Queenscliff Music Festival 2026

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  Lime Cordiale

  Order our new album Enough of the Sweet Talk! https://ffm.to/enoughofthesweettalk

  Catch us on our Regional Australia Tour!

  https://www.limecordiale.com/ontour

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  Meg Mac

  'Is It Worth Being Sad'?

  This brilliant rhetorical question sets the scene for the introduction to Meg Mac in 2022.

  For those familiar with Meg’s impressive past releases, it hints at what has occupied her in her time out of the spotlight. And for those unfamiliar, it epitomises the thoughtful artistry of this inimitable artist as she takes her craft to a new, higher level.

  Her new single 'Is It Worth Being Sad' is a stunning offering, bold in its scope and execution, yet humble and intimate at the same time. Produced by electrifying producer duo The Donuts – Kendrick Lamar, H.E.R. – it finds this maverick delving into the depths of inner darkness to chart a forward path.

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  Kate Miller-Heidke

  From opera, to indie-pop, musical theatre, and TV - Kate Miller-Heidke is a superstar.

  She is the only artist in the world to have performed on stage at Coachella, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and the Eurovision Song Contest.

  She has released five top 10 studio albums and had multi-platinum sales for songs such as The Last Day On Earth and Caught In The Crowd.

  Her work has been nominated for ARIA Awards in categories as diverse as Best Pop Release, Best Adult Contemporary Album, Best Classical Album, Best Soundtrack, Best Comedy Release and Best Australian Live Act.

  With her collaborator Keir Nuttall, she wrote the music and lyrics for the Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of 'Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical’, which is currently being re-tooled for a Broadway run.

  She represented Australia at Eurovision in 2019 with her original song Zero Gravity - her heartfelt performance and out of this world staging winning her 1st place in her semi-final and a top 10 placing in the grand final.

  She released her latest studio album ‘Child in Reverse’ during the early days of the pandemic, and is – finally! – touring it around the country in July. On Thursday she releases her new single ‘You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore’.

  Here is Kate Miller-Heidke.

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  Baker Boy

  Baker Boy aka Danzal Baker OAM is a dancer, artist & actor. From Milingimbi in North East Arnhem Land (Australia).

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  Steph Strings

  Steph Strings is a 23 year-old guitarist/singer-songwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.

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  Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos
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  Mia Dyson

  Mia Dyson is a multiple ARIA-nominated & award-winning artist from Melbourne, Australia, with a powerful grit and gravel voice and guitar prowess earning her voted amongst the top 25 Australian guitarists of all time. Releasing 7 critically-acclaimed albums and touring the world with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton, Mia has cemented her place as one of the great Australian troubadours.
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  Peter Garrett
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  Sunday Lemonade

  — Named the ‘PEOPLE’S CHOICE’ TCMF 2024 —

  Tys & Loz form ‘Sunday Lemonade’; a refreshing & infectious, folk/rock/roots, ray-of-sunshine duo any day of the week!

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  Kerryn Fields

  Watch the Tiny Saloon Concert 🤠⭐️

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_psaqJwVw

  “Theres no storyteller quite like Kerryn Fields” Countrytown

  “Utterly irresistible” Beat Magazine

  www.kerrynfields.com

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  The Bamboos

  The Bamboos are a nine piece Soul / Funk powerhouse formed in 2000 in Melbourne by Lance Ferguson

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  Hussy Hicks

  Straddling the line between Folk, Blues, Country, Rock and Roots, Hussy Hicks have earned themselves a mighty reputation, growing, from festival openers to festival favourites, seeing the group now appear at the biggest blues and roots festivals in Australia, The USA and across Europe while selling out their own tours across the three continents.
  
  The band led by the duo of Leesa Gentz’ (vocals), Julz Parker (guitar) have spent the last fourteen years touring and forging their place as one the most treasured and celebrated working musical duos, whilst also being equally comfortable performing as a trio or in full band format, having taken home the Gold Coast Artist of the Year and Album of the Year honours. The band have released seven studio albums and played 1000’s of gigs, festivals, carving out a global reputation for their emotive lyricism, energetic live shows and fiery, frenetic instrumentation.
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  Kaiit

  RA: Resident Advisor

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  The Babe Rainbow

  loverboys of bourgeois AUS rob@selectmusic.com.au EU Adele.Slater@codaagency.com

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  Tim Rogers

  The official Facebook page for Tim Rogers.

