Big Sound Showcase Series is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council

Big Sound 2005 Showcase Series Catch some of the country’s finest acts performing as part of Queensland’s biggest ever showcase event

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6

5.00pm – 7.00pm Singer Songwriter Showcase Featuring Lady Bird, Sarah Watson and Andrew Cox Venue: Glass 420 Brunswick Street (Judith Wright Centre), Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Rohan Somasekaran Quartet and Kate Miller-Heidke Venue: The Press Club 339 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Jaeger Uprising @ The Metro Flamingo Crash, Blonde Cobra and The Minors Venue: The Metro On Gipps 247 St Pauls Tce, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Sound Malfunction Showcase Shuriken, Nightcrash, Turnpike, Del Toro Venue: The Troubadour 1st floor, 322 Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley

THURSDAY, JULY 7

5.00pm Singer Songwriter Showcase Featuring Emma Dean, Red Coat and Emily Maguire. Venue: Glass 420 Brunswick Street (Judith Wright Centre), Fortitude Valley

7.00pm AIR, MMF & Sonicbids present Perfect Match Featuring James Grehan with special guests. Tickets available from Q Music or on the door. Venue: Bar Soma, 22 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Preference and Yuri perform live. Venue: The Jubilee Hotel 470 St Paul's Terrace, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Andrew Morris, Tecoma, The Gallagher Brothers, The Neurotransmitters Venue: The Troubadour 1st floor, 322 Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Little Rascal Records Showcase featuring... Neighboorhood Groove Collective (NGC), The Serenity, BlitZ & MC Tru Black, Urban Monkeys, Souljam, Sarah Patrick, with special guests. Venue: The Zoo, 711 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley.

FRIDAY, JULY 8

5.00pm Singer Songwriter Showcase featuring local Blues and Roots legend 8-Ball Aitken plus Kristy Apps, David Power, and Cairns electro outfit Isomer. Venue: Glass 420 Brunswick Street (Judith Wright Centre), Fortitude Valley.

5.00pm Giants of Science Here Is The Punishment CD Launch Giants Of Science, Iron On, The Wulvs with special guests, Dangerbird feat. Danny Witticombe. Venue: The Rev, 25 Warner Street, Fortitude Valley.

6.00pm Anthony Lister Exhibition Launch Featuring music by Kafka Venue: Fox Galleries,103 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

7.00pm Catalyst New Grooves 3 CD launch Featuring emerging musicians from Pine Rivers Shire who have worked with local luminary Guy Webster to put together their own compilation CD! Also featuring…Indigo Frequency, Kate Bradley, Hipakusha and Triple 07. Venue: 610 Studios, 610 Ann St, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Electrodeluxe - Valley Fiesta edition! Mash-up-electro-f*ck-fest! Middle bar Empire Hotel, Doors 8pm till 5am Night will feature live performance, four-turntable trickery and solid dance-floor action featuring… Musiq 4 Pleasure, Qubism, Erratica, Rokksteady, Athol Bennet, Ape Sex & D-black, Dr Mod & Cherry Bomb. Venue: Empire Hotel Middle Bar, 339 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

8.00pm Straight Out of Brisbane, The Jubilee Hotel, Q Music and Scene Magazine present ... SOOBIESTA! A four-stage celebration of independent Australian music featuring 37 acts across four stages, including: TZU, Sekiden, Bit By Bats (Melb), Curse ov Dialect (Melb), SPOD (Syd), Ladies Love Hip-Hop Crew feat. Liones (Melb), Aux-1 & Nick Sweepah (Awakenings Crew - Melb), Monster Zoku Onsomb, Barrage (Melb), The Coalition, Ponyloaf, Flamingo Crash, Misinterpretato, MC Julez, Kate Miller-Heidke, Jackie Marshall and Her Band 've Black Alles, Black Lung, Nam Shub of Enki (3am lock-out set!), French Horns, Happy Christmas, The Nightcrash, El Crumple Dash, Paul Abad, DJ Cat-Kid + Izmc, Lawrence English, Suckaphish P. Jones, DJ Monkeyc, The Perfect Lovers, Toxic Lipstick, Molliger, AOI, Simulcast, The Orchid Beach, Vietnam Vets With Tourettes, Puzahki, Collapsicon, Two Pants Rotation and On/Ox &quo