia and Riverstage.
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