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  Cousin Tony's BNF
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  De Porsal

  mutt music. on wadawurrung and wurundjeri country
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  Magic Dirt

  Magic Dirt, the seminal female fronted alternative rock band of the 90's, formed in 1991 in Geelong

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  Maes
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  Owelu Dreamhouse
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  Jordie Lane

  “Jordie Lane has been making dark-hearted, voluptuously verbose folk music with a grinning rock ‘n roll spirit for nearly a decade. Now based out of Nashville, TN, Lane has surely cemented his place as one of Australia's most beloved and respected roots music artists.”

  Z LUPETIN - THE SHOW ON THE ROAD (Bluegrass Situation Network)

  With a career now spanning 15 years, 9 releases under his belt, named in Melbourne Magazine’s 100 most influential people, and nominated for Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s ‘Barry Award’, winning Double J’s Radio ‘Tower of Song’, Jordie Lane is widely regarded as one of Australia’s finest singer-songwriters and live performers.

  Born to a comedian & a clown, Lane spent his early years in a traveling circus. His nomadic touring lifestyle and knack for comedic storytelling confirm the theory one is a product of their upbringing, but when you watch Jordie perform live it is his incredible voice and unique rhythmic guitar playing that seem like they come from another place and another time.

  It is a voice that has taken him around the world, performing major festivals in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, and touring with the likes of international legends, Gotye, Billy Bragg, Old Crow Medicine Show, Neko Case, Cat Power, The Weakerthans, Ruthie Foster, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and The Moody Blues.

  The much loved Australian indie roots artist, who recently moved from Melbourne to LA to Nashville, is malleable and resilient despite the torrent of changes that have come his way. His last album release, GLASSELLLAND, was released worldwide in September 2018.

  Pronounced Glas-Sell-Land, the album was praised by the Australian press across the board with 4 star reviews in The Music, Rolling Stone, Herald Sun and named ‘Double J Album Of The Week’, Lane’s song ‘Black Diamond’ was also awarded ‘Tower Of Song Of The Year’ on Double J Radio and came 24th in their top 50 Albums.

  With Top 10 success on the Roots Music Report Chart and cracking the top 100 on the AMA/CDX Americana Chart. Lane has also previously been added to high rotation on Sirius XM Radio’s ‘The Coffeehouse Channel.

  He has appeared on Paste Magazine's Daytrotter sessions, The prestigious NPR Radio’s ‘Mountain Stage’ and ‘Folk Alley’. Lane has played many of the worlds top festivals including, Americana Music Fest, Sisters Folk Fest, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Calgary Music Festival and Edmonton Folk Festival, Celtic Connections (Scotland), Falls Fest, West Coast Blues & Roots (Aus) Woodford Folk Festival (Aus).

  Reviews from Last Album GLASSELLLAND:

  “The total clincher though is the totally vivid and disturbing narrative of Lane’s great-grandfather and his war-time experiences – “Frederick Steele McNeil Ferguson”.  With a resonating, sparse riff and steady, front-of-house percussion, this is reminiscent of the great Neil Young brooding arrangements.  Buy the album just for this song – harrowing.

  The time to enjoy this personal, discerning, exemplary assemblage is now.”

  NO DEPRESSION (USA)

  "in the same way that Sturgill Simpson can bring a room to tears one minute, and have the crowd hollering for more the next, Lane plays with both harmony and grit."

  Gigie Hall, CULTURE COLLIDE (USA)

  “he plays sort of the psych prophet in the way of a Father John Misty, yet with a more diverse sound. The shared vocals are especially beautiful and engaging as it builds and climaxes incredibly.”

  EAR TO THE GROUND (USA)

  Glassellland has a kaleidoscopic quality that extends Lane’s musical scope and range of vocal expression.

  There’s a psychedelic Beatles’ Sgt Pepper feel in the alternating rhythm and tempo changes of In Dreams of War; a kind of Fab Four meet Chris Isaak ambience in the arrangement of the equally expansive America, Won’t You Make My Dreams Come True, a vocal duet with his collaborator. Stripped back to acoustic guitar and harmonica, Lane’s closer to 1960s Dylan in Better Not Go Outside and Time Just Flew, spitting out lines such as “try not to obsess over symmetry / accept that death is history” and “I wake when the day is done / I do my living without the sun” with laissez-faire attitude. There are shades of Neil Young in the folk-rockers Black Diamond and Frederick Steele McNeil Ferguson. In the latter, Lane’s gruff singing and grungy electric guitar riffs intensify a song about guilt and a grandfather who “killed a man in World War I”. In Dreamin’ the Life, the dynamics and opening gambit are reminiscent of Jeff Lang: “Thornbury tram to a London tube”.

