Australian Music Week is back for its second conference and showcase program in 2016, and now the first 25 artists have been announced.
The Cronulla-based music summit aims to connect artists with influential industry figures from Australia and overseas, so these 25 acts will surely turn up with all guns blazing for the event.
Australian Music Week, which debuted in 2015, has already signed partnerships withCanadian Music Week, Dashville, The East Coast Music Association (ECMA), Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and BreakOut West, with more to come.
The artists leading the 2016 AMW lineup are:
Allan Smithy
Bearfoot
Catherine Britt
Colin Jones & The Delta Revue
Demi Louise
Dog The Duke
Ella Fence
Fripps & Fripps
Hayley Couper
Hedge Fund
Hollow Coves
I Am Apollo
James Thomson and The Strange Pilgrims
Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Lepers & Crooks
Letters to Lions
Little Georgia
Luke O’Shea
Mat McHugh (The Beautiful Girls)
Matt Stillert
MVRKS
Tay Oskee
Tenderfoot
The Moving Stills
William Crighton
AMW has also revealed its second round of speakers for 2016, including Rod Yates fromRolling Stone, Aaron Crunow from Spunk, Jamie Croft from Sofar Sounds and many more.
Artist applications have been extended to close on Friday August 19.
Australian Music Week 2016 takes over venues around Cronulla from Wednesday November 2 – Friday November 4.
