Grants & Funding
BIG SKY GIRLS Returns
Over the past three years BIG SKY GIRLS has become a crucial annual event supporting and mentoring young regional women in music across Queensland. Applications for 2019 are open now, closing 10 August.
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Grants & Funding
SXSW: Apply to Showcase
Every year around 2,000 artists from every corner of the world join together in Austin, Texas to perform and celebrate together at SXSW. Applications to showcase in 2020 are open now! If you're thinking of applying get along to the SOUNDS AUSTRALIA Export Masterclass in Brisbane on 16 July and find out all the things to know before you show.
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Amplify Participants Announced
Nine emerging Queensland musicians have scored a seat next to the A&R Head of Central Station Records at AMPLIFY, QMusic’s Songwriting Retreat!
Grants & Funding
Smugglers of Light Music & Media Award
Apply now for the Smugglers of Light Music & Media Award! The $12,000 grant supports the professional development of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music and/or media practitioner. Submissions close 12 July, 5PM AEST.
Networking
QMusic Winter Warmer
Join us for our FREE annual all-of-industry networking night, Wednesday 24 July at Honkytonk Bar in Brisbane. RSVP by 5pm Tuesday July 23 for a chance to win 1 x BIGSOUND 2019 Purple Pass.
Networking
Gold Coast: Music Industry Mingle
Find out how to tour internationally as an independent musician: getting down and dirty with those who’ve been there and not returned broke(n). Gold Coast musicians and music businesses are invited to meet, mingle and learn at Gold Coast Music in Southport on Monday, 12 August.
Grants & Funding
Arts Queensland Individuals Fund
Applications for Round Two of the Arts Queensland Individuals Fund, offering up to $10K, close 16 August. Find out how singer songwriter Tia Gostelow received support through Arts Queensland which helped her write, record and tour her QMA Album of the Year winning record Thick Skin.
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Vanda & Young Shortlist Revealed
A slew of Queensland artists have made the shortlist for the prestigious 2019 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, going into the running for the $50K Grand Prize.
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BIGSOUND's First 76 Acts Unveiled
Tones And I, Milan Ring, Tasman Keith, Bad//Dreems, yergurl, EGOISM, and Electric Fields lead a list of 76 artists out of what will become a total of 150 acts heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley this September 3-6.
Networking
EMC Connect Returns
The Electronic Music Conference (EMC) returns in 2019, kicking off with EMC Connect, a series of free events that will hit Brisbane on Thursday 4 July.
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MEET: Du0
Time to meet Du0 - a soloist collaborator leveraging his relationships to push his musical boundaries and build a strong brand. He’s just released his sophomore single It’s OK to applause by triple j’s Dave Ruby Howe and Declan Bryne and is working on bringing this energy into a killer live show later this year.
Grants & Funding
Unearthed High: Class of 2019
Entries for Unearthed High 2019 are now open, so if you're in high school and you’re a band, solo artist, producer or rapper, upload your tracks before midnight Monday 29 July.