Music

Glenn Skuthorpe is a master melodist and one of Australia’s most compelling Indigenous lyricists, his songwriting spanning folk, rock and deeply grounded storytelling.

Canadian songwriter Scott Cook returns with upright bassist Pamela Mae, carrying sturdy, straight-talking folk songs from life on the road.

Let Essex-born folk troubadour, Beans on Toast, charm you with his candid songwriting and humorous storytelling.

Satirical storytelling crafted with an abundance of joyful emotion.

Masterful banjo playing from one of Canada's beloved roots singer-songwriters

Multi-Aria nominated Jodi Phillis takes to the Mona stage and is joined by multi-instrumentalist Dean Stanton.

This jingle jangle trio is formed by members of some of Hobart's most formidable locals acts (Quivers, Enola Fall, All Fires and Heart Beach).

A band of people. Hard to define.

The loudest band in Lutruwita/Tasmania. Amplified psychedelic blues.

Improv group aiming to reach an alternate sonic reality.

Five neuro-diverse humans with a common goal, to create an epic sound.

Experimental duo hailing from North West Tasmania and utilising field recordings in their music.

Question: Can Dave, a blind singer-songwriter teach 3 talented teenage punks how to play an album's worth of songs he wrote 35 years ago?
Answer: Yes he bloody well can.

Let Zumpa whisk you away to enchanting Italian fishing villages, moonlit olive groves, and the vibrant essence of peasant life under the Mediterranean sun.

Raucous instrumental music that’s crossed the globe from Glastonbury to Cygnet, and now the Mona lawns. Expect violin, trumpet, clarinet, accordion and a rocking rhythm section.

Love, loss and the vulnerability of life in all its forms.

Honoring the music of North America's old-time string bands, this duo melds simplicity and complexity together with a joyout passion and intensity.

Lutruwita/Tasmanian-born, Narrm/Melbourne-based jazz keyboardist, composer and producer.

Inspired by the landscapes of her island home and her introspective connection with human experience, Molly's lyrics explore these themes of love, hope, solitude and longing.

Gothic-rock meets post-punk in a wave of hypnotic psychedelia.

Reverb-drenched guitars and haunting vocals build a soundscape that will leave you suspended between darkness and light. Make yourself at home.

Ambience and field recordings from a Tasmania composer-producer.

Mixed-glamour post-punk duo from near here. Bass, beats, crushed Nintendo synth, labyrinths of history and resonance.

Sparse alternative mountain folk / ambient country.

They don't play ragtime. His name's not Frank. Old worlds made new and rocking. Two drummers, five hearts beating in time.

Using tachyonized instruments, Kenta creates frequencies that resonate with the natural water within the body, especially 444 Hz and 432 Hz, guiding listeners into a meditative, restorative state.

Honest songs about things that matter.

Electric grit with jazz-school sensibilities create engaging and emotive soundscapes.

A blend of authentic dark folk, post-punk witchery that will leave you spell bound.

Fruit and folk-adjacent three-part harmonies from these local ambient amblers.

Fun Size Duncans like to keep things a little wobbly, but always full of energy and flavour.

Name-checked by Kurt Cobain, the Cannanes are indie personified.

Face-melting riffs from this local psych rock three-piece.

Bedroom producer released into the wild with a bag of slumbering beats and dronal keys.

Bunch of brainrotted dorks who spend just as much time playing the guitar as they do scrolling instagram reels.

Wanting the audience to feel the way they do when writing and performing their music. Which was worryingly born from emotions of despair, sadness, frustration and angst.

Organ, guitar, drums, jazz, blues, funk.

Original jazz based off CMT's experiences overpast years.

Lovers of sad girl indie-pop unite. Eliza wields dreamy synths and guitar to craft heartfelt anthems.

Blood harmonies. Indie-folk with open tuned guitar, clawhammer banjo and harmonica from this pair of irish twin brothers.

Jessie Monk weaves new stories with old threads, inspired by ancient myth and Celtic and Appalachian folk traditions.

After travelling around Australia twice, nearly being stabbed, getting caught in a car fire and falling off a two storey building in Guatemala, Colbey is just happy to be here, sharing music and film and surfing along the way.

Songs about impulsive decisions, surviving passive aggressibe workplaces and out-growing friendships. Reflecting on the queer-diaspora experience, untangling the wires of your brain and the nuances of daily life, Grass Stains are figuring out the key to happiness one show at a time.

Someone said Kevin Shields meets Patti Smith. Someone else said Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Cat Power hanging out on a damp night. Neither's far off.