Melbourne Music Week Announces Line Up
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- Written by Hayley Marsten
Now in its sixth year, Melbourne Music Week has announced its full 2015 program, with over 100 events.
MMW is held for eight days and nights, the festival will have events held in typical Melbourne fashion, prying open basement doors, activating laneways, lighting up the silver screen and taking things to the dancefloor at some of the city’s most iconic music venues. The line-up features both local and international artists and will also include a range of industry events, exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, panel discussions and more.
The 2015 MMW flagship venue will be the disused basement and adjoining rooms in the former Royal Women’s Hospital (Cnr of Swanston and Grattan St, Carlton). Labyrinthine music event Swell will reinvent 12 of the venue’s forgotten rooms, with secret one-off performances designed to challenge the way festival goers experience live music. These shows will feature artists such as, Gypsy & The Cat, Monolake (Germany), Banoffee, Eric Duncan (USA) aka Dr Drunks, Public Opinion Six, PVT, Kenton Slash Demon (Denmark), The Harpoons, Cobblestone Jazz (Canada) and DZ Deathrays.
Above ground will feature a beer garden and food truck zone with weekday Lunch Box Sessions from 1- 2pm and Afternoon DJs from 5-8pm. Artists including Rat & Co DJs, Edd Fisher, Jim Lawrie, Ella Thompson, Woodes will entertain festival goers during the week. On the weekend, The Foreign Brothers and Mz Rizk co-present Roller Jam and Mz Rizk's Block Party - an afternoon of live music, body rocking and roller skating (14 Nov), while CC:Disco has Sunday (Nov 15) covered with an afternoon DJ set.
Over 50 Melbourne artists will perform at 14 local venues and The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will deliver live performances that marry music and film.
Last but certainly not least, is joining forces with Face The Music for the annual two-day industry conference program that supports and cultivates music industry workers through workshops, keynote presentations and networking opportunities on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November.
The Melbourne Music Week festival will run across the city from 13-20 November.
