Music

Cello, guitar and banjo combine for a jaunt through folk, country and blues.

Fully improvised one-song-per-set chamber jazz. Double bass, five-string violin, electric / acoustic guitar. No holds barred.

Japanese-born bluegrass banjo-er Montz teams up with North Carolinian Ross for acoustic blues and bluegrass (with Celtic and Japanese flavour).

Bedroom pop from the Huon Valley. Heartbreak wrapped in cinematic synths.

Exclusively for MONA, Moses digs deep in his vinyl archives for an experimental hybrid live-DJ set, selecting 'global south' electronica, electro-folk and field recordings.

Pianist and composer Louise Denson joins trombonist Stevie McEntee as they team up with a cooking rhythm section to deliver melodious, groovy tunes.

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

Led by Melbourne based session drummer, Liam O'Leary, LCO takes you on a journey through the forest of original jazz, afro beat and improvisation. Feat. Kelly Ottaway and Jed Adams

Traditional French jazz manouche in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

Tapir are a pair of herbivorous ungulates who steer a course between summoning up mirage-like soundscapes from some hidden world, and pitching headlong into the deepest of grooves.

Inspired by Hindustani classical music, the Coltranes and Minimalist composers out of the US. There are worse things to draw on.

JP leads a jazz-posse (pozze?) with his elite guitar skills.

Who cares what they sound like, they've got a great name. (But they do subtle grooves, high energy originals, and modern arrangements of jazz standards.)

Brandon plays soulful folk songs with looping and blues guitar.

DJ Tokidoki blends Japanese ambient, jazz-funk, city-pop, space-funk and Brazilian boogie. Expect nostalgia for era's you (likely) never lived through.

Mixing influences from blues, soul, pop, classic rock, and a little country, Justin O'Garey & The Magic Band put all of this into a high energy, fun and entertaining performance.

siɛrə creates an immersive mixed-media dreamscape that flows through genres, blurring the lines between reality + hyperreality.

An exciting local crew 'exploring the realm of chordless jazz performance'.

Tasmania's finest cigar-box blues guitar duo play original comps and covers from the Delta and beyond.

Isabella Mahmoud crafts a vibrant fusion of jazz, funk, R&B, and soul, designed to move you from the inside out.

A potent blend of post-punk, gothic, and industrial voodoo. Maybe mysticism.

Infamous local jazz / punk / hip-hop collective doing live jams.

Desert guitars, synths and sublime vox perform 'sad songs to make you happy'.