Music

Soul-soaked vocals and a seamless blend of blues, folk and funk.

Solo improv guitar. Dark modes, minimalism, whatever happens on the day.

Boundary-pushing confetti cowboys mustering together eclectic sounds of nu-disco, house, techno, and rock.

Four-piece jazz funk crew who hope you'll enjoy their music as much as they enjoy playing it.

Local composer, Matthew Magnus, presents Spectral Resonances—a site-specific work of slowly evolving, continuous music inspired by Hindustani classical traditions, the Coltranes, and American minimalism. Performed inside Charles Ross’ Spectrum Chamber during the Spring Equinox, the improvised soundscape responds to light, time and body in flux.

All-female, cross-cultural performers charming audiences with rich vocals, captivating arrangements, and stories of sisterhood, resilience, and joy. Combining mariachi flair, flolk, blues, and latin grooves.

Minimalist synth-pop duo from Hobart, pairing pulsing electronics with songs of science and time.

A tasty menu of original compositions and jazz standards with Louise expertly tickling the ivories.

A unique spin on the Future Bass genre, courtesy of a twenty-five year old producer from Tassie. Glitchy textures, rich chord progressions, orchestral instrumentation.

A unique spin on the Future Bass genre, courtesy of a twenty-five year old producer from Tassie. Glitchy textures, rich chord progressions, orchestral instrumentation.

Provocative rhythms, odd time signatures, lush harmony. Contemporary original jazz and reworked standards.

Driving basslines, pumping rhythms and jumping hi-hats.

Lutruwita/Tasmania-based alt-folk singer-songwriter, and researcher, who spends her time touring, making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings. The dream.

Jazz, groove and fusioncome together to create a performance of eclectic, energised and emotion filled music from this group of young Hobart musicians.

Born into a rich Irish musical lineage, banjo player and singer Maggie Carty brings a fresh voice to tradition. Now based in Naarm/Melbourne, she blends Irish folk with Americana and modern influences, exploring themes of identity and belonging.

Fluid jazz singing, cheeky versions of old classics, vocal improvisation

Simon played guitar in the house band for Hey Hey It's Saturday. If that's not getting you along, nothing will.

Old-time fiddler, banjoist and Cajun accordionist does fiddlin' 'n' singin'; mountain blues and ballads; Cajun two-steps; waltzes and stomps from the swamps.

Award-winning saxophonist Nicholas Russoniello pushes the limits of solo performance in Air Mass — a new project blending classical elegance with body percussion, live looping, and Daft Punk grooves.

Immersive ambience meets minimal pop, with a side of field-recording-based abstraction.

Mathematician, composer and drummer. Obdurate's Will Toiani uses progressive metal and experimental visuals to merge rigorous logic wtih raw expression.

BOOM-BAP. An unapologetically fresh mix of hip hop, jazz, funk, groove and honest storytelling.

Making Holiday accompanies you on a daydream, taking you far far away to utopian Girl Land via layered synth, lush trumpet and sparkling percussion.

6 piece funk and soul. Bring your dancing shoes.

Guitar. Finger style.

Art-pop that explores the human form and identity.

A local partnership that sees bedroom pop-collide with indie-folk.

Funk + grunge + jams = Señor Tabby

This well-travelled and former triple J Unearned number 1 chart topper (twice over), brings their guitar and songwriting prowess to the lawns to share their rock and blues tunes.

Riff-laden blues, with occasional folk, from this swampy bluesman from Northern Tasmania.

Blues, Jazz and western-swing, featuring everyone's favourite, resophonic slide guitar.

Billy—a true stalwart of the Hobart music and guitar scene—does solo blues and Americana.

Three virtuosic musicians bring with them tradional inspired melodies pushed by the freedom to listen and improvise.

Three virtuosic musicians bring with them tradional inspired melodies pushed by the freedom to listen and improvise.

Swing, blues and Latin exploring American music of the 40s, 50s and 60s.

Powerful improvisers presenting atmospheric landscapes delivered through the interplay between piano and drums.

Desert guitars, synths and sublime vox perform songs of love, discord and galactic tensegrity.

Guitar, bass, and drums. Improvisation surrounding originally composed structures of 'inclusive variety'.

Inspired by synth pop of the late 70s, Projekt Camus combines live analogue synths and dancy beats with vocoder goodness.

Epic Folk. When this four piece isn't collecting hearts, they're delivering powerful pieces that range from acoustic harmonies to Bowie-esque sonic soundscapes.

Australian-Italian electroacoustic noise rock.

The collective of Anthony Pateras' Sulla Lingua fame, break from their usual trio to take to the stage with solo performances.

Original jazzy blues and urban swing tunes to get your toes a-tappin' and your heartstrings a-pluckin'.

Complex, harmonically rich (but accessible) compositions from a Melbourne / Wellington jazz guitarist.

Modern takes on bush ballads and traditional roots from two real contemporary folk talents, backed by a dynamic stringband.

Fans of Sigur Rós and Slowdive rejoice. Pronounced 'dju-merick', this Queensland-born, Hobart-based vocalist brings their melodic and impactful repertoire to Mona.

Old-time mountain tunes and songs for fiddle and banjo.

Brother and sister multi-instrumentalists joining forces to produce an emotionaly exciting and sometimes, groovy, musical experience.