Music

Electronic prog-rock

British jazz guitarist and composer, combining modern jazz, fusion, blues, and rock.

Veterans of the international ‘free improvised music’ scene. At Mona they will wield electric mandolin, saxophones and more.

Intricate compositions, adventurous improvisation, and deep musical interplay.

Local four piece outfit busting out rock and pop inspired by the likes of Big Thief and Mazzy Star.

Kiss kiss bang bang. Whimsical, yet playful genre-bending folk tunes.

Grace throws thoughtful, hard-hitting bars (over boom-bap beats) that speak on racism, womanhood, and the power in flaws and difference.

He's been sippin' cassie blues, now he's taking to the Mona lawns. This is Hobart hip hop.

Fluid, party-starting storytelling and poetics. Some light-hearted stuff, some harder-hitting stuff. Thoughts may be provoked.

Tim turns his hand to innovative soundscapes and slow jams. Immersive and mesmerising.

They were going to be called No More Gaps because they don't have any downtime between songs, but Liquid Nails sounds more punk, for sure. Splintery post-punk.

Self-penned rock & roll and rockabilly.

Will there be dancing in the dark times? Yes, we dance the catastrophe.

Direct from Hobart College, this 4 piece, comprised of local talent, blends melodic ballads and heavy rock. Get that worm.

Flamenco fusion guitar.

Soulful and quietly commanding, Elly is a heavily accoladed jazz singer and composer.

Spanish born Toorai brings electronic neo-soul and contemporary R&B together through catchy melodies and an intimate emotional core.

Jazz sensibilities blended with groove-heavy rhythms.

A cocktail of psyche, prog, punk and grunge.

Equal parts panic attack and party anthem. The Mean Times aren’t trying to save the world. They’re just here to point out its ridiculousness and make you dance while it burns.

Systemet is a drone act who deploys sound through self-built portable synthesizers, usually in natural environments such as mountaintops and riverbeds, or urban non-places, contextualizing its art in a psychogeographical manner.

Best described as no wave folk or broken punk music.

Sydney-based DJ compiling their favourite moody film scores into a set under James Turrel's Armana.

Solo indie Australiana. In a league fit for a Sunday.

Sizzling, original groove-driven jazz from a quartet inspired by neo-soul, nu-jazz and psychedelic influences.

Singer, poet, producer and keys player from Narrm making deeply soulful music.

Juicy grooves.

Beetle Miyela creates a sonic world for viewers to reside in, combining ambient textures with ethereal vocals and experimental instrumentation.

A blend of original compositions and jazz standards from the 1950s and 1960s hard bob era.

Improvised jazz quartet connecting the spectrum of contemporary sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz.

Lively beats and jazzed-up soul. Dancing is a given.

Icelandic poet, Svavar, crafts haunting folk music that explores grief, hope and redemption.

Singer, songwriter, guitarist. Karai has been delivering captivating performances from a young age. Powerful vocal range and agile guitar skills in abundance.

Ben's one hell of a singer/songwriter. Occasionally he’s one of our musicians-in-residence. Who knows what he'll play. Something new, probably.

A melting pot of like-mined musicians, plumbing the depths of jazz and groove.

Modern jazz/contemporary instrumental.

Indie-folk songstress that has been captivating audiences across the UK.

Gus is a Hobart icon. With his quartet in tow, expect ballads, hard swingers, cookin' bebop and the occasional waltz.

Globe trotting Ty will mesmerize you with her vocal prowess.