  Tony Hillier, The Australian

  4 Stars - The Music

  4 Stars - Herald Sun

  4 Stars - Rolling Stone

  4 Stars - The Australian

  Feature Album Of The Week Double J

  ‘Tower Of Song Of The Year 2016’ Double J

  ‘filled with superb story songs’

  Jeff Jenkins, STACK MAG

  ‘Astounding’ ROLLING STONE

  “Take pieces of Jeff Tweedy, Ron Sexsmith and Jackson Browne, melt them down in a beautiful crucible of music and you end up with Jordie Lane: a truly diverse folk musician” FBI Radio

  “A young man with an old soul and an honest sound, harkening back to Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan” – The Bluegrass Situation

  “Displaying the soulful tenderness of Ron Sexsmith and Ray LaMontagne…Lane’s gentle finger picking and intimate vocals lend a somber grace that is universal” – Rolling Stone Magazine

  -‘filled with superb story songs’Jeff Jenkins, STACK MAG

  - ‘Astounding’ ROLLING STONE

  http://www.jordielane.com

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  Azure Ryder
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  Jesse Valach
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  Matt Corby

  New album Golden Wolf will be released on May 9, 2025.
  
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  Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
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  Wayne Jury
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  The Listies

  Podcast, Insta, tiktok, bandcamp, iview, phonebook @thelisties

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  The Gnomes

  The Gnomes (fka Gnome) is a four-piece rock band from Frankston, Australia, known for their tight sound, classic songwriting, and energetic live shows. Originally a solo project, The Gnomes has grown into a louder, sharper outfit with a full band lineup and a harder edge. Taking influence from The Kinks, The Easybeats, and The Lemon Twigs, The Gnomes blends catchy melodies with driving beats, mixing the spirit of the ’60s with a fresh edge. Their sound pulls from Merseybeat, power pop, and vintage rock ’n’ roll, with a modern feel that’s punchy and direct. The Gnomes early recordings leaned into lo-fi indie and slowcore, but now as a band their recent works mark a clear shift toward a more energetic, Rock'n'Roll guitar-driven approach. Their shows are full of energy, heart, and a little bit of chaos. With a growing list of gigs under their belt and a more focused sound, The Gnomes are carving out a space in Melbourne’s rock scene, one punchy set at a time.
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  Merpire

  Merpire, the moniker of Melbourne-based artist Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt writes music living somewhere between the rom-com and horror movie sections in her mind.

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  Kyle Brew

  Raised on a diet of Influences ranging from Lightnin' Hopkins to Big Bill Broonzy and more modern day artists like Justin Townes Earle, Kyle Brew has a voice that is distinctive, rich and beyond his years.
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  The Pretty Littles

  prettylittlesband@gmail.com for all things xo

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  Immy Owusu
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  Ukulele Death Squad

  In a world where there are at least two ukulele orchestras, this slimmer seven-piece extravaganza from the Australian badlands declare themselves to be the planets "most dangerous ukulele band." Their name more then hints the level of menace and peril contained within. Luckily for you their largely armed with several examples of the miniature, titular instrument along with their epic vocal performance, pulsing conga led rhythms and of course their big bold brass battalion ready for combat. The death squad wield their instrument's like master marksmen, hitting their target every time using their arsenal of gypsy jazz, Rnb and folk. There is a strong sense of showmanship, theatricality and raucous energy in their live shows that has gained international recognition and critical acclaim in The Adelaide & Edinburgh Fringe, WoMAD (Adelaide), WoMAD (UK), Boomtown (UK), Dranouter Festival (Belgium) to name only a few.

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  AWARDS

  Award: 2018 Adelaide Fringe - Best Music

  Award: 2018 'Made in Adelaide' Best Music Grant Recipient

  Award: 2019 SA Music Awards - Peoples Choice (Folk)

  Award: 2022 SA Music Awards - Peoples Choice (Folk)

  Award: 2022 Adelaide Fringe Best Music Weekly Award

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  REVIEWS

  "Thumping rhythms, soulful vocals, and outrageous ukulele and sax solos." - Happy Mag

  “Quentin Tarantino-esque Spanish flamenco punk-style music” - ABC

  “Attitude, swagger, style and sense of humour” - InDaily.

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  Tom Harrington